The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-26
School Board Proceedings
PROCLAMATION

pliance with said resolution, a specla
election will be held in School Distrlc'
No. %, of the said Parish of Caldwel
Louisiana, on Tuesday, the 3Oth ia!
Of March, 1915, for the purpose o.
submitting to the property taxpayers;
qualified under the Constitution ano
Laws of the State of Louisiana, te
vote at said election, the following
proposition, to-wit: TO levy speclas
tax of ten mills on the dollar on all
property in school district No. ST. Par,
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana, subject tG
State taxation, annually, for a perioo
of tixe years for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the public schools.
For the purpose of said special e!ec.
ton the polling place will be at Shlof
church, and the following commission
ers and clerk of election of the polling
place have been appointed to serve al
this election, all of whom will serve
without compensation: For commlss'
toner's, D A HUMPHREYS, Daniel Fore,
Charlie Elliott and E L Price, clere Of
elections.
At said election, the polls shall opei.
at 7 O'Clock, a. M, and close at
o'clock. p. M, and the election will be
conducted in accordance with the laws
Of Louisiana applicable thereto. ~
Notice is hereby given that, at II
o'clock, a. M, on Tuesday the 1tfi
day of April, 1915, the said Parish
Board of School Directors, of the Par.
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana, will meet al
it's office at Columbia, and in open SEES
ion, proceed to open the ballot box, ex'
anime and count the ballots, in number
and amount, examine and canvass the
returns, and declare the result of the
said special election.
This, 18th day of September, 1914.
GEO. T. MARTIN,
President: of Parish Board of School
Directors.
ORDINANCE NO. 6
An ordinance ordering a special cleo:
ton to be held in School District No.
%, in the Parish of Caldwell, for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of tie said School District the
question of the levy of a special tax OF
ten mills for the purpose of providing
addition aid to the public schools OF
the said District.
Sec. /. Be it ordained by the Parish
Board of School Directors of the Par
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana. that spe-
cial election be, and is hereby ordered
to be held in School District No. %, in
Parish of Caldwell, Louisiana, on the
3Oth day of March, 1915, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the qualified cleo
tors of the said school district entitled
to vote thereat, the question of levy
of special tax of ten mills
on the dollar of the assessed valuation
of all property in said School District
subject to State taxation, for a period
of five years, the proceeds OF
the said tax to be used in
giving addition aid to the pub
lie schools of said School District.
Sec. 2. Be it ordained, ETC., tina,
the bollots to be used at the said
special election shall be prepared b!
Secretary of the Parish Board of Schod
Directors. and shall be in the following
form:
Proposition to levy ten
| Q0) mills special tax on all
property subject to taxation, YESl
in District No. %, Of the Par
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana, an -
nually for period of five (5)
years for the purpose of CIV MA
ing additional aid to public nv
schools in the said district.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the Secretary of the Parish
Board of School Directors be, and he
is hereby ordered, to cause to be pre-
pared for use at the said election, the
tally sheets, lists of qualified electors,
assessed valuation of property. blanks
statements for the compilation OF
votes, in number and amount, and 9TH
er election blanks that may be requir'
red for the pupose of holding said cleo.
ton, to cause the same to be placed ir
the ballot boxes for use at the respec.
tive precincts, and make provision fol
the transmission of the ballot boxes tc
the several precincts of the School Dis.
trict at which the election is to be
held
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that thepolling places. or precincts fol
the said election shall be Shilo church
and the following three commissioners
are appointed to serve at the above
named polling place: D A HUMPHREYS
Daniel Fore, and Charlie Elliott, com.
missioners, E L Price Clerk of election
all of whom shall serve without com.
pensation.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that the Parish Board of School Di.
rectors shall meet at ten o'clock a. M,
on the 9th day of April 1915, for the
purpose, in open session, Of examining
and counting the ballots, canvassine
the returns, and declaring the result
of the said election.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that the President of the Parish Board
of School Directors be and he is here
by instructed, to give notice of SAID
election by Proclamation, to be duly
published according to law.
Sec. 7 Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the special election herein and
hereby provided for shall be held and
conducted and the returns thereof shall
be made under the provisions of Act
256 of 1910 and amendments thereof
and such other laws as may be appli'
cable.
Geo. T. Martin, Pres.
j. C. Hines, Sec.
NOTICE