The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-09
Process Verbal of Canvass of Re-
turns.


turns.
BE 1T KNOWN AND REMEM-
BERED, That on this the 9Th day
of September, 1916, the Board of
School Directors of Grant Parish,
Louisiana, met in special session at
~ o'clock m, in accordance with
Ordinance No. 11-of the Board of
School Directors of the Parish of
Grant, enacted on the 22nd day of
July, 1916, notice of which was is
sued and published according to law,
the undersigned members of the
BOARD of School Directors or the
Parish of Grant, Louisiana, being a
quorum thereof, met in special pub
lie session in the court house in said
parish, and according to law opened
the ballet box used in, and which
was received from the commission
ers of the election held on Tuesday,
the 5th day of September, 1916, in
accordance with said ordinance, and
thereby proceeded to count the bal
lots. both in number and amount for
and against to determine the
PROPOSITION to incur debt and
issue bonds CT the said Dry Prong
School District No. IL, in Grant Par
ish, Louisiana, to the amount Of Ten
Thousand $4,000 Dollars to run
for period of ten (10) years, bear
ing interest at the rate of five Is
per cent? per cent. per annum, pay
able annually, the funds thus deriv-
ed to be used for the purpose of
building and equipping a school,
building at Dry Prong, Louisiana, in
the said Dry Prong School District
No. IL.
The result of said count was twen-
ty-four (24 ballots and Thirteen
Thousand, Two Hundred Sixty Dol
lars ($13.260) in favor of said pro-
position, and one ID ballot, and
One Hundred Fifty ($15O) Dollars.
against said proposition. and, there
fore, the majority in both number
and amount cast by the property tax
payers of the said Dry Prong School
District No. IL, of Grant Parish,
Louisiana, in the said election being
in favor thereof; and
AT the same time and place we
did examine and canvass the re-
turns. as evidenced by the duplicate
tally sheets and duplicate compiled
statements, the correctness of both
being sworn to by the commissioners
according to law, and finding also
that the returns indicated a majority
both in number and amount of pro-
perty in favor of said proposition:
therefore, we declare that the result
OF the said election is in favor of the
PROPOSITION to incur debt and
issue bonds of the said Dry Prong
School District No. IL, in Grant Par
ish, louisiana. to the amount of Ten
Thousand (S10,000) Dollars, to run
for period of ten (10) years, bear
ing interest at the rate of five per
cent (5 per cent? per annum, pay
able annually. the funds thus deriv-
ed to be used for the
PURPOSE of building and euuip-
ping a school building at Dry Prong.
Louisiana, in the said Dry Prong
School District No. IL, and, in &C
cordance with law, PRONUNCIATION
of the aforesaid results was prepared
and the Secretary of the Board of
School Directors of the Parish of
Grant, Louisiana, was ordered to
have a copy of the same signed and
published in one issue of the official
journal.
And, likewise, we did order that
one copy of this process verbal be
sent to the Secretary of the State to
be recorded in the archives of the
State of Louisiana, that one copy of
same be sent to the Recorder of
Mortgage Records of the Parish of
Grant, and that one copy be kept in
The records of the Board of School |
Directors of the Parish of Grant.
Thus done and signed in the pres
ence of H. L. Brian, w. T. Buckner !
md c. ]. Calhoun, competent wit
lesses and electors. on this the 9th |
lay OF September. A. D., 1916, at
he court house at Colfax, In Grant |
Parish, Louisiana, by the undersign-
ID members of the Board Of School
Directors of said parish and state,
present and participating in the can
'ass of the said election.
]. H. McNEELY,
T. C. LINCECUM,
N. s. ROBERTS,
M. E. JACKSON,
E. A. WALL,
A. w. STEWART.
dembers of Board of School Direc-
tors Of Grant Parish. Louisiana.
Witnesses
1. Z. BRIAN,
V. T. BUCKNER,
;. J. CALHOUN.
| certify that the above and fore
'oing is true copy of the original
ow On file in my office.
]. N. WARNER,
ecretary of Board of School Direc-
tors of the Parish of Grant, La.
Affidavit of Publication.
tate of Louisiana,
'arish Of Grant