The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-01-20
School Board.

The Board OF School Director!
met this day according to adjourn
ment, with the following named
| members present. w W Edwards
president and John Morgan, .
Nugier, Nathan Perry, M {
Broussard and J N Williams.
Absent j FL Putnam.
The minutes of tue last meet
ing were read and same were
adopted.
J N Williams, chairman pre-
TEN of the finance committee bav
ing reported favorably on the
claim Of Mr.. D NJ Lyons for ser
vices as Assessor, amounting tt
$40 the same was allowed, anC
ordered to he paid out of the con
tingent fund.
On motion the report of MI
Isaac Wise was referred back tc
him with a request to him to make
q more explicit report specifying
the source and date of receiving
fluids, what kind, whether poll Or
mill tax and for what year levied
also to state the name Of party to
whom and from what ward said
funds were paid out, also to re,
quest Mr. Wise to sign said report
officially.
On motion resolved that the
tax collector G B Shaw be reques'
ted to furnish this Board q com
plete schedule list bv wards of all
persons liable to pay a poll tax 10
this parish as required to fdo by
Sec 1-act No 66 approved June
5Oth 1882.
On motion resolved that the
attorney for the School Board in
case of School Board VS. G B
Shaw, proceed to collect said
jugment in said case at once and
report thereon when collected.
On motion resolved that G B
Shaw be required to pay over to
the Treasurer Of this Board the
entire amount of poll tax aud one
mill tax levied for the year A D
1881 on or before the End Mon.
day of November 1882 and
$ hould said collie ctor
claim that any portion Of said
taxes could not be collected by
due diligence at the proper time,
that he be required to furnish this
Board with a list Of the names Of
such tax debtors and the amount
oftax owing by them on or before
the day aforesaid.
On motion the Bord adjourned
to meet on Monday the 18th of
November 1882, at III o'clock a
IN, member, will please be more
prompt in attendance.
The finance cpmmitte will meet
on Thursday the Goth of the pres.
ent month at 10 o'clock am.
w. W. EDWARDS, president.
j. N. WILLIAMS, secty.
Abbeville, La, Oct. 7th 1882.
The Board Of School Directors
Of Vcrmilion parish met this day
in regular session, members pres
cnt !: Messrs. NJ. c. Broussard.
J. N. Williams. Nathan Perry.
Absent J. Nugier, John Nor
gan. and j. H. Putnam.
w. w. Edwards having pre-.
sented his credentials as member
vice, A. D. Martin, resigned, the
same was accepted.
On motion, M. G. Broussard
was elected as temporary chair
man.
On motion Mr.. W. W. Ed
wards was elected President ol
the Board. ......
The Secretary having presented
the account Of Mr.. Isaac Wise, fol
services rendered as Treasurer
the same was referred to the Fl
nance committee.
On motion the president W "
Edwards was requested to cct al
a member of the finance committee
The account Of D NJ Lyons, a.
assessor, was also referred to tht
finance committee.
On motion, resolved that w W
Edwards be and is hereby employ
ed to survey the Sec 16, I l3, s
R 4 +, in End ward and lay ou
said Sec in 80 acre lots, and re
port at the next meeting Of thi'
Board how much of said Sec il
now under cultivation.
| On motion the sum of $l25,0(
or so much thereof as may b.
necessary, was appropriated ou
of the funds belonging to the low
er norton Of the End ward. tx