The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-03-10
carried, the following ordinance was
AN ORDINANCE


election. under the constitution an
laws of the State of Louisiana, the
following proposition, to-wit:
Whereas it is the voluntary will of ]
the Board of Supervisors of Grant Par
ish Road District No. 8, Grant parish,
La, to call an election of the property |
taxpayers of Road District No. eligi- |
bic to vote in a tax election in the said |
road district, for the purpose of sub
hitting to the property taxpayers OF |
said Road District No. 8, who are au-
thorized to vote at such election under |
the constitution and laws of the State |
| of Louisiana, the
PROPOSITION to incur debt and is
sue negotiable bonds therefor of the
said Grant Parish Road District No. 8
in the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($l50, 000 for the
PURPOSE of constructing and grav
cling the following public roads, to-
gether with bridges and other neces-
sary equipment, within the limits of
said district, title to which shall vest in
the public, viz:
| On A graveled road from Verda to
| Colfax, distance of twelve miles, at q
cost not to exceed two thousand dollars
$1,000 per mile;
(2) The crawling of the Verda- Mont
gomery road, distance of eight miles,
at a cost not to exceed one thousand
dollars Isl ,000) per mile;
81 The building and graveling of two
spurs to the Jefferson Highway in ward
six, distance of four miles, at cost
not to exceed two thousand dollars
($2, 0OO) per mile;
| (D A graveled road from the Winn
parish line, near Crews, to the Rapides
parish line, by way of Montgomery,
Colfax and Bagdad, the same being
known as the Jefferson Highway, dis
lance of about thirty-three miles;
Il All of the above roads, except the
jefferson Highway, to be built by this
Board with labor and teams, home la
Dor to be given the preference.
The said bonds to run for period of
thirty years and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually; and
II Whereas Article 281 of the Constitu-
ton of 1898, as amended by Act 1872 of
the Legislature of 1912 adopted by the
, people in November, 1912. and Act 2o6
of the Legislature of 1910 as amended
by Act 218 of 1912 and Act 1879 of 1916,
declares the Board of Supervisors of
Grant Parish Road District No. to be
! the governing authority through which
! said district may incur debt and issue
negotiable bonds for such purposes,
when so authorized at an election held
} in said district; and
III Whereas the assessed valuation of
! taxable property in said Road District
! No. amounts to two million dollars
III ($2, 600, 000), and the existing bonded
4 Indebtedness incurred under Article 281
n of the constitution of 1898 es amended,
D amounting to $40. 500 at present. which,
D when added to the proposed indebted
n ness, does not exceed the constitutional
n limit of ten per centum of said assessed
D valuation; and
Whereas the special tax necessary to
D be annually levied to extinguish the
proposed indebtedness will approximate
five mills, which when added to existing
special taxes annually levied under Ar
4 ticle 281 of the Constitution of 1898, as
1 amended, to extinguish the indebted
n ness incurred under said Article, will
q not exceed The constitutional limit of
ten mills per annum upon the dollar of
assessed valuation of the property of
i said Road District No. 8; now, there
n fore,
q Section l.
q Be it ordained by the Board of Super
= visors of Grant Parish Road District
No. 8. Grant parish, La, in lawful ses-
. sion convened, That special election
be and is hereby ordered to be held in
Road District No. 8 of the parish OF
Grant, State of Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, March ID, 1917,
at which shall be submitted the follow.
ing propositions:
PROPOSITION to incur debt ane
issue negotiable bonds therefor of Grant
Parish Road District No. 8 in the sun
of one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars ($15O, 000). said bonds to run for {
It period of thirty years and to bear inter
q est at the rate of five per cent per an
= mum, payable semi-annualiy, for the
+ PURPOSE of constructing and gray
It cling the following public roads, to
a gether with bridges and other equip
= ment, within the limits of said Rsat
+ District No. 8, title to which shall yes
5 in the public, viz: A graveled roat
l. from Verda to Colfax, a distance o
twelve miles, at a cost not to excee,
ID $4,000 per mile; the crawling of tn
Verda- Montgomery road, distance o
eight miles, at q cost not to excee'
$1,000 per mile; the building and grav
:. cling of two spurs to the jefferson
le Highway in ward six. distance o
* four miles, at cost not to exceed 5000
q per mile; a graveled road from the VIM
:, parish line, near Crews, to the line o
e Rapides parish, by way of Montgom
e cry, Colfax and Bagdad. the same be
y, ing known as the jefferson Highway,
'. distance of about thirty three miles.
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