Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
AN ORDINANCE

seconded by Mr.. j. A. Moore:
AN ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, a special election, as
called by this School Board, was held
on October 21st, 1919, in the Boga-
lusa School District; and
WHEREAS, it is the duty of this
School Board to open the ballot
boxes used at said special election,
examine and count the ballots and
canvass the result of said election !:
THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED,
That this School Board do now pro-
coed to open the ballot boxes used
at said special election, examine and
count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result of the
said election; and that the President
appoint two tellers to count the
votes and compile the result.
And be it further ordained, AThat
q process verbal of the opening of
the said ballot boxes be made and
that the canvass of the returns and
result thereof be shown on the said
process verbal and that the said pro-
cess verbal be signed BY all the mem
bers of the School Board, the tellers
and the officers thereof.
This ordinance being put to vote,
the vote thereon was as ollows:
Yeas-Messrs. l. ]. Green, 0. E.
Morris, ]. A. Moore, George G.
knight, L. T. Richardson and Willie
RUSSELL.
Navs None
And the ordinance was declared
adopted.
Whereupon the President an
nounced the appointment of Messrs.
]. j. Green and Willie Russell as tell
ers; and in open session the said tell
ers, in the presence Of all the mem
bers Of the School Board, proceeded
to open the ballot boxes and count
the votes cast at the election held
October 81, 1919, in the Bogalusa
School District; each box being
opened separately, and thereupon
proceeded to examine and count the
ballots in number and amount in each
box, and examined and canvassed the
returns made by the officers of the
said special election at each polling
place and verified the said returns
with the result, which is declared as
follows:
At. City Hall, Precinct No. 1, Bo-
galusa, La, there were found 81
votes, representing an assessed valu-
alton of $98, $4,000, cast in favor of
the proposition:
To authorize the Washington Par
ish School Board to incur debt on
behalf of and in the name of the
Bogalusa School District in the
amount of Three Hundred Thousand
$4,000, 100000 Dollars, and to issue
and sell serial negotiable semi-annual
interest-bearing coupon bonds evi-
dencing the said Indebtedness; said
bonds to bear interest at the rate of
five per centum (5%) per annum,
pavable semi-annually, the principal
and interest of said bonds to be pay
able in such amounts and at such
times and places as the governing
authority may determine, said bonds
to run twenty-five (25) years from
the date thereof; and both principal
and interest of said bonds to be Sc
cured by a sufficient tax to be levied
and collected each year in accordance
WIFI AKttCIG GC1 VA tile CVatoOASANAOAA
and the Laws Of the State of LOUISE
ana, the proceeds from the sale Of
said bonds at not less than par to be
used in purchasing, constructing and
equipping public school buildings
within the Bogalusa School District.
And there was found one vote,
representing an assessed valuation Of
S924.0O, cast against the proposition
as above set forth.
AT Mills Building, Precinct No. 2,
(Bogalusa, La, there were found 20
votes, representing an assessed valu-
alton of SIG, $4,000, cast in favor of
the proposition as above set forth,
and there were found 5 votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation of
S2,304.O0, cast against the PROPOSE
ton as above set forth.
At Old Fire Station, Precinct No.
8, Bogalusa, La, there were found
AZ votes, representing an assessed
valuation Of 81, 20S.00, cast in ia
vor of the proposition as above set
forth, and there were found votes,
representing an assessed valuation Of
ST, $1,000, cast against the PROPOSE
fion az above set forth.