The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-13

The School Board in and for Bossier
Parish met in regular session in Benton
On Thursday, April 6, 1911, with all mem
oers present, viz:
". +. Cornell, ward one.
). Il. Belcher, ward two.
n. ". Sentell, President, ward three.
"A: j. Demoss, ward four.
W. A. Bounds, ward five.
- G. Biggs, ward six.
AFTER roll call, the minutes of last meet
ing were read and adopted.
On motion and second, the petition from
Midway, asking that the Pine Grove
ochool be allowed to continue one month
longer, to be paid for out of the Tenth
District funds, was granted.
Owing to the fact that the Twelfth Dis
trict has no funds to its credit, it is moved
and carried that the petition from Caney
School, asking that their school be con-
tinued one month, be not allowed.
A motion and second to allow the Red |
Land School $3.50 towards paying the SAL
airy of the fifth teacher in that school was
allowed.
On motion, duly seconded, the petition
from the Red Land community. asking
that the Red Land Graded School be made
State high school, and that the Parish
Board take such steps as are necessary to
accomplish same was granted.
The following petition from Red Land
School was presented to the board for it's
consideration:
To the Honorable Board of School Directors in and
for Bossier Parish:
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned prop
erty taxpayers of District No. Is, do hereby
petition your honorable body to enlarge
said district No. Is so as to include the
following property:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter
of section 6, township %, ranga IL, and
running south IA miles to the southwest
corner Of northeast quarter of northwest
quarter of section Z, township %, range II
west; thence east three quarters of mile
to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section
Is, township %, range II west; thence
south Ia miles to the southwest corner of
section II, township %, range IL west;
thence east two miles to the southeast cor
ner of section Is, township %, range IL
west; thence north one-half mile to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter
of section Is, township %, range IL west;
thence east to the center of section IA !;
thence north IL miles to the northeast
corner of northwest quarter of section IL,
township %, range IL west, to where it in
tersects the old boundary line of Special
School District No. Is; except the south
west quarter of southeast quarter of Sec
ton 5, west half of northeast quarter, the
northeast quarter of northeast quarter and
northwest quarter of southeast quarter OF
section 8, and the north half of northwest
quarter and northwest quarter of north
east quarter of section g; also the north
west quarter of northeast quarter and
north half of southwest quarter of north
. east quarter of section Is and the south
west quarter of southwest quarter of Sec
ton rs, all in township %, range IL west
!. Moved and carried that it is the sense oil
this board not to locate the white schools
of this parish for 1911-12 for longer tern
than six months, unless sufficient taxes are
voted by those districts which have no
sufficient special distinct funds to supple
ment the teachers salaries for Longer
term, and that no teachers salary shall b.
raised without the consent of this Board.
The following ordinance was duly adopt
ed in open session, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Or0or10Q
Of Bossier Parish, La, as established by tn
School Board of Bossier Parish July 2, 1903, an
enlarged by said board on April 6, 1911, sal
election being held to take the sense OF the prop
t erty taxpayers on 5-mill tax for nine years to
the purpose of charging the present Red Ian
school house and otherwise e9uipping it to NEE
the requirements of State High School.
Whereas, the petition signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers OF District No:
( has been presented to this body, asking that
cy,oc;ol election he ordered in District No. Is
take the sense Of the taxpayers upon the questio
Of levying annually special school tax OF mil
1 upon all property in said special school district +
t period of nine years, beginning with the We;
! 1911, for the purpose Of charging the Red Lar
: School building and equipping it TO meet the q
Q mands of State high school, therefore, -,
;. Be it ordained, That there be, and it is heret
v ordered, that special election be held in Speci
District No. is for the purpose of ascersaining Il