The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-13
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of the Parish of Grant.

Colfax, La, Dec. l, 1919
The police jury met in regular ses
sion with President John Randolph, ]
M. Jones, j. j. Dewitt, w. P. Deem
DIR. w. B. CorIey. C. w. Calhoun anc
G. c. Purvis present Absent none.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
ATTORNEY Holloman presented a claim
for the La. Land and Improvement
Co., for back taxes amounting to some
81. 700, and after full discussion the
claim was, on motion of Mr.. Jones and
duly seconded, rejected.
On motion of G. c. Purvis, Mrs. u.
N. Blunt's name was stricken from
the pauper roll on account of death;
also that the sum of $1,000 be paid to
J. F. Drewitt for coffin for said pauper
The following petition was presented
by Mr.. Deem:
To the President and members of the
Grant Parish Police Jury:
Whereas, the Iatt and Pollock road
through Fish Greek swamp is almost
impossible and the condition of the
swamp is such that the road cannot be
worked without an enormous expendi-
ture of money; and, Whereas, it is
our opinion that it would be more
economical to purchase the Selma
tram road bed, if such can be done rea-
sonable. move said road from the eros
sing at Joe Rambo's place to the eros
sing near S. v. Vests place, and build
the necessary bridges than to attempt
to build road through the swamp;
Therefore. we petition your honor
able body to purchase the tram bed,
move the road as indicated above, and
construct the necessary bridges for
same Signed: w. NJ Day, M. H.
Nugent, VIM. Rambo, j. R. Rambo,
o. c. Nugent, Hy. Bounes, I. o. Nu-
genr. W. L. Nugent. w. G. Lincecum,
s, X. Smith, R. d. Wheat, w. j. RAM
DO, S. r. Rambo, d. E. Roster, S. S.
Roster, L. L. Roster, j. M Roster, C.
c. Mckay, ST.. A. B. Mckay, F. L.
Mckay. ]. E. Nugent. A. j. Bilbo, and
A. G. Lincecum.
On motion the request was granted
and $4,000 appropriated to pay for
right-of-way, same to be charged to
Road District No. 9.
A petition was presented asking the
appointment of J. w. Curry as super
visor of Road Dist. No. 2 vice w. o.
Johnson resigned.
A petition was presented, asking
for a road to leave the Colfax-Ro-
chelle-road at the Pollock fork z miles
east of Colfax and run south to an in
tersection with the Jefferson Highway
at or near the Bynum and Capt. John
ston's plantation, and on motion the
road was granted and the following
freeholders was appointed to mark out
said road and report to this body: R.
B. Roach, J. A. Lawrence, }. ". Tar
ter, W. o. Williams, D. NJ. Pugh and
d. L. Brunson.
Applications for permits to run ser.
vice cars were read and approved for
J. F. Lowell, No. SO, and K. C. Brooks.
No. 80.
The following ordinance was offered
byMr. Purvis, seconded by Mr.. Calhoun.
Whereas this police Jury on the 9th
day of October, 1919, after due adver-
tisement, accepted the bid of the In
terstate Trust and Banking Company,
of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the
purchase of the Road Bonds of Road
District No. Eight (S) of the Parish of
Grant dated January 1st, 1920 and au-
thorized at an election held in said
Road District on August 10, 1919,
amounting to Two Hundred and Ten
Thousand (s2io, OOO. OO) Dollars, and
Whereas the Interstate Trust and
Banking Company has failed and de-
ciined to carry out the terms of its bid
and whereas the Interstate Trust and
Banking Company has requested the
return of its certified check, and where
as this Police Jury on the 10Th, day of
November, 1919, adopted an ordinance
authorizing the embarrassment of the
sale of said bonds,
Therefore be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of Grant that !
the said bid of the Interstate Trust and
Company accepted by this po-
lie jury. on October 9th, 1919, and the |
terms of which bid the Interstate |
Trust and Banking Company has failed |
to carry out, be, and the same is |
is hereby declared null and viod and of |
no effect, and that the President be. |
and is hereby directed to return to the
Interstate Trust and Banking Corn |
pany the certified check of said Bank
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