The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16
PRONUNCIATION of Election.

Pursuant TO TeSOiutioH PoSSS
on the 22nd day of July. 1916, ana
in conformity to notice given Dy
proclamation of the President OF this
Board, duly published. the Parish
Board of School Directors of the
Parish of Grant, La, met in special
open session for the purpose OF open
ing the ballot boxes, examining and
counting the returns and declaring
the results of the special election
held il School District No. 16,
Grant Parish, La, on the 5th
day of September, 1916, in confor-'
nifty with a resolution passed by the
Board on the 22nd day of July. 1916.
Present: j. H. McNeely. A. w.
Stewart, E. A. Wall, T. c. Lincecum.
N. S. Roberts and M. Z. Jackson,
and a quorum present.
The Board proceeded in open ses-
sion publicly to open the ballet
boxes, examine the ballots and count
the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns
thereof, and then and there declared
the result to be as follows:
Proposition
Proposition to levy special tax
CT five CD mills on the dollar on all
property subject to state taxation in
School District No. 16,
Grant Parish, La, for period OF five
60 years, beginning with the year
1916 and ending with the year 1920,
both years inclusive, for general edu-
cational purposes.
Fer or in favor of the said pro-
position there werecast "a votes, re-
presenting a taxable assessed valua-
ton of fourteen THOUSAND four hundred
twenty-five ($14,4 22) Dollars.
Against or in opposition to said
position there were cast no votes. re-
representing a taxable assessed val
uation of nothing.
Whereupon, Mr.. Lincecum offered
the following resolution and moved
its adoption. seconded by Mr.. Stew
art
Whereas, The Parish Board Of
School Directors of the Parish of
Grant, La, in public session, opened
the ballot boxes. examined them, and
counted the ballots in number and
amount, examined and canvassed
the returns of the special election
held in
School District No. l6.
Grant Parish, La, on the 9Th
| day of September, 1916, in conform
ity to a resolution passed on the
22nd day of July, 1916, ordering
said election, and ascertained the re-
suit of said election to be as set
| forth hereinafter in this resolution.
| to-wit:
Section 1. Be it Resolved by the
Parish Board of School Directors Of
the Parish Of Grant, La. that the
result of the special School Tax cleo
ton held in -. -
School District No. 16,
| Grant Parish. La, on the
| 5th day of September, 1916, in con-
formity to s-Sresolution of this
Board ordering said election, passed
on the 22nd day of July, 1916, are
hereby declared to be as follows:
PROPOSITION to levy a speeiaI
| tax of five CD mills op~the dollar
on all property subject to state taxa
ton in
School District No. 16,
Grant Parish, La, for
period of five CD years, beginning
with the year 1916 and ending with
the year 1920, both years inclusive.
for general educational purposes.
| For or in favor of the said propo-
sition there were cast "a votes, re-
presenting a taxable assessed valua-
ton of fourteen thousand four hundred
twenty-five ($14, 422) dollars
Against or in opposition to said
proposition there were cast no votes,
representing a taxable assessed valu-
alton of nothing.
And the majority of the votes both
in number and amount of property
being in favor of the proposition
submitted at the said election to the
qualified voters, the said proposition
is hereby declared to have been car
ried at the said election.
| Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., that the Secretary of this Board
be and he is hereby directed to file
with the Secretary of the State of
Louisiana, and with the Clerk Of the
18th Judicial District Court and ex-
Officio Recorder in and for the Par
ish of Grant, La, each one copy of
the minutes of this meeting, to and
including the passage OF this resolu-
ton, same constituting process YER
bal of the manner in which the bal
lot boxes have been opened, the re-
suit of said election ascertained, the
ballots counted in number and
amount, the returns canvassed and
the result of said election ascertain
ed. and the said Secretary shall re-
tain in his office copy hereof, duly
certified by the Secretary of State
and ex-Officio Recorder 10 nave been
| duly filed and recorded in their re-
| spective offices as required by law.
| Unanimously adopted.
| II McNEEI.X Drooidack