The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-04-17

the ballot box, necessary blanks ana
other necessary paraphernalia, shall be
prepared by the secretary of the Board
of School Directors. and he shall cause
to be printed ballots for use in SAID
election, in the following form, to-wit:
FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION. I'll
To incur debt and issue bonds III
of the said Pollock School Dis Yes II
trict No. 8, in Grant parish, III
Louisiana, to the amount of iii
TWENTY-FIVE thousand ISIS, 000) HI
dollars, to run for period OF III
thirteen Q3) years, bearing III
/ interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum, payable semi Ill
annually, the funds thus de-
rived to be used for the pur- No | +
pose of building and equipping II
school building at Pollock, III
Louisiana. in the said Pollock III
| School District No. 8. Grant III
parish, Louisiana
NOTICE TO VOTER.
| To vote in favor of this proposition
submitted on this ballot place 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, $..........-.......-.--..--.
Signature of voter .......-....-........ ....---
\ Section 81
II Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the compensation of the election COM
. missioners and clerks of the said cleo
ton shall be $500 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 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.
f Be it further ordained, ETC., That
:, notice of this election containing the
f proposition herein submitted to the
voters shall be prepared and signed by
= the president and secretary of this
d board, and shall be published by the
secretary in the official journal by four
e weekly insertions, the date of the first
$ insertion to be thirty tS0) days before
l. the date of the election.
e The said notice shall further recite
IN that on Tuesday, the 18th day OF May,
S, 1915, the first DAY after or following
sr such election, at II o'clock m. the
y, school board shall meet at the court
Or house in Colfax, in said parish, ane
lg there in public session open the ballo
a, box. examine and count the ballot.
: both as to number and amount, ant
. examine and canvas the returns ant
, declare the results of said election. ant
: promulgate the same.
! j. H. McNEELY,
7 ). N. WARNER. President
: Secretary.
I CERTIFICATE OF BONDED INDEsT-
EDNESS.
Z STATE OF LOUISIANA,
s Parish of Grant
T This certifies that there is no indebi
I edness of the Pollock School Distris
Z No. 9, Parish of Grant, Louisiana. IL
I Cured under Art. 2si. of the constit'
I ton of 1898 and 1913, for the extil
: guishment of which special taxes al
( by law required annually tobe assesse'
: This done and signed on this the 81
) day of April, 1915.
( ]. N. WARNER.
I Secretary of the Board of School {
! rectors, Parish of Grant, Louisian
Countersigned by
! E. S. MURRELL,
! Assessor Grant Parish, Louisiana.
! CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK OF II
Z COURT AND Ex-oFFaClo RECORDER.
~ This certifies that E. S. Murreii
! the lawfully qualified and commission
Assessor of the Parish of Grant, q
! that the undersigned is the Lawful
qualified and commissioned ex-ofh
: Registrar of voters of said parish.
Z This done and signed on this the
! day of April, 1915.
I JAMES j. O'QUINN.
4lClerk of Court and Ex-0fficio Recor'
of the Parish Of Grant, Louisiana.
Z The following petition was presen
Z to the board:
Grant parish, La, March, 1916
Z To the Honorable President and M
: bers of the Parish Board Of Sch
4 Directors of the Parish Of Gro
y State of Louisiana.