The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-07-20
loFFIcIAL
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 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 follows, to wit: Com
prising Sections 8, T. s. s. 9, l6. H. is, 10, 20, 81
6 and !. 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 81
| of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana;
by Ac; No. lSl of the general assembly of the
State of Louisiana, approved July Is, 1898; by
Act No. 2l4 of the general assembly of the
State of Louisiana, approved July 10, 1902; by
act No las of the general assembly of the State
of Louisiana, approved July 6, 1904; by Act
No. l67 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 special tax in ex-
cess of the constitutional limitation of taxation
provided and declared in Article 232 of the
Constitution of 1893, 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 said
Redemption School District entitled to vote at
said election under the election laws of the
State of Louisiana, the following matters.
to-wit:
First. That the object of levying and collect
ing special tax, the levy of which is hereby
prayed for, to be submitted according to law, is
for the purpose of giving additional support to
public schools and erecting and constructing
public school houses.
Second. Tina. the rate of said special tax, 50
to be levied annually upon all taxable property
in said Redemption School District, shall be
five mills on the dollar.
Third. That the length of time for and dur
ing which such special tax is 10 and be
levied annually upon all such property subject
TO taxation in said Redemption School Dist riot
shall be five years, beginning with the year
1906.
Wherefore petitioners pray that said elec-
ton be ordered for the foregoing objects and
pu rposes and in conformity with the Consti-
tuition of this State and the Acts of the Legis-
lature thereof on the subject. Respectfully
submitted,
Thomas T. Shumate. A. A. Banks, Willie
Hammontree, j. L. Garner, W. ". Fowler, S. d.
Stroud.
On motion the request OF the petition was
granted, and the following ordinance adopted
Sec /. Be il ordained by the Police jury of
the parish of Winn, La, in regular session
assembled, That special election be held
throughout Redemption School District, parish
of vim, state of Louisiana, ON
Wednesday, August IS, 1900.
at which there shall be submitted to the prop
erty tax 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 Redemption School District, winn
parish, La, special tax Of five mills ON the
dollar per annum for period Of five years in
aid of the public schools throughout said dis
trict said tax to be levied and collected ac-
cording to law.
Sec 2 Be il further ordained. etc., That the
commissioners of said election 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
Redemption School District, winn parish, La,
and before depositing the same in the ballot
box shall endorse thereon, in the presence of
the voter, the name Of the voter and the
amount OF value of the assessed property
voted for or against the levy of said five mill
tax in aid OF public schools as aforesaid.
Sec s. Be it further ordained. etc, That the
said special election shall be held under the
election laws of the state of Louisiana, ana at
the polling places established by law, which
shall be at the school house in said Redemp-
ton School District, and the ballots used
shall be printed in the following form:
.For q special tax of five mills ON the dollar
per annum for period of five years on all the
taxable property in Redemption School Dis
trict in aid of the public schools in said school
district.
Against special tax of five mills ON the
dollar for period of five years in aid of public
schools in Redemption School District.
Sec. 4. Be il further ordained, etc. That the
Board of Supervisors OF Elections of winn
parish be and they are hereby requested to
appoint commissioners and clerks to serve at
said polling places and to give due notice of
the time and place of holding said election
and to make their returns of said election to
the president of the Police Jury, who shall
promulgate said election in accordance with
law.
Sec s. Be il further ordained, etc, That
this ordinance and the annexed petition of tax
payers be published in the official journal OF
the parish for full thirty clear days prior to the
holding Of said election, and this ordinance
shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage. j. III. WEBB, PRESIDENT
Wv. HIIBuRS Clerk July Srd, 1906.
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