The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-29

ana ordered mace part OF Tie
minutes by unanimous vote.
Whereupon the following ordi-
nance promulgating the returns was
offered by NJ. Bernstein and second
ed by W. H. Keith, who moved its
adoption:
AN ORDINANCE
Relative to the school tax
Whereas. on June IS, 1913, an
election was held throughout School
District No. Is of the Parish of Cad
do pursuant to the authority of Act
256 of the Acts of 1910 of the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana and amendments thereto, and
authorized by action of this board
! t6 take the sense Of the property
| taxpayers in said School District
No. Is on the question of voting a
special tax of five mills for a period
of ten years or until the sum OF
I 50 800 shall have been raised for the
purpose of purchasing, if necessary,
| a site or sites, erecting one or more
| school building thereon, title to
which shall vest in the public ana
the location Of which shall be deter
! mined by the School Board; to equip
| the same and for maintenance.
| 2. For giving additional aid to the
public schools of said district.
Whereas, at said election so held
and from the returns legally made.
it appears that majority in num-
Der and amount Of the property tax
PAYERS of said School District No. 16
voting at said election did vote IN
favor of the levy of said special tax.
| Now, therefore, pursuant to the
authority of said Act 2o6 of 1910 and
Acts amendatory thereof, and OF
the said vote and decision OF the
property taxpayers of said School
District No. Is.
Be it ordained by the Parish
Board of School Directors of Caddo
Parish. in special session convened,
majority being present and voting
for this ordinance, that special tax
of five mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation on all property
subject to taxation within the limits
of said School District No. 16, and
the same is hereby levied for the
wears 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918,
1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, or until $1,000
shall have been raised, for the pur-
pose of purchasing, if necessary, a
site or sites, erecting one or more
public school buildings thereon, title
to which shall vest in the public and
the location Of which shall be deter
mined by the School Board, to equip
the same and for maintenance.
2. For giving additional aid to the
public schools of said district.
Carried unanimously.
Office of the School Board, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana, June
20, i3.-Whereas, on June fa, 1913,
at an election held throughout
School District No. Is of the Parish
of Caddo, after more than thirty
days of advertisement, to take the
sense of the property taxpayers OF
said Schoo! District No. i6 of said
Parish of Caddo voting for special
tax of five mills on the dollar for
period of ten years for the purpose
of purchasing, if necessary, site or
sites, erecting one OF more public
school buildings thereon, title TO
which shall vest in the public and
the location of which shall be de-
termined by the School Board, TO
equip the same and for mainten-
ance.
2. For giving additional aid to the
public schools of said district.
Whereas, at said election duly and
legally held and returns legally
made the property taxpayers of sad
School District No. i6 of said par
ish voted favorably in number and
amount and authorized said School
Board to levy said special tax.
Now, therefore, l, t. H. Scovell,
president of the Parish Board ii
School Directors of the Parish Of
Caddo, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by law, and by direc-
tons Of the Parish Board Of School
Directors Of said Parish, do hereby
publicly announce and proclaim
that the result of said election is
favorable to the proposition sub
mitted to the properly taxpayers Of
said School District No. is of said
parish at said election, and that the
Parish Board of School Directors
hereby levies a special tax of five
mills ON the dollar of the assessed
valuation upon the property subject
TO taxation in said School District
No. t6 of said Parish for ten years,