The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-25

cording to the existing rules of this
Board in the second ward neal Cade's
plantation a colored school be opened
and simultaneously the colored school
in Campbells Cove be closed.
Messrs Folk Broussard and F. D.
Lege committee appointed to have
built a school house at Cow Island re-
ported that they had had the same
constructed and that the building had
been accepted by them. Their re-
port was read and they were dis
charged.
On motion of George Hayes it was
resolved that mileage be allowed the
members of the School Board in attan-
ding the meetings of this Board at the
customary rate of ten cents per mile
for the distance each one lives from
the Court house.
On motion of Felix Broussard, 1t
was ordered that the fifteen dollars
be and is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of repairing the sehoolhouse
situated just north of C~ossinade, to be
paid when the'house is placed in good
repairs.
On motion of Aurelie Theall it was
ordered that the resignation Of Fl. j.
Stansbury as trustee of the PeIryschool
be and the same is hereby accepted
and it was then ordered that Paul Ter
rier Esq, Joe Delino and George NJ.
Derouen Esqs. be and the same are
hereby appointed trustees of the Perry
school. I
Messrs A. Theall and j. R. Kitchell
COMMITTEES to investigate and report
on the improvements placed On sec. l6
T. II by a. Kaplan Esq. sub
mitted the, following report:
Abbeville, La, Oct. End 1902.
To the Hon. President and Members
of the School Board in and for the par
ish of Vernilion, La.
Gentlemen We have in pursuance
of our duty under a recent resolution Of
your Hon. body examined the build
lngs on Sec Is T. IL S. R. 2 E. placed
there by Mr.. A. Kaplan and have the
following to report:
The main building, residence consist
of a house one and one-half story high
81 feet by Is feet with an l.. "A by "A
feet ground plan. In the main part
of building there are two rooms down
stairs with a small, very small, hall
between them. The ceiling down stairs
in the rooms is about s feet high.
There is also a dining room and kit
chen down stairs. The upstairs in the
manipulating is a duplicate of the
rooms down stairs except the roof
forms part of the ceiling. There is a
small gallery on the north side of the
''L the DINING o and kitchen.
The weather bording Or siding is pine
some of which is sap pine; the door and
window frames are cypress. The rooms
down stairs are ceiled With pine strip
lap, the rooms up stairs are not ceiled
at all. There is no gallery Oh the front
of the house. The ceiling is painted
with slate colored paint; and the out
side of the house is painted white.
There are sixteen windows in the
house without shutters.
Barns.
There is also a barn on the place "a
x5Ofeet with ten stalls and haylott over
head. This barn is Ia feet from stills to
caves of roof. 1t is a boxed structure
and made of pine lumber, planks at
least IL inches wide, the cracks be-
tween the planks is boxing being cover
ed 10y small strips of pine lathing. This
barn is painted with a brick dustcolor-
ed paint.
There is also n other small
box house on the place "a by L. feet
ground plan and u feet from stills to
ave of house; the same being partl-
toned into two rooms and ceiled over
head with 8 windows and2 doors; this
house is boxed with pine lumber and
cracks are exposed, joints covered by
cypress laths. There are two common
bored stock wells with ordinary hand
pumps on the place.
Fencing.
On the south and west line there
is y good fence made of split cypress
planks l6 feet apart and 4 wires,
Acres in Cultivation.
We are informed by Mr.. Barnet the