The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01
Petition and Ordinance.

To the Honorable Police Jury of the PartAl
of winn, La.
We, the undersigned school patrons OF h.
Wattsviiie School District, representing or.
third of the property taxpayers and the B.
sally qualified voters residing in said distr6.
respectfully ask vo:sr hosorablc body 10 orde:
a special election as directed ~ The ecastite|
ton of 1888 and subsequent laws in the -
Wattsyills School District established -
bounded oy the Parish S=l;ool Directors 8
hereinafter set forth for the purpose O. TAXI
the ssnse-ct the legal qualified voters IN sa1i
aistsi9t o. proposition % ! 5-nIl tax for5|
ioi the purpose OF erecting sckCol bui,Gi-E|
and maintaining . trt c public school in go
Waitsvils ) hoo. District said distcset n
pesLdec as follows: al OF Lne south han Z.
r Y q 4 W Ia. sie~. on west side 81 the Ba5H3
1ug1 einonia including the south rail Of 05
ssuih nstf Of SEC "a and excluding south 81
Oh soutn half OF sec.2 both IN 50. u a. r.4t]
and en- west side c. DGgdemonis bayou.
Respectfully Submitted,
u. p. johnson, ". B. Gritssn. J. NJ ssilze1
e. W TGwgur, 4 Il. Griffin, l. C. Branx11
4 !. l. i MeesElilint g Carpenter, v. 4. sho3I
Collins, j. L. 1esisoB. Geo. Bates, j. AZ. ri
Ten, IL. Z. Anderson, J. Anderson. J. ID. e.
ton.
sec.1. Be il ordained BY the Police Ju5y1|
The parish of VIM La, in session sssefrbi1[|
That special election be held thYoughGI|
Watts lie ScEcol DiStfic- on vrar5 s puL5|
aha Ss.te aieresaia, on Saturday June :,
AZ Wh5en snali ne submitted 70 the pE0P0Q|
tax payers OF said school district who are e&|
Titled 70 vote under the election laws Of g.
State OF Louisiana, the question Of levyirg 81
All the taxable property in said wattsriN]
School District, special tax of ave mills q
the dollar per annuI. for ? peried of Eve 80
IN aud OF good public schools throughout -
ols,rlet, me SAID, tax 10 be levied and collecz1
Sec. 2. Be ii further ordained, etc:
Inat saul special election shall be held und4:
.ae siec.1en laws OF the State of Louisiana -
ward 8, and The ballots 10 b.. used al 81
election shall be printed in the following forue
"For special tax OF FIVE mills en- the doii1
per ahaum Tor period Of five years, on al
District
Against special tax of five. mills on O.
doilar per annum for period of FIVE years d.
AZ AZ me taxable property in Wattsville Schoe
Sec. 3. Be il further ordained. etc:
Inat the Board OF Supervisors OF Election
me parish Of VIM, Louisiana, be and they ~
| nereoy requested to appoint commit sione1,,
ana Clerks to serve at said polling places, ane
10 give due notice CT the time and place g
nolding sad election. and to make thir 3 2.
turns o. said election to the president OF -
Ponce Jury, who shall pronulgate the result
OF said election acaoiaing TO law
sec H. Be II further ordained, etc: ;
Inal tne commissioners of said election shan
receive the ballots Of all the property tax-psy.
ers OF Waitsville School District entitled Il
vote nnceT the election laws OF the State o.
Lo1fsisla, and 5efore depositing same N tns
/ ballot box, shall endorse thereon in the pres
ence OF the voter, the name OF such voter, ana
the amount OF the value of his assessed prop
erty, and said commissioners shall maze thel1
return 9th number Of votes ard the amount
OF the value OF the assessed property voted 81
mill tax.
Sec s.. Be it further ordained, etc:
That this ordinance and the. annexed petl.
ticn OF tax payers. be published in the otic1a'
Journal of the parish for full thirty clear dA9.
ard this ordinance shall take eject from and
after lite passage.
J. s. PETERS, Presidest
Clerk Is