The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-07-15

hereby ordered to be held in Ward
Number Four of Grant parish on We'd
nesday the 9th day of August, 1916, at
which election majority of the prop
erty tax payers of said Ward Number
-Four in number and amount, eligible to
vote and voting shall determine the
proposition to levy FIVE mills tax on
all the taxable property in said Ward
Number Four for period of five years
beginning with the year 1916 and end
ing with the year 1920. for the purpose
of building and maintaining the public
roads in said Ward Number Four.
Section two
Be it further ordained. That the
CLERK of the police jury is instructed to
prepare for use at said election suffi-
cient number of ballots on each of
which shall be printed substantially the
provisions mentioned in section one of
this ordinance, to-wit:
PROPOSITION to levy a FIVE "
mills tax on all property in lcS
Ward Number Four of Grant
parish, Louisiana, for a per-
iod of five years. beginning
with the year 1916 and end
ing with the year 1920, for the No |
purpose of building and main
tanning the public roads in
said Ward Number Four.
Taxable valuation, $.......................
Signature of voter ....... ....................
NOTICE TO VOTER.
To vote in favor of the proposition
submitted on this ballot place a cross
(X) mark in the square after the word
yes" and to vote against the propo-
sition place similar mark in the square
after the word mo-"
Section three
Be it further ordained, That the
clerk of the police jury is instructed to
have prepared for use at said election
all necessary ballot boxes, tally sheets,
registrars lists of property, tax pay
eTs eligible to vote in said election and
the valuation of their property. blank
lists for entering the names of those
who actually vote in said election and
complied statement blanks for COM
piIing the votes in number and amount.
Section four
Be it further ordained, That the
compensation of the election commits
sioners at said election shall be three
dollars per day for one day, for the
clerk three dollars per day for one day,
and for the returning officer three dol
lars per day for three days, and the
said election shall be held at the fol-
lowing polling places and by the Off
GERS here named, each being a regis
tered voter:
At Buckelew precinct VIM. Harkins
Ed Guilliams and R. M. Deem, commits
sioners; j. E. Watson. clerk; and B.
F. Moore. returning officer.
AT Lincecum precinct-J. L. Kent,
F. P. Tabor and R. Rambo, commits
sioners; VIM. Rambo, clerk; A. j. Bill
DO, returning officer.
Section five
Be it further ordained, That notice
of this election containing the PROPOSE
tion herein submitted to the voters,
shall be prepared and signed by the
president and secretary of the Police
Jury and shall be published in the Off
cial journal four weekly insertions, the
date of the first insertion to be not
less than thirty days before the date
of the election. The said notice shall
further recite that on the 18th day of
August, 1916, at IL o'clock noon, the
police jury will meet at the court house
in Colfax in said parish and there in
public session open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots both as
to number and amount, and examine
and count the returns, and declare the
result of said election and promulgate
the same.
w. A. BROWNLEE,
President
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