The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-04-08

payable January 1st, 1925
..........~payable January 1st, 1926
.............. payable January 1st, 1927
payable January LIST, 1923
payable January LIST, 1929
............. payable January 1st, 1880
payable January list, 1881
sary for the complete erection of the
High School building in Bogaluss
School District, Bogalusa, La, anc
the American Heating and Plumbing
Company, of New Orleans, La, hav
ing Submitted bid to install the heat
ing and plumbing work in said build
ing for the sum Of $12,759, which
is the lowest bid, and considered fair
Therefore, be it resolved, That the
President, F. B. Bateman, and the
Secretary, D. H. Struggled, be ant
they are hereby authorized to sig:
the contract with the said American
Heating and Plumbing Company Of
New Orleans, La, for $l2,759 fol-
the heating and plumbing, in accord.
ance with the plans and specified.
tions prepared by Messrs. Nolan and
Tore of New Orleans, La.
This resolution being submitted to
q vote, the vote thereon was as fol.
.ows:
Yeas-O. E. Morris, L. T. Richard.
son, j. K. Johnson, D. T. Cushing,
George C. Knight, I. J. Green, J. A.
Moore, Willie Russell.
Nays--None.
The following ordinance was Of
fered by Mr.. I. j. Green, and sec
onded by Mr.. j. A. Moore:
ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Washington
Parish School Board, acting as the
governing authority of the Bogalusa
School District, that a special cleo
ton be and the same is hereby called
and ordered to be held in said Boga-
lusa School District on Tuesday, the
18th day of the month of May, 1920,
between the hours of seven (D
O'Clock a. N. ard five 81 o'clock
y. m. and that at said special cleo
ton there shall be submitted to the
taxpayers, resident citizens of said
Bogalusa School District, qualified
under the Constitution and laws Of
this state to vote at the said special
election, a proposition to authorize
the Washington Parish School Board
to incur debt on behalf Of and in
the name of the Bogalusa School Dis
trict in the amount of One Hundred
Thousand (S100,000.00) Dollars, and
to issue and sell serial negotiable
semi-annual Understanding coupon
bonds evidencing the said indebted
ness 1.-THE amount of said indebted
ness being less than ten per centum
1OT) Of the assessed valuation Of
the property in said School District;
said bonds to bear interest at the
rate of five per centum (5H per
anaum, payable semi-annually, the
,rincipal and interest Of said bonds
be payable in such amounts and
At such times and places as the gov
erring authority may determine, said
bonds to run twenty-five (25) years
from the date thereof; and both the
and interest Of said bonds
to be secured by a sufficient tax to
be levied and collected each year in
accordance with Article 2S1 of the
and the laws of the
State of Louisiana, 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.
Be it further ordained, That there
shall be published in the official
Journal Of the Washington Parish
School Board for thirty DAYS no.
ice of the said special election, said
,otice to embrace substantially all
Il ,lgs above set forth and also no.
ice that the Washington Parish
School Board will meet in open ses-
ion at the Court House in Franklin
on, Louisiana, at II o'clock a. M,
IN Wednesday, the 18th day of May,
1920, and then and there proceed to
,pen the ballot boxes used in said
.lection( examine and count the bal
OTIS in humber and amount, examine
md canvass the returns and declare |
he results of the said special cleo
ion.
Be it further ordained, That the |
President of the Washington Parish !
School Board be and he is hereby au-
horized and directed to have the
necessary ballots printed for the said
pecial election, which ballots shall
ontain the foregoing proposition and
,e drawn up in accordance with law
md the provisions of this ordinance;
nd he is also authorized to arrange
or providing the ballot boxes, the
ecessary blanks for tally sheets and
ompiled statements:
Re- il further ordained, That the
Jerk of Court and Ex-Officio Reg
strar of Voters Of the Parish OF
Washington shall furnish to the cleo
ion officers hereinafter named for
aid special election with a list of
he taxpayers in said Bogalusa School
district entitled to vote, in person or
v proxy, at the said special election,
ogether with the assessment roll last
,ade and filed nrior to said special