Pocahontas star herald., 1926-05-27
ORDER

OINDIh
In re Ex-Parte Petition Of John Dur
ct al. for the Creation of a Rural
Special School District.
on this May 25. 1926, same being a
day for a call meeting Of the Board OF
Education for Randolph County, Ar
kansas, said meeting having been call
ed by j. ID. Wells, chairman Of the
said Board of Education and all the
members including J. ID. Wells. chair
man, Rufus A. Mock, secretary and W.
Il. IIamil, Harry Hite, 10. E. Hulen
and j. A. Ford being present there is
presented for consideration the ex-parte
petition of John Duff and more than
nineteen others, all qualifiel voters In
the territory affected, PRAYING that the
sense of the legal voters in the follow
ing described territory located in Ran
dOlph County, Arkansas, and bounded
as io,iOGs, to-wit Begin at the north
east corner of Section one ~ in
Township Twenty-one (21) North of
Range Two (2) East, and run thence
west with the north boundary Of the
said township to the northwest cor
ner Of Section Three (3) of the
said Township 81, North of Range
2 East, and run thence south with
the section lines to the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter
(NW1-4) of Section Twenty-seyen (27)'
of said Township 21 north, range 2
east, run thence east with the half
section lines to the county line at the
southeast corner Of the northeast quar-
ter (NE1-4) of Section Twenty-Five
(25) of said township 21 north, range
east, and run thence north with the
county line to the place of beginning,
the said territory including common
school districts Nos. 40, 80 and 81. he
taken on the adoption OF the provisions
of law for the establishment of the
said territory into rural special
school district in the manner set forth
In Section 1881 and others, of Craw-
ford and Moses Digest:
And II appearing to the court that
the said petition is in due and legal
form, is duly executed by more than
twenty voters Of the territory affected,-
Is properly accompanied by a map OF
plat showing the territory In the c6s,Is
mon school districts to be included In
the proposed rural special school dis.
trict, and the said order and petition
having been presented for consider.
alton by this court And IL appearing
to be to the best school interests of
the territory affected for the same 10
be organized into a rural special school
district, and 1t appearing to be adyis-
able that the time and place of holding
an election to pass on the said question
be named, and that three qualified elec-
tors residing in the said territory
should be appointed to hold said cleo
tiOn:
II is therefore by this board con-
sidered, ordered, and adjudged on mo-
tiOn duly made and unanimously car
ried, that an election be held at the
W. X. Allen store building in the town
of Supply In the territory affected. on
date Of June 7, 1926, at which election
the qualified electors i'm the territory
affected, shall vote for or against
the creation of the said rural spec-
ial school district, and shall also
vote for the election of six qualified
voters residing on the territory affect
ed, TO serve as directors of the pro-
posed rural special school district. If
same should be created, until the first
regular annual school election there
after
John Duff, Don Ruff and RAYMOND
Jackson, being three qualified electors
residing on the aforesaid territory, are
hereby appointed to hold the said cleo
tion.
1t is further by this board consider
ed, ordered and adjudged that copy
of this order be published in some
newspaper printed and published in
Randolph County, Arkansas, and that
a copy of same be posted in at least
five public places in the aforesaid ter
ritOry affected, TO the end that due and
legal notice may be had of the afOre--
said election.
Randolph Co. Board of Education.
j. ID. Wells,
Chairman.
Rufus A. Mock.
Secretary.
w. h. Hamil,
II. T.. Hulen,
Harry Hite,
j. A. Ford,
Members.
w. II. Phipps,
County Clerk and Ex-OfiieiO Clerk Of
the Board of Education.
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