The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-08-25
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Columbia, La, Aug. 9th, 1916

The Parish Board of School Directors
met this day in adjourned session, with
all members present except G w Wall.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted.
= The Board proceeded to vpremulgate
the returns from the special school tax
election held in ward or district No, |
and found the results to be as follows:
No. of votes for the tax II. Total
property voted for the tax $40, $40. co..
There were no votes or property against
said tax.
The Board then proceeded to promul-
gate the returns from the specinl school
tax election held in district No, 80, and
found therein the returns to be as fol-
lowers: No. of votes for the tax Is.
Property voted for the tax SIS, 745. 90.
There were no votes or property against
the tax,
The BOaId then proceeded topromul-
gate the returns from district No. %
and found therein the returns to be as
follows: No, of votes for the tax, H..
Property voted fol- the tax, Sd, $50. 90.
No. of vote against the tax, 2, Prop
erty voted against the tax, $4,000,
The Board then proceeded to promul-
gate the returns from the parishwide
tax election held.throughout the parish
of Caldwell, and found therein the re-
suits to be as follows: No, of votes
cast for the tax, 189. Amount Of prop
erty voted for the tax, S118, $40. 90. No.
of votes cast against the tax, 944.
Amount of property voted against the
the tax, $195, 6S5, 80. Whereupon, the
following resolution was offered and
adopted:
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, this Board has examined
and canvased the returns from Special
School Tax Elections held in Special
School Districts Nos. /, 13, and %, on
the 1st day of Aug. 1916, and the Par
ish-wide tax election he'd throughout
the Parish of Caldwell, held on the 9th
day of Aug. 1916, and
Whereas, the proposition submitted
to the legally qualified voting tax pay
ers Of SAID districts was found to have
been carried in both number of votes
and amount of property voted. and the
Parish-wide tax was found to have been
defeated in both number Of. votes cast
and amount of property voted, there
fore,
Be 1t Resolved by the School Board
of the Parish of Caldwell, in adjourned
session convened, that, by authority of
the majority of the qualified property
taxpayers of Districts No. l., IL and
%, special tax be, and the same is
hereby levied on all taxable property
subject to state taxation in the afore-
said districts as followers: In District
No. l, tax of five mills on the dollar
of the assessed valuation of all property
within said district for a period of five
years, beginning with and including the
year 1916, as maintenance tax.
In District No. IL, tax of five mills
on the dollar of the assessed valuation
of all property within the said district,
beginning with and including the year
1916, as maintainanc tax.
In District Is, tax of ten mills on
the dollar of the assessed valuation OF
all property within the district for a
period of five years, beginning with
and including the year 1916, as a MAIN
tainonce tax.
And the said taxes shall be devoted
solely to the purpose for which they
were voted, namely: as maintenance
tax.
Geo. 7. Martin, Pres.
J. C. Hines, Sec.
Continued next week.