The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-06-03
School Board Proceedings.

The Board of School Directors of
Bossier Parish met in extra session on
this, the 9th day of May, 1915, for the
purpose of canvassing and promulgating
the returns of special school elections
held in School Districts No. and No.
10 on May Is, 1915, and to order an
election held in School District No. Is
to vote on the question Of raising the
present assessment from 21s to 81 mills
on the dollar, and to transact such other
business as might come before the
board.
The following named members an
swered to roll call: W. E. Connell,
Ward One; J. W. Wallace, Ward Two;
N. w. Sentell, Ward Three; A. J. De-
moss, Ward Four; A. Hoffpauir, Ward
Five, and L. G. Biggs, Ward Six.
The board then went into committee
of the whole and proceeded to canvass
the returns of the elections held on May
18th, which resulted as follows:
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S-mill tax in the newly added territory
TO the Seventh School District, 4;
amount of property voted, 1880. Num-
Der OF votes cast against the tax, none.
The vote cast being unanimously in
favor of said tax, the election was de-
clared duly carried.
The following ordinance was then
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, in pursuance to an ordi-
nance of the Board of School Directors
of Bossiee Parish ordering an election
to be held in the newly added territory
to the Seventh School District for the
purpose of taking the sense of the quail
flied voters in said territory on the
question of voting an S-mill special
school tax in said territory for the bene-
fit of the Haughton High School, said
tax to be collected for the year 1915;
therefore,
Be it ordained by the Board of School
Directors of Bossier Parish, That tax
of mills on the dollar be and the same
is hereby assessed on all property sub
| ject to taxation situated in territory re-
Gently added to the Seventh School Dis
trict, the same to be collected for the
year 1915.
After counting and tabulating the
vote cast at Koran, in the Nineteenth
School District, the following result was
declared:
Number of votes cast for the 5-mill
tax, Il; amount of property voted for
the tax, $3.50. Number of votes cast
against the tax, 1; amount of property
voted against the tax, st100.
There being clear majority of votes
cast and amount of property voted in
favor of said tax, the election was de-
clared duly carried.
The following ordinance was then
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, in pursuance to an ordi-
nance of the Board of School Directors
of Bossier Parish ordering an election
in School District No. 10 for the pur-
pose of taking the sense of the qualified
voters and taxpayers in said district on
on the question Of voting a special tax
of mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of the property situated in
said District No. 10, to be used for gen.
eral school purposes, said tax to be first
collected in the year 1915 and continue
for ten years; therefore,
Be it ordained by the Board of School
Directors of Bossier Parish, That a tax
of mills on the dollar be and the same
is hereby assessed on all property sub
ject to taxation situated in School Dis
trict No. 10, said tax to be first collected
in the year 1915 and end with the year
1924.
The following petition, signed by
thirty-five taxpayers, was read and its
request granted:
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Bosser Parish School Board.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
citizens and taxpayers of School Dis
trict No. ID, do respectfully petition
your honorable body to order an election
in School District No. Is to take the
sense of the qualified voters in said
school district on the question of raising
our school tax from 21s mills to 81 mills
on the dollar for the purpose of in
stalling and maintaining domestic SCI
ence and agriculture in the ,Bossier City
School.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering an election within School
District No. i3 of Bossier Parish.
Louisiana, to take the sense of the
property taxpayers of said district on
the question of raising the special
school tax in said district from 215
mills to 31s mills on the dollar for the
purpose OF installing domestic science
and agriculture in the Bossier City
| School.
Whereas, petition signed by more
than one-third OF the legal taxpayers and
citizens of School District No. 13 has
been presented to this body, asking that
a special election be ordered in said dis
trict to take the sense of the legal voters
and taxpayers of the district on the
question of raising the special tax rate
from 21a mills to 81 mills on the dollar
for the purpose of installing and main
tanning domestic science and agriculture
in the Bossier City School; therefore,
Be it ordained, That there be, and is
hereby ordered, that special election
be held in School District No. Is to take
the sense Of the legal voters and tax
payers of said district on the question
OF raising the present tax from % mills
to 311s mills on the dollar, said tax to be
first collected in the year 1915, and ex-
pire with the year 1921.
2. That said election shall be held
under the general election laws of the
State OF Louisiana, except as herein
after specified.
3. That said election shall be held ir
the town of Bossier City on Tuesday
June 20, 1915.
4. That the ballots used shall read