The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-10-24
AN ORDINANCE

in open session:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering an election within School Dis
trict No. is of Bossier Parish, La, as
established by the School Board of
said parish, to take the sense of the
voting taxpayers on the question of a
mill tax for ten years for the purpose
OF supplementing the salaries of teach
ers and building and repairing school
houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more
than one-third Of the property taxpayers
of School District No. Is, as established
by resolution OF the School Board of
Bossier Parish, La, of date Oct. 8, 1907,
in regular session convened, has been
presented to this body, asking that a
special election be ordered in said Dis
trict No. Is to take the sense of the tax
payers on the question of levying an
nually special school tax of mills on
all property within said district for a
period of ten years, for the purpose of
supplementing salaries of teachers and
building and repairing school houses in
said district, and, whereas, said School
District No. Is has been duly created
and it's boundaries defined by the School
Board of Bossier Parish, at a regular
meeting held on Oct. 3, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it
is hereby ordered, that special election
be held in and for said School District
No. is, as created by the School Board
of Bossier Parish Oct. 3, 1907, for the
purpose of ascertaining the sense of the
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OF levying special tax of 5 mills on the
dollar on the assessed property of said
district for a period of ten years, Begin
ming at the earliest date possible after
said election, and according to law, for
the purpose Of supplementing the sala-
ries Of teachers and building and repair
ing school houses in and for said dis
trict, which is defined as follows:
Beginning at point on the Louisiana
and Arkansas State line, being the
northeast corner of section 5, township
% north, range IL west, thence south on
section line to the southeast corner OF
section 20, township %, range IL west;
thence west one mile on section line to
the southwest corner of said section 20;
thence south one mile on section line to
the southeast corner of section 80;
thence west on section line one mile to
the southwest corner of said section 80;
thence north on section line one hall
mile to the northwest corner of south
west quarter of said section 80; thence
west with the north boundary of School
District No. 8 to the center of the Cot
ton Belt railway track; thence in a
northern direction along the center OF
the said railway to the Louisiana and
Arkansas State line to the point of be-
ginning.
The proceeds of the Sixteenth Special
School District to be equally divided
between Heifner and Line Schools.
The Board Of Election Commissioners
is hereby ordered to issue proclama-
ton calling said election according to
law, and appoint commissioners and
name polling places.
That said special election in said
school district is to be held without ex-
pense to the parish.
On motion, duly seconded, the follow
ing petition was ordered filed as pre-
sented and spread upon the minutes
which, after due consideration by this
body, was granted, to-wit:
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Police Jury Of Bossier Parish:
We, the undersigned legal voters and
taxpayers of School District No. II, in
said parish, desire to levy special tar
of 5 mills on the dollar on all taxable
property situated in said School District
No. II for a period of ten years, begin
ming with the year 1903, for the purpose
of experimenting the salaries of teachers
in the public schools of said district, and
for the purpose Of creating fund fol
the building and repairing Of school
houses and purchase of appliances nec-
essary for said schools.
To this end we respectfully petition
your honorable body to adopt an ordi-
nance ordering special election in said
district to take the sense Of the voting
taxpayers within said district, and to dc
all things necessary to be done in the
premises, pursuant to the provisions Of
Act 214 of 1902.
The boundaries of said School District
No. II are at follows:
Beginning at point where the range
line between ranges 10 and II crosses
the township line between townships 1,
and 18, thence south on range line to the
township line between townships is ant
II; thence west on said township line t.
the range line between ranges II and IL
thence north on the said range line t.
the township line between townships I,
and Is; thence east on said township
line TO the point of beginning. Said dis.
trict being the whole of township L
north, range II west.
c.. K. McClanahan. David Carr, jr.
E. L. Sibley. James Feaster.
w. d. Hammer. Jordan Minis.
j. III. Sibley. Will Morris.
A. w. McC lanahan. 2. Fl. Monroe.