The Forrest City times., 1911-02-17

speetion by any person who may con. test the election of any director.
 Sec. :. Any adult person residing Tn any of the counties of the Sr francis levee district and owning land In said district and being levee tax payer therein, shall be qualified to serve as rector of the county in which lie may reside.
 Sec. $. It shall be the duty of the respective judges of the election here. Tn provided for, to make full. con- plete and accurate returns of the election held by them to the respec. tive county judges within three days atter said election, and it shall be the auty of the county judge of the respective counties within two days after receiving the returns of the re- spective election of their respective counties to ascertain the number of votes cast for each director, and to deliver to the three directors receiv- Ing the highest number of votes in the year 1911, a certificate of their cleo ton stating the number of votes each or them may have received. which snail entitle them or any of them to act as members of the board of di- fectors during their respective terms. And it shall be the duty of the county judge in the election held after the year 1911, to deliver to the one person receiving the highest number of votes cast, a certificate of the election which shall entitle him to serve for a term of three years. Provided that if vacancy occurs in said board. from death, resignation or any cause, then his successor shall be elected at the next election after the death, resigna- ton or removal to fill the vacancy.
 ''Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the respective judges and clerks of said election to receive the ballots of all taxpayers, either in person or by proxy, when the same is duly and properly presented, to count the same for the person for whom it was voted. and to make tabulated statement of all the votes cast and deliver them to the respective county judges, and if any county judge of election or clerk the election, shall alter any ballot or make any false count of vote, or false result of the election, CT issue false certificate of the election he shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, and shall be disqualified to serve as a judge or clerk of any election and from voting, either in person or by proxy, ill any election to be held for the purpose of electing directors for the period of five years
 Sec. l0. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as proxy for a tax payer unless he has been legally au- thorized to do so, and it shall be un- lawful for any person either for him. self or by proxy to cast any vote in said election unless he is entitled so to do under this act Any person violating this act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars and snail not be allowed to vote for any member of the board of directors of the St. Francis levee district, either in person or by proxy, for a period of five years.
 Sec. H. It is not intended to re- peal any law regulating the creation or management of the St. Francis leyee district: it is only intended to change the method of selecting the board of directors therefor: provided, that they shall not have the power to place higher tax on cultivated lands than on timbered, or uncultivated lands. "
 That the rate of taxation for land within the St. Francis leyee district should be increased from II cents an acre to maximum of 20 cents was the sentiment expressed last night by a majority of land owners who met with the members of the Committee on Levees of both the house and the senate in the convention hall of the Hotel Marion.
 The present law provides for an an nual tax of II cents an acre to provide funds for the maintenance, construc- tion and reconstruction of the levees Bills now pending in both houses of the legislature seek to increase the annual tax so that the maximum will be 20 cents an acre, the exact amount depending on the contingencies that will arise from year to year. It was to get an expression concerning these bills from the taxpayers of the dis trict that the legislative committees