The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-07-29

Offering an election within Schooi DIS
rr,.l 30. - of Bossier Parish, La, as
., .aiished by the School Board OF
sa.d parish, to take the sense OF tue
tea ayers On the question OF =. NIL.
tan fSr i've years for the purpose OF
ernaienenting salaries Of teachers IN
- 4vblic schools OF said district, and
ta SaA purpose of creating funo LOT
i,at.4fng and repairing school houses
IN aid district and supplying SAID
schools with furniture and appliances.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more
thaa aac-tfird of the property taxpayers
Of school District No. II, as established
nv re-oIution of the School Board OF
L:ezs.er Parish, La, of date July z, l9U9,
in regular session convened, has been
p. ted to this body, asking that
.s..iql election be ordered in said Dis
nc No. ~ to take the sense OF the
tax0ayers upon the question OF levying
annually a special school tax OF y.
mills on all property within said district
for 8 period of five years for the purpose
Of supplementing salaries OF teachers IN
the public schools of said district, and
for the purpose of creating fund TOR
building and repairing school houses IN
with furniture and appliances; and, -
Whereas. said School District No. IL
has Been duly created and its boundaries
defined bv the School Board OF Bossier
Parish at regular meeting held July
=, 1909, :.
BE il ordained, That there be, and it
Is hereby ordered, special electlon 70
be held in and for School District NO.
III RO1r0
Bossier Parish July 2, 1909, for the pur-
pose Of ascertaining the sense OF the
taxpayers of said district on the ques..
ton Of lcvying special school tax OF
o. mills on the dollar of the assessed
property Of said district Tor perlod OF
five years, beginning with the year 1911.
and according to law, for the purpose OF
experimenting the salaries OF teachers
in the public schools OF said district, ana
for the purpose OF creating a tuna TOT
building and repairing school houses IN
said district and supplying said schools
with furniture and appliances, Whlcn
said district is defined as follows:
Beginning at a point on Red River at
the southwest corner OF fractional Sec
ton ,, township 81 north, range II west,
thence east on section line to the north
cast corner of section II, township Il
north, range 10 west; thence south hve
miles to the southeast corner Of section
36, township q north, range IL west;
thence west on township line between
townships 20 and q to Red River;
thence up the east bank of Red River to
the point of beginning.
That said election be held at Alden
Bridge, the regular polling place in the
said district, as now established by law,
on Saturday, August %, 1909.
g That said election be held under
the general election laws of the State OF
Louisiana, except as hereinafter mod
flied.
3. That the ballots to be used may be
printed or written, and shall read: "For
o. mill tax for the period of five
years" or "Againnst Pc mill tax fol
the period of five years.
l. That all legal voters who are prop
erty taxpayers in said district shall be
entitled to vote, provided women who
IRE taxpayers in their own right shall be
entitled to vote, either in person or by
proxy.
s. That the returns of said election
shall be made to the Police Jury OF Bos-
sier Parish, within the time prescribed
by law.
6. The following named Commission
ers and Clerks are hereby appointed to
hold said election: S. r. Strayhan,
J. Snyder Strayhay and H. G. Spruill,
Commissioners |. F. Elder, Clerk.
Thus done and signed officially on
this, the 10 day Of July, A. D. 1909.
j. w. ELSTON,
22-6 President Police Jury.