The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-07-17
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Continued from page one.

election in Road District Number Five
was then read, considered and signed:
Be it known and remembered, That
on this the 14th day of July, 1915, at IL
O'Clock, noon, in accordance with an
ordinance of the police jury of Grant
parish, Louisiana, enacted on the 7th
day of June, 1915, notice of which was
issued and published according to law,
the undersigned members of the police
jury of the parish of Grant, being a
quorum thereof, met in public session
at the court house in said parish, and
according to law opened all the ballot
boxes used in and received from the
commissioners of the election held on
the 18th day OF July, 1915, in accord
ance with seid ordinance, and there
proceeded to count the ballots, both in
number and amount for and against, to
determine the
negotiable bonds therefor of the said
Grant parish Road District Number
Five in the sum of sixteen thousand
and five hundred ($l6, 500 00) dollars,
for the purpose of constructing, i'm
proving and maintaining public roads,
together with bridges and other nec-
1
said road district, title to which shall
vest in the public, the said bonds to
run for period of five years and to
bear interest at the rate of FIVE per
cent per annum, payable sem-annuallv
The result of the said count was 92
ballots and twenty-eight thousand eight
hundred and forty-five dollars ($28. 845)
in favor of the proposition, and 30 bal
1 lnfc nd fan g. I~1I
thirty-eight $50, $3.50 against the said
propositions; and the majority both in
number and amount cast by the prop
erty taxpayers of the said road district
number five of said parish and State,
same time and place we did examine
and canvass the returns as evidenced
by the duplicate tally sheets and dupli-
cate compiled statements, the correct
ness of the same being sworn to by the
>mmissioners according to law, and
| fin, sug also that said returns indicated
a ma, >rity both in number and amount
of prop, ~ty in favor of said proposition
Thereto -e We declare that the result
of the saio election is in favor of the
proposition to- incur debt and issue
bonds of Grant Parish road district num-
Der five to the d. Mount OF sixteen thou
sand five hundred dollars (Sl6, 500. 0O
to run for 5 years, bearing interest at
rate of five per ceh tum per annum,
payable semi-annually, tor the purpose
OF constructing, improy ''ug and main
tanning public roads tos ether with
bridges and other necessary e. u jment
within the limits of said roaL district,
title to which shall vest in the public.
And in accordance with law pro-
mitigation of the aforesaid result was
prepared and the secretary of the po-
| lice jury was ordered to have copy of
the same signed by the president ard
published in one issue of the official
journal.
And likewise we did order that one
copy of this process verbal be sent to
the Secretary of State to be recorded
in the archives of the State of Louisi-
ana, that one copy be sent to the Re-
corder of Mortgages to be recorded in
the mortgage records of the parish of
Grant, and that one copy be kept in
the records of the police jury.
This done and signed in the presence
of H. G. Goodwin and c. ID. LaCroix,
competent witnesses and electors, on
! his the 14th day of July, 1915, at the
court house in the parish of Grant. by
the undersigned members of the police
jury of the said parish Of Grant, pres
ent ade participating in the canvass of
the said election.
R. w. RICHARDSON,
o. C. WATSON,
o. l.. NUGENT,
w. R. BURLINGTON,
N. G. MORGAN,
r. M. DUNN,
VIM. LACROIX.
Witnesses:
H. G. GOODWIN,
C. d. LACKOIX.
On motion the following ordinance
was adopted
ORDINANCE OF PRONUNCIATION.
Whereas, on the 18th day of July, |
1915, an election was held in Road Dis
trict Number Five of the parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana, to deter
mime the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of Grant parish Road District
Number Five to the amount of sixteen |
thousand five hundred ($16. 500) to run
for years, bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum, payable |
semi-anIually, for the purpose of con-
structing. improving and maintaining |
public roads together with bridges and
other necessary equipment, within the
limits of said road district, title to
which shall vest in the public, and
Whereas said election was held and
the returns thereof were canvassed by |
the police jury of Grant parish accord
ing to law and notice, on the 14th day |
of July 1915. and the result of said
election was declared to be that the |
majority, in number and amount of the
taxpayers of said Road District Num-
Der Five voted in favor of said propo-
sition; now, therefore
Be it ordained by the police jury of
Grant parish in lawful session conven-
ed that the proposition to incur debt |