The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-08
School Board Proceedings.

sier Parish met in Benton in regular ses-
sion on this, the I'd day of April, 1915, with
all members present, to-wit:
W. E. Connell, Ward One.
J. w. Wallace, Ward Two.
N. W. Sentell (President) Ward Three.
A. J. Demoss, Ward Four.
A. Hoffpauir, Ward Five.
Lie. Biggs, Ward Six.
After roll call, the minutes of the last
meeting were read and adopted, with the
following correction: Refund check Ito
Dock Chase) for special school tax should
read $3.50 instead of So, as drawn.
On motion and second, the board ad-
journed for dinner until l 80 pm.
At $50 pm. the board was called to
order by the President, with all members
present.
Attorney E. W. Doran having presented
the decision of the Court of Appeals in the
suit entitled Mrs. Nettie Wilmington VS..
Bossier Parish School Board, motion,
with second, was passed instructng the
Superintendent to refer the matter to Dis
trict Attorney Robertson for further action.
On motion, duly seconded, the Superin-
tendent was instructed to write the Super
visor on Accounts to know how the board
members could collect pay for committee
work.
The following trustees were duly ap-
pointed for the Ford School: G. S. Ford,
Lucian Ford and Lee Butler.
The following petitions were presented
and granted:
To the Honorable School Board of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned citi-
zens and taxpayers of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, do hereby petition your honor
able body to extend the metes and bounds
of the present Special School District No.
7 as follows: Let the north, east and west
boundaries remain as at present. Extend
the southern boundary line as follows:
Begin on the Webster Bossier Parish line
at the southeast corner of section Is, town.
ship II, range II, and run west along the
section line to the northeast corner of Sec
ton Fl, township II, range II, thence south
to the southeast corner of section 81, town.
ship II, range II, thence west to the south
west corner of section %, township II,
range IL, thence north to the northwest
corner of section %, township II, range II,
thence west to Bodcau, thence north up
Bodcau to the present southwest corner of
District No. 7.
w. D. Hammer, E. B. Hammer, c. D.
Murff, A. J. Hays, w. C. Rascoe.
On motion, duly seconded, the southern
boundary line of the Seventh School Dis
trict was located as prayed for.
To the Honorable School Board of Bossier Parish,
| Louisiana.
Gentlemen: We, the citizens and tax
payers of the newly added territory to the
Seventh School District, do hereby petition
your honorable body to order an election in
said new territory of the Seventh School
District to take the sense of the qualified
voters and taxpayers on the question of
voting special tax of mills on the as
} sessed valuation of all property situated in
said new territory for term of one year,
said tax to be used for general school pur-
!, poses.
ORDINANCE No. /
Ordering an election to be held in the
J new addition to Special School Dis
trict No. I, in the Parish of Bossier,
for the purpose of submitting to the
, qualified voters of said school district
the question of levyng special tax of
s mills on the dollar for general school
, purposes.
!, Section /. Be it ordained by the Par
ish Board of School Directors of Bossier
Parish, That special election be and
!, is hereby ordered to be held in the newly
added territory to the Seventh Special
4 School District in the Parish of Bossier,
Louisiana, Saturday, May Is, 1915,
for the purpose of submitting to the
| qualified voters and taxpayers of said
) district the question of levying
r special S-mill tax the dollar of all
property in said district subject to taxa
ton for period of one year; said tax to
be used for general school purposes, in
the interest of Haughton High School.
| Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
said election shall be held under the
. general election laws of the State of
, Louisiana, except as hereinafter speci-
fed.
Sec g. That said election be held at
, Oakland &C. D. Murff's) on Saturday.,
May Is, 1915.
} Sec. /. That the ballots used shall be
written or printed and shall read: "a
proposition to levy an S-mill tax for one
year on the assessed valuation of all
| property subject to taxation situated in
the newly added territory to the Seventh
School District of Bossier Parish. Yes
]; no ]. Amount of property, :"
Sec 5. That the returns of said elec-
ton shall be made within three days
after the election to the Parish Board
8 of School Directors.
Sec. 8. That said election shall be
held without expense to the parish.
The following commissioners and clerk
are hereby appointed to hold said elec-
ton w. G. Rascoe, A. J. Hays and
w. D. Hammer, commissioners; G. D.
Murff, clerk.
We, the undersigned property taxpayers
a of the Koran community, Bossier Parish
: do hereby petition your honorable body tt
grant an election on the question of voting