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

man. of ward two, offered the follow.
ing for adoption:
AN ORDINANCE
Organizing and creating School Dis
trict Number Sixteen of Grant par
ish. Louisiana.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Grant Parish School Board of the par
ish of Grant, Louisiana, That the ter
ritorial limits of School District Num-
her Sixteen, of the Parish of Grant,
shall embrace and consist of all of
Ward Five of the Parish of Grant, Lou
isiana, or that territory more infinitely
described as: All of that fractional
part township nine, north, range one
east, lying west of Little River: all of
township nine, north, range one west;
and, all of township nine, nj rth, range
two west.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, That as thus constituted said
School District Number Sixteen shall
have all the rights and powers grant
ed the same under the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana.
The vote on the above ordinance
was as follows:
+ Yeas: Five.
Nays: None.
Absent and not voting: Two.
And the ordinance was passed.
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE
e Ordering q special election in School
District Number Sixteen. Grant par
ish. Louisiana. for the purpose of sub
uniting to the qualified electors of the
said school district the question of q
bond issue of Thirty-five Thousand
Dollars ($s5. 0oO.) the proce eds of said
tissue to be used to erect and equip a
q school building in said school district.
Whereas, it is necessary and desir-
/ able that funds be raised for the pur-
pose of erecting and equipping school
building in School District Number
Sixteen, Grant parish, Louisiana; and,
Whereas. it is the voluntary will of
| this body to call the election herein
after provided for; and,
Whereas, Article 281 Of the consti-
tuition Of 1898 and 1913, and Act 266 Of
the Legislature Of 1910, Is amended
BY Act 21s Of 1912. declares the Par
|isl School Board. of the Parish of
Grant to be the governing authority
Flnf6urh wind .tssse- said -0esocl- distric4
may incur debt and issue negotiable
bonds for such purposes when SO au-
thorized at an election to be held in
the said district; and,
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
the said district amounts to one mil
lion nine hundred and fifty thousand
dollars (sl.950. 0O0) and the existing
bonded indebtedness incurred under
Article 2sl of the constitution of 1898
and 1913, amounting to nothing. added
to the proposed Indebtedness does not
exceed the constitutional limit of ten
per Gent of the assessed valuation;
and,
Whereas, the special tax nece ssary to
be annually levied to. extinguish the
proposed Indebtedness will approx
mate two and one-half mills, which ad-
ded to the existing special taxes an
nually levied under Article 28l of the
Constitution of 1893 and 1918, to ex-
tinguish indebtedness incurred under
said article will not exceed the consti-
tutional limit of ten mills per annum
on the dollar of the assessed valuation
of the property of said district; now,
therefore,
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Parish School Board of the Parish OF
Grant, in lawful session convened,
That an election shall be and is hereby
called to be held in the School District
Number Sixteen, in the Parish OF
Grant, Louisiana. on the Nineteenth
day of August, 1919, at which election
the majority of the property taxpay.
ers of the said district, in number anc
amount, eligible to vote and voting
shall determine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District Mum
Der Sixteen, Grant parish. Louisiana,
to the amount of Thirty-Five Thous
and Dollars ($35. 0OO,) to run for &
period of ten years, bearing Interest
at the rate of five per cent per annum
payable semi-annually, the funds thus
derived to be used for the purpose Of
erecting and equipping school build