The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-10
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Legal.
 Birmingham, Ala, May 8, 1918. Hon. J. P. Stiles, Judge of Probate Court, City;
 Dear Sir Pursuant to the provision of the statute we beg to hand you herewith report of the result of thc 3-mill tax election held in the city of Birmingham. Alabama. on May 6, 1918.
 REGULAR MEETING
 Of the Board of Revenue of Jefferson
 County, Alabama. Held on the
 Sth Day of May. 1918.
 The board of revenue of Jefferson county, Alabama. met at the court house of Jefferson county. Alabama, on the Sth day of May, 1918, at 12 o clock. noon, in regular session
 Present on roll call: Jere Gwin, chairman; Dr. J. B. Vines, F. A. Hew- itt. Rufus Bivens Absent: R. F. Love- lady.
 The following resolution was intro duced by Mr F A. Hewitt:
 RESOLUTION
 Whereas, Heretofore on the 12th day of April, 1918, the board of education of Jefferson county filed with this hoard a written request for a special election in the school district compris- ing the City of Birming gham, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said district, for their de- tCi DN DdIlOt, WneIleT or not 2 special tax of Thirty Cents on each One Hundred Dollars worth of taxable property located in the City of B;r- mjngham shall be levied and collected for public school purposes within the City of Birmingham for a period of twenty five years. and to be applied to the following purposes, to-wit:
 1st-To provide for the payment of interest on One Million (s1 .000, 900 0O) of for high schools for the use of tha City of Birmingham to be issued by the City of Birmingham pursuant to an election to be held for that purpose and to provideyfor the payment of the principal of said One Million (S1000- oe0.o0) Dollars of school bonds abovs mentioned. al the maturities thereof
 2nd-To provide for the maintenance current operation and expense of con- aucing the public school system of tie City of Birmingham, provided that auy surplus of said tax. after providing for the foregoing purposes. may from time to time, in the discretion of the school authorities be applied to the acqui- sition of necessary sites for public school buildings and for the eouipping and furnishing of public schools here tofore or hereafter erected and for the improvement and repair of the same, and generally,
 Srd-To provide additional funds for all public school purposes in the City of Birmingham, Alabama. and
 Whereas. On the 12th day of April, 1918, the Board of Revenue of Jeffer- son County. Alabama, adopted a resp luton which appears of record on the minutes of this Board in Minute Book 30. pages 303 ct seq, calling a special election upon the written request of the County Board of Education to be, held in the separate school district comprising the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, on the 9th day of May. 1918. for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said district. for their determination by ballot. whether or not said special tax hereinabove set forth shall be lev led at the time and in the manner and Tor the purposes hereinabove stated. and,
 Whereas. The election officers and the voting places were designated by salo resolution. as required by law, to conduct said election, and.
 Whereas, Due and legal notice of sald election was published in the Bi-- minsham Ledger, a newspaper nuh- lished in the City of Birmingham and or general circulation in said separate school districts for three successive fs- sues preceding the date of said cleo tlon. to-wlt: on the 18th. 18th and 18th or April 1918. and also on the 10th uay or April. 1918, and the 18th day or April 1918, and publication of said rotice of said election was also given III addition to said publication in said newspaper on the days above men tloned, by written notices posted in three public places within said dis trlct twenty days prior to the date of ssllo electlon' which said notices were posted at the Court House of Jeffe~- son county. Alabama; at the Citv Han in that portion of tho City of Rir- mlnsham known as WoodlaWn ana at the City Hall in the Citv of Rir msngham on 4th Avenue and 18th street in said sity. and
 whereas, said publications and said no- .!ces snow the rate of such proposed tax. the .ne tune It is proposed to be leview and the purposes for which the levy is nro- posed to be made, and
 Whereas said election was held on the eth day of May, 1918, in the city of Bir- mlnSham. Ala, in accordance with the call for said election. and at said elec- tlon there was submitted to the qualified electors of the city of Birmingham for tnelr determination by ballot, the ques- tion as to whether or not a sbecial tax levy of Thirty Gents on each One Inn dred Dollars worth of txable property located in the City of Birmingham. Ala. shall be levied for public school purposes within the City of Birmingham for period of 25 years, and to be applied to public school purposes hereinabove set forth, and
 Whereas. at said election the form of the official ballot used was in words and figures as follows to-wit
 OFFICIAL BALLOT. Special district school tax election held in the City of Birmingham Ala. on