The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-07-13
[oFFIcIAL
Petition and Ordinance.


the Police Jury of the Parish of winn, State
of Louisiana:
The petition of the undersigned property tax
payers of Redemption School District of the
parish of VIM, State of Louisiana, as created,
defined and located under and by virtue of the
authority of the Board of School Directors OF
said winn parish as follows, to wit: Com
prising Sections g. 4, S. s, o. l6, L. 49, 49, %, Il,
and Z, all in township N, r west Louisiana
Meridian and being and constituting one
third of the property tax payers of said Re
demption School District, respectfully ask that
your Honorable body, acting within and under
the authority conferred upon you by Article 2s2
of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana:
| by Act No. 1si of the general assembly of the
State of Louisiana, approved July ID, 1885; by
| Act No. 214 of the general assembly of the
State of Louisiana, Apr owed July 10, 1902; by
| act No. l45 of the general assembly of the State
of Louisiana, approved July 6, 1904; by Act
No. Is7 of the general assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, also approved July 9Th. 1904, do
order that a special election be held, in the
manner required by law, for the purpose of de-
termining whether or not a special tax in ex-
cess of the constitutional limitation of taxation
provided and declared in Article 232 of the
Constitution OF 1898, shall be levied on the
property liable to taxation within the Redemp-
ton School District
Petitioners further pray that at said election
so to be held, your honorable body do submit
to a vote of the property tax payers of saic
Redemption School District ientitled to vote al
said election under the election laws of the
State of Louisiana, the following matters
to-wit:
L.. bnt .laa afla
ing a special tax, the levy of which is hereb.
PRAYED for, to be submitted according to law, i
for the purpose of giving additional support t
mn blic schools and erecting and constructing
public school houses.
Second Tha. the rate of said special tax, $
to be levied annually upon all taxable propert
in said Redemption School District, shall b
| five mills on the dollar.
Third. That the length of time for and dur
ing which such special tax is to run and
7 levied annually upon All such property subjeC
!, to taxation in said Redemption School Dist ri'
shall be FIVE years, beginning with the yea
1905.
J Wherefore petitioners pray that said elet
, ton be ordered for the foregoing objects an
purposes and in conformity with the Const
tuition of this State and the Acts of the Legs
2 submitted, 80
, Thomas T. Shumate, A. A. Banks, Will
Hammontree, j. L. Garner. W. W. Fowler, 5.
Stroud.
On motion the request of the petition va
y granted, and the following ordinance adopted
q Sec L. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
the parish of winn, La, in regular sessio
assembled, That a special election be bel
throughout Redemption School District paris
{ Of vim, state Of Louisiana, on
Wednesday, August IS. 1900.
!, al which there shall be submitted to the prop
: erty tax payers who are entitled to vote unde
I the election laws of the state of Louisiana tn
question of levying on all the taxable propert
in the said Redemption school District. win
/. parish. La. a special tax of five mills ON tn
dollar per annum for period CT five years Il
aid of the public schools throughout said dis
trict. said tax to be levied and collected &C
( cording to law.
Sec q Be ii further ordained, etc, That tn
= commissioners of said election shall receiy
: the ballots of all property tax payers who ar
1 entitled to vote under the election laws of tn
\ State of Louisiana, being voters of the sal
r Redemption School District, winn parish, La
q and before depositing the same in the balic
box shall endorse thereon, in the presence
the voter, the name of the voter and Oh
G amount OF value of the assessed propert
i voted for or against the levy of said five mi
n tax in aid of public schools a. aforesaid.
Sec g. Be il further ordained, etc, That tn
said special election shall be held under tn
election laws of the state of Louisiana, and 4
the polling places established by law, whic
). shall be at the school house in said RedemI
}. ton School District, and the ballots use
a shall be printed in the following form:
n ..Eor a special tax of five mills on the doll:
: per annum for period of five years on all Ii
taxable property in Redemption School Dii
trict in aid of the public schools in said scho'
y district.
Against special tax of five mills ON u
dollar for period of five years in aid of publ
schools in Redemption School District.
Secs Be il further ordained, etc. That u
Or Board of Supervisors OF Elections of Win
i parish be and they are hereby requested
appoint commissioners and clerks to serve
~ said polling places and to give due notice
s the time and place of holding said leiectlt
d and to make their returns OF said election
, the president of the Police Jury, who sha
promulgate said election in accordance vii
T. law. ~.
Sec 5. Be it further ordained, etc, IN
this ordinance and the annexed petition OF u
PAYERS be published in the official journal
the parish for full thirty clear days prior to q
holding of said election, ana TINS orulnan
shall take effect from and after tn p aa,s q
+ passage. j. IL. kgs, 81. rt oss ,aas
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