Year: 1869

MAYORS OFFIcG-CIrE OF SHREyEroRT, La,
IN ACCORDANCE with an Ordinance passed by the
Il Mayor and Trustees of this city, May IA, 1869, to-
wit:


Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Trustees Of the city Of
Shrevo1t legal assembly eonrened That the city Of
Shreveport in pursuance of statute of the State OF
Louisiana, passed in the year eighteen hundred and
fftyve, providing for and empowering municipal cor
poraton subscribe to the stock of corporations
dertakng works of internal Improvement hereby sub
scrbes for eight hundred shares of the stock of the
der to pay the amount of said subscription viz The
of eighty thousand dollars, there shall be- and Is
hereby levied tax of four and onehaf per cent upon
all the real property and landed estate situated within
the corporat limits of the city of Shreveport said tax
to be based upon the last assessment of said property
and estate, and to be payable and coectable one half
within thirty and the other half within sixty days after
the ratification of this ordnance by the voters to whom
the shall be submitted as hereinafter provided.


Be it further Ordained, Gc That the Mayor of this
city is hereby directed to issue his proclamation, sub
mitting this Ordinance to all the voters on whose
property the provided for in said Ordinance Is
proposed to be levied for the approval and ratification
the rejection Of the by majority OF sad Vot-
The said proclamation, together with this ordl-
nance shall be published for the period Of thirty days
in newspapers of this city, and shall state
the day and place, when and where said election shall
be held and the of holding the same. And fur
her the Mayor shalt appoint three real property own
to hold said election and shall furnish to said Com
missoners certified list of the persons authorised to
The election shall be by ballot and the ballots



" against the Ordinance" And, further the said Com
missioners before they enter upon dsCI51 &c
duty, shall be sworn by competent officer to conduct
said election fairly and mpartiay, and at the close of
said election shall the ballots and certify the
suit to the Mayor.


Be it fsrtH3. Ordained, &c That stock thus sub
scribed for shall not belong to be administered by
the city of Shreveport but shall belong to the person
who shall have paid said tax, and the tax receipt of
each taxpayer shall Eentitle him certificate trans
ferable by delivery from the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company for amount equal to the amount of his tax
paid.


Be ii furtAer OrdaiRe3 dc, That Immediately after
the said election shall be held it shall be the duty Of
the Mayor call meeting of the Board of Trustees
of this city, and to them the result Of said
election and if the shall be in favor Of the rat
cation of said Ordinance the said Board of Trustees
shall at on proceed to make the necessary provisions
for the collection of said tax and the payment Of the
proceeds thereof to the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany ovided That the said tax shall not be collected
nor paid to said Company until the President of
said Company SHALL by agreement accept the said sub
scription accordance with the terms and conditions
of this ordinance and that the stocks be subscribed
for shall be obtained purchased by the city of Shreye
port directly from said Railroad Company.


Now therefore, l, j. b. Gilmore, Mayor of the city Of
Shreveport, do Issue this, my proclamation to all
voters on whose property the tag provided for in the
foregoing ordinance is proposed to be Levied to meet
at the Court House, in this city, Fri day, June Is,
1860, between the hours of o'clock A. NJ, and 4
o'clock ?. M to cast their votes for against said tax
in accordance with the foregoing ordinance.


J. B. GILMORE,
vi Gutf Mt ty ofS Shrpv