The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-08-29

eadinp of the minutes OF the 3
'peciai meeting of Aug 7th was /
1ostponed until next meeting.
The matter of continuing tho
Balltown school was taken up
md It was decided to let the school
run this year.
Upon the request OF a number
Of residents of the Adams town
addition of Bogalusa, it was
deemed wise to establish q school
there as part Of the Bogalusa
schools, inasmuch as the people
have already provided q house,
and the safety Of the children de-
mand it.
NJ. F. Little was made trustee
for the Poplar Head school, vice
Elias jenkins, resigned L. EMS,
vice Fleming Morgan, resigned,
for Aurora.
The board, in legal session con.
vened, proceeded to canvass the
returns Of the special election
held in School District No. 8, to
determine the sense of the prop
erty taxpayers Of said school dis
trict No. 6, to levy q special tax
Of three mills on the dollar; said
election being held on the oath
day Of August, 1912, at which the
following proposition was SUBJ
mitted: To the property taxpay..
ers entitled to vote IN said school
district No. g.: Proposition ia
levy a three mill tax on all prop
erty subject to state tauation in
school district No. 6, of Washing
ton Parish, Louisiana, for q per.
iod of two years, for the purpose
of giving additional aid to public
schools Of said district, beginning
with the year 1872. and ending
with the year 1913.
The first precinct canvassed
was that of Bogalusa, Precinc!
No. No. 3, in which two spoiled
ballots were found, and the toll
flowing number Of ballots rejected
one ballot in faxor Of proposition
to leqy said tax and property val
uation in favor Of levying SAT-
tax rejected was $1,000. No. Q
ballote against the levying OF sal
tax rejected, three; and propert!
voted against the levying OF sal
ltax was $500. Total votes cas-
for tax ct predinct No. 8, q
: Total amount Of property cast o
tax in said precinct No. 8, $40,
5000. Total votes cast againt
. Lowing tee tax in said precin1
I No. 8. 8, Total amount Of prop
! crty voted againss said tax
: said precinct No. 8 was s.. TOO
: Majority Of votes in favor, i
9 Majority Of property for said ia;
1t S1S. $50. The said board pr
Y ceeded next to canvass the r
a turns Of Enou Precinct No.
: One ballot was rejected, being
= favor Of levying said special Il
Ve aud the property rejected cast
~ flavor Of said special tax was So
te Total votes cast for levying 50
he special tax, AZ. Total proper
- voted in favor, $22, 302. No vot
= cast against it. Majority vot
AZ in favor. AZ. Majority yropel
en- in favor, $22, 10000. The boa
,e- xext proceeded to canvass retur
nv Of Rio precinct No. 2. Total vot
- lin favor, II. Total property
:. = favor, $3.50. Total votes agail
u. tax, 10. Total property agail
Of tax. 5000. Majority votes
ng favor, Z. Majority property
favor, $4,000. Total votes
favor, Ill precincts, 50. To
20 votes against tax, ell precine
18. Majority votes in favor,
NO nraaincta. 81. Total property
fsvor, al precincts, 1922.
Total property against tax,
- precincts, $12,2M. Majority
MT nroDerty in favor, all precin'
an $48.9 72. And we hereby decl
- the proposition to levy 9 III
!. mill tax on all property subj
inc e state taxation in school
So trict No. 6 Of Washington PAR
La, for : period Of two ye.
to| for the pgrpose Of giving %
=, tional aid to public schools Of 9
~ 4 district No. s, beginning With
ln lp year 1915, and ending with
no year 1919, voted on the oath
ons Iof August, 1912, caroied.
Boz Whereas, it appears from
oflreturns made to tho parish Be
a Iof School Directors in and
~. th1 pariah az WaehinRt0n, s.