The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-09

:, IN. Constitutional limitation oil tax
- rrovidsd by and declared in Article IN
Of the Constitution of ISIS, shall DC ie. "a
the property liable to taxation "
shady Grove District. ,...
Petitioners further pray that al s~iu e'ee,'oa'
.o 20 be held. your Honorable BODY 90 sao
80 . vote OF the property taxpayers OF s-iu
sh.ax Grove District. entitled TO vote u sac
election. under the election laws OF the S'.'e
of Louisiana, in the following matters 70
E;rst Tha, the object of levying ana co'
,..,;,g . soacial tar, the levy Of which Is here-
NV prayed for. to be submitted according "
law. is for the purpose CT giving saoiiionA'
.upport 10 the public school and tufnisn"s
school building.
second. That the rat e of said special tax SO
~ he levied annually upon all taxable prop
ertv. in said Shady Grove District shall De
Five Mills on the Dollar.
Third. That the length of time for ana
during which such special tax is to Gun ana DC
levied annually, upon all such property suolee.
70 taxation in said shady Grove District snail
be Ten years beginning with the year ls0s'
wherefore, petitioners pray that said cleo
tion be ordered, for the foregoing objects ana
purioses and in conformity with the Consutu-
lion of this State and the acts OF the Legisia-
ture thereof of the subject.
Respectfully submitted.
j. c. Harville L. r. Wright, A. j. Franks, Jr >
C. w. wrifht, e. Wright, ]. NJ. Allen, Nj.
N. starks, 9. W. Sanford, N. Sanford, w. l..
Osiesby, ]. Z. Skinner, Jesse hcSaughton, b.
w. acNaughton, NJ. E. McNaughfon. c. ID.
A. n n
w. A. oliver, T. L. Page. J. T. Haynes, q. A.
Douglas, W. H. Nixon, E. W. Saunders.
AN ORDINANCES.
On motion the request of tie petition was
granted and the following ordinance adopted:
Sec /. Be il oriain ID by the Police Jury OF
the Parish OF winn, La, in regular session as
sembled, that q special election be held
throughout the Shady Grove School District,
Parish Of VIM. State Of louisiana on
Tuesday, November 18th 1908
ut which there shall be submitted to the prop
erty tar payers who arc entitled to vote under
the election laws OF the State OF Louisiana the
question OF levying all the taxable property
in the said shady Grove School District. VIM
Parish La, Q special tax OF Five Mills on the
dollar for . period Of ten years. commencing
with 1903 to 1918 inclusive, in aid OF public
schools throughout said district, said tar to be
levied and collected according to law.
Sec 2. Be il further ordained, etc, that the
commissioners of the said election shall re-
ceive the ballots OF all property taxpayers who
are entitled to vote under the election laws OF
the State Of Louisiana. being voters of the said
Shady Grove School District, winn Parish,
La, and before depositing same in the ballot
boz, shall endorse thereon in the presence Of
the voters the name OF the voter and the
amount of the value OF the assessed property
voted for or against the levy OF said Five Mills
tax In aid OF public schools as Aforesaid
DEC o. Be il further ordained, etc, that the
said special election shall be held under the
election laws Of the State of Louisiana and as
the polling places established by law and the
ballots used at said election shall be printed
on the following form;
FOR . special tax CT Five Mills on the dol
lar per annum for period of Ten Years COM
mencing in 1909 and running to 1918 inclusive
on all the taxable property in shsdy Grove
School District, in aid Of the Iublie schools in
said school district"
Sec. 4. Be IL further ordained. etc, that the
Board Of Supervisors iof Education OF VIM
Parish. be and they are thereby reuuested to
appoint commissioners and clerks TO serve at
said polling places and to give due notice Of
time and place of holding said election, and to
make retur-s Of saic election to the president
Of the Police Jury, who shall promulgate said
election in accordance with law.
Sc. s. Be il further ordained. etc, that this
ordinance and the annexed petition Of tar
papers be published in the Official jour al Of
the Parish OF " inn, for fun thirty clear days
prior 70 the holding of ssid election. and this
ordinance shall take effect from and after tbs
date Of It's passage.
il. BREwToN. President.
8. NJ ABEL, Clerk Oct. ., isos.