The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-07-09
School Board Proceedings.

School Board Proceedings.
The Board of School Directors for
Bossier Parish met in extra session on
this, the 30th day of June, 1914, for the
purpose of canyassing and promulgating
the returns of a special school tax cleo
ton held in School District No. Z, and
to transact such other business as might
come before the board.
The following named members an
swered to roll call: ]. w. Wallace,
Ward Two; N. w. Senteil (President)
Ward Three; A. j. Demoss, Ward
Four; A. Hoffpauir, Ward Five, and
L. C. Biggs, Ward Six.
The board at once went into a COM
mittee of the whole and proceeded to
canvass the returns of said election,
which resulted as follows:
Number of votes cast for the 3-miil
tax, 80; amount Of property voted for
the tax, S1S,620.
Number of votes cast against the g.
against the tax, SIT ,440.
There being majority of votes cast
and amount of property voted in favor
of said, the election was declared duly
carried.
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, in pursuance to an ordi-
nance of the Board OF School Directors
of Bossier Parish o. dering an election to
be held in School District No. for the
purpose of taking the sense of the quail
flied voters and taxpayers of said School
District No. on the question of voting
a special tax of mills on the dollar OF
| the assessed valuation of all propert.
situated in said District No. Z, to be
| used for the purpose of charging the
| Haughton school building and for othea
school purposes, said tax to be first col
lected in the year 1914 and to expire witt
the present special tax OF mills, the
number of votes cast and the amount O.
property voted both being majority
over votes and property cast agains
said tax, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Board of Schoo
Directors of Bossier Parish, That g.
mill tax be and the same is hereby as.
sessed on all property subject to taxation
in School District No. Z, said tax to b.
first collected in the year 1914 and tt
end with the year 1915.
Pursuant to advertisement, satisfac
tory bid having been received from thu
American National Bank of Shreveport
to serve as depository for the funds o
the Bossier Parish School Board for tn,
ensuing two years, beginning July |
1914, and ending July /, 1916, it is here
by moved and carried that said bank b.
and the same is hereby designated a
the boards legal depository for the mex
two years; and that the Treasurer i
hereby instructed to transfer the accoun
at once from the Commercial Nationa
Bank to the American National Bank.
Whereas, a petition signed by all O
the qualified voters of School Distric
No. Is has been presented to this board
asking that the east boundary line 0
said district be so changed as to leav
out all of the patrons OF the Emm
School, who were in the recent election
included in said district by mistake
therefore,
| Be it ordained, That said east boun
Diary line be changed to read as follows
Beginning at the southeast corner @
section II, township %, range II, an
running due north to where Bodca
Bayou intersects the east boundary c
section 50, township %, range IL.
A petition from patrons Of the Rock
Mount, Concord and Valley School
having been presented to this board
asking that school district be create
for the purpose of consolidating tn
three schools herein named, and thu
: the location of said school be left en-
tirely with the Parish School Boar
therefore,
/, Be it ordained, That a special scho,
district be created, and that the scho
in said district shall be located by IL
s Parish School Board, as prayed for.
! On motion, duly seconded, the boal
S agreed to go into the merits of the Ber
0 ton School trouble, which was brougl
: to its attention in the form of two pet
= tions. After getting the facts in tt
6 case from witnesses On either side,
motion, with second, was made to su
y tain the action of the local trustee
% which was duly carried.
There being no other business, Il
= board then adjourned to meet in regul
ression on Tuesday, July IA, 1914.
70 N. w. SENTELL, President.