The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-04
Read 1.-THE Caucasian"
AN ORDINANCE

For the levy and collection of a special
tax on the property in School Dis
trict No. One (D of the Parish OF
Caddo, State of Louisiana, for the
purpose of erecting and construct
ing high school building, and 9TH
er public school houses in sail
school district, the title to which
shall be in the public, and for spe-
cial election for that purpose, by
the property taxpayers of said
school district, under the provisions
OF Act No. 1871 of the Acts of the
General Assembly for the year 1893,
and Article -232 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Caddo, in legal session
convened, that one-hfth of the property
taxpayers of School District No One
CD of said parish, embracing the terri
torial limits of the City of Shreveport,
La, having petitioned therefor, spe-
cial tax of one mill per annum for seven
consecutive years, beginning with the
present year 1907 and ending with the
year 1913, be and the same is hereby
assessed and levied against all the prop
erty in the said school district subject
to taxation, for the purpose of erecting
and constructing a high school building
and other public school houses in the
said school district, the title to which
shall be in the public.
sixty thousand dollars shall have been
collected from said special tax the said
tax shall cease even though the seven
years shall not have expired
Be it further ordained, That a spe-
cial election be held under the general
election laws of the State of Louisiana,
at the polling places at which the last
preceding general election was held, in
the said School District Number One
of the said Parish of Caddo, after iue
and legal publication, for the purpose
of obtaining the wishes of the property
taxpayers of said school district in re-
gard to said assessment and levy.
The form of ballot shall be in the fol-
lowing form, to-wit:
For the special tax of one mill on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
the property in public School District
Number One for the period of seven
years for the pagposes expressed in the
petition of the property taxpayers.
Or
Against the specis. tax of one mill
ON the dollar of the assessed valuation
of the property in Public School Dis
trict Number One for the period OF
seven years, for the purposes expressed
in the petition of the property taxpay-
ers."
And that the name of the voter with
the value of his assessed property be
written on his ballot.
That said election shall be held on
June II, 1907, with the following com
missioners and clerks for said School
District Number One:
Precinct Isaac Barron, J. H. Gro
ner, ]. A. Clesi; clerk, ]. ]. Holdings
worth.
Precinct 2-R H. Lindsay, J. c.
Lipscomb, Leon Dreyfuss; Jim Crisp
clerk.
Precinct 81. P. Butler, = Shields
w. A. Mosby; clerk, ]. L. Busbey.
Precinct 4-W A. Mabry, ]. G. Hes
ter Paul Means; c. H. Minge Jr., clerk
Precinct 5-Arthur LeRosen, Frank
Cappola, T. ]. Bryson; c. E. Perroncel
clerk
Precinct 6-Roland Williamson, VIM
Bale, Lee Gullette; L. S. Grain, clerk
Precinct u. HI. Ross, ]. D. Wagner
w. A. Nelson; Conway Moncure, clerk
Precinct 81. NJ McDuffie, J. d.
Murray. w. T. Tooley; Tom Hughes
clerk.
JULES DREYFUSS,
President Pro Tenn