The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-07-17
CoLFAx. GRANT PARISH La. SATURDAY JULY H. 1915

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taxpayers of said Road District Num-
Der One voted in favor of said propo-
sition; now. therefore
Be il ordained by the police jury of
Grant parish in lawful session conven-
ed that the proposition to incur debt
and issue bonds of Grant parish Road
District Number l to the amount OF
thirteen thousand ($l3, O00) dollars to
run for five years, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually, for the purpose
of constructing. improving and main
tanning public roads together with
bridges and other necessary equipment
within the limits of said road district,
title to which shall vest in the public,
CARRIED,
And said bond issue as proposed is
authorized and required by law to be
proceeded with and finally extinguish-
ed by an annual levy assessment and
collection of taxes on all the property
in said Road District Number / of the
parish of Of Grant, State of Louisiana
Be it further ordained that the re-
suit of said election shall be promul-
gated by the president and secretary
of the police jury by publication in one
issue of the official journal of a copy
of this resolution of PRONUNCIATION,
signed by the said president and secre-
tary.
The following process verbal of the
election in ward number 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 enacted on the 7th day of June,
1915, notice of which was issued and
published according to law, the under
signed members of the police jury of
the parish of Grant, being a quorum
thereof. met in public session at the
court house in the said parish, and ac-
cording to law opened ali the ballot
boxes used in and which were received
from the commissioners of the election
held on the 18th day of July, 1915, in
accordance with the said ordinance, and
there proceeded to count the ballots
both in number and amount, for and
against, to determine the
PROPOSITION to levy five mills tax on
all the taxable property in said ward Number
with the year 1915 and ending with the year
1919. for the purpose of building and main
tanning the PUBLIC roads in said Ward Number
Two.
The result of the said count was 80 bal
lots and forty-six thousand and nine
hundred and ninety one dollars ($46, 1911
in favor of the proposition, and 48 bal
lots and twenty-three thousand three
hundred fifty. three dollars 1923. 1853. OO)
against the proposition; and the major
ity both in number and amount, cast by
the property taxpayers of said ward
number two of said parish and State,
being in favor thereof.
And at the same time and place we
did examine and canvass the returns,
as evidenced by the duplicate tally
sheets and duplicate compiled state
ments, the correctness Of the same be-
ing sworn to by the commissioners. ac-
cording to law, and finding also that
said returns indicated majority both
in number and amount of property in
favor of said proposition.
Therefore we declare that the result
of the said election is in favor of the
proposition to levy five mill tax on
all the property in ward number two
of Grant parish Louisiana, for period
of five years beginning with the 1915
and ending with year 1919, for the pur-
pose of building and maintaining the
public roads in said ward number two.
And in accordance with law a pro-
mitigation of the aforesaid result was
prepared and the secretary of the po-
lice jury was ordered to have copy of
same, signed by the president, publish
ed 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 Louis
lana, that one copy be sent to the Re-
corder of Mortgages to be recorded in
the Mortgage records 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. d. LaCroix
competent witnesses and electors at the
court house in the parish of Grant,
present and participating in the can
vass of the said election.
r. w. RICHARDSON,
o. C. WATSON,
w. r. BURLINGTON.
N. G. MORGAN,
r. M. DUNN,
o. L. NUGENT,
WIN. LACROIX.
WITNESSES:
H. e. GOODWIN,
c. d. LACROIX.
On motion the following ordinance
was adopted:
ORDINANCE OF PRONUNCIATION.
Whereas. on the 18th day of July,
1915, an election was held in Ward
Number of Grant parish, Louisiana,
to determine the proposition to levy a
Ave mills tax on all tie property in
said Ward Number for period of
five years, beginning with the year 1915
and ending with the year 1919, for the
purpose of building and maintaining
the public roads in said Ware Number
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