The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-11

dlDnS TIE pubilc fotuS os Tue pdfiSH,
same not To interfere in any mrnner
with the free public use thereof; that
the same privilege he also granted to
John Randolph; that the privileges
hereby granted to he for u term Of
twenty-five years, and not To be ex-
elusive or to interfere with similar
rights to others. Approved.
JOHN RANDOLPH
j. B. ROBERTS. President.
Clerk.
The following ordinance was also
unanimously adopted:
BIZ it ordained by the police jury OF
Grant parish, La, in regular sessinn
convened, That from aud after the
9th day Of Janunry, 1908, it shall
not be unlawful to build fenees ex-
rlusively of wire, whether bHrlDed or
not, and that ordinances ar parts oI
ordinances contrary hereto be and
they are hereby repealed.
The following ordinance was, on
motion, duly adopted:
Be j. ordained by the police jury al
Grant parish, La., in rrgulur session
convened,
Section Tint the election hers
fore ordered and held i'm school Dis
trict No. Ia, at Fish Greek sehOh
house, on Nov. 26, 1907, it appear
ing by returns thereof duly made l,y
the commissioners of election, that
there were twelve votes aud three
thousand nine hundred and eighty
two dollars in favor of levying i've
mill tax for the years 1908, 1909,
1910, 1911, and 1912, and two votes
aud four hundred aud twelve dollars
against said levy. I've and the same IL
hereby declared carried in favor Of
said tax.
Section 2-Thnt, therefore, by vir-
the of the authority conferred on the
police jury by law. there be~and il
hereby levied on nll the taxable prop
-rty in said district No. IA. tax Of
i've mills gu the dollar of the assessed
valuation thereof, said tax to begiii
with the year 1908, and to continue
for the years 1909, 1910, 1911. aud
conclude with the year 191 2. and that
this ordinance go into effect frJm
date of adoption.
The following road apportioners
for 1908 We're appointed:
Ward IA. B. Perkins, j G. Xii
lingsworth and HemHn Smith, ts,.
meet at Colfnx on February L. 988
Ward willie Chandler, q. j.
Hathaway aud j. W. Bickhain, to
meet ut Pollock Monday, February
1, 1908.
Ward 3-Ruius Richards, Nath
johnson, and |. B. Sermons, to meet
at Dry Prong Monday. Feb. L, 1907.
Ward Al. l.. Kent, 0. l.. Nugrnt
and w. p. Dean, to meet at latt Mon
day, February /, 1908.
Ward 5-W. H. Westberry, James
Bell and j. I. Hyde, to meet at
Georgetown Monday, February 1,
1908.
Ward &c. Ethri,lge, Marshall
Walker and Bill Stewart. to meet ut
Aloha Monday, February l, 1908.
Ward TT. l.. Dean, ID. l.. Drewett
and Marvin Andrews to meet mt Aloha
ON Monday. February 1. ISOS.
Wherupon the police jury adjourn
ed until tomorrow.
Tuesday, Jan. Z, 1908.
On motion s. l.. Wells WIS granted
the ferry privilege in front of Colfax
for the period Of one year from Jan.
1, 1908.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried petition of citizens tn discon-
tinue road leading from Simms to
Eyer's store allowed and road dis
continued.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried the petition of citizens opposing
tax in school district No. IA is dis
allowed as beyond the Jurisdiction
Of this body and they are referred to
the courts.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried the salary of j. v. Carnahan az
constable of ward one was raised
fifty dollars per annum beginning
January 1908; also the salary of l..
G. meal. j. +. to the gum of twenty
FIVE dollars per quarter; also the con-
stable serving his court to that sum
both to begin January LIST. 1908.
On motion the police jury ordered
that Eliza Bullock he placed on the
pauper list at $3.50 per quarter with
John Clinton, Pollock. as her agent
and the body also ordered that Mrs
d. Williams be stricken from the pau
per list, and that after paying them
81 81 each the names of Virgil Smith
Susanna Gray and Richard Holbecl
he also stricken from pauper list.
On motion the petition of citizen,
to change the Rochelle and Pollocl
roadat Rochell was granted, provid.
ed same he done without cost OF
damage to the parish, and w. A
Nugent, j. NJ. Hopkins. T. NJ. Brad
ford and g. l.. Barrett were author
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