The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-10
TAXPAYERS VOTE THE
ADDED ASSESSMENT
THREE-MllL LEVY VOTED YES
TERDAY IN SCHOOL DISTRICT
ELECTION IN THIS CITY.

by a majority of $50 votes the taA
payers Of the city at the polls yester-
day. signifed their Willingness TO
bear the assessment of an additional
three mill levy to maintain Ardmore's
schools. howers, practically all the
day, caused the vote to be lighter
than it would have been otherwise,
but those interested in the schools are
iubilant at the sentiment expressed
by the vote
Thirty per cent of the registration
was required TO vote in order to make
the election legal The registration
rolls showed l947 voters had register
ed. thus necessitating that 5S5 votes
be cast 10 make the election legal.
Tne vote cast was 81 in excess OF
this number 6S2 taxpayers voting. OF
these 531 favored the levy while l5l
opposed it,
The returns Of the election were
canvassed last nigh, by the board OF
city commissioners and Board of Edu-
cation in joint session. These boards
also certified to the returns.
The outcome of the election was
satisfactory to even the most ardent
supporters of the schools. Consider
ing the inclement weather, the light
vote and the fact thai so many tax
payers do not take an interest in
these matters, it is thought the vote
showed a very favorable sentiment for
the schools.
The interest shown in the election
by some of the business men and the
teachers and supporters of the schools
was very marked. All day patrons of
the schools button-holed every one
who passed asking them to vote for
the schools. A bevy of pretty school
marms swarmed the streets. pinning
tags on every voter. To these young
ladies much of the credit for the vote
is due.
Concerning the election a promin-
ent supporter o. the schools said this
morning: Had Ardmore failed to
vote for the additional assessment it
would have given her a black eye in
she mind of every city in the state. 1t
would have meant only five months Of
schools if we had not voted for the
levy and you know we could not stand
that"
The commissioners and board of e..
ucation made the following report:
Returns Of School District Election of
School District Number 1e.
City of Ardmore, Carter County Okla
homa.
We. the undersigned, do hereby GER
tify that at the election held in the
nine voting boxes in School District
Number 10, city of ArdmOre, Carter
county, Oklahoma, on the 9th day OF
August, 1910, which was the second
Tuesday after the first Monday IA
August. 1910. at which election the
question of whether or not said School
District Number 19, City of Ardmore,
should assess an additional levy of
three mills for the current expenses
of said school district for the fiscal
year ending June 90th, 1911:
531 votes were cast in favor of said
levy, and 151 votes were cast against
said levy, and the total number of
votes cast was 662. We further certify
that there are 1947 qualified electors
in said School district.
Witness our hands, this the 9th day
of August, 1910.
w. I. CRUCE,
President Board Education, School
District No. 10, City of Ardmore,
Carter County, Oklahoma.
Attest:
G.. II. BRUCE,
Clerk of School District No 10, City
of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla.
JAMES A. COTNER,
Mayor City of Ardmore, Carter Co.,
Okla.
Attest:
G. II. BRUCE,
Clery City Of ArdmOre, Carter Co,
Okla.
The Vote by Precincts.
For Again ST