The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05

purpose of submitting to the qa!allheu
electors of tie said School District l'se
question of the levy of special tax VI
ten mills for the purpose of proVlalhe
addition aid to the public schoo's u
the said District.
Sec. |. Be it ordained by the PARISH
Board of School Directors of the far-
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana. that spe,,
cial election be, and is hereby ordefeu
to be held in School District No. 70, IN
Parish Of Caldwell louisiana on the
Both day of March, 1915, for the Pur-
pose Of submitting to the qualified elec7
tors of the said school district entitleu
to vote thereat, the question OF levy
Of a special tax of ten mills
on the dollar of the assessed VALUATION
of all property in said School DISTRICT
subject to State taxation, for perloai
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, that
the bollots to be used at the salu
special election shall be prepared by
Secretary of the Parish Board OF SchOol
Directors. and shall be in the following
form:
Proposition to levy a ten
QO) mills special tax on all
property subject to taxation, YES
in District No. %, Of the Par
ish of Caldwell, Louisiana, an -
nually for period Of five (0 i
years for the purpose of Civ mol
ing additional aid to public NV
schools in the said district. -
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that the Secretary of the Parish
Board of School Directors be, and ne
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
err election blanks that may be requlr-
red for the pupose of holding said cleo
ton, to cause the same to be placed in
the ballot boxes for use at the respec-
tive precincts, and make provision Tor
the transmission of the ballot boxes to
the several precincts of the School Dis
trct at which the election is to be
held
Sec 4. Be it further ordained, etc,
that thepolling places. or precincts for
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. S. 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, canvassing
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. 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.
Continued next week.
Geo. 7. Martin, Pres.
J, G.. Hines, Sec.