The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-08-13
Official Proceedings of the Police
Jury.

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Jury.
| CoLFAx. La, August 1. 1893
The police jury of Grant parish met
at the court house as per call of jury
meeting. All members present answ-
ering to roll call as follows: C. H. Teal.
ward one; R. N. Duke, ward two; C. C.
Richards, ward three; o. C. Watson.
ward four; I. NJ. Bradford, ward five;
M. L. Spikes, ward six, John C. Cal
houn, ward seven, president.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and adopted.
! Committee appointed to examine
into the legal status of Colfax and
Darro road, leading through Mrs. C.
=. r. Calhoun's plantation, beg leave
to report as follows:
I'VE find that a previous police iu-
ry has dealt with the subject in uues-
ion, and recommend their report to
be read to this body. Said report is
that a committee had been appointed
by previous police jury, and that
they had found the ordinance Great
ing road. We your committee beg
leave to submit their report without
any recommendations, as it deals ex.
tensively with the subject"
Here Mr.. r. p. Hunter, attorney for
Mrs. Calhoun, appeared before the
police jury and addressed the BODY
on the legal status of the road. Upon
motion a committee was appointed
to confer with Mr.. Hunter and Mrs.
Calhoun to see if any settlement of
the matter could be agreed upon. C.
II. Teal and John C. Calhoun were
appointed.
They brought in report as follows:
C. H. Teal favoring the plan of
paying Mrs. Calhoun SIS per acre
for all the land used by said road;
j. c. Calhoun demurring from same.
The matter was laid over indefi-
nitely.
Upon motion of o. C. Watson the
body then went into election of Public
Printer. Propositions were received
asfollows: From the Colfax Chronicle
Offering to donate amount of public
printing to the public school fund of
the parish. The Pollock News, to do
printing and give a bonus of so cents
to the parish, and Peoples Demands
Offering to do the printing as per act
OF Legislature regulating same. The
contract was awarded to thePeOple's
Demands, and the same is hereby de-
clared to be the official journal of the
parish of Grant.
NoTE.-The bid of the CHRONICLE
was exactly according to law as "per
act OF Legislature regulating same"
Its bid, which was accompanied by a
bond for $500, signed by R. r. Jeter
and j. p. Lewis rs sureties, was as
follows:
To the President and Members of the Police
Jury Of Grant Parish, La
GENTLEMEN Il hereby bid and pro-
pose to print and publish the proceed
ings OF your police jury, and also all the
advertising the law requires the parish
to pay for, at the rates specified in the
Acts of 1894; and hereby agree and
stipulate that the entire amount of all
TIL, bills allowed by your police Jury for
the. advertising and printing above des-
igneted shall be transferred to the pub
lie ychool fund Of Grant parish for the |
use2ind benefit of the public schools.
II conformity with law hereby ten
der my bond with good and solvent sure.
ty IN the sum OF $500 to carry out the |
stiBulations and agreement made herein,
ant: for the faithful fulfillment of all du. |
tieA as parish printer, and the obliga-
tio9s herein stated.
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. GooDwYN.
Colfax. La, July 2. 1898.
Upon motion the body went into
the examination of the tax rolls, set
ting as body of reviewers of the as
sessment of Grant parish for the year
1898.
Motion of o. C. Watson-Whereas
the new Constitution declares that
the Police Juries shall contract with
the justices and constables of each
parish, We hereby fix their fees as
follows:
JUSTICES.
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