The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-05-08
ORDINANCE NO. s.


The following ordinance was offered
by l. j. Rhinehart, who moved its
adoption, duly seconded by M. A. Walk
err and it being placed before the board
by the president, E. A. Wall. /. J..
Rhinehart, M. A. Walker, NJ s. Roberts
and M. E. Jackson voted for the adop-
ton of it, and nays none, whereupon
the chair announced the adoption of
the ordinance by the board by unani-
nous vote.
Be it ordained by the Board of School
Directors of Grant parish, Louisiana,
in regular session convened,
Section l.
That Pollock School District No.
shall consist of the following territory,
to-wit:
Sections 10. 20, %, 80. 81 and 80,
township north, range ! east, east
half of section Sc. township z north.
range west; sections 5, 6, Z, 8, Is.
16, II, Is, 10 and 20, township north,
range east, and sections 1, 2, IL, IL,
ID. Ia and "a, township 6 north, range
l west, all Louisiana Meridian.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict with the above be and they
are hereby repealed.
ORDINANCE NO. 6.
Mr.. NJ. A. Walker offered ordinance
No. 6, who moved its adoption, duly
seconded by Mr.. Rhinehart, and being
placed before the board by the presi-
dent, l. ]. Rhinehart. NJ A. Walker.
M. E. jackson, N S. Roberts and E.
A. Wall voted for its adoption; nays,
none; and the president declared the
ordinance adopted unanimously, all
members present voting in the affirma-
tive.
. Whereas, it is necessary that a new
school building be built and equipped
at Pollock, Louisiana. in Pollock School
District No. 9, and
Whereas, the citizens and property
taxpayers of the said Pollock School
District No. 9 have requested by petit
ton that the said school building be
built and equipped, and
Whereas. it is necessary and desira-
BILE for funds to be raised for said pur-
pose, and
Whereas, it is the voluntary will of
this body to call the election hereinaf-
ter provided for, and
Whereas, Article No. 2Sl of the Con-
stitution of 1898 and 1918, and Act No.
256 of the Legislature of 1910, as
amended by Act 2l8 of 1912, declare
the School Board of the parish to be
the governing authority through which
the said Pollock School District No. 9
may incur debts and issue negotiable
bonds for such purposes, when SO au-
thorized at an election to be held in
the said Pollock School District No. 8,
and
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
the said Pollock School District No. 8
amounts to three hundred forty-six
thousand six hundred twenty-five dol
lars (sS46, 625. 00), and the proposed in
debtedness does not exceed the consti-
tutional limit of 10 per cent of the as
sessed valuation, and
Whereas, the special tax necessary
to be annually levied to extinguish the
proposed Indebtedness will approximate
eight 90 mills, which will not exceed
the constitutional limit of ten Q0)
mills per annum on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of the property of
said Pollock School District No. 9, now.
therefore,
Section l.
Be it ordained by the Board of School
Directors of the parish of Grant, Lou
isiana, in regular session convened,
That an election shall be, and is here
by called to be held in the said Pollock
School District No. 9, in the parish of
Grant, louisiana, on Monday, May II,
1915, at which election the majority of
the property taxpayers of the said
Pollock School District No. 9 in num-
Der and amount eligible to vote and
voting, shall determine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said Pollock School Dis
trict No. 9, in the parish of Grant, Lou
isiana, to the amount of twenty-five
thousand (s25. 900. 00) dollars to run
for period of thirteen 19 years,
bearing interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually,
the funds thus derived to be used for
the purpose of building and equippina
a school building at Pollock, Louisiana,