The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-06-19
AN ORDINANCE calling special election

AN ORDINANCE calling special election
for the purpose of submitting to the prop
erty tax payers of Grant parish road dis
trict number five, who are authorized to
vote at such election, under the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana the fol
lowing proposition, to-wit:
Whereas it is the voluntary will of the po
lice jury of Grant parish to call an election
of the property tax payers of Road District
Number Five, eligible to vote in tax cleo
ton in the said road district. for the purpose
of submitting to the property tax payers OF
Road District Number Five who are author
lied to vote at such election under the consti
tuition and laws of the State of Louisiana, the
PROPOSITION to incur debt and issue ne
gotable bonds therefor of the said Grant pa
IRISH Road District Number Five in the sum
Of sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars
9l6S00), for the purpose of constructing, inn
proving and maintaining 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 a period of five years and
to bear interest at the rate of five per centum
per annum payable semi-annually, and
Whereas Article 2sl of the constitution of
1898 as amended by Act l32 of the Legisla-
ture, of 1912, adopted By the people in No
Of 1910 as amended by Act 2ls of 1912, de-
clares the police jury of the parish of Grant
to be the governing authority through which
such road district of the said parish may in
purposes when authorized at an election
held in the said road district, and
Whereas the assessed valuation of the said
road district of the said parish amounts to one
million and eighty dollars $1,000. 080), and the
existing bonded Indebtedness incurred under
article 28l of the constitution of 1898 as
amended amounting to nothing at present add
ed to the proposed Indebtedness does not ex-
coed the constitutional limit of ten per cent
um of said assessed valuation, and
annually levied to extinguish the proposed in
debtedness will approximate five mills, which
added to existing special taxes annually levied
under article 28l of 1898 as amended to ex-
article will not exceed the constitutional limit
OF property of the said road district; now
therefore:
Section l.--Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish Of Grant. Louisiana, in lawful
session convened; That special election be
trict Number Five of the parish OF Grant.
State of Louisiana, the 18th day of July
1915, at which shall be submitted the following
proposition: To incur debt and issue neso.
table bonds therefor of the Grant parish Road
District Number Five in the sum of sixteen
thousand and five hundred dollars ($l6, 5000,
for the purpose of constructing. improving
and maintaining public roads together with
bridges and other necessary equipments. with.
in the limits Of 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 payable semi-annully.
Section 2.-Be It further ordained, That
the president of the police jury be and he is |
hereby, instructed to have prepared for use
at said special election, sufficient number of
ballots. on each of which shall be printed the |
proposition mentioned in section one of this |
ordinance, arranged in such manner as to
enable the voter to vote said proposition, |
and in the following form:
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.