The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-07-21

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The vote being called resulted in ia
vor of the amendment as follows: Yeas
Hutchinson, Alexander, Huckabay
Monkhouse, Means, Noel. Oden. Pc
nick, Rives, Thoman, Winter, Wynn,
Dung and Keith.
The rate of taxation for the year is
hereby declared to be 10 mills
Mr.. J. H. Shepherd, president of
the School Board, presented the fol-
lowing petition:
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police jury of the Par
ish of Caddo. State of Louisiana:
We, the undersigned, constituting
more than one-third of the property
taxpayers of public school district No.
I of the parish of Cad o, state of Lou
isiana, respectfully present unto your
Honorable body that the erecting and
constructing in said school district No.
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I of additional and other public school
will be of great benefit to the oronerty
and people of said district. We there
fore. representing more than one-third
of the property taxpayers of such school
district No. I, petition your Honorable
body to levy a special tax of two (2)
mills per annum on the taxable prop
erty of said school district No. I for
the period of seven years commencing
on Ist day of January. 1901, for the
purpose of erecting and constructing in
said district and additional and other
public school houses, the title
to which shall vest in the
public, and that you order a sne-
cial election according to law to take
the sense of the qualified voters of said
school district on the question of levy
ing such special tax for the period OF
seven wears on all the taxable property
in said district.
''hereupon the following ordinance
was then read:
AN ORDINANCE
For the levy and collection of a spe-
cial tax on the property in school dis
ltrict No. I of the parish of Caddo, for
the purpos of erecting and constructing
public school houses in said school dis
trict, the title to which shall be in the
lpublic, and for a special election fol
that purpose, by the property taxpayer:
of said district under the provisions Of
Act No. 1871 of the Acts of 1903, anc
Act No. 233 of the Constitution of the
state of Louisiana
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 petitioned therefor, special tax o.
two mills per annum for seven consec
utive years beginning with the present
year 1901, be and the same is hereb,
assessed and levied against all tn,
property in the said school district
subject to taxation, for the purpose q
erecting and constructing public schoo
houses in the said school district, tn,
title to which shall be in the public
provided that when the amount of sew
enty thousand dollars shall have beer
collected from the said special tax, tn,
said tax shall cease, even though tn,
seven years shall not have expired.
Be it further ordained, that a specia
election be held under the general cleo
; ton laws of the state, at the usual poll
ing places in the said school distric
No. of the said parish of Caddo, afte
! due and legal publication for the pur
pose OF obtaining the wishes of tn
property taxpayers in regard to SAT-
assessment and levy. The form of bal
lot shall be in the following form, to
wit:
For the special tax of TIVE
! mills on the dollar of the assessed val
uation of the property in public schoo
district No. I, for the period of sever
years, for the purposes expressed il
the petition of the property taxpayers,
Tor
against the special tax of tw,
mills on the dollar of the assessed val
uation of the property in public schoo
district No. I. for the period of sever