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

Omclai Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax, La, July Ia, 1915.
The police jury met pursuant to ad-
journment. All the members were
present.
The minutes of the proceedings of
the last meeting were read and ap-
proved.
The hour of noon having arrived the
police jury proceeded to count the bal
lots and canvass the returns of the
election held on the 18th day of July,
1915.
The proposition to levy q five mills
tax on all the property in wards 3, a
and 6, for five years beginning with
the year 1915 and ending with the year
1919, for lthe purpose of building and
maintaining the public roads in said
wards, was defeated at the election
mentioned.
The following process verbal of the
election in Road District Number One
was then read, considered and signed:
Be it known and remembered, That
on this the l4th 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 said parish. and accord
ing to law opened all the ballot boxes
used in, and which were received from
the commissioners of the election held
on the 18th day of July. 1915, in accord
ance with the said ordinance, and there
proceeded TO count the ballots, both in
number and amount, for and against,
to determine the
PROPOSII ION to incur debt and issue ne
gotiabe bonds therefor Of the said Grant pa
IRISH Road District Number One in the sum
of thirteen thousand dollars Isl 000), for the
purpose Of constructing. improving and main
tanning public roads, together with bridges and
other necessary equipments within the limits
Of the 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 centum per annum pay
able semi-annually.
The result of the said count was So
ballots and one hundred and fifty-one
thousand seven hundred and seven dol
lars ($l6l. 707. 0O) in favor of the propo-
sition. and IL ballots and thirteen thou
sand four hundred and eleven dollars
($l3. 4ll.OO) against the said PROPOSE
ton; and the majority, both iu num-
Der and amount, cast by the property
taxpayers of the said road district num-
Der one, OF said parish and State, be-
ing in favor thereof. And at the same
time and place We did examine and can
vass the returns as evidenced by the
duplicate tally sheets and duplicate
complied statements, the correctness
of the same being sworn to by the CON-
according to law, and find
ing also that said returns indicated
both in number and amount
ot property, in favor of said PROPOSE
ton.
Therefore we declare that the result
of the said election is in favor OF the
bonds of Grant parish road district num-
Der one to the amount of thirteen thou
sand dollars ($lS, 600 00) to run for five
years, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually for the purpose of con-
improving and maintaining
public roads, together with bridges and
other equipment necessary within the
limits of said road district, title to
which shall vest in the public.
And in accordance with law, a pro-
mitigation of the aforesaid result was
and the secretary of the po-
lice jury was ordered to have a copy OF
the same signed by the president and
published in one issue OF the official
journal.
And likewise we did order that one
CODY 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,
witnesses and electors, on
this the l4th 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
emit and participating in the canvass of
the said election.
r. w. RICHARDSON,
o. c. WATSON,
o. l.. NUGENT,
w. X. BURLINGTON,
N. G. MORGAN,
r. M. DUNN.
VIM. LACROlX.
Witnesses:
H. G. 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 Road Dis
trict Number One of the parish of
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