The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-05-07
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
BENTON, La, Friday, May /, 1903.

Inc SchOol Board IN and for BOssier Parish met
this day in extra session, roll call showing the
following named members present: j. N. Platt,
President; j. H. Belcher, A. J. Demoss, N. w.
Sentell, L. c. Biggs, J. B. Thompson, j. F. Nc
Kinney and J. E. Rogers.
The minutes of the meeting held April I'd were
read and approved. The minutes of the last meet
ing, held April 23d, were then read and the follow
ing corrections made:
The names of Messrs. Belcher and Thompson
being omitted from the minutes were added to show
their presence at the meeting, these gentlemen
being present from roll call to adjournment.
In the last paragraph referring to the Plain
Dealing High School troubles the words estate
ments were" were replaced by the words "report
was,' and the passage made to read as follows:
"After hearing the reading of the report and being
informed by Mr. Sentell, who lives in the neighbor-
hood and is patron of the school at Plain Dealing
that the report acas manifestly correct, etc."
A further correction was made to include the
following communication:
Benton, La, April q, 1908.
To the Honorable Directors Bossier Parish
Louisiana:
Gentlemen We hereby tender our resignation
as local Board of School Directors for Plain
Dealing High School. T. N. KEoUN.
r. S. DoLEs.
z. GARDNER.
T.. CRAWFORD.
E. M. CARSTARPHEN.
J. PERRY.
The Parish Board viewing the above resignation
as done hastily and without reflection passed a
motion declining to accept for the present,
trusting that these gentlemen would reconsider the
matter and remain at their posts of duty.
The minutes were then approved as corrected.
This being the day fixed in the advertisement to
open and consider the bids made by various banks
for the custody of the school funds, the President
proceeded to open the sealed wrappers which were
found in tact. After they were read and carefully
considered, the Board by unanimous vote selected
the Commercial National Bank of Shreveport as
the depository of the Bosser Parish school funds,
and awarded to the said bank the fiscal agency of
the Parish Board of Directors of the Parish of
Bossier till the close Of the fiscal year of 1916 upon
the banks compliance with Act No. q of 1907
The Secretary was then requested to notify the
Commercial National Bank of the acceptance of
its bid. vote of thanks was then extended to the
other banks for the courtesy of their bids.
The President then laid before the Board writ
ing signed by the attorneys of Prof. E. D. Burgess
asking that the matter Of the Plain Dealing High
School troubles be reopened for further nvestiga-
ton; and he asked advice from the Board.
1t was the opinion of the Board that the evidence
before it at the late investigation, April 23d, just
fed the action then taken, and knowing that Prof.
Burgess would have been heard on the 23d instant
had he made an application and hearing of no new
evidence that would in any manner justify the ex-
pense of reopening the case, the President was in
structed to decline the request.
The Board then adjourned to meet on Thursday
before the first Saturday in July next.
J. N. PLATT, President.
| los. E. JoHNsIo2Nss, Us Secretary.