The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-07-12
Official Proceedings of the Grant Par
ish Police Jury.
Colfax. La, July z, 1919.

COiIaX, La, July &, 1919.
The police jury met in regular
session with President John Ran
dolph presiding, j. M. Jones, j
J. Dewitt, w. P. Deem, DIR. w
B. Carter, c. w. Calhoun ant
G. c. Purvis, all the members
were present.
The minutes of the regular
meeting and the called meeting
held in June were read and ap
proved.
According to previous resolu.
ton, DR.. Pellet and other in.
spectors. and two officers of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
and also a number of citizens,
were present, and District Attor.
ney Carter was called before the
board and asked as to what re-
lief the police jury could give the
people in reference to cattle dip
ping. His reply was that under
the law the police jury was pow
erless to stop the dipping, and
were forced to furnish the money
for all expenses incident thereto.
The subject was discussed at
length pro and con by the in
spectors, the State representa-
tives of the Sanitary Board and
the citizens.
Judge Andrews was called in
and asked to enforce the law,
and assured the body that he
would do so.
The following petition for a
public road in Ward Six was
read:
To the Honorable Police Jury of Grant
Parish, Louisiana:
We, the undersigned citizens
of Ward Six, interested in the
matter hereby petition your hon.
Orable body to grant a public
road from the Jefferson High
way, at a point just above Colfax,
at the railroad crossing on Doggy
bayou. and run up the north as
cending bank of Red river to in
tersect the public road at Pat
Clark's place. We will be salts
fled with only one bridge about
40 feet wide on the bayou Just
south of the Dubose place. Re-
spectfully,
L. H. Johnston. C. H. Teal, E.
j. McMills. P. L. Clark, E. L.
Brister, G. W. Lacroix, F. j. Nc
Gee, l. McMills, and others.
On motion the petition was ac-
cepted and the following free
holders were appointed to mark
out said road and report to this
body: P. L. Clark, j. D. Van
Cleave, S. G. Bruce, r. w. Rich
ardson. N. S. Roberts, Warren
Phillips.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, Sec
onded by Mr.. Calhoun, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, the police Jury has
agreed with the State Highway
Board in the matter of the con-
tract to build 1908 miles of the
Jefferson Highway, to buy and |
furnish about fifty thousand
yards of gravel to be paid for
out of the contract price to be
paid the contractor for the con-
struction of said road; therefore
be it
Resolved, That we appoint
Mess. j. w. Duncan, W. d. |
Lurry and Capt. c. H. Teal as |
committee to negotiate said pur-
chase.
A number of citizens were |
present with petitions from prop
erty taxpayers in Road District |
No. 8, asking for an election to |
issue bonds to complete the JEFF
ferson Highway and connecting
laterals and spurs.
After full discussion the mat
ter was laid over until Tuesday
for final action.
Mr.. c. o. Groves, of Pollock, !
and other citizens of that Sec
ton, appeared before the police
jury in reference to the proposed
bridge across Little river be-
tween Grant and LaSalle parishes
at or near Thompson's Ferry, as
agreed to by resolution of the
police jury passed at their ses-
sion of July l, 1918. Mr.. Groves
brought a proposition from La