The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-09-12
School Board.
AprEv1LLE, July 18th 1885.

Ou tuc HDON6 udtc, uictuDtIS present
/ W w Edwards President and Messrs Jno
| Nugier and n Williams, there being no
quorum present the Board adjourned to
meet on Monday the 9Th inst.
w. W. EDWARDS, j. N. WILLIAMS,
President Secretary.
! ABBEyILLE, AUG. 10th 1885.
The Board of School Directors of Yer
million Parish met this day, pursuant to
adjournment, members present w w
Edwards, President, Messrs Jno Nugier,
E C Kibbe and j N Williams absent
Messrs NJ C Broussard, Jno Morgan and NJ
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Minutes of the last meeting we're adopt
ed after die reading.
On motion the communication from the
trustees of the Cow Island" School was
laid on the table subject to call.
The communication of Smedes, Dist
Atty, claiming per cent on contemplated
snit against Jos Nunez, tax collector,
| was received aud after due reading,
Resolved that the Secretary Of this
Board inform the aforesaid Atty that we
were we'll aware of existing laws and that
this Board claims the right to conduct any
and all suits, either themselves or by spec
ial counsel, and that after judgment shall
have been rendered, that if E c Smedes
Dist Atty, does still claims his per cent
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settle The same according to law.
Tie committee appointed to contract
for aud supervise necessary improvements
at the school house in the end ward, near
Morgan's Mill-having submitted their re-
port with request that they be permitted
to e1pend small balance of the appro-
priation now on hand, for the benefit of
said school house, the same was accepted
and on motion said request was granted,
W W Edwards, Esq, having subm1 ted
a report on certain improvements which
he was authorized to have done, at the
Abbeville School House, the same was
accepted.
The Finance Committee having sub
mitted the following report, the same was
adopted and ordered spread on the min
utes.
To the bon. President and Members of the
Board of Directors OF Public Schools for
the Parish OF Vermilion.
Your undersigned finance Committee
would respectfully report as follows.
That pursuant to Instructions we have
cancelled school vouchers and warrants
as follows, viz:
124 school warrants amounting j, td
e e39 SO received by your committee of e
Wise Treas, also log school warrants
amounting to $3,20972 which were also
ment December 29th 1885.
Also SO school warrants amounting 20
s, 1862 received OF n G Young, Tres at
tinal settlement All Of said warrants at
ter cancellation were deposited with w
w Edwards for safe keeping.
After an examination Of the reports of
the teachers Of the various schools Of the
parish for the past year we recommend the
grading OF the Schools for the ensuing
year as follows to-wit:
All schools in 1st ward to rank as pri
mary with teachers pay at $50 per month;
Bayou Tigre School in 2nd ward to rank
as primary With teachers pay at $50 per
month, the school at Morgan's Mill to
rank as grammar grade the teachers pay
to be $45 per mouth; the colored and
white schools at Rice's Cove in 3rd ward
to rank as intermediate with teachers pay
in each at $35 per mouth, the whito
school at Abbeyille to rank as grammat
grade with teachers at As per month,
the wlii,e schools in 4th ward 10 rank as
primary teachers pay at $50 per month,
the colored school in 4th ward to rank al
intermediate With teachers pay at $35
per month. all schools in 5 b ward to rank
az primary with teachers pay at $50 per
month, all schools in the Och ward to rank
as primary with teachers pay at $50 per
month, the white school at Perry's Bridge
and the colored school in Mouton's Cove
in 7th ward to rank as intermediate with
teachers pay at $35 per mouth, the school
at Cheniere Tigre to rank a. primary with
teachers pay az $40 per month. We also
recommend the following schools to be
opened the coming year viz The two
schools in fst ward and the 2 in I'd ward,
the white schools in Rice's Cove and Alb
beville and colored school near jim
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ored schools in 4th ward, the schools at
Spring Hill and Coles island il, 9th ward
the schools at Perry's Bridge and Cheniere
Tigre and the colored school in Mouton'a
Cove in 7th ward.
Respectfully submitted,
w. w. EDWARDS,
j. N. WILLIAMS, J
On notion resolved that all schools
shall be graded. for the ensuing year as
recommended by the finance committee
with the exception Of the coiored school
In the 8rd ward, which shall rank as pri-
mary with pay at $50 per month and that
the President of this Board shall have
power to raise said grade to intermediate,
whenever the attendance Justifes the
same.
On motion, all schools was ordered open
ed as recommended by the Committee
On motion the sum Of $500 was appro
priated out of the 2rd ward finds, to pur-
chase some desks for the school house at
Abbeville, and that W w Edwards. ESQ,
is authorized to receive aud disburse the
same.
On motion the same Board of Examiners
are requested to serve for the ensuiug year.
On motion the Beard adjourned sine die.
W. W. EDWARDS, j. N. WILLIAMS,
President. Secty.
81.