The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-26
Official Proceedings of the Grant Par
ish School Board.
Colfax. Ia, July l6. IyIJ,

Colfax. La, July 10, 1918.
TIL. parish Board OF School Directors Tor
the Parish of Grant met this day with j. n
McNeely. NJ. A. Walker. r. n wan, nuS he be-
Andre and NJ. t. Jackson anu fuo'
'rbe minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved. - II;
nance and moved its adoption. which was duly
seconded by Mr.. Wall, and carried, to-"i''
AN ORDINANCE.
To group School District Nos. /, = ;, :, ., ~
7, 8, y, TO- u, 10, IL. Is, -, 20. q, - -
%, 29, 80 and 81, all situated IN Grant rar i
isb la. and 10 distribute all funds derived
tom specia school tax elections m the
orouped school district No. 81 according 10
the original territorial subdivisions hereto
fore existing in accordance with resoiuuoh
forming the said several school distriets
nassed some wears ago by the Grant Parish
school Board
Re !, ordained by the Parish Board OF
School Directors of the Parish of Grant, Lou
isiana, in adjourned session convened;
Section l. That School Districts Nos l. 4
3 > 5 g. T. 8, 9. 10. ~. 10, II. Is, ~, ~
II. ~ %, "a. %. 29 30 and 81, all situated
in Grant Parish, La, as defined by the schooI
Board of Grant Parish. La and the territorial
limits thereof fixed by said Board, be and they
are hereby grouped into one District to be
known as School District No, 81 49,
Section 2 Be il further ordained. etc, That
all funds derived from special school tax eiec,
in said grouped School District No. 81, shall be
apporrtioned in the following manner. to-wit
95 per cent of the proceeds shall be annually
prorated to the several school districts OF No.
80 according to the number OF white educabie
children in said respective school districts, ant
the remaining per cent to be annually pro
rated to the coored schools of the several dis
tricts comprising District No. 81.
Section g. BE it further ordained etc, That
all ordinances or parts of ordinances contrary
10 or in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed and that this Ordinance shall go into
effect immediately upon its passage
The following petition was then presented to
the Board:
PETITION.
Grant Parish. La, July 10, 1918.
To the Honorable President and Members OF
the Parish Board oil School Directors of the
Parish OF Grant:
The petition of the undersigned property taS
payers of School District No. 81 of the Parish
Of Grant and State of Louisiana. created and
defined by resolution of the Board OF Schoo
Directors of said parish and being and consti
tuting one-fourth of the property tax payer:
eligible to vote at such election, respectfully
pray that your honorable body order a specia
election to be held throughout the territor,
covered by the said district above mentioned, II
the manner required by law, for the purpose
of determining whether not special tax o.
five mills for five years, beginning with th'
year 1913, and ending with the year 1917. bot,
years inclusive. be levied and collected in th'
SAID school District NO. - on all propert,
therein located subject to State taxation.
Petitioners pray that at said election you
honorable body do submit to a vote of thu
property tax payers of said School District No
81 entitled to vote at said election the follow
ing proposition, towit:
10 levy a special tax of five mills tn
dollar on all property in School District No. 3
of the Parish of Grant, Louisiana, subject 4
State taxation, annually. for a period of fiv
years. beginning with the year 1918, and end
ing with the year 1917, both years inclusive
rubI;c schools in said district the nroceeds A.
rived from said tax to be distributed as fol
lows: 9S per cent of the proceeds shall be an
nually pro rated to the several school district
comprising this District No. 81, according I
the number of white educable children in sal
respective districts: and the remaining five pc
cent to be annually pro rated to the colore
schools of the several districts comprising Ne
80.