The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-08-10
oFFIcrAL
Petition and Ordinance

To the Honorable President and Members of
| the Police Jury of the Parish of winn,
/ State OF Louisiana:
/ The petition of the undersigned property tax
payers of Boyd school district of the parish of
Winn, rs created, defined and located under
and by virtue of the authority of the Board of
School Directors OF said parish, and being and
constituting one-third of the property tax pay
! crs OF said Boyd school district, respectfully
ask that your honorable body, acting within
and under the authority conferred upon you by
Article s52 of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana; by Act No. l31 of the General AS
sem5ly of the State of Louisiana, approved
July Is, 1855; by Act No. ga of the General As
| sembly OF the State OF Louisiana, approved
July 10, 1909; by Act No. las of the General As
sembly of the State OF Louisiana, approved
July 8. 1901, and be Act No. 1s7 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, also ap
election be held in the manner required by law
for the purpose of determining whether or not
a special tax in excess OF the constitutional
clared in Article as2 of the Constitution of 1898
shall be levied on the property liable to taxa
ton within said Boyd school district.
Petitioners further pray that at the said
election so to be held your honorable body do
, submit to a vote of the property taxpayers OF
said Boyd school district, entitled to vote at
said election under the election laws of tie
State of Louisiana, the following matters.
to-wit:
First That the object of 1eyying and coll
Letting special tax, the levy of which is here
by prayed for, to be submitted according to
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schools and constructing school houses.
Second. That the rate of said special tax so
| to be levied annually upon all taxable property
in said Boyd school district, shall be five mills
on the dollar.
Third That the length Of time for and dur
ing in which such special tax is TO run and be
levied ann ually upon all such property subject
to taxation in said Boyd school district shall
be five years, beginning with the year 1906.
Wherefore petitioners pray that said election
be ordered for the foregoing objects and pur-
poses, and in conformity with the Constitution
of this State and the Acts of the Legislature
thereof on the subject. Respectfully submitted
NJ A. Boyd, T. VI. Thames, j. w. Curry. W.
E. Curry, I. Burnett. NJ. C. Curry, W. b. Reyes,
C. VI. Sanders, J. T. Smith, W. C. Thames.
On motion the request of the petition was
Section /. Be it ordained by the police jury
OF the parish of Winn, Louisiana, in regular
session assembled: That a special election be
held throughout the Boyd school district, par
ish of winn, state OF Louisiana. on
Wednesday. August Is. 1900,
at which there shall be submitted to the prop
erty tar payers who are entitled to vote under
the election laws of the state of Louisiana, the
question of levying on all the taxable property
in the said Boyd school district, Winn parish,
La, a special tax of five mills on the dollar per
annum for period o. five years, in aid of the
public schools throughout said Boyd schoo,
district. said tax to be levied and collected &C.
cording to law.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc: That the
commissioners Of said electios shall receive
the ballots of all property tax payers who are
entitled To vote under the election laws of the
state of Louisiana, being voters of the said
Boyd school district, Winn parish, La, and
before depositing the same in the ballot boz
shall endorse thereon. in the presence of the
voter, the name Of the voter and the amount Of
the value of the assessed property voted for or
against the levy of said five mill tax in aid of
public schools rs aforesaid.
Sec. j. Be 1t further ordained, etc: That the
said special election shall be held under the
election laws Of the state of Louisiana, and at
the polling places established by law, and the
ballots used at said election shall be printed in
the following firm:
For special tax OF i've mills on the dollar
per annum for period OF five years on all the
taxable property in Boyd School District in the
aid of public schools in Boyd School District
Against special tax of five mills on the
doiar for period Of five years in aid Of public
schools in Boyd School District
Sec. 1. BE il further ordained, ETC., That the
Beard Of Supervisors OF Elections Of wiup
Parish be and they sre hereby requested TO APP