The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-07-12
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coLFAx GRANT PARISH La SATURDAY JULY H. 1919

fax Verda- Winfield road.
| Z. Ten thousand dollars to build anl
gravel the Natchitoches- Montgomery
Winfield road, to the VIM parish
line
8. Ten thousand dollars to resurface
and gravel the Colfax- Rochelle-Je ns
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- Pollock road, north of
Iatt Lake, to connect with road from
District Nine.
I 10. Any surplus thereafter left to be
used on the roads in District No. 8, 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.
Taxable Valuation $.....................
Signature of Voter.
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NOTICE TO VOTER. To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted on this bal
lot, place a cross mark (X) in the
square after the word Yes" To vote
against it, place similar mark after
the word mo-"
And that the President of the Police
Jury be and is hereby instructed to
have prepared for use at said election
all necessary ballot boxes, tally sheets,
lists of voters. assessed valuation of
properties and compiled statement of
voters in number and amount
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the polling places for said
election shall be as below named and
the election shall be held by the officers
named, as follows:
At Colfax polling place, A. B. Per-
kins, H. t. Crew and d. M. Mcknight,
commissioners; A. M. Goodwin, Clerk.
l.. o. Clinton, returning officer.
At Paramount polling place, J.. o..
Logan, B. H. Randolph and ]. G.
Smith, Commissioners; T. C. Bush.
Clerk Garland Dean, returning officer.
At Bagdad polling place. J. M. An
thony, John James and A. N. Brown.
Commissioners; H. C. -BucKner, Ties 4!
]. w. Hadnot, returning officer.
At o. K. School House for Bruce vot-
ers living in Road District No. 8, D. M.
Pugh, George Futrell and G. A. White,
Commissioners; r. B. Roach, Clerk,
and Henry Pardue, returning officer.
At Summerfield polling place, ]. w.
O'Quin, R. w. Richardson, and H. F.
McManus, Commissioners; Amos Rich
ardson, Clerk. and Henry M. Denton,
returning officer.
At Montgomery polling place, j. l..
Mccain, L. ]. Harrison, 1. C. Dyson,
Commissioners; w. L. Dowty, Clerk,
and E. w. Rodgers, returning officer.
At Hargis polling place, R. E. Jack
son. John F. Fletcher and M. E. Ted
die, Commissioners; Homer Drewett,
Clerk, and M. E. jackson, returning
officer.
At Verda polling place, ]. w. Che
lette, R. j. Fletcher and w. T. Purvis,
Commissioners; G. l.. Garrett, Clerk,
and c. j. Hutchinson, returning officer.
The compensation of said officers
shall be three dollars per day each and
said election shall be conducted under
the laws of this state applicable thereto.
Section 4. Be it further rdained,
etc., That notice of this election con-
tanning the proposition herein submit
ted to the voters of Road District No.
shall be prepared and signed by the
President and Clerk of the Police Jury
and shall be published in the official
journal four weekly insertions, the date
of the first insertion to be not less than
thirty days before the date of the cleo.
ton. The said notice shall further re-
cite that on the 10th day of August.
1919, first day following the election, al
IL o'clock noon, the Police Jury of the
Parish of Grant, will meet at the
Court House in Colfax. Grant parish,
Louisiana, and there in public session
open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots both as to numbers
and amount and examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result OF
ssid election and promulgate the same.
Collfax, La. July 9, 1919.
JOHN RANDOLPH,
Prest. Grant Parish Police Jury.
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