The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-10-23
SCHOOL BOARD
PROCEEDINGS,

Lafayette, La, October Is, 1908.
The Parish Board of School Direc-
tors met in regular session to-day,
with the following members present:
DR.. N. =. Moss, president, DR.. G. A.
Martin, Messrs. Jasper Spell, A. D.
Verot, j. Fl. Bernard, Arthur Co
meaux, Alex Delhomme, Sr., Mr.. Err
nest Guilbeau from 9th ward having
qualified to succeed Mr.. C. C. Brown
deceased sat as member of the
Board.
The regular order of business was
Messrs. Darmas Landry, Andre Mel
ancon and others in waiting who had
business with The Board.
Messrs. Darmas Landry and Andre
Melaucon were heard with reference to
a contention between them over a
small amount of wood that had been
cut from certain small strip of
school land, in the fourth ward, by
Mr.. Melancon, lessee, who thought he
had perfect right to do so. After a
full ht airing of the case, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
by the Board:
Resolved, That whereas Mr.. Dar-
mas Landry planted trees on the
school land by mistake before the es-
tablishment, by survey. of the land
line between Mr.. Landry's property
and ;he school land, he is hereby au
thOriZed to cut down and remove from
the said parcel of school land any
and all trees planted by him and now
occupying the land in question:; that
he be requested to remove from the
land all parts of all trees cut by him
on this land: that he is hereby author
ized and requested to remove the fence
to the correct land line and to perform
whatever other acts may be necessary
in this connection to enable the School
Board to make complete delivery
within sixty days from date, to Mr.
Melancon, of the parcel IF land in
question for his lawful use as the
lessee of the land.
Be it further Resolved, That the
Board recognizes that Mr.. Melancon
was exercising his right under leave
granted to him as lessee, in telling
and removing certain trees on the
aforesaid parcel of land for the pur-
pose of clearing roadway, and as to
trees felled and removed in addition
to these, although the lessee did so
without authority, the Board is of the
opinion that any benefit which may
have accrued to the lessee on that ac-
count, should, in equity, be considered
as a reasonable compensation for any
losses the lessee sustained through
being deprived of the use of the land
in question during the existence of the
lease.
Mr.. Talismal Cormier appeared to
ask for extra compensation for haul
ing more than thirty children to the
Carencro school. Upon investigation
it was found that Mr.. Cormier is
transporting children who live nearer
than two miles from the school, and is,
therefore, not entitled to compensation
for transporting them. The superin-
tendeni was instructed to investigate
the attendance of said transfer and to
notify those children living two miles
or less from the school building that
they are not entitled to ride in the
transfer.
Mr.. Charles Burke then appeared
and asked that a yard fence be built
around the extra acre of land bought
for the Burke school. The superin-
tendent was instructed to visit the
Burke school and report upon the
question. at the next meeting.
The superintendent reported that he
appeared before the Police Jury on
the first of October and asked for an
advance payment on the three mills
appropriated by that body for the
school session 19O8-09. The request
was granted and payment of $1,000. 90
was authorized.
On motion duly carried the Board
decided to offer for rent the school
land in the fourth ward for q term of
not more than two years from Jan.
l, 1909, az minimum rental of $500