St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-03-25
SCHOOL BOARD.
AN ORDINANCE

ordering A special election in School
District No. Four (4) of st. Tam
many Parish, Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the qualified
electors Of the said school district
the question Of a bond issue of ten
thousand (S10,000) dollars, the pro-
ceeds Of said bond issue to be used
to build and equip an addition to the
Vaudeville Public High i"chool in
said School District No Four.
Whereas, it is necessary and de-
sirable that funds be raised for the
purpose Of building and equipping
additional class rooms for the Man.
deyille public high school in said
School District No. of the Parish
of st. Tammany, Louisiana.
Whereas, it is the voluntary will
of this board to call the election
hereinafter provided for, and
Whereas, Section IA az, Article
XIV of the Constitution of 1921 and
Act 46 OF the Special Session Of the
Legislature of 1921, declares the
Parish School Board of the Parish OF
st. Iammany to be the governing au-
thorlty through which the said
school district may incur debts and
issue negotiable bonds for such pur-
poses when SO authorized at an cleo
tion to be held in the said district
and
Whereas, the assessed valuation Of
the said district amounts to one
million, seven hundred sixty-one
thousand, two hundred forty-nine
thousand ($1,761,2 dollars, and
the existing bonded Indebtedness in
Cured under Article 281 of the Con-
situations Of 1898 and 1913 amount
ing to twelve thousand four hundred
tS12,4OO) dollars added to the pro-
posed Indebtedness does not exceed
the constitutional limit; and,
Whereas, the special tax neces-
sary to be annually levied to ex-
tlngulsh the proposed indebtedness
Will approximate one mill, which,
added to the existing special taxes
annually levied under the Constltu-
ton and laws OF the State OF Lou
lsiana, to eXtinguish Indebtedness in
Cured under said Article will not
exceed the constitutional limit of
u ten (10) mills per annum on the
dollar OF assessed valuation Of the
property of said district; now, there
fore,
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Parish School Board of the Parish o.
st. Iammany, in lawful SESSION con
Vened, That an election shall be anu
Is hereby called to be held in the
said School District No. Four in the
Parish of st. Tammany, Louisiana,
on the 18th day of April, 1922, al
which election the majority Of the
taxpayers of the said district. IN
number and amount, eligible to vote
and voting, shall determine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District No.
-Four st. Tammany Parish, Louisi-
ana, to the amount of ten thousand
($lO,OOO) dollars, to run for
period OF 10 years, bearing interest
at the rate of 6 per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually, the funds
thus derived to be used for the pur-
pose OF building and equipping an
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deville Public High School in said
School District No. Four, St. Tam
many Parish, Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., That the ballot box, neces-
sary blanks, the other necessary
paraphernalia shall be provided by
the secretary of the Parish School
Board, and he shall cause to be
printed ballots for use in said cleo
ton in the following form, to-wit:
Form Of Ballot.
Special, Election in School Dis
trict No. Four of the Parish of St.
Tammany, Louisiana to be held
April rs, 1922, in accordance with
a resolution passed by the St. Tam
many Parish School Board.
$3.50. Ballot. .m"
Proposition to incur debt --,
and issue bonds of School
District No. -Four, in the YES
Parish of St. Tammany,
Louisiana, to the amount
of ten thousand 100000
dollars to run for a period
OF ten (10) years, bearing il
interest at the rate of six -
per cent per annum, pay Il
able semi-annually, for the NO
purpose Of building and
equipping an addition to il
the Man1pv11o p,,h1io I;ph