The Colfax chronicle., 1920-07-31
Process Verbal of Canvass of Returns
OF Rock Hill District No. 2.

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; Of Rock Hill District No. 2.
a Colfax, La, July %, 1921
BE it known and remembered that G
, this, the 2Sth day of July, 1920. at l
, O'Clock M, in accordance with Ord
nance No. of the parish schoo
board of Grant parish, La, enacted o.
the 7thday of June, 1920, notice of whicl
was given, and published according t.
law, the undersigned members of tn,
Grant Parish School Board of the Par
lsh of Grant, La. being a quorum
thereof, met in public session at the
office of the said board in said parish
and according to law opened the boxes
used IN and which were received from the
commissioners of the election held Tues
DAY, the 9th day of July, 1920, in
Rock Hill School District No. 2. Par
ish of Grant, La, the Grant parish
school board met in accordance with
SAID ordinance, and there proceeded, to
count the ballots, both in number and
amount, for and and against. to de.
| termlne the proposition to levy a FIVE
tS0. 005) mills tax on all the propertv
subject to state taxation in Rock Hill
school district No. 2, parish of Grant.
La, annually for period of three years.
for the purpose of building and equip
ping two additional rooms to the pres
ent Rock Hill school building, and for
equipping the building already erected
1t being understood and agreed that
the present two and one-half mills tax.
now in force and effect, shall be re-
pealed, annulled and set. aside if this
proposition carries, and if funds on
hand that have accrued from the two
and one-half mills tax shall be used
for the same purpose for which the
hve mills (S0.005) tax is being voted
The result of the count was twelve
ballots and SIS, $50. 90 in favor of said
and one ballotg and So. .465. 90 |
against said proposition. and, therefore, |
the majority. both in number and
amount cast by the property taxpayers
of the said Rock Hill School District
No. ., IN the Parish.of Grant. La. in
sad election being in favor thereof.
and, at the same time and place we
ND examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally sheets
and duplicate compiled statement, the
correctness of both being sworn to by
he commissioners according to law.
and finding also that the returns indi-
,ated a majority, both in mum b r
md amount of property in favor of
laid proposition.
Therefore, we declare the results of
he said election is in favor of the
PROPOSITION
To levy special tax of five mills on
ne dollar on all the property in school
iistrict No. 2, parish of Grant, Louisi-
ma. subject to State taxation, an
ually, for period of three years,
or the purpose of building and eanip-
ing two additional rooms to the pres
mt Rock Hill school building, and for |
quipplng the building already erected.
And, In accordance with law, a pro-
lulgation of the said result was pre-
ared, and the secretary of the Grant |
'arish School Board was ordered to
ave copy of the same, signed by
ne president and published in one issue
the official jonrnal.
And, likewise we did order that one {
Opy OF this process verbal be sent to the
ecretary of State, to be recorded in
he archives of the State of Louisiana.
nat one copy be sent to the Recorder n
Mortgages, to be recorded in the c
ortgage records, and that one copy n
e kept in the records of the said +
,hool board r
This done and signed IN. the presence
Il. ID. Grape, g. Antee and c. E. "
IcMain, competent witnesses and
ectors, on this, the 28th day of July. b
'2O, at the office of the parish school u
oard OF Grant parish, La. by the un- II
members of the parish school o.
'ard of said parish, present and par m
IN the canvass of the said p
ection.
}. ii. MCNEELY, President, b,
3. D. FLETCHER, V.-P. D
c. II. BLACKWELL, &C
r, W. RAMBO, j
j. |. KEGS. oil
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Z. d. Grape, tt
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