The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-04-29
FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION.

FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION.
To incur debt and issue bonds
of the said Colfax School Voc
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 -
cent per annum, payable annu- N
ally, the funds thus derived to NO
| be used for the purpose OF
building and equipping a high
school building at Colfax. La,
in the said school district
No. 2.
Taxable valuation, $..............-.~.......
Signature of voter ................-...........
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of this proposition.
submitted on this ballot, place q cross
(X) mark in the sqnare after the word
YES" To vote against it, place a
similar mark after the word mo"
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the compensation of the
election commissioners and the clerk OF
the said election shall ne two dollars
($2. O09 per day for one days service,
and that the election shall be held in
the court house at Colfax, La, in the
said Colfax school district No. 2, by
the officials here named, each being a
regular qualified voter: VIM. LaCroix,
Joe Carver and d. M. Mcknight shall
serve as commissioners and A. M. Good
wyn 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 7th day of
June, 1916, the first day after or fol-
lowing such election, at IL o clock a. 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, 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.
]. H. McNEELY,
]. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
CERTIFICATE OF BONDED INDEBTED
NESS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant
This is to certify that there is bond
ed Indebtedness of the Colfax school
district No. 2, which is a small portion
only of Colfax school district No. l, on
which there is small bonded indebted
ness for the retirement of said bonds
for the extinguishment of which there
is required tax levy of approximately
three ~ mills annually all of which
will not exceed the constitutional limit
of ten Q0) mills.
This done and signed on this the 18th
day of April, 1916.
]. N. WARNER,
Secretary of the Board of School Di-
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-officio registrar of voters of said
parish.
This done and signed on this the 18th
day of April, 1916.
JAMES ]. O'QUINN,
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder
of the Parish of Grant, Louisiana.