The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-01
Process Verbal of Canvass of Returns.

Indt Oh lnlS ZStn DAY or June
1916, the Board of School Direc
tors of the parish of Grant, La.
met at IL o'clock m. in accord
ance with ordinance No. 10 Of
the Board of School Directors Of
the parish Of Grant, La, enacted
on the 18th day of May, 1916, no.
tice of which was issued and pub.
lished according to law, the un.
dersigned members of the Board
OF School Directors of the parish
OF Grant, La, being a quorum
thereof, met in public session in
the court house in said parish.
and according to law opened the
ballot box used in, and which
was received from the commits
sioners of the election held on
Tuesday, the 9th day of June,
1916, in accordance with said or
!dlnance, and there proceeded to
count the ballots, both in number
and amount for and against, to
determine the
PROPOSITION to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said Colfax school dis
trict No. in the parish of Grant,
La, to the amount of Eight Thousand
Dollars (sS, O00.0 0) 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. 2.
The result of said count was
eighty (80) ballots, and one hun
dred twenty-five thousand four
hundred sixty-three ($l25, 46S. OO)
aQllars in favor of said PROPOSE
ion, ans pine 90 ballots and
eleven thousand three hundred
ind fifty-six ($11, 1856. O0t dollars
against said proposition; and,
therefore, the majority in both ;
lumber and amount cast by the !
property taxpayers of the said :
colfax School District No. 2 of
irant parish, La, in the said
election being in favor thereof:
md
AT the same time and place we :
lid examine and canvass the re-
urns as evidenced by the dupli- /.
ate tally sheets and duplicate
ompiled statements, the correct
ess of both being sworn to by :
he commissioners according to r =
NV, and finding also that the re- :,
nrns indicated a majority both r
, number and amount of prop :,
rty in favor of said proposition; -
Therefore, we declare that the -
esult of the said election is in :,
avor of the 70 70
PROPOSITION to incur debt and !.
sue bonds of the said Colfax -
chool District No. 2 in the par u
h of Grant, La. to the amount ~
eight thousand ($S, 900. OO) ~
'llars to run for a period of five -
j years, bearing interest at the -
tie of five per cent per annum. ~
lyable annually, the funds thus ),
rived to be used for the -
PURPOSE of building and equip ~
ng a high school building at "
'lfax, Louisiana, in the said
'lfax School District No. 2. :"
And, in accordance with law. =
PRONUNCIATION of the aforesaid we
suit was prepared, and the Sec ~,
tary of the Board of School Di- 9 20,
ctors was ordered to have a W.
py of the same signed by the ~ ea'
and published in one IA :
ue of the official journal. 90.
And likewise we did order that a.,
e copy of this process verbal ;sh
sent to the Secretary of State
be recorded in the archives of /,
. State of Louisiana, that one
~ be sent to the Recorder of
rtgageS to be recorded in the b