The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-04-01
FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION.


PROPOSITION.
To incur debt and issue bonds
of the said Montgomery School Yas
District No Il, in Grant par
ish, Louisiana, to the amount
of ten thousand (S10, 100000
dollars, to run for period of
sixteen (16) years, bearing in
terest at the rate of five per -.
cent per annum, payable annu- ~
ally, the funds thus derived to NO
be used for the purpose of
building and equipping a school
building at Montgomery, Lou
isiana, in the said school dis
trlct No. 81.
Taxable valuation, S.................
Signature of voter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of this proposition,
submitted on this ballot, place a eros:
| (X) mark in the sqnare after the word
YES" To vote against it. place a
similar mark after the word mo"
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the compensation Of the
election commissioners and the clerk of
the said election shall De two dollars
| ($2. 00 per day for one days service,
and that the election shall be held in
the John l. Mccain store at Montgom-
cry, La, in the said Montgomery
School District No. q, by the officials
here named, each being regular voter:
w. o. Harrison, Dave Mathis, and John
l. Mccain shall serve as commissioners
and j. M. Wardlow shall serve as clerk
of the said election.
Be it further ordained, ETC.. That
notice of this election containing the
proposition herein submitted to the
voters shall be prepared and signed by
the president and the secretary of this
board, and shall be published by the
secretary in the official journal by four
weekly insertions, the date of the first
insertion to be thirty 900 days before
the date of the election.
The said notice shall further recite
April, 1916, the first day after or fol-
lowing such election, at IL o'clock M,
the Board of School Directors of the
Parish of Grant, Louisiana, shall meet
at the court house at Colfax in the of
flee of the said board of school direc-
tors in said parish, and there in public
session open the ballot box, examinine
and count the ballots both as to num-
Der and amount, and examine and cam
vass the returns and declare the results
of said election, and promulgate the
same.
]. H. McNEELY,
]. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
CERTIFICATE OF BONDED INDEBTED
NESS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant
This certifies that there is no indebt-
edness of the Montgomery School Dis
trict No. l, Parish of Grant, Louisiana,
incurred under Article 28l, of the Con-
stitution of 1898 and 1918, for the ex-
tinguishment of which special taxes
are by law required annually to be as
sessed.
This done and signed on this the LIST
day of March, 1916.
]. N. WARNER,
Secretary of the Board of School Dr.
rectors. Parish of Grant, Louisiana.
Countersigned by
E. S. MURRELL,
Assessor of Grant Parish, Louisiana.
CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
AND Ex-oFFIcIo RECORDER.
This certifies that E. S. Murrell is
the lawfully qualified and commissioned
Assessor of the Parish of Grant, Lou
isiana, and that the undersigned is the
lawfully qualified and commissioned
ex-ofticio registrar of voters of said
parish.
This done and signed on this the LIST
day of March, 1916.
JAMES j. O'QUINN,
Clerk of Court and Ex-0 fficio Recorder