The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-04-25

The following ordinance was duly adopted in
open session.
An Ordinance ordering an election within School
District No. IL of Bossier Parish La, as estab-
lished by the School Board of said parish, to take
the sense OF the taxpayers on the question OF 5
mill tax for ten years for the purpose of supple
mentng the salaries of teachers and building and
repairing school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third 81 the properly taxpayers Of school District
No ~ as established BY resolution Of the Parish
B. 1907, in regular session convened, has been pre-
sented to this body, asking that special election
be ordered in said District No. IL to take the
of the taxpayers upon the question of levying an
nualy 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 repaining school houses
in said district, and, whereas said School District
No. u has been duly created and its boundaries
defined by the School Board Of Rossier Parish at
a regular meeting held on April 5, 1867,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, special election to be held in and for
School District No. IL, created by the School
Board of Bossier Parish April g. 1907 for the pur-
pose of ascertaning the sense Of the taxpayers of
said district on the question of levying special
school tax OF 8 mills the dollar of the assessed
property of said district for period of ten years.
said election and according to law for the purpose
OF experimenting the salaries Of teachers and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which Is defined as feows
Beginning at point on township line In section
on bank OF Bodcau, township 81 range II, thence
west to northwest corner of township 81 range II;
thence west on north boundary of II and IL, to
northwest corner of section g. township 81, range
IL; thence south section line to the township
line between 20 and 81; thence east on township
line between townships 20 and 81 to the Bodcau
Bayou; thence up the west bank of said bayou to
the point OF beginning.
Do S,rS1 orn A..
of holding this special election Ivan shall be made
a regular polling place.
g. That said election be held at Ivan, the regu-
lar polling place as fixed herein, in and for said
cordance with and under the general election laws
OF the State of Louisiana, except as hereinafter
modified
4. That the ballots to be used may be printed or
written, and shall read: "For mill tax for ten
years" or against 5 mill tax for ten years."
3. 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 en-
titled to vote either in person or by written proxy
g.. That the following commissioners and clerks
shall hold said election, to-wit J. E. Rabb, ]. B.
Wilmington and G. B. Cocker, commissioners, and
John Bundy, clerk, whose duty it shall be to make
due returns to this body on or before it's next reg
ular session after said election
Z. That thirty clear days. advertisement in the
Bossier Banner be made of this ordinance before
said election
The following petition was presented received
and filed, to-wit:
To the Honorable President and Members of the Police jury
of Bossier Parish, La
We, the undersigned legal voters and taxpayers
OF School District No. H. in said parish, desire to
levy special tax of mills on the dollar Of all tax
able property situated in said School District No.
II for period Of ten years, beginning with the
year A. D. 1901, for the purpose Of experimenting
salaries OF teachers in the public schools of said
school district and for the purpose Of creating a
1und for the building and repairing OF school
houses in said district
To this end we respectfully petition your honor
able body to adopt an ordinance ordering special
election in said district to take the sense of the
voting taxpayers within said district and to do all
things legally necessary to be done in the premises
pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 214 of 1902
The boundary OF said School District No. II is as
follows: Beginning at point where the Louisiana
on the west bank of Bodcau Bayou to the intersec-
ton with the section line between sections II and