The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08

Township IL. North, Range 2, East
and Sections %, 26, 81, "a, IS and q
township IA, North Range : East I
Mer., and the petition was granted
And the Board granted the Cotto,
Plant school the following District +,
be known as District q; including SOC
tons Is, IA, 10, %, %, "a, 25, Is, 3:
and SO Township 10, North, Range
East.
The petition from the citizens of tn.
Hill City (colored) schoo
asking to be let have :
school in the Grayson colored churci
until they could build their school house
and the request was granted.
On motion and seconded that the
Supervisor of Public Accounts repor1
be published. Carried.
On motion that building committee
be appointed for the Brushy building
to draft plans; the motion carried ancc
the following persons were appointed
E. L. West, j. H. May and J. L,
Johnson.
The petition from the citizens of the
NARROW school was read, on motion the
petition was tabled.
On request from the trustees of the
Hawkins School for the building of a
room to the Hawkins school building.
the request was granted and $3.50. 90
was appropriated.
On motion and seconded that the A.
w. Carroll place be cut out of the
School District No. "a, the motion was
carried.
A petition from the citizens of Dis
trict No. "a, asking for a special cleo.
ton was read. Granted.
Whereupon the following Ordinance
was adopted;
ORDINANCE NO. 4.
An Ordinace ordering a special
election to be held in School Dis
trict No. "a, in the Parish of
Caldwell, for the purpose of SUBJ
hitting to the qualified electors
of the said school district the
question of the levy Of a special
tax of five mills o., for the pur-
pose of providing additional aid
to the public schools of the said
school district.
Sec. |. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parish Of Cald-
we'll, Louisiana, That a special
election be, and is hereby order
ed to be held in School District
No. "a, in the Parish of Caldwell,
Louisiana, on the 25th day of
August, 1914, for the purpose Of
submitting to the qualified elec-
tors of the said school district
entitled to vote thereaI the ques-
ton of a levy of a special tax of
five % on the dollar Of all prop
erty in the said school district
subject to State taxation, for a
period of five years, the proceeds
of the said tax to be used in givs
ing additional aid to the public
schools of the said school dis
trict.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., That the ballots to be
used at the said election shall be
by the secretary CT the
Parish Board of School Direct
ors, and shall be in the following
form:
Proposition to levy al
five mills (5) special tax
on all the property subj YES
ject to taxation in|
School District No. 24,I
Parish of Caldwell,
Louisiana, annually, for
the period of five years,
for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the publ NO
lie schools of the said
school district.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., That the Secretary of
the Parish Board of School d.
rectors be, and he is hereby or
dered to cause to be prepared for
use at the said election the tally
sheets, lists Of qualified electors,
assessed valuation of property,
blank statements for the compila.
ton of the vote, in number and
and other election
blanks that may be required for
the purpose of holding the said
election, to cause the same to be
placed in the ballot boxes for
use at the respective precincts,
and to make provision for the
transmission of the ballot boxes
20 the several precincts of the
school district at which the elee-
ion is to be held.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordain-
I'd, etc., That the polling place
,r precinct for the said election
hall be held at the Chicks
'chool house, and the following