The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-05-08
Official Proceedings of the Police jury
of Grant Parish.


Colfax, La, May 8, 1920.
The police jury met pursuant
to adjournment with President
John Randolph, j. M. Jones, j..
]. Dewitt, w. P. Deem, DR.. w.
B. Corley, C. w. Calhoun and
G. C. Purvis present and none
were absent.
The reading of the minutes Of
the last meeting was postponed.
The following action was had:
The police jury of the Parish
of Grant, Louisiana, acting as
the governing authority of Road
District No. 9 of said Parish met
at the court house at Colfax,
Louisiana, on May 3rd. 1920, in
regular session.
Those present were: Randolph,
Purvis. Calhoun, Dewitt, Cor)ey,
Deem and Jones.
Those absent were: None.
Tee following ordinance was
introduced by Mr.. j. M. Jones,
and seconded by Mr.. w. P.
Deem.
An ordinance adopting a seal
for Road District No. 9. of the
Parish of Grant. Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the police
jury of the Parish of Grant, Lou
isiana. in regular session conven-
ed:
That this body acting as the
governing authority of Road Dis
trict No. 9, of Grant parish, Lou
isiana, hereby adopts the seal of
the police jury of the Parish OF
Grant as the seal for said road
district.
The above ordinance having
been submitted to a vote, the
vote thereon was as follows:
Yeas: John Randolph. G. c..
Purvis, w. P. Deem, w. B. Cor
ley, j. M. Jones, ]. j. Dewitt
and C. w. Calhoun.
Nays: None. And the ordin-
ance was declared ADOPTED.
The police jury of the Parish of
Grant acting as the governing autho-
rity of Road District No. 9 of said Par
ish met at the Court House of Colfax,
Louisiana, on the Bird day of May 1920,
in regular session. There were present
Randolph, Deem, Purvis, Calhoun, J ones,
Corley and Dewitt. There were abb
sent, meme.
The following ordinance was intro
duced by Mr.. ]. M. Jones and second
ed by Mr.. w. P. Deem:
An ordinance. authorizing the issu-
snce of Five Hundred Seventy-Five
thousand (s575, 0OO) Dollars of Road
Bonds of Road District No. 9 of the
parish of Grant prescribing the form
and fixing the maturities thereof, and
providing for the levy of taxes for
the payment of the principal and inter-
est of said bonds, and repeating and
resembling the ordinance of the police
jury heretofore adopted on the 18th
day Of March 1920, providing for the
issuance of bonds.
Whereas an ordinance was hereto
fore adopted by the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Grant acting as the govern
ing authority of Road District No. 8 of
said parish on the 18th day of March,
and
Whereas it is desirable to change the
provisions of said ordinance.
Now therefore be it ordained by the
police jury of the Parish of Grant, in
compliance with the terms of Article
PSI of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana and Act 256 of the General
Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana for the year 1910 as amend
ed. and acting as the governing autho-
rity Of Road District No. 9 of the Par
ish of Grant and the Police Jury hav.
ing been duly authorized at an election
held in said road district on the 10th
day Of March. 1920, hereby authorizes
the mourning Of an Indebtedness of
Five Hundred Seventy Five Thousand
($575, 000) Dollars of said Road Dis
trict No. 8 of the Parish of Grant fol-
the purpose of constructing, improving
and maintaining the public roads and
the highways within said road district
and to represent said indebtedness the
Police Jury Of the parish of Grant, does