The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-02-06

School Directors OF BoSser PARISH, La: a
Gentlemen: The following is report OF school Il
unds collected and paid to the Parish Treasurer to
oec 81, 1907, on 21s mills, poll tax and special
school Districts Nos. to t3, inclusive, follows,
o-Wit: s
Total amount from all sources S5147 Of
Respectfully submitted, c
J. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff. I
It was moved and carried that the following re-
,uest be sent to the trustees of the Hener and Line
Schools, in ward four: 9
We, the School Board, request that the trustees
If Heifner and Line Schools get up new petition
Tor special district in that neghborhood and that
hey themselves fix the southern boundary. Mr..
Rogers having done all he could in the matter at a
21s mill tax, whereas the petition printed 5
mills by error of the Police Jury, shown by the
original petition.
Moved and carried that Mr.. w. r. Hatcher be
paid S35 for extra work done while without an as
sistant.
On motion, duly carried, the following change Of
trustees made:
Center School,. E. Holloway in place of J. NJ
Zachery and S. M. Matock in place of j. r. league
Plain Dealing High School,. Perry in place of
S. J. Caldwell, resigned.
Lewisville (colored)-L. w. Smith in place Of
w. H. High.
Moved by Mr. Sentell, that the last months
salary of the present teacher in Center School be
allowed to be used in Improvements on the school
building, if the teacher does not object Carried.
On motion, duly carried, s65 per month was APP
propriated out of the Ninth District fund to be /
paid on salaries of teachers as follows: First as
sistant $780, second assistant IS; third fourth and
fifth assistants, each $40 per month.
Moved and carried that the President, Mr. Platt,
be paid So out of the Thirteenth District fund for
services rendered in purchasing building site IN
Bossier City for the new high school now in con-
temptation.
A petition, signed by several citizens in the
neighborhood of Haughton, asking that the salary
of Mr.. C. B. Norman, transporter, be raised from
s35 to 49, but the scarcity of funds seemed to for
bid and the petition not allowed.
A petition, signed by twenty one white teachers
in the parish, asking that provisions be made to
defray their expenses to the State Teachers As
ISOLATION, to be held in New Orleans next April,
was presented but disaloWed the Board not feeling
able to do so.
Mr.. B. A. Kelly's DILL presented by Mr. Hill
for recording deed and work of stenographer in
copying examination questions on typewriter, at
S24 was, after some hesitation, allowed and or
dered paid.
| On petition being presented, the Fellowship
School (colored) on the Foster place. near Shreve-.
port was located as School No. in ward two, for
the present school year, with A. D. Owens colored,
as teacher Trustees: w. T. Colquitt, L. c. Ca
pers and Wesley Gum.
! On motion, s69.44 was appropriated out of the
Ninth District funds to pay the Plain Dealing
Bank interest on money lent the Building Com
mittee of Plain Dealing High School and used in
constructing additional rooms to said school, and
warrant was ordered drawn in favor of said bank
covering said amount.
The next thing for consideration being the pur-
chase Of the Bossier City School site, the following
resolution was adopted by the Board, acting as q
, committee of the whole:
Be it resolved That the action of the President
of the Board in purchasing Of ten lots OF &C
Hardman, in block G of the Cumberland Subdi-
vision of Bosser City, Bossier Parish, La, FOL
! school purposes, Dec 2, 1907, for the price o.
$500, S1O35 cash and the balance in ninety-day
note, be and the same is hereby ratified and ap'
proved and made the action Of this Board
! Witness hands this, the 1st day OF February
1908. J. N. PLATT. President.
Jos. E. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
The Examining Committee then made repor
of the last teachers examination and their bill
approved. 1t follows
Honorable PRESIDENT
ii of Bossier Parish:
o Gentlemen: Your Committee of Examiners, wit
respect beg leave to report that at the examinatio
. of applicants for teachers certificates, held pur
y suant to appointment by the State Superlntendeu
on the 18th, Goth and 21st of December. 1907, tn
following named persons were examined an
20 granted certificates, to-Wit
WHITE TEACHERS.
First Grade-Ernest J. Barker, Geo. R. Pilche
Is John S. Boggs, Miss Maud Wisenhunt Miss E. LIE
McClintock, Miss Ella Dillingham;, Miss Emma |
Hume w. r. Hatcher, Miss Lena Stevens an
50 Miss Stella Hall.
Second Grade-Sam Baird, Miss Eunlce Evan
J. J, LYONS and Miss Minnie Gallespy.
Third Grade-Miss Ludie Ford.
coLoRED TEACHERS.
- Second Grade-Charlotte E. Watson.
69 Third Grade "A D. Owens, Leila Henderso
II, R. Irwin, IT,. Martha irwin, Annie Stewart, lsa
Hughes, Mildred Smith, Cherrie Washington al
Cornelia Stewart. Respectfully submitted,
50 Jos. E. JOHNSTON.
Al j. H. BELCHER.
Sc w. A. ZEIGLER, per b.
70 70 The Board then adjourned to meet in call sess
% within the next few days to approve and accept
OF bond to be given by the incoming Treasurer.
20 The time for the next regular meeting, as nix
by law. being the first Saturday in April.
'se j. N. PLATT, President
70. JOS E. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
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as- On account of being behind with work seve
TN communications we're omitted this week. In ia
I'll, this has been the case for three weeks.
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