St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-04-10
SCHOOL DIS.
TRCTS CREATED BY
SCHOOL BOARD
0peIoasas. April 9Th. 1909.


call. Presents r 4. Vidriue. W. j..
Boudrean, Or. a. 6 Dario, &. T..
Hawkins. Alfred Deville, II ii Erich,
Or. j. G. Vidrine, j. w. Lyman. Abb
sent Dr. O. r. DAILY.
President DAILY being absent. Dr.
"a. g. Durio was called on to preside.
On motion the minutes Of the last
meeting were adopted as read.
Mr. DeFilie moved that the four
grades Of the four High Schools Be
continued three weeks longer than
the other schools of the parish 10 as
to make i session of nine months.
The vote 90 this proposition stood
as follows: Yeas: Lyman and De-
vile Nays: 4. j.. Vidrine, Boudreau,
Durio, Hawkins, Erich. Those Yot-
ing nay assigned as a reason for
their votes that they did not consid
err it equitable 10 maintain the high
schools longar than the other schools
of the parish and because they be-
lieYed that the people III The district
In which the High Schools are To-
Gated should vote d special tax as a
proper solution of this problem.
On motion DE Mr. Bouareau, il was
resolved, that the resolution, passed
March I1th, 1909, creating the Ope
lousas School District 10. One of Che
list Police Jury Ward be rescinded
On motion Of Mr.. E. e. Vidrine, it
was resolved, that 4 School District
be created in the 1st Police jury
Ward Of the parish of St. Landry, To-
be known as 0pelousas School Dis
trict No. One of the Ist Police Jury.
Ward, to be defined and bounded as
follows. to-wie That the Court
House il the City Of 0peIousas be-
taken as q starring point. that lines
be run three miles North, three miles
West, four miles South and four
miles East from said Court House or
starting point, that parallel lines be
run respectively through the three
and four mile poinss, North, Vest,
South, East. until this North and
South parallel lines mtersect Che
East and West parallel lines, thereby
creating d school district seven niles
square and containing All area of 49
square miles.
On motion of M. Erich, a School
District was created III Prairie Ma
mou, 10 BE known as Mamou School
District No. One of The 7th Police
Jury Ward and further defined and
bounded as follows, t0-WiE.
From d point on the Louisiana
Meridian. between sections "a and Is,
Il. 5 s., RI W. and is and SO 4. 5
81, R. j. and running due West Oh.
Sections lines to the corner between
Section Fl, q, III and 28 z. SIS, r.
a. W. Distance being 3 Miles1 thence
due North on Section lines Five and
one-haE sections 5H miles,, to the
Ona-Fourth section corner between
sections "a and 80, r. 4 y. II. II W.
thence % half section line due East.
to the Meridian line. at q point being
o~ne-fourth section corner between.
Section T Z. q s., Il. I M. and Sec
ton 50 {. 4, s., b. e thence South
along Meridian line one-haf seetion.
I'd i point, being corner to sections
27 and 30 e T d and Sec
lions 60 and 81 4 RE thence
East along sections lines to the North
East corner Section 35, q. 4 s., &. 81
3, thence South i've sections; thence
West 2 sections to- the point of be-
ginning
On motion of Mr. DaWIIe a School
District vas created at IAnse BIeu8
to be known as LAnse BIeu School.
District NO Two 81 the 7th Police
Jury Ward, and further defined and
bounded as follows, to-Wib:
Commencing at the southeast cor
ner Of Section 19. r. 5 E., RIM
ring north thres niles, thence running
west three and ~ miles to Bayou De
Cannes thence south along said
bayou to the southwest corner Of
the property be Eraste YeiIIon. thence
running south 0ne mile and twenty
seven chains to the southwest cor
ner of Section ID Z 5 S & L d,
thence running east four miles to ths
place Of beginning.
On motion DE Mr.. Erich, it was re-
solved to take up the question Of the
location 0f the Pine Prairie school
site 1T The next regular meeting
The Beard than took 8 recess mn
til two o'clock 70.
EVENING SESSION.
The Board met ID afternoon ses
sion. Present as before.
Mr. Erich moved that b committee
of three be appointed by the Chair
to locate the Pine Prairie School site.
Chair appointed on said committee
Messrs. MI. y. BaHareau, 81 w. LYMAN
and Alfred Devile. The committee
named april "a 100 as the DAY oa.
which ID meet and determine The
location.
On motion Of ID. Durio It was re-
solved chat the request made ii the
netitIon from the paQnIe rear The