The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-08-02
Notice of Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA

ordinance adopted by the Police jury OF
the Parish of Grant on the 9th day of
July, 1919, /, John Randolph, President
of the Police Jury, and |, H. L. Brian,
Clerk of the Police Jury of the Parish
of Grant, hereby give public notice that
an election will be held in Road District
No. 8, Grant parish, Louisiana. on Tues
day. August 18th. 1919, as set forth in
Section / of said ordinance, which Sec
ton provides as follows: Be it ordained
by the Police Jury of the Parish of
Grant in regular session convened:
That a special election be and is hereby
ordered held in Road District No. of
!. the Parish of Grant, State of Louisiana,
on Tuesday, August 18th, 1919, at
which election there shall be submitted
it the property taxpayers in said dis
trict qualified to vote at such election
the following proposition:
Proposition to incur debt ard issue
negotiable bonds therefor of Grant
Parish Road District No. in the sum
of two hundred and ten thousand dol
lars, said bonds to run for period Of
thirty years and to bear interest at the
rate of five per centum payable semi
, annually, for the purpose of construct
ing, crawling and resurfacing, as indi-
Gated for each road, the following pub
lie roads, together with bridges and
other equipment necessary, within the
} limits of said road district, title to
, which shall be in the public, viz:
/. Eighty thousand dollars to CON-
plete the Jefferson Highway.
2. Thirty thousand dollars to gravel
the Colfax-Verda-W Winfield road.
i 8. Thirty thousand dollars to resurf-
} ace and gravel the MontgOmery-Verda
c road.
4. Twenty-six thousand dollars to
construct and gravel road connecting
{ with the Jefferson Highway at or neal
: Douglas bridge, over Paramount and
Bagdad road viz: Kateland to the
Boyce Ferry landing.
S. Four thousand dollars to. regrave
S the road from Hodnett crossing te
[ Kateland.
81 6. Six thousand dollars to complete
the Calhoun and O'Quin spurs, the Cal
houn spur to run to Red river, and the
e IO'Quin spur to connect with the Colfax
!, Verda- Winfield road.
eI Z. Ten thousand dollars to build ap(
gravel the Natchitoches-M Montgomery
Winfield road, to the VIM parish
line.
8. Ten thousand dollars to resurfac'
i and gravel the Colfax- Rochelle-JenI
v road in District No. g.
e 9. Such part as may be necessar!
from any surplus left from the work T
= be done on the above roads to be use'
( to build and gravel road leading
y from the Colfax-V erda- Winfield roa'
along the Verda- Pollock road, north o
latt Lake, to connect with road from
'e District Nine.
10. Any surplus thereafter left to b
q used on the roads in District No. 8, il
r accordance with the judgment of tn
" governing authority for such roads.
ri All of the above roads, except thos
on which State aid may be furnished
{ such as the Jefferson Highway. to b
r. built by the governing authority wit
+. labor and teams, home labor to
= given the preference.
And said ordinance further provides
u That the polling places for sal
j, election shall be as below named an
IN the election shall be held by the officer
m named, each being registered voter
At Colfax polling place, A. B. Pei
kins, H. T. Crew and D. M. McKnigh,
u commissioners; A. M. Goodwin, CLERK
D. L. o. Clinton, returning officer.
ye At Paramount polling place, j. G
n Logan, B. H. Randolph and ]. {
- |Smith, Commissioners; T. c. Busf
Clerk. Garland Dean, returning Officer
" At Bagdad polling place, ]. M. Al
thony, John James and A. M. Brown
of Commissioners; M. C. Buckner, Clerl
m j. w. Hadnot, returning officer.
At o. X. School House for Bruce vo
ers living in Road District No. 8, D.
nc Pugh, George Futrell andG. A. Whit
ne Commissioners; r. B. Roach, Clerl
sh and Henry Pardue, returning officer.
re At Summerfield polling place, j. v
g O'Quin, R. w. Richardson, and H.
:. McManus, Commissioners; Amos Ricl
u ardson, Clerk. and Henry M. DentoI
ly returning officer.
lie At Montgomery polling place, ].
nd Mccain, L. j. Harrison, l. C. Dysol
ho Commissioners; w. L. Dowty, Clerl
and E. w. Rodgers. returning officer.