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


ballot. place cross (X) in the square
after the word EYES," and to vote
against it place a similar mark after
the word ''No."
BACK OF BALLOT
Parish of Grant
Ward Five Precinct
Taxable valuation $.........
Signature of voter
Signature of voters agent casting
ballot by proxy................ ........ ........
mote. Commissi n ers may fill
blanks on face of ticket. but voter
must sign on back of ticket)
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the commissioners and clerks
of election at said election shall receive
two dollars per day each for their SER
vices, and the said election shall be held
at the following polling places or pre-
cincts: Rochelle and Selma. The fol-
lowing three commissioners and clerks
of election are appointed to each re-
spective polling place.
Rochelle, T. M. Bradford. w. A..
Nugent, S. j. Simmons, commission
ers. J. w. Scott, clerk Selma, j. A.
Bradford. J..W. Pledger, d. G. Lince-
cum. commissioners; J. L. Holmes,
clerk.
Section f. Be it further ordained.
ETC., That notice of this election con-
tanning the proposition herein submit
! ted to the voters shall be prepared and
signed by the president and the secre-
tary of the Parish School Board and
shall be published by the secretary in
the oficicial journal by four weekly m
sertiQns. the date of the first insertion
to be as many as thirty {5U) days be.
fore the date of the election.
The said notice shall further recite
that on the twentieth day of August,
1919, the first day following such elec-
ton, at IL o'clock M. the Parish School
Board will meet at the Office of the
said board. in said parish. and there in
public session open the ballot boxes,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of said election, and
promulgate the same.
PROCLAMATION
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Grant
Pursuant to authority contained in
| Ordinance No. of the Parish
School Board of the Parish of Grant,
Louisiana, of date the First day OF
July, 1919. l, J. H. McNeely. president
of said body, hereby give notice that
an election will be held in School Dis.
trict No. 16, in the Parish of Grant.
Louisiana. on Tuesday, the Nineteenth
day of August, 1919, as set forth in the
following abstract of said ordinance.
Section l. Be it ordained by the par.
ish school board of the Parish of Grant,
Louisiana, in lawful session convened
That an election shall be, and Is here
by called to be held in School District No
l6, in the Parish of Grant, Louisiana,
on Tuesday, the Nineteenth day Of
August, 1919, at which election the
majority of the property taxpayers OF
the said district, in number and amount
eligible to vote and voting. shall de-
termine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District No
Is, in the Parish of Grant, Louisiana
to the amount of Thirty-Five Thousant
Dollars (35, OOO,) to run for period o.
ten years. bearing interest at the rat
of five per cent(5%) per annum, pay
able semi annually, the funds thus de
rived to be used for the purpose o
erecting and equipping school build
ing in School District No. 16, Parish
OF Grant, Louisiana.
| The said election shall be held at tn,
following polling places: Rochelle ant
Selma, and the following commission
ers and clerks of election are appoint
ed to the respective polling places.
Rochelle, T. M. Bradford, W. A
Nugent, S. j. Simmons, commission
srs; }. w. Scott, clerk. Selma, J. A
Bradford, ]. w. Pledger, d. G. Lince
cum. commissioners; J. L. Holmes
clerk. Each of the foregoing being
registered voter and to receive tw
dollars per day each for their service
| Notice is hereby further given tina
on the goth day of August. 1919. tn
first day following such election. at /
o'clock M, the Parish School Boar