St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-10-22
Proceedings OF the School Directors,
Parish of ST. Landry,

0PELoUsAs, Oct. /, 1892
Present: DIR. q. A. M. Cooke, M r. Will
son, DR.. v. K Irion, ]. p. Smith, J. l. Gull
beau, w. S. Boykin, T. r. Carroll, W. S..
Frazee. Absent: A. L. Fontenot, proxy
to Carroll
The meeting was called to order bv DR..
*. 1rion, secretary of the late Board
On motion of w. S. FraZee, seconded and
carried, j. L. Guilbeaa was declared ell
eeted president pro tenn.
On motion of NJ. r. Wilson, seconded
and carried, DR.. v X. Irion was declared
elected temporary secretary.
On motion OF w. S. Frazee, seconded
and carried, A. j.. Fontenot was declared
elected president of the Board
On motion of T. r. Carroll, seconded
and carried, w. s. Frazee was declared ell
ected superintendent of public schools and
ex-otfieio secretary of the Board
On motion of DR. v K. Irion, seconded
and carried, resolved that certificates of
all teachers who taught in the public
schools at the last session, be recognized
bysthis Board, except in cases where there
are TIVE or more applicants for the same
school, in which event such applicants will
be submitted to a competition exanina-
tion,
On motion of DR.. Y. X. Irion, seconded
and carried, resolved, that the schools be
opened Oct Sist, 1892, and that alls.appli-
cations for schools must be presented to
the Board at or before its meeting, Oct. 20.
at which time said Board Will assign
teachers to the different schools.
On motion of ]. p Smith, seconded and
carried, the following named members
were appointed by the president pro tenn.
as committee to examine applicants and
report in same at the next meeting, viz.
~. S. Frazee, NJ. r. Wilson and T. p Smith.
On motion of M. r. Wilson seconded and
carried, resolved, that the committee APP
pointed to examine applicants meet Oct
1oGt. fppE1 Il n -
this Board be and is hereby fixed for Oct.
10Th, 1892.
On motion Of J. P. Smith, seconded and
carried the following named members
were appointed supervisors of the follow
ing named police jury wards, to-wit: DIR,
ward; J. L. Guilbeau, 2rd ward w. S. Boy
kin, 4th ward; Dir. g. a. NJ Cooke, 5t1l
ward II r. Carroll, 9Th ward; NJ, r. Will
son, Tth ward. and w. S. Frazee, 8th ward.
On motion OF DR.. Y. K. Irion, seconded
and carried, the following named mem
bers were appointed committee to draft
suitable regulations and bylaws for this
Board and report at the next meeting, viz
DIR. v. K. Irion, NJ r. Wilson and W. s..
Trazee
On motion of NJ r. Wilson, seconded
and carried, DIR. frion was appointed COM
missioner in accordance with an ordinance
of the Board of Police Of Opelousas Of date
relative to building two public
school houses in said town.
on motion of M. r. Wilson, seconded
and carried, the following named mem
bers were appointed a committee to call
on the parish treasurer and the superin-
tendent and secretary of the late Board
for a statement showing the status Of the
school funds of this parish viz: N. r.
Wilson, DIR. q. A. AZ. Cooke and j. p. Smith
On motion of Dr. Y. K. Irion, seconded
and carried, resolved, that the proceedings
of this meeting be published ii al the
papers of Opelousas for at least two inser-
lions: and that bids fer publishing the
proceedings of this Board be received at
its next meeting.
and carried, the Board adjourned to meet
Oct 10th, 1892. j. &. GuILBEau
Attest: VI. S. FRAzEE, President p t
Secretary.