The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-12-16
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PROPOSITION.

fOR 100 ~ ANVIL vi DOANbR-
PROPOSITION.
Proposition to incur debt Voc
and issue bonds of Grant Par
ish Road District No. 8, State
of Louisiana, to the amount
of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars ($l50, 000), to run
for thirty years, bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per cent
per annum, payable semi-an-
nually, for the purpose of con-
structing and graveling the
following public roads: A grav-
eled road from Verda to Col
fax, a distance Of IL miles, at
cost not to exceed $1,000 per
mile; graveling of the Verda- p
Montgomery road, a distance
of miles, at cost not to ex- No
coed $1,000 per mile; building "o
and crawling two spurs to the
Jefferson Highway in ward 6,
a distance of miles, at a cost
o t to exceed 100000 per
mile: and grav led road
from the Wnn parish line,
near Crews, TO the Rapides
parish line, by way of Mont
gomery, Colfax and Bagdad,
the same being known as the
Jefferson Highway. distance
of about 50 miles, together
with bridges and other neces-
sarv equipment, all within the
limits Of said road district, IL
tie to which shall vest in the
public.
Taxable valuation, S.. ..................
Signature of voter .........
NOTICE TO VOTER.
To vote in favor of the proposition
submitted on this ballot place cross
(X) mark in the square after the word
Eyes. To vote against it place simi-
lar mark after the word mo"
And that the president be and he is
hereby instructed to have prepared for
use at said special election all necessary
ballot boxes, tally sheets, lists of voters,
assessed valuation of properties and
compiled statements of voters in num-
Der and amount.
Section 81
Be it further ordained that the poll
ing places for said election shall be as
below named, and the election shall
be held by the officers named as fol-
lows:
At Colfax polling place-A B. Per-
kins, H. T. Crew and ID. M. Mcknight,
commissioners; A. M. Goodwin, clerk;
L. o. Clinton, returning officer.
At Paramount polling place.. o.
Logan, B. H. Randolph and ]. G.
Smith, commissioners; T. C. Bush,
clerk; Garland Dean, returning officer
At Bagdad polling place.. M. An
thony, John Jamessand A. M. Brown,
commissioners; M. C. Buckner, clerk;
J. w. Hadnot returning officer.
At o. X school house for Bruce
voters living in District Sd. M. Pugh.
George Futrel and G. A. White, COM
missioners; R. B. Roach, clerk; C. E.
Raley, returning officer
At Summerfeld polling place.. ".
O'Quinn, r. w. Richardson and }. II.
Williams, commissioners; Amos Rich
ardson, clerk; j. w. Fletcher, return
ing officer.
At Montgomery polling place.. |.
Mccain, c. w. Payne and |. c. Dyson.
commissioners; w. L. Dowty, clerk;
Z. w. Rodgers, returning officer.
AT Hargis polling placer. E. Jack
son, John F. Fletcher and M. E. Ted
die, commissioners; Homer Drewett,
clerk; M. E. Jackson, returning officer.
At Verda polling place.. w. Che
lette. R. j. Fletcher and w. T. Purvis,
commissioners; G. l.. Garrett, clerk;
c. j. Hutchinson, returning officer.
The compensation of said officers
shall be three dollars per day each, and
the said election shall be conducted un-
der the laws of this State applicable
thereto.
be IL 1urther ordained 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 the Board of Su-
pervisors of Road District No. s and
shall be published in the official 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 14th day of March. 1917, the
first day following the election at IL
O'Clock noon, the Board of Supervisors
Of Grant Parish Road District No. s
will meet at the court house in Colfax,
Grant parish, Louisiana. and there in