The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-10
Proceedings Of the Police Jury,
Parish of Grant.
CoLFAx, Dec. 4, 1876.

Il to Adjournment. Present Tho,
|. Allison, President; Newton Haw
If thorne, B. w. Richardson, and
= G. Curry.
On motion of s. G. Curry:
i Resolved, That the Parish Urea
surer shall pay certificates of in
dsbtedness, when presented, if b,
has sufficient money in his hand
to iquidate the same. No regard
shall be had in paying claims t.
: priority of numbers on the certifi
, cate, and that SO much of Ordi
nance No. -, as conflicts herewith
is hereby repealed.
By W. B. Richardson:
Resolved, That Ordinance No
278 be so amended as to read as
follows That all persons having
claims against the parish, not pre-
scribed or otherwise barred, shall
have sixty days further from the
publication hereof, to have the
same properly registered.
By same:
Resolved, That the Treasurer
be authorized to issue two certifi-
Gates, instead of one, in lien of
certificate for Fifty-one Dollars
and Ten Cents, and these two GER
tifcates being each for one-half
OF said amount; and two certif-
Gates, each for half the amount.
instead of one certificate, in lieu
OF one certificate for Sixty-two
Dollars and Fifty Cents, both be-
ing claims allowed by the Police
Jury on the 9Th day of August,
1876, in favor of Daniel Fletcher.
Fletcher, Sheriff.
The President, on motion of Mr..
Curry, appointed Messrs. Haw-
thorne and Richardson to report |
on scrip presented by the Trea-
urer, received by him from Parish
Collector.
The committee made a verbal
report that the Treasurer, S. B.
Shackelford, had turned over to
hem, in parish scrip, the sum of
Eight Hundred and Forty-seven
Dollars aud Fifty-one Cents.
Whereupon the said scrip was
burned to ashes in presence of the !
,oard.
On motion OF N. P. Hawthorne:
Resolved, That the Treasurer !
70 allowed credit for the sum of
Eight Hundred and Forty-seven /,
Dollars and Fifty-one Cents, the !
he amount of .crip turned over
y him and burned, AS above.
On motion of same:
Resolved, That the Treasurer.
'ithout further notice, shall issue
D +. A. Layssard, former Trea- y
nrer. two certificates, one for One
hundred and Forty-six Dollars
nd Twenty-Five Cents, ond one for t
me Hundred Dollars these 8
aims been previously allowed by
he Board.
On motion of W. B. Richard .
m: :,
Resolved, That the Treasurer is
areby authorized to turn over to p
I'm. c. Harris the amount of y
hree Hundred and Seventy-fve =,
ollars, out of any bridge fund by :"
m received; and that said Harris
hereby authorized to collect Il
IL on the Bayou Darro bridge a,
It'll the said amount is paid. N
The President appointed Messrs. /,
lrry, Richardson and Hawthorne
make an estimate of the current U
penses for the year 1877. Is
The Committee, after delibera- o.
N, reported as follows
'The undersigned committee IN
'pectfully present the following d D,
their estimate for expenditures
the year
~" ieos IN criminal prOsecu- of
IONS ----.----...--.. $500 90 ~,
identai costs -----.---.-.. 1000 90 or
rk's and Sheriff s fees sum. "n
noning Jurors 1000 90
'ors' Fees ----.----.-.--.. 1000 90 WI
mbers and officers of Police th
nry.------.....-... ...... 1900 90 CD
1t of the Court House and be
xpenses of elections. 1000 IN