The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-07-12
Grant Orders $4,000 Additional
Road Bonds.
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.

Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax, Louisiana, July 9, 1919.
The police jury of the Parish of Grant
met at the court house this day, from
its adjournment yesterday. all mem
bers being present except Mr.. Calhoun.
On motion of Mr. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Jones the following ordinance
was unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering special election for the
purpose of submitting to the property
taxpayers of Grant Parish Road Dis
trict No. 8 in 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 the voluntary will and
the sense of the police jury of the Par
ish of Grant to call an election of the
property taxpayers of Grant Parish
Road District No. s eligible to vote in
a tax election in said road district for
the purpose of submitting to the prop
erty taxpayers of said road district No.
8 who are authorized to vote at such
election under the constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, the propo-
stion to incur debt and issue negoti-
able bonds therefor of said Grant par
ish road district No. in the sum of
Two Hundred and Ten Thousand Dol
lars for the purpose of constructing,
graveling and resurfacing. as indicated
for each road, the following public
roads, together with the bridges and
other necessary equipment, within the
limits of said road district, title to
which shall be in the public, viz:
l. Eighty thousand dollars to CON-
plete the jefferson Highway.
2. Thirty thousand dollars to gravel
the Colfax- Verda- Winfield road.
3. Thirty thousand dollars to resur-
face and gravel the Montgomery Verda
road.
3. Twenty six thousand dollars to
construct and gravel road connecting
with the Jefferson Highway at or near
Douglas bridge, over Paramount and
Bagdad road via Kateland to Boyce
ferry landing.
5. Four tbouasnd dollars to regravel
the road from Hodnete crossing 70
Kateland. $50
6. Six thousand dollars to complete
the Calhoun and O'Quinn spurs, the
Calhoun spur to run to Red river and
the O'Quinn spur to connect with the
Colfax- Verda- Winfield road.
z. Ten thousand dollars to build and
gravel the Natchitoches-M Montgomery
Winfield road to the Winn parish line.
8. Ten thousand dollars to resurface
and gravel the Observation-Disclosures
road in district No. 8.
8. Such part as may be necessary
from any surplus left from the work
to be done on the above roads to be
used to build and gravel a road leading
from the Colfax-Verda- Winfield road
along the Verda-Poilock road, north of
Iatt Lake, to connect with road from
district nine.
10. Any surplus thereafter left to
be used on ia district No. 8 in accor-
dance with the judgment of the gov
erning authority of such roads.
All of the above roads, except those
on which state aid may be furnished,
as the jefferson Highway, to be built
by the governing authority with labor
and teams, home labor 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 ccntum
per annum, payable semiannally, and
Whereas, Article 2S1 of the Consti-
tuition of 1898 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, and Act 80 of the Acts of the
Extra Session of the Legislature of
1917 and Article PSI of the Constitution
of 1918 declare the police jury of the
Parish of Grant to be the governing
authority through which said road dis
trict may incur debt and issue negoti-
able bonds therefor when SO authorized
at an election held in said district, and
Whereas the assessed valuation of
taxable property in said Grant parish
road district No. 8 amounts, as per
certificate of the assessor of the Par
ish of Grant this day filed with this
body to be three million, seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and the ex-
listing bonded indebtedness incurred un-
der Article PSI of the Constitution
named amount at present to one
hundred and forty nine thousand dollars