The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-08-12

trict No. II. ... =,
this board be and he is hereby instructed
| 10 have prepared for use at said speciai
| election a sufficient number Of ballots.
on each OF which shall be printed the
proposition mentioned In section one OF
this resolution, and in the following form:
PROPOSITION
To levy a special tax OF ten YES
mills on the dollar on all prop
erty in Dry Prong School Dis
| trict No. IL, Grant Parish, La,
| subject to state taxation. annu-
| ally for a period of two years.
beginning with the year 1915
and ending with the year 1913 NO L
both years inclusive. for the
| purpose Of supporting and main
tanning the schools located in
the said Dry Prong School Dis
trict No. H.
! signature of Voter.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
To vote in favor Of the proposition sub
+ mitted on, this ballot place lAl marx III
: the square after the word Yes. ana 70
4 vote against it place a sim aanla!. marx :"
/ the square after the word NO:
> And the Secretary be and he is hereby
, Instructed to have prepared for use az
, said special election all the necessary oa.-
q lot boxes tally sheets. lists OF voters. a.
: sessed valuation of property ana com.
piled statement Of voters In numper anu
amount. a.. .u,vs riaca
:. for the said special election shall be AZ
"A DRY Prong precinct. In the SAID Dry
- Prong School District No. II. and I. ;.
Al Walker. /. b. Sermons and Nike aenaea ~
N are appointed commissioners ana :. w
" | smith clerk of election to serve tnereaL
a THE said election shall be conducteu
- under the laws Of the state appiicaoie
Ia thereto. -, tht.
=. hoard Is hereby instructed to give notico
of the special election herein oroereo. ~
his proclamation to the puehsned accv ,,o,,
by he shall announce that at eleven O'Clock
b. a. m. on September 6. 1916. this board
will meet at the court house at CoI s,;
ct Grant Parish. La. and In open session
~ proceed to open the ballot box examine
y. and count the ballots In number ana
re amount, examine and canvass the return
iaI and declare the result OF tne ,aS ,,nan
H. imously, all the members OF the voa, n.
hereinbefore named voting In iaso'
on thereof. .r.urrrv
~, w. J. N. WARNER.
nal Secretary.
DRY PRONG BOND ISSUE.
MS ORDINANCE No. IL.
ns NJ 8. Roberts offered Ordinance NO. ~
OF who moved It's adoption. guy s 1879 SeSor,
the board by the President. >. n. mS
he Neely. f. A. Wall. T. G. Lincecum: y.
he Roberts and M. 4. jackson voteo lot ~
AM whereupon the chair announced IN
adoption of the ordinance by the boar
ing by unanimous vote -,
school building be built and equipped 9
,s Trv Prong Louisiana, in Dry froh
,h- school District No. II. and
pe whereas, the citizens and properly ia -
,ppal payers OF the said Dry Prong scnoot y,
''" trict No. II have requested that the ssl
of school building be built and equipped an
tod a site be purchased. IL necessary. ana
sai Whereas IL Is necessary and desirao
ci 20, for funds to be raised for said purpos
,po- Whereas. II is the voluntary viii Of tn
inns body to call the election hereinafter pr
Whereas Article No PSI of the Const
IS tuition of 1898 and 1913, and Act no. 4
of the Legislature Of 1919 as amenoso
III Act 21S OF 1912, declare the school poa
Of the parish to be the governong autno
- ity through which said Dry Prong Scno
10 III District No IL may incur DEBT =
issue negotiable bonds ior sJ ,cn,,p,, Z"
held in the said Dry Prong scnooi ~
. trict No. IL, and I.
$500. whereas. the assessed valuation OF
....... .aid Dry Prong School District NO.
amounts TO approximately one hundr
SUBJ and sixty thousand $3.50. 0oo.0o) dolla
X in and the proposed indebtedness does
"A 10 exceed the constitutional limit OF ten J
4 in cent of the assessed valuation, ana
whereas. the special tax necessary
and no annualIy\levied to extingufsh the pl
jared posed Indebtedness VIII appIoA us
the eight (s) mills. which will not exceed J
lists Constitutional limit per annum on the q
erty, lar of the assessed valuation OF tne pIs
num- erty OF said Dry Frons oenoo' .'
NO. H. now, therefore.
Mace section One. Be 1t ordained By
,e at Board OF school Directors Of the Par
Ern- OF Grant louisiana, IN lesal S1Ss'os = =
oint- vened That an efection snan u1 - z
Prong District No. IL. In the Parish
ucted Grant. Louisiana. on ma
cable TUESDAY. SCI r'si ~, Dr. anv,,v ~
of nroperty tax payers Of the said
A 10 Prong School District No. IL. in mum
cleo and amount, ehe,pie W 'o'o anu
lama shall determine Ine.e.,r,c>r
law. fhofooi -. .,x q
II an Proposition 70 ,ncui r,r.ss' s.chs,os I