The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-04-24

petition was granted and the
road is hereby discontinued.
On Motion of Mr.. Long Jas,
Turner (col.) is hereby placed on
the pauper list and B. Bailey is
hereby authorized to act as his
agent.
The following petition was pre-
sented from the citizens and tax
payers of the Wattsville School
District of ward s, parish of
VIM, La:
Petition aud Ordinance.
To the Honorable Police Jury of the Parish
of winn, La.
We, the undersigned school patrons of the
wattsville School District, representing one
third OF the property taxpayers and the le-
gally qualified voters residing in said district
respectfully ask your honorable body to order
a special election as directed by the constitn-
tion of 1895 and subsequent laws in the said
Wattsyille School District established and
bounded by the Parish School Directors as
hereinafter set forth for the purpose Of taking
the sense OF the legal qualified voters iu said
district on proposition of a 5-mll tax for a
period of years beginning with the year 1903.
foI the purpose of erecting school buildings
and maintaining free public school in said
Wattsyille School District. Said distcict is
bounded as follows: All of the south half of
tip u n W La. Mer. on west side of the Bayon
Dugdemonia including the south half of the
south half Of see. Il and excluding south half
of south half of sec. IS both in tp. ~ n. r. W,
and on west side of Dugdemonia bayou.
Respectfully submitted,
NJ. P. johnson, W. B. Griffin, j. NJ. Milan,
G. w. Tawgur. A. n. Griffin, A. C. Brunson.
j. I. McQuillin, PC. Carpenter, w. A. Sholars,
E. p. Harris, g. B. Carter. W. c. Howard, ]. r.
Collins j. l.. Megiscn, Geo. Bates, J. II. Ma
Ion, III. E. Anderson, j. ]. Anderson, J. d. Hal
ton.
Sec l.. Be it ordained by the Police jury of
the parish of VIM, La, in session assembled,
That a special election be held throughout
Wattsville School District of ward 8, parish
and State aforesaid, on Saturday June 7, 1893,
at which shall be submitted to the property
taxpayers Of said school district who are en-
titled TO vote under the election laws of the
State of Louisiana, the question of levving ON
sll the taxable property in said wattsville
School District, a special tax of five mills on
the dollar per annum for O period cf five years
in aid of good public schools throughout said
according to law.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc:
That said special election shall be held under
the electron laws of the State OF Louisiana and
at the polling places established by law in said
ward s, and the ballots to be used at said
election shall be printed in the following form
"For 3 special tax Of five mills on the dollar
per anuum for period of five years, On all OF
the taxable property iu Wattsville School
District"
Against special tax of five mills on the
dollar per aunuIn for period OF five years. on
al the taxable property in Wattsville School
District"
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc:
That the Board OF Supervisors of Election of
the parish of Winn, Louisiana, be and they are
hereby requested to appoint commissioners
to give due notice Of the time and place of
holding said election. and to make thiir re-
turns of said election TO the president or the
Police Jury, who shall 'promulgase the result
OF said election acaoiding to law.
Sec. 4. Be il further ordained, etc:
That the commissioners Of said election shall
receive the ballots OF all the property tax-pay-
ers Of Wattsville School District entitled TO
vote under the election laws of the State Of
Louisiana, and before depositing same in the
BALLOT box, shall endorse thereon in the pres
ence Of the voter, the name of such voter, and
the amount of the value of his assessed prop
return of the number of votes and the amount
of the value OF the assessed property voted for
and against the levy of the said special five
mill tax.
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, etc:
That this ordinance and the annexed petit
ton of taxpayers, be published in the Official
journal of the parish for full thirty clear DAYS
previous to the date of holding said election
and this ordinance shall take effect from and
G.c pUHvIs,
Clerk.