The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-06-12
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax. La. June Z, 1915.

of Grant Parish.
Colfax, La. June Z, 1915.
The police jury of Grant parish met
in lawful session for the purpose of re-
viewing the assessment rolls of the
year 1915 and pursuant to the call 1
the president, as follows:
Colfax. La, May Is, 1915.
To Members of the Police Jury of Grant
Parish and the Public Generally:
By virtue of the authority in me
vested by law. / do hereby call spe-
cial meeting oil the police jury of Grant
parish, Louisiana, Tor Monday, June z,
1915, for the following purposes, viz:
To repeal or amend, as may be de-
cided, the ordinance dividing the parish
of Grant into road districts; to pass all
necessary ordinances pertinent or need
ed to call special elections in the vari-
Gus wards of the parish to ascertain
the will of the property taxpayers on
the proposition of levying a five mills
tax for five years on all the property
of said various wards for maintenance
and building public roads of said wards;
to pass all necessary ordinances calling
elections in the road districts of said
parish on the proposition Of voting q
tax and issuing bonds of said road dis
tricts for the purpose of building and
maintaining the public roads of said
districts. and to repeal all ordinances
necessary and to pass all ordinances
necessary in the premises; and to make
arrangements for the purchase of such
appliances for road work as said jury
may deem necessary, and to provide
for the payment of the purchase price
of such appliances as may be purchas-
ed; to provide for issuance of certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness to cover deferred
portions of purchase price, etc.
r. w. RICHARDSON,
President Police Jury Grant Phi.
All the members of the police jury
were present.
The assessment rolls of the parish for
the year 1915 were submitted to the
police jury.
On motion it was ordered that the as
sessment rolls for the year 1915 as
compiled by the assessor be and the
same are hereby approved and accepted.
Mr.. E. L. Rinehart, representing the
White Motor Truck Company, address,
ed the police jury.
The following ordinance was adopted,
covering the details of the purchase of
one good roads motor truck from the
company represented by Mr.. Rinehart,
to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
To set aside one mill per annum of the
general parochial tax levy for the
years 1915, 1916 and 1917, levied and
to be levied by the police jury of the
parish of Grant, Louisiana, for said
years, for the construction, maintain
ing and repairing of the public roads
and bridges of the parish during said
years, and to appropriate out of said
one mill so set aside for said years
whatever part thereof is necessary
for the payment of the principal and
interest of certain certificates of in
debtedness given to the White Com
pany, of Cleveland, Ohio, by order
of this body to pay the remainder of
the purchase price of q certain good
roads truck purchased by this body
of said company.
Dc IL oHudfuSu W ttiC pOiiCC jury VI
the parish of Grant, State of Louisi-
ana, in special session convened:
Section l. Whereas by Article 292
of the constitution of the State of Lou
isians, adopted in the year 1918, the
police juries of the several parishes of
the State of Louisiana are authorized
and empowered to set aside at least
one mill of the taxes per annum levied
by them in order to raise funds for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining
and repairing the public roads and
bridges of the parishes, and whereas it
is necessary and advisable, and the
public service and interests require the
construction of additional public roads
in the parish of Grant, and the main
tainance and repair of the public roads
already constructed in the parish, and
whereas in the opinion of this body the
public interests and the public service
will be subserved and facilitated, and
such construction, maintenance and re-
pair FASTENED and rendered more GER
tain by the purchase of a good roads
truck for use in such work, and where
as this body has made such purchase
of the White Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, paying q part in cash, and agree
ing to pay the remainder of the price
on credit as follows: Eight hundred
dollars on February LIST, 1916, two thou
sand dollars on July 1st, 1916, and sew
enteen hundred dollars on February LIST,
1917, with five per centum interest per
annum on such deferred payments until
paid; and whereas this body has this
day authorized and by this ordinance
authorizes the president of this body,
r. w. Richardson. to sign, and where
as he has SO signed certificates of in
debtedness of this body. dated Colfax.
La, June z, 1915, payable to the order
of the White Company aforesaid fol
said deferred or credit payments to be
made for the amounts, with interest
and maturities, as above stated; now,
therefore,
Section 2: Be it further ordained,
That ono mill IF the Oonaral No rochso n