The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13
VOL. XVIII.
Official Proceedings of the Grant
Parish Police Jury.

Colfax, La, Feb. s, 1908.
The police jury of Grant parish
met the above date, President }.
w. Duncan in the chair aud all
members present.
On motion of Mr.. Clinton, sec
onded by Mr.. Bradford, the police
jury adopted the following resolu-
ton, to-wit:
Be it resolved by the police jury
of Grant parish In legal session
convened, That each member OF
the police jury, together with two
citizens of his ward TO be hereafter
named, be and they are hereby APP
pointed committee on roads aud
bridges for said members ward,
said member of the police jury to
be chairman and treasurer of said
committee. Each of said commit
tees is hereby authorized, under
the advertisements for bids already
made to let contracts and have full
power to maintain, build, construct
and repair the roads and bridges
in their wards, the said committees
to be confined as to expenses for
said purpose to the road fund col
lected for said ward from the one
mill, the vehicle aud the per capita
tax, levied and collected therein; all
contracts entered into for the pur-
pose of the object above named, to
be subject to the right of the police
jury to change and alter the pres
emit method of working the roads
and constructing bridges, as pro-
vided by the resolutions and ordi-
nances of the police jury at the
October meeting, 1908, and the
January meeting, 1909.
Be it further resolved, That the
committee shall inspect and review
the roads and bridges once per
quarter, and that the citizen mem
bers of the said committees shall
receive two dollars per day while
actually engaged in the duty of in
speeding them, not to exceed three
days for any one quarter.
The vote on the above resolution
being taken, the following; j. w.
Duucan, John Clinton, G. G. Pur-
Wis, j. A. Bradford, L. M. Futrell
and f. P. Bullitt voted in the
affirmative, aud M. H. Nugent vot-
ell in the negative, and the resolu-
ton was adopted.
In conformity of the above res
olution the police jury thereupor
appointed the following committees
Oh roads and bridges for Grant
parish:
Ward ii. w. Duncan, G. H
Mcknight and Nj. E. Swafford.
Ward 2-John Clinton, Johr
Estes and r. M. Nugent.
Ward 81. M. Futrell, JAS. E
Chandler and Odus Watson.
Ward An. H. Nugent, I. II
West and B. J. Nugent.
Ward 81. A. Bradford, Jr
w. f. Corly and Peter Ursery.
Ward 6-F. P. Bullitt, Jane
Standfield aud Henry Williams.
Ward 7-G. q. Purvis, G. {
Wilson and G. l.. Garrett.
The statement of q. II. Nc
Knight relative to road funds wa
received and accepted and he dis
charged in full.
On motion duly made and sec
onded the police jury appointe
the following freeholders to mar
out and review an extension OF til
Eyers and Simms public road froi
Simms to Pollock and Hollowa
road near Robert Teele's plac
thence to George Riddles plat
on the Donahue Ferry road, to-wl
M. I. Rice, G. Delaney, b. L. Ga
lington, George Ruddle, ID. 5. Ga
lington and w. Delaney, the sai
freeholders to mark out and revie
the said road in accordance wit
the regulations of the police Jul
road laws of Grant parish and NAL
due report thereof, together VII
their oath, and in writing as Il
law directs.
On motion of Mr.. Clinton, Sc
onded by Mr.. Brllitt, it was r
solved, That j. w. Duncan, pre-
ident of the police jury, be and
is hereby authorized to enter in
a contract with Mr.. J. r. Hunte
district attorney, to pay him
such official six hundred dolla
per annum. in lieu of fees, etc., t
his services as district attorne
payable quarterly, aud to take etfe
e., Iannnrr ] 1909 and TO contin