The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-07-12

as amended. to extinguish the indebt
edness incurred under said article, will
not exceed the constitutional limit Of
ten mills per annum upon the dollar as
sessed valuation of the property of sale
road district No. 8, now, therefore,:
Section /. Be it ordained by the po
lice jury of the Parish, of Grant in reg
ular session convened:
That special election be and is here
by ordered held in road district No.
of the Parish of Grant, State of Lou
isiana, on Tuesday, August the 10Th,
1919 at which election there shall be
submitted to the property taxpayers
in said district qualified to vote at such
election the following proposition:
Proposition to incur debt and issue
negotiable bonds therefor of Grant Par.
ish Road District No. in the sum of
Two Hundred and Ten Thousand Dol
lars said bonds to run for a period OF
thirty years and to bear interet at the
rate of five per centum per annumpay-
able semi-annually, for the purpose OF
constructing, gravelling and resurfac-
ing, as indicted for each road, the fol-
lowing public roads, together with
bridges and other equipment necessary
within the limits of said road district.
title to which shall be in the public, viz
l.. Eighty thousand dollars to COM
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.
a. 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 thousand dollars to regravel
the road from Hodnett crossing to
Kateland.
6. SixIthousand dollars to complete the
Calhoun and O'Quinn spurs, the Cal
houp spur to run to Red river and the
O'Quinn spur to connect with the Col
fax Verda- Winfield road.
z. Ten thousand dollars to build and
gravel the Natchitoches- montgomery
Winfield road to the Winn parish line.
8. Ten thousand dollars to resurface
and gravel the Colfax- Rochelle-J ena
road in district No. 3. 8 40 e 2
9. Such part as may be necessary
from any surpluse left from the work
to be done on the above roads to be
used to build and gravel road leading
from the Colfax- Winfield road along
the Verda- Pollock road, north of Iatt
Lake, to connect with road from dis
trIct nine.
10. Any surplus thereafter left to
be used on the roads in district No. in
accordance with the judgment of the
governing authority for such roads.
All of the above roads, except those
on which State aid may be furnished.
such as the Jefferson Highway, to be
built by the governing authority with
labor and teams, home labor to be
given the preference.
Section 2. BE it further ordained,
etc., That the President of the Police
Jury of the Parish of Grant be and he
is hereby instructed to have prepared
for use at said special election a suf-
ficient number of ballots on each OF
which shall be printed the proposition
in section one of this ordinance ar.
ranged in such manner as to enable the
voter to vote on said proposition and in
the following form, viz:
For the Issuance of Bonds.
PROPOSITION.
Proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds W.
of Road District No. 8, AcS
Grant Parish, Louisiana, to
the amount of Two Hun
dred and Ten Thousand Dol
lars, to run for thirty
years, bearing interest at
the rate of five per centum AZ
per annum, payable semi NO
annually, for the purpose
of constructing and gravel
ing and resurtacing, as in
dicated for each road, the
following public roads, to-
gether with bridges and
other equipment necessary in Road Dis,
trict No. s, title to which shall he ;r
the public, viz:
l. Eighty thousand dollars to com
plete the jefferson Highway.
2. Thirty thousand dollars to grave
the Verda- Colfax- Winfield road.
3. Thirty thousand dollars to resurf
ace and gravel the Montgomery-Verds
road.