The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-02-17

President Board of Supervisors Road
District Number Eight.
Colfax, La, Dec. IL, 1916.
The Board of Supervisors of Grant
Parish Road District No. met at the
court house in Colfax. La, at IL o'clock
noon pursuant to the above published
call The members of this board are
as follows: w. A. Brownlee, police ju-
ror for ward one; c. w. Calhoun, police
juror for ward six; G. c. Purvis, police
juror for ward seven; j. t. McNeely,
school board member for ward one; N
S. Roberts, school board member for
ward six; M. Z. Jackson, school board
member for ward seven; and H. l..
Brian, appointed by the police jury.
All the members were present.
The president explained the object
of the meeting to be the changing of
the date of holding the election called
in Road District No. s, by the ordinance
passed at the previous session of this
Board from January 2, 1917, to such q
date as will permit all voters to regis
ter as required by a new law on that
subject, and to make such other changes
In said ordinance as will more nearly
conform to the law and the regularity
of such ordinances.
On motion of J. H. McNeely, Sec
onded by M. Z. Jackson, and unani-
mously carried, the ordinance passed
by this Board in session November 81,
1916, to incur debt and issue bonds, was
repealed.
On motion of J H. McNeeIy, second
ed by C. c. Purvis, and unanimously
carried, the ordinance ordering an cleo
ton in Grant Parish Read District No.
on January 2, 1917, was repealed.
On motion of N. s. Roberts, second
ed by G. w. Calhoun, and unanimously
carried. the following ordinance was
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
u Ilng a special election for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property
taxpayers of Grant Parish Road Dis
trict No. 8, Grant parish, Louisiana,
who are authorized to vote at such
election, under the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, the
following proposition, to-wit:
Whereas it is tn. 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
uniting to the property taxpayers OF
said Road District No. 8, who are au
thorlzed 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. s.
IN the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($l50, O00) for the
PURPOSE of constructing and gray
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 iu
the public, viz:
~ A graveled road from Verda to
Colfax, distance of twelve miles, at
cost not to exceed two thousand dollars
(S2.0O0) per mile;
(2) The graveling of the Verda- Mont
gomery road, distance of eight miles,
at cost not to exceed one thousand
dollars ($1 ,000) per mile;
90 The building and graveling of two
spurs to the Jefferson Highway in ward
six, distance of four miles, at a cost
not to exceed two thousand dollars
($2, 00O per mile;
(4 A graveled road from the VIM
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-taree miles;
All of the above roads, except the
Jefferson Highway, to be built by this
Board with labor and teams, home Ia |
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, paw
able semi-annually; and
Whereas Article 2S1 of the Constitu. |
ton of 1888, as amended by Act 1872 of |
the Legislature of 1912 adopted by the |
people IN November, 1912, and Act 256 |
OF the Legislature of 1910 as amended |
by Act 2lS of 1912 and Act 1879 of 1916. |
declares the Board of Supervisors OF
Grant Parish Road District No. 8 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
Whereas the assessed valuation OF
taxable property in said Road District
No. 3 amounts to two million dollar
(S2, 0O0, 000), and the existing bonded
indebtedness incurred under Article 2Sl
OF the constitution of 1898 as amended
amounting to $40, 800 at present. which
when added to the proposed Indebted.
ness, does not exceed the constitutions
limit OF ten per centum of said assessed
valuation; and
Whereas the special tax necessary to
be annually levied to extinguish the
Indebtedness will approximate
five mills, which when added to existine
special taxes annually levied under Ar