The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-03-04

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 Montgomery school district No. 81
in the parish of Grant, Louisiana, on
Tuesday. April IL, 1916, at which cleo
ton the majority of the property tax
payers of the said Montgomery school
district No. 81. in number and amount,
eligible to vote and voting, shall deter
mine the
PROPOSITION
PROPOSITION to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said Montgomery school
district No. 81 in the parish of Grant,
La, to the amount of Ten Thousand
Dollars $50, OOOOO to run for period
of sixteen Q6) 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
school building at Montgomery. Louisi-
ana, in the said Montgomery school
district No. 81.
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 Montgomery School Voc
District No 81, in Grant par i0'
ish, Louisiana, to the amount
of ten thousand $50, 1000. 00)
dollars, to run for period of |
sixteen Q6) 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. FL.
Taxable valuation,
Signature of voter .......
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of this proposition.
submitted on this ballot, place cross
(X) mark in the sqnare after the word
YES" To vote against it. place a
similar mark after the word mo"
Section g. Be it further. ordained,
etc.. That the compensation of the
election commissioners and the clerk of
the said election shall pe two dollars
($2. o0) 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
Sch4ol District No. 81, by the officials
her named, each being regular voter:
w. p. Harrison, Dave Mathis and John
/. 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 (30) days before
the date of the election.
The said notice shall further recite
that on Wednesday the 18th day of
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
fee of the said board of school direc-
tors in said parish, and there in public
session open the ballot box, examine
and count the ballots both as to num-
Der and amount, and examine and can
vass the returns and declare the results
of said election, and promulgate the
same.
j. H. MCNEELY,
J. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
CERTIFICATE OF BoNDED INHERITED