The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
PROCLAMATION.
By the Board of Supervisors of Eclectic
for Grant Parish, Louisiana

By the Board of Supervisors of Election
| for Grant Parish, Louisiana.
Whereas, in obedience to the ordinances
OF the police jury in and for the parish
OF Grant, State of Louisiana, passed al
ne session on Tuesday, October Sth, A. D.
1895, providing that a special election
should be held in said parish of Grant on
Monday the ID day of December 1895. AT
the respective precincts where the last
proceeding general election was held:
The Board of Supervisors duly issued
their proclamation on the 9th day of Oc.
tober 1895 proclaiming and giving public
notice 10 those entitled to vote under the
law that special election would be held
in the said parish of Grant, at the sever.
al precints in said parish, where the last
preceding general election was held to
take the sense and wishes of the property
taxpayers Of the said parish of Grant up-
on the question of levying a special tax
of five mills per annum for the period q.
ten years from and beginning with the
LIST day of January 1896, as specified and
set forth in the ordinance of the said
Police Jury, upon all the taxable proper-
ty 10 said parish of Grant in aid of the
Shreveport extension of the Kansas CITY.
Watkins and Gulf Railway Company as
described in the said ordinance and mr.
suant to the general election law and the
said ordinance of the Police jury, The
election was duly held on said date. and
. canvass OF the vote thereat shows the
following result:
Number of property tax payers entitled |
TO vote at said election who voted for said |
tax. four hundred and ninety five. 1851 |
Assessed valuation of those so voting
for said tax, one hundred and seventy |
one thousand. one hundred and eighty |
one dollars. GIT, 1911
Number of those voting against said |
tar. duly qualified under the law, three
hundred and ninety seven. {397)
Assessed valuation of those entitled to
vote who voted against said tax. one hun
dred and thirty -four thousand two hun
dred and ten dollars. (Sl34,2lO)
Majority in number of those entitled to
vote who voted for the said tax, ninety
eight. (9s)
Majority in value of those entitled TO
vote who voted for the tax, thirty six
thousand, nine hundred and seventy one
dollars. ts36,971)
Therefore, in accordance with the said
result, we hereby announce and promul-
gate that inasmuch as majority in num-
Der and in value of the property taxpay-
RS OF the said parish have voted in favor
hereof, the result OF said election is ia
7orable to the levy of said tax. and that
he parish of Grant aforesaid thereby in
,urred the obligation to extend aid to
he said Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf
Railway Company for the said term of
en- years, to the extent of five (5j mills I
beginning with the first day of
January, 1896, to be paid in annual in
'tallments as realized and collected from ]
aid tax OF five mills, until the whole I
hereof shall have been paid to said com |
amy, or its order, in accordance with
he statute made and provided. K
We rejected the returns from Lince- :
um and Union precincts. for the reason
4 irregularity in the returns. in this. :
hat there were no compiled statements
howing the amounts voted respectively :
or and against the tax in aid of the rail- |,
Dad extension.
Given under our official signatures and =
auction. ON this the 4th day of Deem
er' 1850 IA. WILLIAMS, g
w. w. SMITH, Iii
NJ. e. SwAFFoRD. d
Board of Supervisors of Election for
rant parish, Louisiana.
Witness: 0. N, o. WATTS,
j. III. Cole.
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