The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

Capps' was granted. and said road waf
reinstated as public road.
Adjourned to Tuesday, 7th, at a. m.
Tuesday, January eth, jury met, pres
ent-H. G. Goodwin, president, Il. v
Mccain, Wilson Prestridge, WIZ Logan,
w. N. Creed, j. T. Flanagan, and T. M.
Bradford.
IL. V. Mccain rs chairman of finance
committee made his report, which was re-
ceived, adopted and ordered spread upon
the minutes, as follows:
Colfax, La. Jan.7. 1893.
To the President and Members of Police Jurv-
Your Finance committee would report that we
have examined the sheriff and treasurer's books
ana md same correct. The h. parish taxes for
Polls ,.-...--..-......-. 1851 CO. 14,067 81
phi taxes of '95 collected s.l12 IS
Polls for rs collected. s12 CO. S424. Is
Taxes and polls not collected 49, $l0,64s "A
The sheriff also reports fines collected and
same paid to the school treasurer. Sl54 80.
The parish treasurers report is as follows:
July %. 's5. cash balance 2O6
Jan. O, '9j, cash, war. scrip 3.112 Is
10 licenses OF 1885. go 90 1854 10
| By prest's warrants ........ 1874 20
i BY jury and witness scrip 1858 O5
Polls deducted by clerk $50 &C
! ~ mills trans. sch. fund. 4t3 AZ
1
Balance on hand, ........... "a 28
! We herewith report parish scrip and president
warrants amounting to $2,sl9 70. which we have
carefully checked with the stub books of the
president and clerk of the court. and find same
correct. and recommend that same be burned
IN the presence Of the police jury in open ses-
sion. All Of which is respectfully submitted.
Committee. f. + + i !! ffs ssss.
Messrs. Greed and Prestridge were ap-
pointed by the president to burn the said
warrants and scrip, which they did in
open session in view of the whole jury.
By H. v. Mccain
| Resolved, That the wards be called in
regular order and that each member
hand I'D a list of apportioners and over
seers for their respective wards, the ap-
petitioners appointed to meet on the first
Monday in Feb. 1896, at the place desig-
mated in their commissions for the pur-
pose of apportioning the road hands to
their several road districts.
[The list OF road hands appointed, being
very long, is omitted until next week.
HI. V. Mccain in the chair.
On motion in Difference to the petition
asking for an election on the sale of
whisky in ward five the following ordi-
nance was adopted:
lowing to the crowded condition of our col
umns, publication of this ordinance is deferred
until next week.-Editor.l
II. G. Goodwin offered resolution re-
quiring the gates on the Colfax and
Cholera branch road to be removed with
in thirty days, which was rejected.
The petition asking for bridge repairs
on Big creek bridge at Fishville, was de-
fered to April meeting for further infor-
nation as to amount required.
On motion OF Mr.. Prestridge, Mrs. Vic.
Chellette was placed on the pauper list.
On motion of H. v. Mccain that all
paupers be allowed ten dollars, and that
pauper claims for 1895 be considered as
preference claims
III. V. Mccain offered an ordinance to |
levy a five mill railroad tax, and upon
the yeas and nays being called for the
vote stood H. G. Goodwin, H. v. Mccain
and Wilson Prestridge. yeas. j. z.
Flanagan, w. N. Creed, w. F. Loga2 |
may. The law was then read relative |
to duty of police jurors in such cases,
when W. N. Greed changed his vote to |
yea, and the ordinance was then adopted |
as follows:
AN ORDINANCE,
Levying special tax in aid of the Kan
sas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the police |
jury OF the Parish of Grant, State of Lou
isiana. in regular and legal session con-
vened that in accordance with the vote |
OF majority OF the property tax payers |
of Grant parish, in numbers and value,
at special election held according to law
on the 2nd day of December, 1885, a spe-
cial tax Of five mills annually for period
of ten years, be and the. same hereby is,
levied upon the taxable property of and |
in Grant parish, in State aforesaid, in aid |
of the Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf
Railway Company, its successors and as
signs
The said tax to be paid over as collect
ed, from year to year, to the order of the
said Kansas City, Watkins q Gulf Rail-
way Company, its successors and assigns,
subject to the conditions and provisions |
of the petition Of the citizens OF the said /
parish. and the ordinance OF the police
jury adopted October, Z, 1895 and the
contract entered into between the said /
parish, through the president of the
police jury of said parish, and the Kan.
sas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway Com
pany, as therein provided andsauthorized. |
submitting the question OF the levy OF |
said tax to the taxpayers of the said
parish.
Sec. 2. Be further ordained, etc., that
the said special tax of five mills shall be |
collected, commencing with the year 1895, |
provided that the terms and conditions |
of the petition and contract described in |
section one hereof. are complied with by |
said railway company, within the time !