The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-11-30
Official Proceedings of the Police
Jury of Grant Parish,
In Reference TO Lev ling Tax I'm Aid of the
Shrevep rt Extension of the Kansas
City, Watkins a. Gulf Railway

| OuTy VI OIdQO kaTISus
In Reference to Lev ing a Tax i'm Aid of the
Shrevep rt Extension of the Kansas
City, Watkins Gulf Railway
Coifax. Louisiana, Oct. z. 1895.
The police jury of the parish of Grant,
Louisiana, met this day in regular ses-
sion according to law at the Court House
in the town of Colfax, La, at the hour of
eleven o'clock a. m. when the said police
jury was duly called to order by the
president, and upon the roll being called
the following members answered to their
names viz: H. G. Goodwin, j. T. Flana-
gan, w. F. Logan, 7. NJ. Bradford, Wilson
Prestridge and H. V. Mccain.
| In the matter OF the petition of the
property taxpayers of the said Parish of
Grant and the State of Louisiana praying
the Police jury to levy special tax in
aid of the Shreveport extension of the
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway as
set forth therein, the following proceed
| ings were had to wit:
On motion of H. V. Mccain, duly
seconded and carried, the president of
the police jury stated that the police Jury
would now proceed to the consideration
of the question of Inspecting and exam-
lining the petition At the puuperty tax
payers of the said Parish a Grant with
reference to the levying Of The special tax
and of ordering special e1sstion sub
uniting said question to the dulv quail
fed voters of the said Parish Of Grant,
under and in pursuance of Act No. 153,
of the Acts of 1894 of the Louisiana Leg
islature; and thereupon the petition az
signed by the property taxpayers of the
parish OF Grant was presented by Mr.. j.
L. Flanagan.
On motion duly seconded and carried
the above and foregoing petition was by
the said police jury referred to the COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. H. " McC
and j. L. Flanagan, for examination
agd comparison with the assessment roll
of the said Parish of Grant, and the said
committee were excused from attendance
upon the session of the police jury, to en-
able them to discharge their said dusty.
After due examination and considera-
ton of said petition the committee sub
mitted the following unanimous report:
To the Honorable Police Jury, Parish Of Grant,
Louisiana
Your committee after thorough and
careful investigation find:
LIST. That the said Kansas City, Wat
kins q Gulf Railroad Company is a cor
poration organized under the laws of the
State of Louisiana and is now operating
said railroad from Lake Charles to Alex
andria, Louisiana.
End. Upon a careful examination and
critical comparison of the petition refer
ed to us with the assessment rolls of the
Parish of Grant, we find that more than
one-third of the property taxpayers of
the said Parish of Grant have signed the
said petition; the total number of the
property taxpayers in such parish being
l5l2, OF whom $50 have signed the petit
ton. Signed, H. V. MCCAIN,
j. T. FLANAGAN,
Report of committee was ON motion received
and adj .ptcd. Adjourned until Tuesday, a. 70.
Tuesday, 4 a. m. Oct. :, 1885. the police jury
met as per adjournment. sams members present
The following orSinano o ~as t them offered by
MT, =. I. Finnnaean and duly secsnded by MI. T.
N. Bradford and having been read by the secre-
loving s soss e. y hf
nagan. W +. Logan. 7. N. Bradford, wilson Pres
fridge, H. v. Mccain. Nays-None.
AN ORDINANCE.
Ordering a special election in sccor,lance with
Act No. los OF the Acts Of 1884 of the Legisla-
ture of the State Of ouisiana. approved July
18th, 1874. whereat shall be submitted tn the
property taxpayers of the Parish of q ant in
the said State of Louisiana, entitled to vote
ing special tax at the rate of five f5) mills
per annum Tor the period of ten (1J) years.
Beginning with the LIST. day OF january 1896.
sion by the Kansas City, Watkins 4 Gulf
halfway Company. a corporation organized
under the law of the State OF Louisiana, in
conformity with the petition of more than
one-third of the property taxpayers Of the
said parish of Grant, and subject to the con-
dit.ons and stipu,stions set forth in the said
petition and made part hereof, ard provid-
ing for the mode of holding said election.
fixing the time therefor and ascertaining and
declaring the result thereof etc.
Sec. l. Be it ordained BY the Police
Jury for the Parish of Grant and the
State OF Louisiana, in regular and legal
session convened, that special election
be held at the respective polling places
in the said Praish of Grant as now fixed
and established by law on Monday, the
I'd day Of December, 1895, aud in accord
ance with law regulating such elections,
at which shall be submitted to the pro-
perry taxpayers of the said Parish, who
are entitled to vote under the general
election laws Of this State, the question
of levying special tax of five mLs on
the dollar of valuation on all the taxable
property in the said PARISH Of Grant, an
nually for the period OF ten yOasA bogiu-
ming with the LIST. day OF Joouaey. 1904,
In aid OF the construction q . certain ex-
tension as herein before described OF the
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railroad
Company, corporation organized under
the laws Of the State of Louisiana, said
tax to be levied and paid ont according
to law upon the express terms and condi-
tions set forth in the following petition |
of the property taxpayers of the said
Parish OF Grant viz:
PETITION.
To the Honorable the Police Jury of Grant Par
ish III the State of Louisiana:
We. the undersigned petitioners respectfully
to your honorable police jury that we
aggregate more than one-third of the property
taxpayers in the parish Of Grant. Louisiana; we
further respectfully petition yonr honorable po-
lice jury to levy special tax of five mills annu-
ally for period of ten yeas from the first DAY
of January 1885, in aid of the construction of
the Kansas City. Watkins and Gulf Railway.
corporation organized under the laws of he
State of Louisiana, through the said parish of
Grant, beginning at point on the south line of
Il.