St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-04-01
SCHOOL BOARD.
AN ORDINANCE

ordering a special election in schoo
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 bond issue Of ten
thousand ($10,000) dollars, the pro
ceeds of said bond issue to be used
to build and equip an addition to the
Vaudeville Public High "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
deville public high school in said
School District No. 4 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
Legislature Of 1921, declares the
Parish School Board of the Parish of
st. Tammany 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
ton 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 PAD dollars, and
the existing bonded Indebtedness in
Cured under Article PSI of the Con-
st1tutions OF 1898 and 1913 amount
ing to twelve thousand four hundred
($12,4OO) dollars added to the pro-
posed Indebtedness does not exceed
the constitutional limit; and,
whereas, the special tax neces-
sary to be annually levied to ex-
tlnguish the proposed Indebtedness
Will approximate one mill, which,
added to the existing special taxes
annually levied under the Constitu-
ton and laws OF the State of Lou
lslana, to extinguish Indebtedness in
Cured under said Article will not
exceed the constitutional limit OF
ten (l0) mills per annum on the
dollar OF assessed valuation Of the
property OF said district; now, there
tore,
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Parish School Board of the Parish o.
st. Tammany, in lawful session con
Vened, That an election shall be anu
is hereby called to be held in the
said School District No. Four in the
Parish Of st. Tammany, Louisiana,
on the 18th day of April, 1922, al
which election the majority Of the
taxpayers of the said district, ln
number and amount, eligible to vote
and voting, shall determine the
proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District No.
-Four st. Tammany Parish, Louisi-
ana, to the amount of ten thousand
($lO,0OO) dollars, to run for a
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 our
pose of building and equipping an
additional class rooms for the Man
deville Public High School in said
School District No. Four, St. Tam
many Parish, Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further ordaia-
ed, ETC., That the ballot box, neces-
sary blanks, the other necessary
paraphernalia shall Jbe 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 Dig
trict No. Four of the Parish of St.
Tammany, Louisiana to be held
April rs, 1922, in accordance with
resolution passed by the ST. Tam
many Parish School Board.
Ballot.
Proposition to incur debt l-,
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
interest at the rate Of six --
per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually, for the NO
purpose Of building and
equipping an additional
class room for the Mande- "*
Vile Public High School
in School Dist. No 4 Parish
of st. Tammany, La. -
Taxable valuation
Signature Of Voter.
Notice to Votcrs-To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted on this
ballot, place cross (X) mark in
the square after the word Yes
and to vote against it, place Ia similar
mark after the word No"
Back of Ballot)
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. FOUR /
Parish of st. Tammany Ward |
Taxable valuation $.............l
Signature of Voter. |
Section 3. Be it further ordain-