The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-04-10


prepared by the secretary of the Boart
of School Directors. and he shall cause
to be printed ballots for use in sale
election, in the following form, to-wit
FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION.
To incur debt and issue bonds
of the said Pollock School Dis Voe
trict No. 9, in Grant parish,
Louisiana, to the amount of
twenty-five thousand (S25, OO0)
dollars, to run for a period of
thirteen (13) years, bearing
interest at the rate of five per F.
cent per annum, payable semi
annually, the funds thus de-
rived to be used for the pur- M |
pose of building and equipping "
a school building at Pollock,
Louisiana. in the said Pollock
School District No. 9. Grant
parish, Louisiana.
i NOTICE TO VOTER.
To vote in favor of this proposition
submitted on this ballot place a cross
mark (X) mark in the square after the
word Yes" To vote against it place
a similar mark after the word Mo-
Taxable valuation. S......
Signature of voter .................
Section 81
Be it further ordained, etc., That
the compensation of the election COM
missioners and clerks of the said cleo
ton shall be 81. 90 per day for one days
service. and that the election shall be
held in the Maxwell hall at Pollock,
Louisiana, by the officials here named,
each being a regular voter: E. c.
Gates, w. H. Singley and Frank Ham,
ilton shall serve as commissioners and
W. D. johnson shall serve as clerk of
the said election.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
notice of this election containing the
proposition herein submitted to the
voters shall be prepared and signed by
the president and secretary of this
board, and shall be published by the
secretary in the official journal by four
weekly insertions, the date of the first
insertion to be thirty (S0) days before
the date of the election.
|. The said notice shall further recite
that on Tuesday, the 18th day of May,
1915. the first day after or following
such election, at IL o'clock m. the
school board shall meet at the court
house in Colfax, in said parish, and
there in public session open the ballot
box, examinine and count the ballots
both as to number and amount, and
examine and canvas the returns and
declare the results of said election, and
promulgate the same.
j. H. McNEELY,
j. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
CERTIFICATE OF BONDED INDEBT-
EDNESS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, 4
Parish of Grant
This certifies that there is no indebt-
edness of the Pollock School District
No. 9, Parish of Grant, Louisiana, in
Cured under Art. 2Sl. of the constitu-
ton of 1898 and 1918, for the extin-
guishment of which special taxes are
oy law required annually to be assessed.
This done and signed on this the 9th
day of April, 1915.
j. N. WARNER.
Secretary of the Board of School Di- |
recIors, Parish of Grant. Louisiana.
Countersigned by
E. S. MURRELL,
Assessor Grant Parish, Louisiana.
CERTIFICATE OF TIE CLERK OF THE
COURT AND Ex-oFFICIo RECORDER.
This certifies that E. S. Murrell is
the lawfully qualified and commissioned
Assessor of the Parish of Grant, and
that the undersigned is the lawfully
qualified and commissioned ex-officio
Registrar of voters of said parish.
This done ard signed on this the 9Th
day of April, 1915.
JAMES ]. O'QUINN,
Clerk of Court and Ex- Officio Recorder
of the Parish of Grant, Louisiana.
The following petition was presented
to the board:
Grant parish, La, March, 1915.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parrish Of Grant, |
State of Louisiana:
The petition of the undersigned prop
erty taxpayers of school district No.
q, of the parish of Grant, State of |