The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-10-10
School Board Proceedings.
Thibodaux, La, July 9th. 1908.

Thibodaux, La, July 9th. 1908.
The Parish Board of Directors of
the Parish Of Lafourche met this day,
pursuant TO the call OF the President
Present: The President and Direc
tors Scott, Chauvin, Deramee, Call
Iouet and the Secretary, ex OtficiO
Superintendent.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved IS recorded
The following bills we're presented
and the requisite appropriations made
tO pay the same, b.; unanimous vote:
Ellie DucOs School House, labor
and materials, 81 so
H. Riviere & Co., suniries for
Bergeron s. II. ! 30
Th,boslaux Brick Works, bricks
Tor Billiu S. H. IS
F. Deramee, services and
mileage on committee work, 10 so
Paul Scott, committee work
and mileage, 90 45
s. R. COulon, blackboard cloth
for various schools, 10 10
Bourgeois & Lefort, fence for
Bergeron 5 IL. 5 81
Neil Newell for having Lagarde
S. Il cleared Of crevasse de-
posit, 10 90
j. A. Chauvin, desks for Ariel
S.H. 81 90
Eug Duet, desks for Lefort
s.. II. 2 SO
Bowie Lumber Co. Ltd. re-
pairs and materials on S. II. 90 33
Planters Hardware Go. Lti.
desks for G. A. % 90
Stamps for official use, 3 90
j. l.. ROdrgue, freight ON
lumber of s. Fl. 10 90
Prosper Thibodaux, repairs
on 5. H. 90
Edgar Riviere, repairs on
G. A. ! 25
Alcide Chauvin, repairs on
Arial S. II 2 80
Eugene Dupuis, benches, etc.
for T. Bourgeois S. H. 2 90
A session Of seven months was or
dered to be given to all the schools
during the year 1903.
The building on the site donated
for school house, on the C-lins
Plantation was ordered 10 he sold for
the sum OF seventy five dollars. Di
rector Deramee was requested to see
the owners vf the Ludiviue Pisuta-
ton concerning their offer of furnish
ing building free of charge to the
School Board, The school house TO he
on the froot Of ths. plantation .fAcang
frn6 P6Uilc road. inc vUte on the
selling of the school house on Celiua
was unanimous.
Directors Scott and Dersmee. a
special committee appointed to visit
and report ON the character OF the
land contained 10 the 10th. Section
below the Cut Off reported orally
that they had discharged that duty
and that IN their opinion the said
Section should be leased to any one
desiring the same, at certain sum
for acre. After discussion, it was
determined BY the Board that the
10th. Section in Township 20, South
of Range 22 East, in Lafourche Par.
ish should be leased for the term OF
FIVE years at the rate Of fifty cents
per ac.e.
The question of collecting a renta
from the persons VINO have ssker
possession of land on the Bator
Pilon 10th. Section, was taken up
and it was the understanding that thu
names of those persons and the mum
Der of acres under cultivation or oc-
cupied by them should be ascertalned
and that then all such persOus shouIt
be charged a rental of two dOllar'
and half a year for every arpent o.
school lands occupied by them.
A petition sigued by certain
number Of persons on the Malaga,
Ridge asking that the Malagay sctoo
should tie re opened and that teach
er should be appointed to that schoc
was submitted, and the Board decide'
that in view of the very small numbe
of fan lilies represented in that pet
ton that it would be inadvisable +
open the schOOl at the Malagay Set
tlement, al this time.
Vacancies among the Local Oirec
tors caused by designations and death
were filed as follows:
Chacbey, John Adam; Breaux
Leufroid Bresux; Webre, Albel
MOrvant, Aubert Bebert; Waller
Guedry, Adrien Dauos; Coteau Fols'
A. j. Hebert, John H. Shea, Reu
Dearborn; Bourgeois Settlement. Cl
Wis Penisson; Ariel, Firm'n Toups.
The Treasurer's report for tt
quarter ending July 1st 1903 W.
read and ordered to be spread on Il
minutes.