The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-08-14

ing public roads in said ward,
BE it further ordained, That a spec
ial tax of two and one-half (2a) mills
be, and the same is hereby levied
on all the taxable property in Ward
number four (4) of Grant parish, for
the year 1920, to be used for the pur
pose of building and maintaining public
roads in said ward.
Be it further ordained, That a special
tax of two and one-half (2a) mills be
and the same is hereby levied on all
the property in Ward number six (6) of
Grant parish for the year 1920, to be
used for the purpose of building and
maintaining public roads in said ward.
Be it further ordained, That a special
tax of five and three-fourths (5a) mills
be and the same is hereby levied on the
assessed value Of all the taxable prop
erty in Road District ntimber eight (S)
of Grant parish, for the year 1920. the
proceeds of the same to be used in re-
firing the bouds and coupons of said
district, maturing in in the year 1921.
Be it further ordained, That special
tax of six (6) mills be, and the same
is hereby levied on the assessed value
of ALL the taxable property in Road
District number nine 90 of Grant par
ish, for the year 1920. The same to be
used for the purpose of retiring the
bonds and coupons of said district, ma
turing in the year 1921.
the following petition was pre-
sented:
We the undersigned property
tax payers of ward 5, Grant par
ish, Louisiana. Do hereby grant
a right-of-way through our land,
and do respectfully petition the
honorable police jury of Grant
parish to grant a public road,
running from the model road at
Packton, La, via B. E. Melton's.
T. N. Hyde's and ]. T. Hyde's
places; to intersect the Winfield
and Alexandria road, known as
the Claiborne road. just south of
]. T. Hyde's place.
We the undersigned do hereby
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tpledge to build said road without
any expense to the parish. Pro
vided that the parish will keep
said road up after it's compile
ton. H. NJ. Valentine, J. d.
McConathy. j. B. Wiley. T. N.
Hyde, w. J. Melton, C. A. Cal
houn, J. T. Hyde, J. ]. Sharbono,
A. McMason, j. 0. Ogleshy, A.
c. Williams NJ. N. Oglesby, 3.
f. Barnett. a. B. White, C. A.
White, John Martin. P. Fitzsim-
mons, w. T. Daniel, M. Ray
burn, j. F. McConathy, Otto
White. Frank Shirley, 0. l..
White, C. o. Nugent. B. E. Mel
ton.
On motion same was accepted
and J. T. Hyde, B. E. Melton,
r. N. Hyde. G. A. White, ]. B.
WILEY and H.. NJ. Valentine,
free-holders, were appointed K
mark out said road and reporr
same to this body!
! Upon motion made by Mr.. LIE
moline, seconded by Mr.. Nugent
and unanimously carried, it wa.
agreed that L. E. French, o
| Alexandria, La, Reconsideration
of his selling at par and interes
the remaining $40, 900 bonds o
Road District No. 8, on or befor,
| August 16, 1920, will be allowed
the sum of eighteen thousan'
two hundred ($19, 10000 dollars
1t was also agreed that tn
funds derived from the sale o
. these bonds would be deposite'
by the parish in the hank names
by him, First National Bank
: Alexandria, L.. and Bank o
, Colfax, Colfax, La, without in
terest or other charges to sal
bank, and would be withdraw
e only for the purpose upon whic
. the issue was predicated. base
upon engineers estimates, or es
f Inmates BY the board of super
e visors.
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