The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-11-20
Process Verbal of Canvass of Returns
Sand Spur School District No. 80.
Colfax, La, Nov. II, 1870.

Process Verbal of Canvass of Returns
Sand Spur School District No. 80.
Colfax, La, Nov. II, 1920.
Be it known and remembered that on
this the 18th day of November, at IL
O'Clock a. m. in accordance with Ordi-
nance No., of the parish school
board of Grant parish, La, enacted on
the 4th day of October, notice of which
was given, and published according to
law, the undersigned members of the
Grant Parish School Board of the Par
ish 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
Tuesday. Nov. 16, 1920, in Sand Spur
School district No. 80, Parish 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
against. to determine the proposition
to levy a Is. 005) mills tax on all the
property subject to state taxation in
Sand Spur School District No. 80, par
ish of Grant, La, for period of three
years, for the purpose of building an
addition to the Sand Spur School build
ing and equipping same, and the finds
to accrue from the tax already voted,
for removing the old school building,
to be used for building and equipping
the additional room.
The result of the count was six bal
lots and $4468 in favor of said PROPOSE
ton and nothing was cast against said
proposition and therefore the majority
both in number and amount cast by the
property tax payers of the said Sand
Spur School District No. 80 in the par
ish of Grant, La, in said election being
in favor thereof, and, at the same time
and place we did examine and canvass
the returns as evidenced by the dupli-
cate tally sheets aud duplicate COM
piled statement, the correctness of
both being sworn to by the commits
sioners according to law, and finding
also that the returns indicated the |
majority both in number and amount |
of property in favor of said proposition.
Therefore, we declare the result of
the said election is in favor of the
proposition to levy special tax of five
mills on the dollar on all the property
in School District No. 80, parish of
Grant, Louisiana, subject to State tax
alton, for period of three years for
purpose of building an addition to the
the Sand Spur School building and
equipping same, and the funds to ac-
crue from the tax already voted, for
removing the old school building, to be
used for building and equipping the
additional room.
And, in accordance with law, pro-
mitigation of the said result was pre-
pared, and the secretary of the Grant
Parish School Board was ordered to
have copy of the same, signed by the
president and published in one issue of
official journal.
And, likewise We did order that one
copy of this process verbal be sent to
the Secretary of State, to be recorded
in the archives of the State of Loulsi-
ana, that one copy be sent to the Re-
corder of Mortgages, to be recorded in
the mortgage records, and that one copy
be kept in the records of the said school
board
This done and signed in the presence
of Joe Carver, j. c. Taylor and Thelma
Barnette competent witnesses and cleo
tors, on this the 18th day of November
1920, at the Office of the parish school
board of Grant parish, La, by the un-
dersigned members of the parish school
board of said parish, present and par
ticipating in the canvass of the said
election.
Attest.
Joe Carver,
j. C. Taylor,
Thelma Barnette.
Board Members:
j. H. McNeely, President,