The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-03-10
PROPOSITION.

PROPOSITION.
Proposition to incur debt v..I /
ard issue bonds of Grant Par
sh Road District No. 8, State
of Louisiana, to the amount IL
of one hundred and fifty thou II
sand dollars ($l50, O0O), to run II
for thirty years, bearing inter- Ii
est at the rate of five per cent II
per annum, payable semi-an- II
nuaIIy, for the purpose of con- II
structing and graveling the
following public roads: A grav- II
eled road from Verda to Col
fax, distance of IL miles. at
a cost not to exceed $1,000 per II
mile; crawling of the Verda- -
Montgomery road, a distance III
of 8 miles, at cost not to ex- No
coed $1,000 per mile; building Nv
and crawling two spurs to the III
Jefferson Highway in ward 6,
a distance of miles, at cost
not to exceed 100000 per II
mile: and graveled road
from the VIM parish line, III
near Crews, t. the Rapides III
parish line, by way of Mont II
gomery, Colfax and Bagdad, ii
the same being known as the II
jefferson Highway, distance II
of about 80 miles, together
with bridges and other neces-
sarv equipment, all within the
limits of said road. district, IT,
flo RI which ohoil vast in tho L
public.
Taxable valuation, S. ........... ........
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 SINH
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 d. M. Mcknight,
commissioners; A. M. Goodwin, clerk;
L. o. Clinton. returning officer.
At Paramount polling place.. o.
Logan, B. H. Randolph and j. G.
Smith, commissioners; T. C. Bush,
clerk; Garland Dean, returning officer.
At Bagdad polling place.. M. An
thony, John James and A. M. Brown,
commissioners; M. C. Buckner, clerk;
j. w. Hadnot returning officer.
At o. K. school house for Bruce
voters living in District Sd. M. Pugh,
George Futrell and G. A. White, COM
missioners; R. B. Roach, clerk; C. E.
Raley, returning officer.
At Summerfeld polling place.. W..
O'Quinn, r. w. Richardson and j. H.
Williams, commissioners; Amos Rich
ardson, clerk; j. w. Fletcher, return
ing officer.
! At Montgomery polling place.. 1.
Mccain, C. w. Payne and l. C. Dyson.
commissioners; w. L. Dowty, clerk;
E. w. Rodgers, returning officer.
! At Hargis polling placer. E. jack
son, John F. Fletcher and NJ. E. Ted
die, commissioners; Homer Drewett,
clerk; M. E. jackson, returning officer.
At Verda polling place.. w. Che
lette, r. ]. Fletcher and w. T. Purvis,
commissioners; G. l.. Garrett, clerk;
C. ]. 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 it further 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. 8 ant
. shall be published in the official journa
,, four weekly insertions, the date of thu
: first insertion to be not less than thirt,
:. days before the date of the election
!, The said notice shall further recite tina
Z on the 14th day of March, 1917, thu
n first day following the election at l;
f O'Clock noon, the Board of Supervisor
0 of Grant Parish Road District No.
n will meet at the court house in Colfax
6 Grant parish, Louisiana. and there il
public session open the ballot boxes
: examine and count the ballots both al