The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-07-11

i've Hundred Dollars each, tOta
hree Thousand Dollars, due LIST day
/ April. 1922.
ORDINANCE No. 3.
''reating Colfax School District No. !
According to the original territorial
divis on as formed some years age
by the Parish Board of School Di
rectors of Grant Parish, Louisiana
The following ordinance was of
,red by A. w. Stewart. who moved
adoption. duly seconded by M. +
ackson and carried unanimously.
Be It ordained by the Parish Board
# School Directors of Grant Parish
louisiana, in adjourned session con-
gened.
Section |. That Colfax School Dis
riot No. |, shall consist of the same
erritory as heretofore, and created
oy our predecessors in Office, and de-
cribed as follows: Bounded on the
north by Valentine Bayou, on the east
by Bayou Darro and on the south and
west by Red river, in the Parish Of
Grant, Louisiana.
All ordinances or parts of ordi-
iances in conflict with the above be
and they are hereby repealed.
ORDINANCE No. 4.
Mr.. Stewart offered Ordinance No.
!, who moved its adoption, duly sec
onded by Mr.. Jackson. and being
placed before the board all members
IF the school board voting in favor
If adopting the ordinance, and the
president announced the ordinance
luly adopted.
Whereas, it is necessary that an an
mex or addition t. the schoolhouse at
Colfax, La, be built and equipped, and
a schoolhouse at Walnut Grove in the
same school district be erected and
equipped, all improvements to be made
in the Colfax School District No. |,
and
Whereas, it is necessary and desira
Die for funds to be raised for said
purpose, and
Whereas, it is the voluntary will
Of this body to call the election here
natter provided for, and
Whereas, Article No. 28l Of the
Constitution of 1893 and 1913, and Ac,
No. ESQ of the Legislature of 1910, as
amended by Act 2l8 of 1912, declare.
he school board of the parish to b.
he governing authorities through
which the said School District No. !
nay incur debts and issue negotiable
ponds for such purposes, when so au-
l:or'zed at an election to be held III
he said School District No. |, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation OF
We said school district amounts t.
Six Hundred and Eighty-nine Thou
I'D Nine Hundred and Two Dollar.
1858, 902.0 0) and the proposed indeb,
.dness does not exceed the coustitu
ional limit of 10 per cent of the as
sessed valuation, and
Whereas, the special tax necessary
20 be annually levied to extinguish
the proposed Indebtedness will ap
oroximate three (3) mills, which will
not exceed the constitutional limit O.
ten (l0) mills per annum on the dol
lar of the assessed valuation Of the
property of said district, now, Their
lore,
Section |. Be it ordained by the
school Board of the Parish of Grant
Louisiana, in lawful session convened
That an election shall be, and is here
~ called to be held in the said Col
AK School District No. l, in the Par
sh of Grant. Louisiana, on Tuesday
July 2lst, 1914, at which election. the
majority of the property taxpayers
of said district in number and amount
Eligible to vote and voting, shall de
termine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said Colfax School Dis
trict No. l, in the Parish of Grant
Louisiana. to the amount of Twenty
Thousand Dollars (S2O000) to run fo-
a period of ten (10) years, bearing
interest at the rate of FIVE per cent
Der annum, payable scmi-annually.
he funds thus derived to be used for
the
Purpose of building an annex or addi-
ton to the Colfax school building and
equipping same, for construction and
of school building at
Walnut Grove, located in the same
Solfax School District No. |.
Section ?. Be it further ordained.
etc. That the ballot boxes, necessary
blanks, and other necessary parapher-
MALTA, shall be prepared by the secre-
tary of the school board. and he shall
cause to be printed. ballots for use in
said election. in the following form,
to-vit:
For Issuance of Bonds.
Proposition, To incur debt and is
sue. bonds of the said Colfax School
District No. |. in Grant Parish. Lou
.siana, to the amount of Twenty
thousand Dollars (S20.000), to run for
4 period of ten (l0) years. bearing in
terest at the rate of FIVE per cent per
annum. payable semi-annuallv. the
funds thus derived to be used for the
Hurpose OF brildirg and eoriping an
annex or addition II the Colfax school
building. and for building an equipping a
school building at Walnut Grove. all
to be made in the said