The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-09-26
School Board.
ABBEy1ILE. ,July l4th3

ABBEVuLE, july 18TH
A special meeting of the Boardof School
Director of ver,nilion Parish was called
on the above date, members present -
Nugier and J 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.
ABBEVILLE, AUG. 10th 1885.
The Board of School Directors of Ver-
million Parish met this day, pursuant to
adjournment, members present w w
Ed wards, President, Messrs Jno Nugier,
f C Kihbe and J N Williams absent
Messrs NJ Broussard, Jno Morgan and NJ
V Lampman. .
Minutes of the last meeting were adopt
! ed after due reading. ..
On motion the communication from the
| trustees of the "Cow Island' School was
laid on the table subject to call.
| The communication of r G Smedes, Dist
Atty, claiming 5 per cent on contemplated
snit against Jos Nunez, tax collector,
| was received, and 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 = C Smedes
Dist Atty, does still claims his 5 per cent
on amount collected, this Board agrees to
settle the same according to law.
The committee appointed to contract
for and supervise necessary improvements
at the school house i'll the 2nd ward, near
Morgan's Mill-haying submitted their re-
port with q request that they be permitted
70 hoio nf
priation now on hand, for tho benefit of
said school house, the same was accepted
and on motion said request was granted.
w w Edwards, Esq, having submitted
a reports 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 mih-
Qtes. =.
TO the Hon. 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:
! t24 school warrants amounting to
S., ,939. SO received by your committee OF r
Wise Treas, also 102 school warrants
amounting to $3,2OS.72 which were also
received of f Wise,. Treas at the settle
ment December 29th 1885.
Also 56 school warrants amounting 20
81 1856 .C2 received Of N G Young, Tres at
final settlement. Ali 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 ray at $50 per month i,
Bayon Tigre School in End ward to rank
as Urinary with teachers pay at $50 per
month, the school at Morgans Mill to
rank rs grammar grade the teachers pay
to DO S45 per month, the colored and
white schools at Rices Cove in 3rd ward
to rank as intermediate with teachers pay
in each at $35 per month, the white
school at Abbeville to rank as grammar
grade with teachers at $45 per month, ,
the white schools in 4th ward 10 rank as
primary teachers pay at $50 per month. i.
the colored school in 4th ward to rank as
intermediate with teachers pay at $35
per month. all schools in 5th ward to rank
as primary with teachers psy at $50 per
month, all schools in the 9th ward to rank
as primary with teachers pay at $50 per
mouth, the white school at Perry's Bridge
and the colored school in Monton's Cove
in eth ward to rank as intermediate with
teachers pay at $35 per month, the school
at Chenicre Tigre to rank a1 primary with
teachers pay at $50 per month. We also
recommend the following schools to be
opened the coming year viz: The two
schools in list ward and the 9 in I'd ward
the white schools in Rice's Cove and Alb
bevillc and Il colored school near Jim
Joiners in Sd ward, the 2 white and col;
: ored schools in 4th ward, the schools at
J Spring Hill and Coles Island in 9th ward
the schools at Perry's Bridge and Cheniere
Tigre and the colored school in Mouton's
Cove in 7th ward.
Respectfully submitted,
w. w. EDWARDS,
i. C. KIBBE, 1Coinmittee.
j. N. WILLIAMS, ! =.
On motion, resolved that all schools
shall be graded. for the ensuing year al