The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-21
clerk; J. W. Hammond, returning of.


Be it further ordained, That motto
= OF this election containing the propos
lion herein submitted to the voter
shall be prepared and signed by tn
u president and secretary of the polio
; jury and shall be published in the off
ciai journal four weekly insertions, tn
: date of the first insertion to be not les
than thirty days before the date OF tn
election. The said notice shall turtle
recite tnat on Wednesday, the 9th da,
OF January, 1915, at IL o. clock noon
the police jury will meet at the cour
house in Colfax. in said parish, ane
there in public session open the ballo
boxes, examine and count the ballot.
both as to number and amount. and ex,
anime and count the returns and de.
clare the result of said election anc
promulgate the same.
This November Is, 1914.
R. w. RICHARDSON.
R. S. CAMERON, President
Secretary.
The following process verbal was
then read. considered and signed:
PRocE- VERBAL OF CANVASS OF EI.Ec-
TON RETURNS.
Be 1t known and remembered that OF
this the 18th day of November, 1914.
at IL O'Clock m. in accordance with ar
ordnance of this police jury, adopted
on the 7th day of October. 1914. notice
of which was issued and published ac-
cording to law, the undersigned mem
oers OF the police Jary of Grant parish.
Louisiana, being a quorum thereof, il,
pubic session at the court house in sale
parish and according To law, opened al.
the ballot boxes used in, and which
We're Received from the commissioner.
II the election held the IL IN day of No.
vemoer, 1914, in acco. dance with sale
ordinance, alu there proceeded TO couii
the ballots both in number and amount. |
Tor and against, to determine tne prof.. |
oSltlon To ievy a five riills tax on al |
Tie proper,yln Road District Number
Three, Grant parish, l. uisiana, for a
period OF fise years, beginning with the
year 1915 and ending with the year
1919. inc'u>i e, for h purpose of main
1aining the pa ollc roads in said Road
D.slricG Number Three. The result of
said cou3t WAS "A Dai'ots ard fifteen
thousand nine Lundred and forty-three
lSlo, $4,000 dollars in FAVOR Oh sid
proposition, and Ia ballots and five
thousand seven hundred and twenty
slgnt (S5, 72s.O0) dollars against SAX.
proposition, and the majority, both il
number and amount, cast by the prop
'rty taxpayers of the said Road Dis
rice Number Three in said election be-
ng IN favor thereof, and at the sam ]
'me and place we did examine and car :
ASS the returns as evidenced by the '
aplicate tally sheets and duplicat, ;
omplled statements, the correctness !
the same being sworn to by the com .
lissloners according to law, and findine c
lso that said returns indicated a ma i
ority, both in number and amount. OF j
roperty in favor of said proposition. Il
1erefore we declared that the resul, I
I said election is in favor of the propo- L
tlon to levy five mills tax on all the .
roperty in Road District Number Three IL
rant parish, Louisiana, for a perioe. p
five years, beginning with the year IN
10 and ending with the year 1919, in
usive, for the purpose of maintaining 10
e public roads in said Road Distric, al
lumber Three, and in accordance with So
W promulgation of the aforesaid re- sr
IL was prepared and the secretary O. ic
e police jury was ordered to have 2 IN
Ply Of the same signed by the presi ar
mt published in one issue of the off, er
II journal. And likewise we did order F.
at one copy of this process verbal be IN
Mt to the Secretary Of State to be re- w
rded In the archives of the State of Is
'uisiana, that one copy be sent to the sh
'corder OF Mortgages to be recorded m'
the mortgage records of Grant par 'w
!. and that one copy be kept in the I'M
lords of the police jury. re-
This done and signed in the presence au
). T. Lewis and F. C. Lacour. com " ".
tent witnesses and electors, on this
18th day of November, 1914, at the
lrt house in Colfax. in the parish of
ant, by the undersigned members of
police jury of said parish, present