The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-08-04
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
For the levy and collection of a spe-
cIal tax on the property in school dis
] trict No. of the parish of Caddo, for
| the purpoS OF erecting and constructing
public school houses in said school dis
tr1ct, the title to which shall be i'm the
public, and for a special election for
that purpose, by the property taxpayers
of said district under the provisions of
Act No. I3I of the Acts of 1903 and
Act No. 233 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Be 1t ordained by the police iury on
the parish of Caddo. in local session
convened, that one-third of the prop
erty taxpayers of school district No.
[ of said parish, embracing the territor-
ial limits of the city of Shreveport hav-
ing petltioned therefor, special tax of
two mills per annum for seven conscc-
utlve years beginning with the present
year 1901, be and the same is hereby
assessed and levied against all the
property IL the said school district,
subject to taxation. for the purpose of
erecting and constructing public school
houses in the said school district. the
title to which shall be in the public
provided that when the amount of sew
enty thousand dollars shall have been
collected from the said special tax, the
said tax shall cease, even though the
seven years shall not have expired
Be 1t further ordained, that speciat
election be held under the general cleo
ton laws of the state, at the usual poll
ing places in the said school district
No. of the said parish of Caddo. after
due and legal publication for the pur-
pose of obtaining the wishes of the
property taxpayers in regard to said
assessment and levy. The form of BAL
lot shall be in the following form, to-
wit:
For the special tax of two
mills on the dollar of the assessed val
uation of the property in public school
district No. I, for the period of seven
years, for the purposes expressed in
the petition of the property taxpayers"
or Il
Against the special tax of two
mills on the dollar of the assessed val
uatlon OF the property in public school
district No. l, for the period of seven
years, tor the purposes expressed in
the petition of the property taxpayers.
and that the name of the voter. with
the value of his assessed property. be
written on his ballot
Said election shall be held on Auo-
ust "a, 1901, with the following com
missioners and clerks for school dis
trict No. I: -
Ward I of City-Engine house 4
Travis Street-Commissioners. II D
Winter, s. Beckwith, Sr., c. c. Nc
Cloud; NJ. A. McCutchen, clerk y
Ward 2-Courthouse- Commise;on.
ers, ,. J. EnderS. Julius Saenper. w r
Fe IT Jno; Mccullough. clerk
Ward 81; D. PAGES shop on Louis
l Ia observation-disclosures. George A.
! urner, Joseph L. Busby, Waiter Mar
Ouug' ~. w: Buckelew, clerk.
yard .4--Bain's store. Stoner avenue
commissioners, J. P. Flournov So.
jas crawford, J. T. Eason; w. z. DaI
Ward 5-Chas. Steers store on Texas
''x's sveuUe - Commisuouars j w
White, Julius Bernstein. R. C. Boney:
V: L. Fulton. clerk.
Ward 6-Sudlin's store on Plank
Road-Commissioners, P. w. McKit-
trick, b. J.; Rudder, DR.. L. M. LcdI-J. :,
ter: J. H. Thatcher, clerk.
Ward 7-MetOn's store (now s..
Z Stokes) on Texas avenue-F r.
Ratclif, Ivey Watson. Geo e Oi;ver.
w: w. Jones, clerk.
~ Wardn 8-Luchini's barber shop o
Plank observation-disclosures, M. T.
: T !. {; Dorian, J. D. Lee; Jno.
P, +: KEITH. President
a a, L. DURINGER, Clerk.
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