The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-08-26
An Ordinance

Ordering an election in School DISTRICTS
Nos. Is and Is, as established and
created by the School Board OF Bos-
sier Parish, to take the sense OF the
taxpayers on the question of mill
tax for a period of ten years, begin
ming with the year 1910, 211s mills for
building purposes and 21a mills for
equipment of schools and supplement-
ing teachers salaries, and that the
School Board be authorized to fund
the building portion ZEE mills) into
bonds, in said District No. is; and
also to take the sense of the property
taxpayers on the question of J. mill
tax for a period of ten years, begin
ming with the year 1910, for the pur-
pose of furnishing supplies for the
comfort of the children, in District
No. Is.
Whereas, the petitions, signed by
more than one-third of the property tax
payers of School Districts Nos. 10 ana
i6. as created and established by the
School Board of Bossier Parish July z,
1909, in regular session convened, have
been presented to this body, asking that
a special election be ordered in School
District No. Is to take the sense OF the
taxpayers on the question Of levylng
annually special tax of B mills for
period OF ten years, beginning with the
year 1910, upon all property within said
district. for the purpose of building 21a
mills and for equipment of schools and
sunplementing teachers salaries 212
mills. and that the School Board be
authorized to fund the building portion
~. mills) into bonds; and also asking
that a special election be ordered in
School District No. Is to take the sense
of the taxpayers on the question OF
lcvying annually special tax OF ~
mills for period OF ten years, begin
ming with the year 1910, upon all prop
erty within said district, for the purpose
of furnishing supplies for the comfort OF
the children.
Said School Districts Nos. ID and Ii
having been duly created and their
boundaries defined by the School Board
of Bossier Parish, in regular session
convened, on July 2, 1909,
Be it ordained, That there be held,
and it is hereby ordered, in School Dis
tricts Nos. Is and Is, as created by the
School Board of Bossier Parish July 2,
1909, a special election for the purpose
OF ascertaining the sense of the tax
payers of District No. Is on the question
of levying a special tax of mills for
period OF ten years, beginning with the
year 1910, on the dollar OF the assessed
valuation of said property OF said dis
trict, for the purpose of building "
mills and for equipment of schools and
supplementing teachers salaries 21s
mills, and that the School Board be
authorized to fund the building portion
(2ls mills) into bonds; also, a special
election tor the purpose of ascertalning
the sense of the taxpayers OF District
No. Is upon the question of leyying an
nually a special school tax of y. mills
on the dollar of the assessed valuation OF
all property in said district for the Pc
Rod OF ten years, beginning with the
year 1910, for the purpose OF furnishing
supplies for the comfort of the children.
district No. Is being bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning on the
Arkansas line at the center of the Cotton
Belt railway, thence southerly along the
center of said railway to the northern
boundary of Plain dealing District,
which is a half mile south OF the north
ern boundary of section rs; thence to
the northeast corner of the Plain Deal
ing District, which is the middle OF the
west side of section 80; thence in a
southerly direction one and one-halt
miles to the southwest corner OF town.
ship % north, range II west; thence one
mile east, south one-half mile, east one
mile, south one-quarter mile, east one
mile, south one-quarter mile to the
southwest corner OF section 3, township
q north, range t2 west; thence two and
one-quarter miles east, north one-hal1
mile, west three-Quarters of mile to the
center of section 2, same township and
range; thence north one-quarter, east
three-quarters; thence north one and
one-quarter miles to the northwest cor
ncr OF the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section IS, town.
ship % north, range II west; thence cas-,
to Bodcau; thence in a northerly direc-
ton to the point where Bodcau crosses
the southern boundary OF section IL
township % north, range II west;
thence west to the northeast corner o.
section 20, township % north, range 1:
west; thence north to the State line
thence west along the State line to thu
starting point.
Dlstllcu No. Is being bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Commence on tn,
north line of section 81, township q
range L., one-quarter of mile due cas-
of the northwest corner of said section
and run due south through said section
and one quarter of mile into section 1
township q, range IL; thence due ives
one-quarter of a mile to the line between
sections and 2; thence due south Of
section line two and three-quarter mile
to the southwest corner of section 13
thence due east two miles to the south
west corner of section II, township q
range ii; thence due north one mile OF
line between sections II and 18 to tn
northwest corner of section II; theme
due east one mile to the northeast corne
of section II; thence due north one mil
on the line between sections 8 and 9 t
the northwest corner of section g.; theme
on north line of sections 8 and 10 t
Bodcau Bayou; thence up said bayou il
a northwesterly direction, with the me
anderings of said bayou to its intersec
ton with the north line of section g
township %, range ii; thence due Yves
on north line of sections 81 and e
township %, range II, and section 81
township q, range IL, to the point Q
beginning.
That said election in District No.
be held at Carterville, the regular pollin,
place in said district as now establishe
by law, on Saturday, August q, 1909
and
That said election be held in Distric
No. Is at Mot, the regular polling plac
in said district as now established b.
law, on Saturday, August q, 1909.
:. That said elections be held unde
the general election laws of the State Q
Louisiana, except as hereinafter modi
fed.
3. That the ballots to be used may
,x,a claoll rod.