The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-11-15
Petition and Ordinance.
lie Hon. Police Jury. Greeting:

To the Hcn. Police Jury. Greeting:
We. the undersigned resident property tsx-
FaycT. o. the Carthage Scaooi District, being
more tAsa o1e-third n nuuther, 60 most
respectfully petition your honorable body 70
CANT ssnc g order special election 20 be held
On Tuesday Srt day Of Dee lnber, IseI, 10 take
sense OF the ls sally oaaiiheid voters resident
Of said district ior the purpose oil levyl1g tve
n.iH tax on 81 taxable property within the
limits 81 said district Tor period Of i've years,
isS2. 1913, i23i, 1915, 1876. tor educational pur
poses. The distsic. l. begin a. the ne corner
81 Section :, A 10 7 : W ana running the section
las s0aLn e the township line diyidinS and
10 thence summing. the township line wess 10 tae
ne c9-.er OF section 5, thence running the
section line soGln 10 the township ltne dividing
5 anu &. thence EuL.T iIls the township line east
10 the range line dividing and ), themes north
east running TIRE township line 10 tine ~ corner
OF sec IS I 40 = ". thence north along the
ives. along the section liae 20 the sw co FER CT
Sec -, thence north along the section line TO
the sw corner az SECTION thence west along
the section inc 70 me sw corner OF sec thence
north along the range line dividing r-nge ana
10 he township line between ~ AID H. theI-e
west 20 the point or place q beginning.
We also petition your hon- BODY 10 pass such
or0.iL4ncs a. required Dy law 10 carry the order
81 elf cssoE legally into effect
Sisnsd:, =. 4. Hishtower, Charles Eagles, ".
A. Chatham, AIRS. y. !. Esglss, Willis Eagles.
J. +. Muole. Mrs. l.. A. e. bailey, harry ksgles,
q. b. tos.er, }. 4. Porser, L. saith, W. +.
ShuElake, WIN. Sneed, J. II. Mcbride, b. Bailey.
T.. W. IRWIN, Ma. Stewart, John iiwin, VIM.
irwin.
on motion the request OF the petition was
sran.Co snd The following ordinance adopted:
Az ORDrsAxcE.
Section l. Be il ordained by the Police Jury
o. tne Parish Of Win, Louisiana, Ia legal
es5ion convened:
That a special election be held throughout
tbs Carthage School Bistrict in ward I, Parish
u Hlnn, LoGisia1a on Tuesday the Srd day of
December, A. p. 1901, at which seal be sub
11lited 70 the properly taxpayers OF said school
district VINO are enii Leu TO vote ander the laws
u the STATE OF LOUISIANA the question o. levy
nj, on 81. taxable property in Carthage school
district IN ward a special tax of iye mills on
the dollar per asnun for period OF five years
IN aid OF good puo1c schools Throughout said
school district. Inc said lax TO be levied and
coil cted according 20 law.
Section 2. Re 4 ordained etc; That said
eiectson shall Dc neiG Uncor The election laws
.. tn STATE of Lguisirda aid at tbs polling
Ices est--a lisaed by law ia said ward 1, anc
he ballots % be used shall be printed in the
ofm SCI forth IN said annexed petition TO the
Police Jury.
Sections Be Il further oricired etc That
the Beard OF Supervisors of Elections of the
Parish OF VIM, Louisiana, are hereby request
cd to appoint commissioners and clerks 20 serve
II said polling place 10 give due notice OF SAID
appointment ana oe the time and place q
holding said election and TO make their retarns
of said election "a the president OF the Police
Jury, VINO shall announce and plomElgate the
result of said election according: 10 law
Section 4. Be II further ordained, etc, That
the commissioners of said election shall receive
the ballots OF az the property taxpayers OF said
Carthage School District entitled to vote Unjc-
the laws OF the State OF Louisiana and befort
depositing same in the ballot boz, shall endorse
thereon In the presence OF the voter, the name
OF such voter ana the amount OF the value or
his assessed property, and said Commissioners
shall make returns of the number OF votes and
the amount OF the assessed value Of the
property voted for and against tbs levy o. sa id
special tax.
Sec. 5. BE il further ordained. etc. That this
Ordinance and the HupcxCt petition Of t1xt,z.T-
ers be published in the cfficial journal OF tne
Parish for fall thirty clear days previous To zoe
date OF holding said election, and that this
ordinance take effect from and after its passayc
Signed: j. X. SKIES, Us. PETERS,
President Clerk