The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-21
By the President of the Police Jury of
the Parish of Grant. La.

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By the President of the Police Jury oil
the Parish Of Grant, La.
] Whereas, in obedience to the ordinance
of the Police Jury in and for the parish
OF Grant, Louisiana, passed at its regular
session. on Tuesday, October 9Th, A. D.
1895, providing that special election
should be held in said parish of Grant, on
Monday the I'd day Of December, 1895, at
the respective precincts where the last
preceding general election was held:
The Board of Supervisors duly issued
their proclamation on the 9th day of Oc-
tOber 1895, proclaiming and giving pu6lic
notice to those entitled to vote under the
law that special election would b. held
in the said parish of Grant, at The se<ersl
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 of
! ten years from and beginning with the
| first day of January 1895, as specified and
set forth in the ordinance of the said Po-
lice Jugy, upon all the taxable property
in 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 pur-
suant to the general election law and the
said ordinance of the Police Jury. The
election was duly held on said date and a
canvass of the vote thereat shows the fol-
lowing result:
The number of property taxpayers en-
titled to vote at SAID election who voted
for said tax is four hundred and ninety
five.-(495)
The assessed valuation Of said tax-pay-
ers so voting for said tax is one hundred
and seventy-one Thousand, one hundred
and eighty-one dollars.-(S171,1SD
The number of those voting against
said tax, duly entitled to vote is three
hundred and ninety-seven.--t390
The assessed valuation of those entitled
to vote who voted against said tax IS one
hundred and thirty-fonr thousand, two
hundred and n.-(S134, 210)
The majority in number of the proper
ty tax payers entitled to vote. who voted
for said tax is Inety-eight.-t9S)
The majority in value OF the property
of those who voted is thirty six thousand,
nine hundred and seventy one dollars
(s36,971)
Therefore. in accordance with the said
result | hereby announce and promul-
gate, that, inasmuch as a majority in
number and in value of the property tax
payers of the said parish have voted in
favor thereof, the result Of said election
is favorable to the levy OF SAID tax, and
that the parish of Grant aforesaid there
by incurred the obligation to extend aid
to the said Kansas City. Watkins and
Gulf Railway Company for the said term
of ten years, to the extent of five t5)
mills annually, beginning with the first
day OF January, 1886, to DO paid in an
nual installments as the same shall be re-
allied and collected from said tax of five
mills, until the whole thing shall have
been paid to SAID company or its order,
in accordance with the statue in such
case made and provided.
Given under my official sanction and
subscribed by me as President OF the Po-
lice Jury of said parish OF Grant, this 9th
day of December, 1895.
II. G.. GOODWIN.
Pres't Police Jury Grant Parish, La.
Witness: s. L. WHITE,
r. Nj. HORN.