St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-10-27
Proceedings OF tEse Hoard OF
ScgrooE Esss.eeea1.s.
0pELoTsAs, La; Oct. 22nd, 1854.


0PELoTsAs, La; Oct. 22nd, 1854.
AL mem bers present
Minutes Of last meeting approved.
On motion of j. L. Guilbeau. the Pres
fdent is authorized to exchange one 81
/. pent OF land belonging to the Board, Il
Prairie Gros ghevreuille, for one arpen
z on Bayou reche, with A. u. Meyer; ant
; also to accept donation of one half 81
, pent of land to the Board by a. Lanclos
The Secretary received Il letter from
: Hon. L. j. Boyd, recommending Nh
Chas. @. Shaffer for the position OF Prin
Icipa1 of the 0pelousas High School, ant
on motion of DR.. Irion, Mr.. Shaffer wa
elected Principal of the said school, at /;
salary of 500 per month.
Dr.. Irion moved that the position o
Assistant in said High School be dis
pelsed with, which was seconded. III,
Secretary then advised the Board tha
he was i'll receipt of numerolsly signet
4 petitions from Washington, Grand Go
teau, Vile Platte, Plaisanee, Crane
i Prairie, Ghicot and other parts of tht
parish, requesting and fecomm ending
i the appointment Of Prof. Il. Il. ortegt
4 to said position. The President reqnes
/ tied Mr. Smith to take the chair, at1C
called for the yea and nay vote.
4 The motion was carried by the follow
4 ing vote: aye, Irion, Cook, Wilson, Boy.
kin and Guilbeau; nay, Fontenot ano
] Fra8ee.
Mr.. yidrine presented TO the Board al
4 ordinance Of the Vile Platte Town
| Council. which he said would be amen.
! ued in certain particulars mentioned by
/ the Board; Whereupon Mr.. Wilson NOV
i ed that a grammar grade school abe es-
tablfshed at Vile Platte, with Mr.. b. b
/ Ortego as principal, and Mrs. @. Mouil-
/ 1eaux as assistant, which was carried.
The following named trustees We're
appointed to said school: Y. Vidrlne,
/ o. DardeaT, J. ID. Cufrie, DR.. E. Thomp-
son and Leon DemourelIe.
Charges against 2. fI. Moroney heard,
and on motion of w. S. Frazee, his APP
/ pointment was sustained.
The examining committee recoInnaen-
ded that hefolloWing named applicants
1 be granted primary certificates, viz:
/ Messrs. d. G.. David, s. T.. Campbell and
p. T.. Tanner, Mrs. A. AllsWort1 and
Mrs. III. e. Anderson, and Misses Jessie
Smith, I. Richard. p. Price, NJ. Tatn1an,
| Nf. Ct1rley, I. .Hinckley Lilly Brewer and
| Z. Williams, also Misses T.. l.. Green
| and Il. Il. Finney, colored.
| Said committee also made the follow
ing recommendations in the competitive
examinations:
Washington sehool-Prinlary, Mrs.
! NJ E. Anderson.
Prairie Basse school-Miss r. Will
1 liams.
/ =
Said report was, on motion of Dir.
Irion, approved and adopted.
On motion of DR.. Irion, the eolored
school of Miss A. Iastrapes and E. L.
Green is located at eoIored Methodist
church, and minutes OF last meeting cor
fected 50 as to<make salary of Miss Las
trapes S25 per month.
Mrs. IL. A. Fontenot is transferred as
teacher to West Bellevue school, and
Miss B. Dupre to school at Andrepont's
Owing to. scarcity of funds, the petition
of Miss b. Harfnanson for an increase OF
salary was passed over.
On motion of j. L. Guilbeau, the Leon
vile colored school is closed.
On motion of .T p. Smith. the line
sehool-Miss M. G. Boutte, teachers
closed, subject to further order of the
Board
on motion Of ". S. Boykin, the fol-
fIttsss aoaesl gIftnetfp
white and colored, and VVaxia school.
On motion Of DIR. Cook, Midway school
is closed, and S. L. Campbell appointed
teacher ut Barbreck.
On motion Of Z. II. Carroll, the follow
ing changes We're made and schools
closed, viz:
Dossmarl-Niss I'll Price.
Beaver zGsreeH-Af iss r. Tatmarl
Bayou Chicot (fowI1 MIR II. Newell
Black Lake, Caney Creek, Middle Pine
Prairie, Lake Cove, Elm Bayou and Oak
land-closed.
Boggy Bayou-Miss X. Griffith, sub
ject to examination.
Lower Pine Prairie-To be supplied.
On motion Of M. r.. Wilson, the. Fish
er and I1utz schools We're closed.
On motion of NJ. r. Wilson, the Sec
retary is instructed to correspond with
the Auditor and Superintendent as to
pro rata of school funds allotted the par
ish.
On motion of DR.. Irion, $1,000 is appro-
priated for the Opelousas High School.
The salary Of the janitor is reduced to
rs per mouth, and the High School is to
pay SIS per month on salary of Mrs.
Niolette, end said Mrs. Eiolette to be
teacher of French in said High School.
On motion of DIR. Cook, he is granted
further time for selection of Principal
of the Washington school.
On motion of j. p. Smith, Resolved,
That in accordance with Section TO- Act
81 of 1883, an annual tax of one dollar
be and is4lereby levied upon each head
Of family, surviving parent, tutor, etc.
sending a.pupil or pupils to the public
schools OF st. Landry parish, payable to
the teacher of the school within thirty
days after the session opens. The pro-
ceeds of said tax are to be used in pro
viding fuel and defraEing the expenses
necessary for the comfort of the school.
The teacher shall have authority to use
the proceeds for said purposes, but shall
account to the trustees for same and pay
over to them any balance in his hands
at the end of the school session; and
said trustees shall make an annual re-
port OF same to the Beard and pay over
to said Board any balance in their hands, \
which shall be held bysthe Board as a
fund for said purposes, payable on the
order OF the trustees for said purposes.
This ordinance to take effect from and
after its passage.
This ordinance was adopted, aI. r.
Wilson being in the chair, "A. T.. Fon-
tenot, President, absent, and Il. r. Car
roll voting no.
The following bills were approved:
NJ /. T.. Swords, assessor Silt 65
H. Bedemuller, rent notice, F. c..
III. S. fund 6 25
Il. Leggett, int.fHnd, s. z, S. R.2W. 5 90
W. S. F'razee, executing and rec
ording two acts of donation to
the Board ....... 10 90 |
Various petitions received and filed.
A. ~. F0NTIsNOT, Prest.
VS.. FRAzEE, Sect.
4 DEMONSTRATION NOTICE.
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