The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-07-31
I Whereupon, the following Ordinane
was adopted:

Whereupon, the following ofaihaiiee
was adopted:
! An Ordinance ordering a speela
election to be held in District No. II
| in the Parish of Caldwell, for the pur
pose of submitting to the qualified
electors of the said district the ques
ton of the levy of a special tax Of
five mills (5), for the purpose of pro
viding additional aid to the public
schools of the SAID school district.
Sec. |. Be it further ordained b.
the Parish Board of School Director
of the Parish of Caldwell, Louisiana
| That special election be, and is here
by ordered to be held in School Dis
trict No. II, in the Parish of Caldwell
Louisiana, on the 18th day of August
1914, for the purpose of submitting t.
the qualified electors of the sal
school district entitled to vote therea
the question Of the levy of speeia
tax Of five mills (5) on the dollar Of a
property in the said school distric
subject to State taxation, for a perio
of five years, the proceeds of the sal
tax to be used in giving additional al
to the public school of the said schoc
district.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc,
: That the ballots to be used at the sal
-. election shall be prepared by the sec
rotary of the Parish Board of Schot
: Directors, and shall be in the foloWin
form:
, Proposition to levy a five 1''asEssa
60 mills special tax on all the
: property subject to taxation5
in school District No. II, YES
| Parish of Caldwell, Louisiana,
annually, for the period Of '''-'''H='
, five years, for the purpose of MO
. giving additional aid to the NV
pnblic schools of the said
school districts
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc
! That the Secretary OF the Paris
Board of School Directors be, and
,, is hereby ordered to cause to be pr
pared for use at the said election tt
: tally sheets, lists of qualified elector
assessed valuation of propertp, blar
statements for the compilation Of ii
vote, in number and amount, al
! other election blanks that may be r
3 CURED for the purpose Of holding tt
: said election, to cause the same to
placed in the ballot boxes for use
0 the respective precincts, and to NAL
provision for the transmission of Il
: ballot boxes to the several precincts
a the school district at which the elect,
5 is to be held,
: Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc
E That the polling places or precincts f
s the said election shsll be the Pale
: tine school house, and the followir
three commissioners are appointed
: serve at the above named polling plac
0. L. Womack, S. 0. Dortch and B
: Barnette, B. B. Banister as Clerk, ;
s OF whom shall serve without compens
: ton.
e Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, ett
e That the Parish Board of School
rectors shall meet at 10 o'clock a. n
f on the Goth day of August, 1914,
G the purpsoe, in open session, of e
d aiming and counting the ballots, ca
wasting the returns and declaring t
e result of the election.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, ct,
That the President of the Pari
= Board Of School Directors be, and
}. is hereby instructed to give public I
e tice of the said election by proclan
d ton to be duly published, according
e law.
X Motion and second that two me
e members be added to the building co
ic mittee of Copenhagen and Holum CT
solidated school; and the motion "
r carried and the following persons We