The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-06-24

| to be annually levied to extinguish the
proposed indebtedness will approximate
three (3) mills, which will not exceed
the constitutional limit per annum dn
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
the property of the said Colfax school
district No. 2. now, therefore:
] Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of School Directors of the parish
of Grant, Louisiana, in regular session
convened, That an election shall be
and is hereby called to be held in the
said Colfax school district Number 2
in the parish of Grant, Louisiana, on
Tuesday, June q, 1916, at which cleo
ton the majority of the property tax
PAYERS of the said Colfax school
district No. 2. in number and amount,
eligible to vote and voting, shall deter
mine the
PROPOSITION
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 ($8, 000.OO) 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. g.
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 Colfax School Voc
District No 2, in Grant par
ish, Louisiana, to the amount
of Eight Thousand ($8, O0)
Dollars, to run for a period
of five (5) years, bearing
interest 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 high
school building at Colfax, La,
in the said school district
No. 2.
Taxable valuation, S......................
Signature of voter ........................
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of this proposition.
submitted on this ballot, place cross
(X) mark in the square after the word
YES" To vote against it, place
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 be three dollars
($3. 00) per day for one days service,
and that the election shall be held in
said Colfax school district No. 2, by
the officials here named. each being a
regular qualified voter: A. w. Lewis,
Joe Carver and D. M. Mcknight shall
serve as commissioners and w. S. La
Croix 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
June, 1916, the first day after or fol- |
lowing such election, at IL 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
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.
OF BONDED INDEBTED
NESS