The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
An Ordinance

Ordering an election within School District No. II
of Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board Of Bossier Parish, to take the sense
OF the taxpayers on the question OF 5 mill tax
for ten years for the purpose Of supplementing
the salaries Of teachers and building and repair
ing school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third OF the property taxpayers OF School District
No. II, established by resolution Of the Parish
School Board OF Bossier Parish, La, of date April
2, 1907, in regular session convened, has been pre-
scented to this body, asking that special election
be ordered in said District No. II to take the sense
OF the taxpayers upon the question of levying an
nually special school tax of mills upon all prop
erty within said district for period of ten years
for the purpose Of supplementing the salaries of
teachers and building and repairing school houses
in said district, and, whereas said School District
No. II has been duly created and its boundaries
a regular meeting held on April 8, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, special election to be held in and for
School District No. II, as created by the School
Board of Bosser Parish April g. 1907, for the pur.
pose Of ascertaining the of the taxpayers of
said district on the question of levying special
school tax of mills on the dollar of the assessed
property of said district for period of ten years.
beginning at the earliest date possible after the
said election, and according to law, for the purpose
OF supplementing the salaries of teachers and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which is defined as follows:
Beginning at a point where the Louisiana state
line crosses the Bodcau Bayou, thence south on the
west bank of Bodcau Bayou to the intersection with
the section line between sections II and co. town.
ship % north, range II west; thence west on the
section line to the southwest corner of section 49,
township q, range II west; thence north on west
boundary of sections Is, and to the state line
between Louisiana and Arkansas; thence east on
said state line to point OF beginning.
2. Be it further Ordained, That for the purpose
OF holding this special election, Tyler shall be
made regular polling place.
3. That said election be held at Tyler, the reg
uar polling place as fixed herein in and for said
district on Friday, May "a, 1907, and held in ac-
cordance with and under the general election laws of
the State of Louisiana, except as herein modified
4. That the ballots to be used may be printed or
written and shall read: "For mill tax for ten
years. or against mill tax for ten years.
5. That all legal voters who are property tax
payers shall be entitled to vote, provided women
who are taxpayers in their own rights shall be
entitled to vote, either in person or by written
proxy.
6. That the following commissioners and clerks
shall hold said election, to-wit j. r. Arnold,
E. NJ. Coyle and Houston Wallace, commissioners
and l. S. Arnold, clerk, whose duty it shall be to
make due returns to this body before its next
regular session after said election.
Z. That thirty clear days. advertisement in the
Bossier Banner be made of this ordinance before
said election.
&C. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
r. B. HILL, Clerk.