The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-06-10

Whereas, it is necessary and desira
BILE for funds to be raised for said pur
pose, and
Whereas, it is the voluntary will o.
this body to call the election hereinaf
ter provided for, and
Whereas, Article No. 281 of the Con
stitution of 1898 and 1918, and Act No
256 of the legislature of 1910, as amend
ed by Act 2lS of 1912, declare the
school board of the parish to be the
governing authority through which the
the said Colfax school district No.
may incur debt and issue negotiable
bonds for such purposes, when so au.
thorized at an election to be held in the
said Colfax school district No. 2, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
the said Colfax school district Number
2 amounts to five hundred thousand
$500, 900. 00) dollars, and the proposed
indebtedness does not exceed the con-
stitutional limit of 10 per cent of the
| assessed valuation, and
Whereas, the special tax necessary
to be annually levied to extinguish the
proposed indebtedness will approximate
three 60 mills, which will not exceed
the constitutional limit per annum on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
the property of the said Colfax school
district No. 2. now, therefore:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Board of School Directors of the parish
of Grant, Louisiana, in regular session
convened, That an election shall be
and is hereby called to be held in the
said Colfax school district Number 2
In the parish of Grant, Louisiana. on
Tuesday, June q, 1916, at which cleo
ton the majority of the property tax
payers of the said Colfax school
district No. 2, in number and amount.
eligible to vote and voting, shall deter
mine the
PROPOSITION
PROPOSITION to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said Colfax school dis
trict No. 2 in the parish of Grant,
La, to the amount of Eight Thousand
Dollars ($8, 000.0O to run for a period
of five (5) years. bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum,
payable annually, the funds thus deriv-
ed to be used for the
PURPOSE of building and equipping a
high school building at Colfax, Louisi-
ana, in the said Colfax school district
No. g
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
ETC., That the ballot box, necessary
blanks and other necessary parapher-
MALTA, shall be prepared by the secre-
tary 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.
To incur debt and issue bonds
Of the said Colfax School Vas
District No 2, in Grant par ie0
lsh, Louisiana, to the amount II
Of Eight Thousand ($8, OO0.O O) II
Dollars, to run for period II
of five (5) years, bearing II
interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum, payable annu-
ally, the funds thus derived to No
be used for the purpose of II
and equipping a high III
school building at Colfax, La, III
n the said school district III
No. 2. III
taxable valuation,
signature of voter
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
10 vote In favor of this proposition,
unlimited on this ballot, place cross
X mark in the sqnare after the word
YES" To vote against it, place a
imilar mark after the word mo-"
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
tc.. That the compensation of the
lection commissioners and the clerk of
ne said election shall be three dollars
So. OO) per day for one DAVIS service.
nd that the election shall be held in
ne court house at Colfax, La. in the
aid Colfax school district No. 2. by
ne officials here named, each being
eguIar qualified voter: A. w. Lewis,
oe Carver and D. M. Mcknight shall
erve as commissioners and w. S. La
rolx shall serve as clerk of the said I
lection.
Be it further ordained, etc.. That ,
Office of this election containing the I
ropositlon herein submitted to the {
oters shall be prepared and signed by I
ne president and the secretary of this
oard, and shall be published by the
'cretary in the official journal by four
eekly insertions, the date of the first E
sertion to be thirty (3O) DAYS before s
le date of the election.
The said notice shall further recite '
lat on Wednesday the 18th day of a
Inc, 1916, the first day after or fol- '
wing such election, at IL o. clock a. M. b
le Board Of School Directors of the :,
arish of Grant, Louisiana, shall meet ;,
the court house at Colfax in the Of !,
'e OF the said board of school direc- a
RS In said parish, and there in public :,
ssion open the ballot box, examinine |. !
"a count the ballots both as to num- .
n and amount, and examine and can
lss the returns and declare the results
SAID election. and promulgate the OIL
me. te
]. H. MCNEELY. 81
N. WARNER, President tn
Secretary.
'RTIFICATE OF BONDED INpERrEn- ne
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