The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-06-13

District No. 20. Grant Parish, Louis
lana, subject TO State taxation annu-
ally, for a period of five years, begin
ming with the year 1914, and ending
with the year 1918, both years inclu-
sise, for general educational purposes
Section 2 That the secretary OF
this board be and he is hereby au-
thorized 10 have prepared for use at
SAID election. a sufficient number oil
ballots, on each of which shall be
printed the proposition mentioned in
Section OF this resolution and in the
following form:
Proposition. -
Proposition to levy a FIVE
mills special tax on all prop Yes |
erty subject to State taxation
in School District No. %,
Grant Parish, Louisiana, for
period of FIVE years. begin
ming with the year 1914 and -,
ending with the year 1918, no
both years inclusive. for
general educational purposes.
Notice to Voters. -
TO vote in favor of this proposition
submitted on this ballot place an (X)
mark in the square after the word
Yes, and to vote against the propo-
sition place a similar mark in the
square after the word NO.
And the secretary of this board be,
End he is hereby instructed, to have
prepared for use at said election all
the necessary ballot boxes. tally
sheets, lists of voters, assessed valua-
ton of property and compiled state
mcnts of voters in number and
amount
Sect on g. That the polling place
for said special election shall be at
the office or store house of DIR. Kent,
at Bentley, Louisiana, and that o. J..
Hathaway, ]. W. Murrell and J. T..
Davis shall serve as commissioners
of the election, and Z. w. Pollard
shall serve as clerk of the election.
Section A. That the president of
this board is hereby instructed to give
nobice of the special election herein
ordered by this proclamation. to be
published according to law. and in
the said proclamation he shall an
nornce that at IL o'clock m, on the
22nd day of July. 1914, this board will
meet in the Court House at Colfax
Louisiana, to open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots, in
rumber and amount, examine and
canvass the returns. and declare the
result of the election
]. H. McNEELY. President
J. n. WARNER, Secretary.
Colfax, La, June 6, 1914.
ORDINANCE No. 2.
Relative to the issuance of Verda
School Bonds. School District No.
81. Vrda. Louisiana.
The following ordinance was Of
fered by NJ. E. Jackson. who moved
its adoption. duly seconded by E. A.
Wall and being placed before the
board it was unanimously adopted.
Whereas. an election was held in
the Verda School District, No. 81, in
the Parish of Grant, on Monday.
March 80, 1914. in accordance with
Ordnance No. | of the 2lst day of
February. 1914. and notice of the same
published according to law: and,
Whereas, the question submitted at
the said election was to determine
the
Proposition to rescind. repeal, set
aside and invalidate the five mills tax
authorized by vote of the property
taxpayers of the School District No
81, on the 18th day of June, 1913, and
to relieve the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parish of Grant from
levying the said tax for the years
1914 to 1922, inclusive, and i'm lieu
thereof to incur debt and issue bonds
OF the Verda School District No. 81,
IN the Parish of Grant to the amount
of Twenty-Five Thousand $4,000
dollars. to run for the period of eight
years. bearing interest at the rate of
i've per cent per annum. payable an
nually, the funds thus derived to be |
used for the
Purpose of erecting and equipping
a high school building in the town Of
Vcrda. Louisiana. which said propo-
sition was lawfully carried at said |
election. as shown by the process
verbal of the school board of 3lst day
of March, 1914, as required by law. i!
and Section lo of Act ESQ of 1901
and no contest has been filed within |
the sixty days from said date. and.
Whereas. The school board of said |
parish is recognized by law, and |
Article 28l of the Constitution of |
1893 and 1918 and Act $50 of the ses-I
sion Of the Legislature of 1910, and
amendments, to be the governing
authority through which such bond
issue shall be proceeded with; now.
therefore,
Section |. Be it ordained by the
School Board of the Parish of Grant.
IN lawful session convened, That the
president and the secretary of this
school board shall be authorized on
behalf of the Verda School District.
No. 81. of the Parish of Grant. acting
for in the name of the governing au-
thority. the school board, and are d.
rected to incur debt to the amount
OF Twenty-Five Thousand (S22,OO0)
dollars and to make and sign nego-
table bonds therefor. numbered con-
secutively from One to Forty-four,
the first of which shall become due
within one; and the last of which shall