The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1922-10-05
ORDINANCE No. 1.

G. III. LARKIN,
Deputy Clerk and er-o1fcio Deputy Recorder.
ORDINANCE No. 1.
An ordinance ordering a special election In
School District No. 9, Bosster Parish, Lou
isiana, for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified electors of said school dis
trict the question Of bond issue Of
$4,000, the proceeds of said issue to be
used to purchase site, erect and equip
school building in said school district.
Whereas. 1t is necessary and desirable
that funds be raised for the purpose of pur-
chasing SITE erecting and equipplng
school building in School District No. 8,
Eossier Parish, Louisiana; and,
Whereas. it Is the voluntary will Of this
body to call the election hereinafter pro-
yided for {Section 3 Of Act 40 Of 1921 gives
authority to the School Board to order the
election, also on petition Of Onc-fourth OF
the property taxpayers eligible to vote In
the election: and,
Whereas, Section 14"a," Article IA Of the
Constitution OF 1921, declares the Parish
School Board of the Parish of Bossier to be
the governing authority through which the
issue negotiable bonds for such purposes
when SO authorized at an election to be held
In said district; and,
Whereas. the assessed valuation of the
said district amounts to 1,13l ,OS4 and the
existing bonded Indebtedness incurred under
Article 281 of the Constitutions of 1898 and
1918 amounts to nothing, added to the pro-
posed Indebtedness does not exceed the con-
stitutional limit; and,
Whereas, the special tax necessary to be
annually levied to extinguish the proposed
| indebtedness will approximate a mills.
which, added to the existing special taxes
annually levied under the Constitution and
| laws OF the State Of Louisiana, to extin-
guish Indebtedness incurred under said arti-
Gle, will not exceed the constitutional limit
| Of 10 mills per annnm on the dollar Of as
sessed valuation Of the property OF said dis
triet: now, therefore,
i Section1 Be it ordained by the Parish
/ School Board Of the Parish of Bossier, In
/ lawful session convened. That IN election
shall be, and Is hereby called to be held in
the said School District No.. 8, In the Par
/ ish Of Bossier, Louisiana, on the 1th day OF
/ November, 1922, at which election the ma
1 jority Of the property taxpayers Of said dis
! trict, 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 8, Bos-
sier Parish, Louisiana, to the amount Of
| $4,000, TO run for a period Of twenty
/ years, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per
/ cent per annum, payable semiannualiy, the
funds thus derived to be used for the pur-
pose of purchasing site. erecting and equip
ping school building in School District
No. 8, Rossier Parish, Louisiana.
Section 2. Be It further ordained, etc.
That the ballot boxes, necessary blanks and
| other paraphernalia shall be provided by
the Secretary of the Parish School Board
and he shall cause to be printed ballots fol-
use in said election, in the following form
t0-rjt:
4 FORM or BALLOT.
Special Election IN School District No. 8
of the Perish o. Booster, EoHisiaad.
70 he held November Z, 1892, in accord
ance with a resolution passed by the Bos-
sicr Parish School Board, Df Bpssier Par
tsh, Louisiana.
i BALLnF,
i Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds Of School District No. s, in the Par
ish Of Bossier, Louisiana, to the amount
Of $75,00O, to run for a
period Of twenty years, "
bearing interest at the rate Yes IL
of 5 per cent per annun,
payable semiannually, for
4 the purpose OF purchasing Ao---- IL
site, erecting and eGuipping
school building in School District No. 8,
4 Parish Of Bossier, Louisiana.
II Taxable valuation, So.
Signature Of voter----------------
i Notice to Voters; 70 vote in favor Of
the proposition submitted on this ballot,
place cross III In the square after the
word !" Yes" and to vote against 1t, place
similar mark after the word No"
(Back Of Ballot
School District No. s-parish Of Bossier-
Il Ward
Precinct ------
Taxable valuation, $------.