The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-03-08
LAFAYETTE, La. March ,. l!

with b following members
present: Messrs. Alex Delhomme,
3r., J. A. Roy, DR.. N. p. Moss,
Arthur Comesux, J. II. Bernard A.
D. verot, c. G. Brown and Alcide
JUDGE. Absent: Jasper Spell.
A. committee composed OF Hon.
Paul L. DeClOuet and Messrs Paul
Ducharme and Eugene Breaux petit.
toned for the erection of = school
house In Anse st. Clair on the
grounds that there are fifty-two chill
dren In the community that are five
miles removed from the nearest school.
The committee further commended that
thef few patrons who IN in q position
to send that distance to school can
not do SO on account of the extremely
bad condition Of the public roads in
that section of the parish. The board
recognized the Justice of the demand
for . school house, but postponed
action for the present on account of
the fact that provision has already
been made for the erection Ut si~
school houses for the present year..
1t was decided that the next school
house built will be in Anse St. Clair,
and that it will be built On the same
conditions as the Others already con-
tracted for.
The building committee was author
lied to proceed with the construction
OF school houses at Whittington's,
second ward: Scott, eighth ward: and
an addition to the BrOussard school
in the fifth ward.
MesSrs. Jean Hebert and BAIL
SOnnier petitiOned fer the removal of
one of the two rooms Of the Matthew
school to q point two miles north of
the present site. The board decided
that IL would not be wise to make any
change in the school in the midst of q
session.
A committee composed of Messrs.
Suites, Guilbeau and others asked for
the transportation of their children TO
the Bertrand school. The committee
commended that their children were
from three to five miles from q school
house by the public roads and that it
raj not possible for them to send
their children to school. The board
agreed to provide transportation for
the children and appropriated $40 per
month for that purpose On condition
that the patrons of the community
subscribe SIS dollars per month and
on condition further that no child
under two miles from the Bertrand
school be transported in the. wagon
cite.
Committees appointed to sell aban-
dOned school houses reported sales as
follows: Hutchinson, $1O5; Alex
Martin, $50; Sellers, so.
The secretary reported that Yer
million parish had sent q warrant for
el2O, being the prOrata of that parish
for the maintenance of Milton school
during the latter part of the past
session. Acadia parish had not acted
on the demand for settlement for its
part OF the running expense of the
Duson school.
The committee appointed to con-
tract for the construction of Q canal
and nine miles of ditching on the
school land in the second ward re-
ported having awarded the contract to
L. E. Patterson for $3.50, to be paid
when the committee, Messrs. Judice,
Spell and Alleman, accepts the work.
The specifications and contract are
on nle In the school board Office.
The secretary reported the cOngested
condition of the Milton school and
the inability of the vermilion author
tiles 70 do anything for the enlarge
ment of the school at present. The
OVOgu 0OUA1Ok11Cu UA1C superintendent
to take the matter up with the parish
OF VermiltOn 1T once, and to request
the temporary withdrawal of the
children Of Vermilion parish il in his
Judgment he found it necessary.
Messrs. Delht.mme and Alleman
were appointed . committee to expend
fifty dollars or Is much rs necessary
for the erection Of . cistern and fence
at the Alex Martin cchOol in the first
ward. The proceeds of the sale Of the
old school house are to be used for
this work.
On motion duly seconded it was
agreed TO appropriate fifty dollars
toward digging . canal extending
from the southern limits of the school
section in the first ward to the rail-
road, . distance of over . mile
provided that the parish appr0priates
two hundred dollars for the said canal.
The following bills we're approved.
Klebest Beud0fn, hauling mate
rial for Milton school,. ..916 Is
eraser Bros, repairs, Mouton
Switch school 8 IS
Pellorin 4 DeClOuet, heaters etc S. 30
eraser Bros. Scott school,. 3 .
Graser Bros, Wilmington
SCHOOL ..... ) 70
Z. J. Allemsn, express and
$500. 5 -
LAfayetee Gazette. printing. /. II Is
Lafayette Advertiser, printing
pr0coeoln8B. $50. IL .
L J. Alleman, kilograms and
telephone ; %
school. 80 80
LaCoste Hdw. Co., hardware. 5 80