The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-06

ter provided for, and
Whereas. Article No. 281 of the Con-
stitution of 1898 and 1913, and Act NO.
256 of the legislature of 1910, as amend
ed by Act 21S of 1912. declare the
school board of the parish to be the
governing authority through which the
the said Colfax school district NO.
NAV incur debt and issue negotlaple
bonds for such purposes, when SO au-
thorized at an election to be held In the
said Colfax school district No. z, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation OF
the said Colfax school district Number
2 amounts to four hundred thousand
(S4OO. 600. OO) 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 (3) mills, which will not exceed
the constitutional limit per annum on
the dollar of tie assessed valuation OF
the property of the said Colfax school
district No. 2. now, therefore:
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board of School Directors of the parish
of Grant, Louisiana, in special 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 6, 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 Six Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars CSC, 500. 00) to run
for five (5) years, bearing interest al
the rate of five per cent per annuIn
payable annually, the funds thus deriv
ed to be used for the
PURPOSE Of building and equipping ;
high school building at Colfax, Louisi
ana, in the said Colfax school distric
No. g
Section 2. Be it further ordained
ETC., That the ballot box, necessar.
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 ballot
: 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 VpS
District No 2, in Grant par
? ish, Louisiana, to the amount
of six thousand five hundred
Csc, 500. 00) dollars, to run for
period of five years, bearing
interest at the rate of five per F.
cent per annum, payable annu- Al.
ally, the funds thus derived to NO
be used for the purpose of
building and equipping high
school building at Colfax, La,
in the said school district
No. 2. L.
j Taxable valuation, $..........................
Signature of voter ......................-....
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
. To vote in favor of this propositio
q submitted on this ballot, place GRO
e fX) mark in the sqnare after the wo
. YES" To vote against it, place
similar mark after the word mo.
q Section 8. Be it further ordalne
E etc., That the compensation of Il
). election commissioners and the clerk
!, the said election shall be two dolla
y (S2. 0O) per day for one days servic
and that the election shall be held
the court house at Colfax, La, in t
II said Colfax school district No. 2,
:, the officials here named, each being
! regular qualified voter: VIM. LaCroi
# Joe Carver and D. M. Mcknight sh'
"a serve as commissioners and A. M. Goo
a wyn shall serve as clerk of the SO
" election.
Be it further ordained, etc.. TIL
notice of this election containing t
q proposition herein submitted to t
voters shall be prepared and signed
- the president and the secretary of II
3 board, and shall be published by t
sh secretary in the official journal by 70
A. weekly insertions, the date of the fiji
, insertion to be thirty (30) days befo
81 the date of the election.
r The said notice shall further reel
=. that on Wednesday the 7th day
" June, 1916, the first day after or f
as lowing such election, at IL O. clock a. n
| the DOdTu VI OCLOOi DiECStoio VI
az Parish of Grant, Louisiana, shall me
u at the court house at Colfax in the I
=, fee of the said board of school dir
~ tors in said parish, and there in pub
W session open the ballot box, examini
:. and count the ballots both as to nu
- Der and amount, and examine and CT
~ vass the returns and declare the resu
~ of said election, and promulgate
- same.
ar ]. H. MCNEELY,
Ny J. N. WARNER, President
y" Secretary.
ar CERTIFICATE OF BONDED INDEBTI
ID, STATE OF LOUISIANA
is Parish of Grant
ak This is to certify that there is boz
,se ed indebtedness of the Colfax sch
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