The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-15

The police Jury of Grant parish met
In regular session with the following i
MEMBER present: John Randolph, I
Drpsh1ent. w. L. Johnston, Sam
Johnson and b. F. Lewis, and .
Tuesday, the 4th OF July. being a
legal holiday. the jury took . recess
unt:l Monday, the 10th day Of J61y,
| 1908. on motion of Mr.. Lewis.
JOHN RANDOLPH,
w. b. CLARKE, PRESIDENT.
Clerk.
Colfax, La, July 10, f906s
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF the police
surv of Grant parish. held 1T CO8Axs
La. ON July 10 and IL, 1906.
THE police Jury met pursuant to the
| receee taken, with the fOll0wing mem
lbers present: John Randolph, prcst-
dent. w. L. Johnston, I. h. West,
w. NJ. Tully, Sam johnson and J. +.
4 Drewett, and the following business
was transacted.
The minutes of the previous meet
ling were read, corrected and adopted.
On motion OF MIR. West. the presi-
dent was authorized to sell the Old
safe which lies on the court house
SQUARE for the sum OF 80.
n On motion Of Mr.. West. q nve mlI
tax IL levied on all taxable property
!. In school districts Nos. Z, ~ =. =
and ~ for period OF nve years IA ai0
i. OF education, In ADDITION 70 otneF
' taxes levied.
tax was levied on all taxable proper
D ty for the year 1905 for parish pur-
poses. w. - &c.
went into executive session. to con-
slider bids for the sewerage Tor tne
0 Jail.
4 Alexandria Construction Co.. the sum
!, Of 1855 81; Ed. Sawyers, the sum o.
!" $500: +. b. Hull, the sum Of $lSOO.
r. ON motion of Mr.. Johnston the Al
d exandria Construction 20. WA
- awarded the contract for the sewer
age In the Jail. and the president au
fhorixed to make the contract and a
take bond In the sum VI $l50O.
The following COMMITTEES was ap
poinfed to look after the c0nstruc
a. fion ,,f the Sewerage: j. j. O'Quinn
a N Il. Swaiford and II. X. Jeter.
e The Jury then went into the matte
y nj assessments. and the roll was ae
OF ceuted AZ made and filed by the a.
SCISSOR. with the following exceptions
ne Edenborn short leai pine placed
Ia IS Is per acre instead Vi - 0O.
or Big Pine Lumber Go. = assessmen
IN was placed at $l28,950, reducing tn
SIC assessment as made by the assessO
ng from $l36, O10. ~
de was placed at $500, and that OF v
m Honeycutt at $240O. ~
"a On motion of W.. l.. Johnston, We
81: ton Jones and J. +. Carmichaea We
no placed on the pnuper list
'U On motion VI Mr. JOHNSTON viaI
on Brown and Nose Hunter were place
10 ON the pauper list, and ,. d. McNee
IN. appointed as disbursing agent =
Oh them.
re- The application Of Mr. S0llie
to BrannOn for scholarship was retectl
m ON account of the financial cOnditi(
nm Of the parish.
let tln motion Of Sam johnson the ju
ers went into the matter Of the electis
.lof a parish printer. K. L. Stuck
OF received two votes and II. q. Goo
AT wyp received two, and the vote Dc1!
!. IN lied, the deciding vote was cast
Oy the president In favor Of II. q. Goo
ner wyn and he was declared elected.
he On motion OF Sam Johnson t
at election Of Mr.. GOODWIN was tn
made unanimous.
PM On motion Of Sam johnson the
em. outxt Of s. NJ. LaCrOix, for the pr
BOO lege to pipe water from the well
the court house square, was grant
Ter provided the same does not tnter1
wih In any way with the proposed se
!. erage. =.
R. ON motion OF Sam Johns0n. N
Victor Chelette was taken from
ON motion Of Mr.. Drewett the pr
9. dent was authorized to borrow ~
EN- from the school board.
W. On motion Of Mr.. West the petit
leet- asking for a road running from Sim
switch to w. p. Ayre's store. on
art fax road, by way Of Delaney's,
June crossing the Claiborne road near
Iers' store, was granted. and the
lph. lowing appointed to review out
loan same: H. s. Darlington, 9. DeiaI
d TO w. p. Ayre, e. p. Foster, A. y. 81
uest ter, Ben Darlington.
The following claims were then
t |. lowed:
mn = E. L. Stuckey. parish printer. $40
smv Crescent Drug Co., medicine
tonf for prisoners.
~sr Co3Sax Mercantile Co., sup
4 that ones for iaG.........................
4 tolS. j. Ward, sheriff OF Caddo !.
I;nUrI parish ........................... \
re6v C. NJ. fitzpatrick, sheriff Rap
ides parish ...................-....
.rr.dlJ. p. Lewis, witness jury
lent. drawing.
and David j. Reid, sheriff Calca- !.