The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
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Proceedings of Special Meeting of the
BOard of School Directors of
the Parish of Grant.
CALL FOR BOARD MEETING.
Pollock, La, Feb. Ia, 1914.

Dear Sir:-You are advised that
special meeting of the Parish Board O
School Directors of the parish of Grant
Louisiana, has been called by the Presi
dent, Hon. j. H. McNeely, to be HEX
at Colfax at eleven clock a. M, Feb
Il, 1914, for the purpose of considering
a request made by the property tax
payers of School District No. 81 OF
this parish. asking that a special cleo.
ton be held in the said School District
No. 81, to raise revenues with which t.
build and equip a modern high schoo
building at Verda, Louisiana, and you
are earnestly urged to be present.
By order of the President of said
Board, Hon. j. H. McNeely.
j. N. WARNER,
Secretary.
Pursuant to the above CALL. the Par
ish Board of School Directors of the
parish of Grant, Louisiana, met with
j. H. McNeely, President. l. ]. Rhine
hart, Gus St. Andre and M. E. jackson,
present, and quorum being present,
Mr.. jackson offered the following or
dinance and moved its adoption, which
motion was duly seconded by Messrs.
st. Andre and Rhinehart and carried
unanimously.
ORDINANCE NO. ONE.
Whereas, it is necessary that a high
school building be erected and equipped
at Verda, Louisiana, and
Whereas, it is necessary and desira-
bic that funds be raised for the said
purpose, and
Whereas, it is the voluntary will of
this body to call the election hereinafter
provided for, and
Whereas, Article 2S1 of the Consti-
buttons of 1898 and 1918, and Act 256 of
the Legislature of 1910, as amended by
Act 2l8 of 1912, declares the School
Board of the parish of Grant to be the
governing authority through which the
'aid School District may incur debt and
ssue negotiable bonds for such pur-
'oses, when 80 authorized at an cleo
ion to be held in the said District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
he said District amounts to three hun
red fifty-two thousand one hundred |
ifty-nine ($352, 159. 00 dollars, and the
proposed Indebtedness does not exceed
he constitutional limit of ten per cent
t assessed valuation, and
Whereas, the special tax necessary
be annually levied to extinguish the
roposed indebtedness will approximate
en- mills, which will not exceed the
limit of ten mills per an
UNI on thesdollar of assessed valuation
the property of said District, now,
therefore,,
Section 1.-Be it ordained by the
chool Board off. the parish of Grant,
lawful session convened, That an
lection shall be, and is hereby called
, be held in the said School District of
erda, Louisiana, No. thirty-one (3I,
the parish Of Grant, on Monday the ,
18th day of March, 1914, at which cleo
on the majority of the property tax
ayers of the said District, in number
I'd amount, eligible to vote and voting
Iall determine the
proposition to rescind, repeal, set !
ide and invalidate the 5 mill tax au
orized by the vote of the property
xpayers of the School District No. 81
the 18th day of June, 1918. and to
lieve the Parish Board of School Di-
ctors of the parish of Grant from
lying the said tax for the years 1914 !,
1922 inclusive, and in lieu therefor
incur debt and issue bonds of the
hool District No. 81 in the parish of
ant to the amount of twenty-five 7
ousand ($22, 00O dollars, to run for the 8,
nod of eight years, bearing interest "
the rate of five per cent per annum. F