The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-11-23
without interest.

SCnOOl mouse pfOVIOeO the DuIIuIuS
were turned over to the Board COM
pleted: and Mr.. Judice, DR.. Moss and
DR. Stephens were appointed a COM
mittee to appear before the Police
Jury and ask for an appropriation to
pay for the transportation of material.
After having heard two committees
from the Sellers school Or the lOca-
ton of the proposed new building
and after having carefully considered
the matter the Board decided to locate
the new building on two acres of
land to he donated by Jean Simon.
1t was further decided to remove the
old Sellers school house to the new
site and to change the name of the
Sellers school to the Simon school.
On motion duly seconded the Building
Committee was authorized to take
necessary steps to build the new
school house at once A committee
of citizens. MessrS. BOniface BOdOin,
Alcin COmeaux and LaOdis BrOus-
sard, agreed to remove the old build
ing to the Few site. The president of
the Board was duly authorized to
receive, and t. sign the act of sale for
the Board, two acres of land from
Jean Simon.
It was the sense of the Board that
the school known as the old DusOn or
Hutchinson school be discontinued
on account of the opening of the new
school in the village of DusOn not
far away and on account of the
proximity of the Alex Broussard,
neighbOrhOOd.
An examination of the superintend-
ent's record for the past three ses-
siOns showed that the attendance in
the rural schools for January of each
session was from b per cent to 80 per
cent larger than the attendance for
December of the same session. The
Board decided, on motion of Mr..
Judice, to open the rural schools on
first Monday in January instead OF
December as heretofore.
Messrs. Judice, DelhOmme and
Alleman we're appointed a committee
to investigate the BONN school site
and report on the ACCESSIBILITY of
building a new school house on the
present site.
The Board voted a resolution of
thanks to DR.. Stephens for his cordial
invitation to the Board to visit the
Industrial school at any and all times,
and for his expression OF a desire on
the part of the Industrial School to
cooperate with the Board to the end
that adequate provision might be
made for the meeting of the State
Teachers Association to be held here
December y to 30: and for an ex-
preston of a desire on the part of the
Industrial School to cooperate with
the Board in the great work of
education in the parish which is at
present so promising.
Messrs. Judice and Alleman we're
appointed a committee to see the
School Boards of Vermilion and
Acadia or the subject of line schools
established jointly in these parishes
and the parish of Lafayette.
The salary of the Parish Superin-
tendent not having been considered
at the time of his reelection, upon
motion of Mr.. VerOt, seconded by
Mr.. Judice and duly carried, the
compensation was fixed at sixteen
hundred dollars a year. The duties
and the work connected with the office
of parish Superintendent and secre-
tary of the Board have increased to
such an extent within the past two
years as to make it necessary for that
office to employ clerical assistance at
frequent intervals for which the
Board deemed it but right that a
regular allowance should be made.
Whereas the parish assessor has
just filed with the School Board his
poll tax list for the year 1904 amount
ing to 1906 names and for which the
Board has paid the assessor 4 cents
per name: and whereas the State law
holds the Sheriff accountable to the
School Board for the collection of
said taxes,
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Parish Board in meeting assembled,
that the sheriff be and hereby is re-
Quested to use due care and diligence
in the collection of said poll taxes.
Resolved, that it is the sense of the
Board that with diligence on the part
of the Sheriff the school fund could
be materially increased from this
source.
The following accounts we're Jap
proved:
Hy. Bourg, refunding poll
TAX. l w
Gazette, printing. 30 80
E. T. Mcbride, repairs trans
p~ortation wagon. ......... Ii 90
ElOi Leblanc, BrOussard
school ..................... Is 90
Israel Prejean, refund poll tax l 90
Western Union Tel. and Tel.
Co. 49,. 4 %
Marcel MelancOn, record book l 90
J. F. Riggs, registers. -. rs 95
L. J.. Alleman, express and
telephone refunded. ........ 2 10
L. J. Alleman, stamps for
quarter. ................. 10
A. M. Martin, poll tax list. $50 q
Advertiser, printing 81 40
TREASURER's REPORT.