The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-21
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 q
special meeting of the Parish Board OF
School Directors of the parish of Grant,
Louisiana, has been called by the Presi-
dent, Hon. j. H. McNeely, to be held
at Colfax at eleven o'clock a. M. Feb.
81. 1914, for the Iurpose of considering
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 to
build and equip modern high school
building at Verda. Louisiana, and you
are earnestly urged to be present.
By order of the President of said
Board, Hon. ]. H. McNeely.
]. 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, /. J. 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 high
school building be erected and equipped
at Verda, Louisiana, and
Whereas, it is necessary and desira-
BILE 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 281 of the Consti-
tutions of 1893 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
said School District may incur debt and
issue negotiable bonds for such pur-
poses, when so authorized at an cleo
ton to be held in the said District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
the said District amounts to three hun
dred fifty-two thousand one hundred
fifty-nine 1882. l59. 0O) dollars, and the
indebtedness does not exceed
the constitutional limit of ten per cent
of assessed valuation, and
Whereas, the special tax necessary
to be annually levied to extinguish the
indebtedness will approximate
ten mills, which will not exceed the
Constitutional limit of ten mills per an
mum on thesdollar of assessed valuation
Of the property of said District, now,
Section 1.-Be it ordained by the
School Board of the parish Of Grant,
in lawful session convened, That an
election shall be. and is hereby called
to be held in the said School District of
Verda, Louisiana, No. thirty-one (3l), |
N the parish of Grant, on Monday the
10th day of March, 1914, at which cleo
ion the majority of the property tax
payers of the said District, in number
md amount, eligible to vote and voting
hall determine the
Proposition to rescind, repeal, set
lside and invalidate the s mill tax au-
horned by the vote of the property
taxpayers of the School District No. 81
IN the 18th day Of June, 1918. and to
'elieve the Parish Board of School Di-
'ectors of the parish of Grant from
ewing the said tax for the years 1914
o 1922 inclusive, and in lieu therefor
o incur debt and issue bonds of the
school District No. 81 in the parish of
irant to the amount of twenty-five
housand ($22, 000) dollars, to run for the
'eriod of eight years. bearing interest
t the rate Of five per cent per annum,