The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-07
Proceedings of Special Meeting OF the
Beard of School Directors OF
the Parish Of Grant.
CALL FOR BOARD MEETING
Pollock, La, Feb. IA. 1914

Dear Sir:-Ycu are ADVISED tnat
sDecial meeting of the Parish Board OF ,
School Directors of the parish OF Grant
Louisiana. has been called by the Presi-
asnt. Hon. j. H. McNeely, to be held
at Colfax at eleven O'Clock a. m, Feb.
q. 1914. for the purpose of considering
a request made by the property tax
payers of School District NO. 81 OF
this parish. asking that special cleo
ton be held in the said School District
No. 81. to raise revenues with which 10
build and equip a modern high scnooi
building at verda. Louisiana, and you
are earnestly urged to be present
By order of the President OF said
Board. Hon. J. H. McNeely.
]. N. WARNER,
Secretary.
Pursuant to the above call, the Par
;sh Board of School Directors OF the
parish of Grant, Louisiana, met with
]. H. McNeely, President. |. J. Kline
hart Gus St. Andre and NJ. E. jackson,
present, and a quorum being present
Mr.. Jackson offered the following or
dinance and moved its adoption, which
motion was duly seconded by Messrs.
;fSt Andre and Rninehart and carried
unanimously.
ORDINANCE NO. ONE.
Whereas. tits necessary that high
school building be erected and equipped
at verda, louisiana, and
Whereas. il is necessary and desira-
bile that funds be raised for the saio
y purpose, and :, !,
. whereas, it is the voluntary VIII o.
this body to call the election hereinafter
provided for, and
Whereas. Article 2sl of the Constr
tutions of 1893 and 1913, and Act zoo o
i the Legislature of 1910, as amended D.
al Act 2l8 of 1912, declares the Schoo
:, Board of the parish of Grant to be To
/ governing authority through which Tn
said School District may incur debt an
Issue negotiable bonds for such pur
noses. when SO authorized at an eiee
ton TO be held in the said District, an
n. Whereas. the assessed valuation
m the said District amounts to three nuI
m dred fifty-two thousand one hundre
:. ffty-nine (s352, 159 00) dollars. and II
- nroposed Indebtedness does not excee
10 the constitutional limit Of ten per Gel
Of assessed valuation. and
ed Whereas, the special tax necessal
or TO he annually levied to extingulsh q
o proposed Indebtedness viii approxlma
ten mills, which will not exceed Z
Constitutional, limit of ten mills per
)" oum on the dollar of assessed valuau
Of the property Of said District, no
+" therefore.
Section BE it ordained by t
School Board of the parish OF ura'
DOL in lawful session convened. That
Is election shall be, and is hereby cal
\. 20 be held in the said School District
ne. Qerda. Louisiana, No. thirty-one 70
~ in the parish of Grant, on Monday
" Goth day of March, 1914, at when ei
lay lion the majority of the property :
the navers of the said District, IN mum
and amount, eligible to vote ana Vo'
shall determine the
Proposition to rescind, repeal
aside and invalidate the 5 mill tax
chorized by the vote of the prope
taxpayers of the School District NO
on the 18th day of June, 1913, and
I'm relieve the Parish Board OF School
L rectors of the parish of Grant I
Ievying the said tax for the years
" 20 1922 inclusive. and in lieu ther
UNI TO incur debt and issue bonds OF
/, :el School District No. 81 in the paris
= " Grant to the amount of twenty
"a. thousand (s22, 0O0) dollars, to run To-
NJ period of eight years, bearing int
"a at the rate of five per cent per am
pavable annually, the funds thus
- rived to be used for the
Purpose of erecting and equippl
HIGH school building in the tow
~. Verda, Louisiana.
Section BE it further oroa
I ST., sse-, Ia - necessary nara
VS. MALTA shall be prepared by the Seer
any Of the School Board, and he shall
W. to be printed, ballots for use IN
ouD election, in the following form, e
Lnou FOR THE REPEAL OF TAX AND issu
OF BONDS
Proposition to rescind, re-
Do Gus peal. set aside and. invalidate
!. Y, the five mills tax authorized
nv the vote of the property
.n6 taxpayers of the School Dis
~ trict No. 81, on the 18th day
Of June 1918, and to relieve