St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-24
School Board Proceedings.
Onelousas. Aug. 19, l912

OpGEOuSdS, aug I0y 1O4A
The Parish Board of School
Directors met pursuant to call.
Present: DR.. @. P. DAILY, Presi-
dent, J. +. Vidrine, DR.. A. G.
Durio, r. Z. Hawkins, j. G. Car
riere, ]. w. Lyman and q quo
rum.
On motion Of Mr.. Vidrine
the reading of the
minutes of the last meeting was
dispensed with and the minutes
were adopted.
Opelousas, La, Aug. IA, 1912.
To the President and Members
of the Parish Board Of School
Directors of st. Landry Par
ish, La.
Gentlemen:
AS Chairman Of the Building
and Site Committee, appointed
by your Honorable Body for the
purpose of securing a site, adj
vertising for bids and looking
after the construction Of the
high school building to be erect
ed in the city of Opelousas. La,
|I beg to submit the following as
the report of said committee:
Your Committee advertised for
bids by inserting in the St. Lam
dry Clarion a notice to all, who
SO desired, to make offers of their
property, accompanied by pro-
posals IN writing for its sale or
disposition. When the bids were
opened said Committee concluded
that the prices asked for the
property were excessive, and
that the funds at the disposal Of.
your Board would not warrant.
this Committee in making ar
engagements to purchase same on
the terms indicated in said offers
of sale. In consequence thereof,
your Committee turned down all
bids and readvertised for the sub
mission Of other bids; said bids
to be submitted by Tuesday, Au-
gust 9Th, at 5 o'clock d. m. and
to be opened on Wednesday, Au-
gust 7th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
On Wednesday, August 7th, at
the appointed hour, your Com
mittee proceeded to open the bids.
offered, and after due considera-
ton concluded that the site and
price offered by Mrs. G. NJ.
was the most desirable
for the purpose intended, and
concluded to accept her property
for the price and sum of Six
Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars.
In making this selection your
Committee was actuated by no
other motive than to promote the
general educational welfare of
the community, and to afford the
children attending our school the
privilege of good environment and
most beautiful Fairgrounds.
Respectfully submitted,
j. a. Chairman.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins it
was resolved that the report of
the committee on site and build
ing for the Opelousas High
School be accepted, and that the
President of this Board be au-
thorized to purchase and accept
title, for and in behalf of this
Board, to the property offered by
Mrs. C. NJ. Thompson for
school site for the price of Six
Thnusand Eight Inrlred Dol
and be it further resolved
that the Secretary OF this Board
be and he il hereby instructed 10
notify the said Mrs. G. M.
Thompson of the acceptance by
this Board of her offer to sell.
Port Barre, La. July 10, 1912
To the President and Members
of the School Directors of
the Parish of St. Landry,
Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned commit
tee on Port Barre School site,
beg to hand in their report. which
is as follows:
Upon due examination Of the
two sites offered and deliberate
consideration Of the matter, we
have decided, unanimously, to
accept the lot on the north side
Of bayou Courtableau. This is
the offer of Messrs. Haas and
Bennett and carries with it a
of Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars, $3.50. 0Ol.
We hope our efforts will prove
satisfactory to the whole Board.
Respectfully submitted.
r. LEE HAWKINS,
DR.. A. G. DURIO,
G. CARRIERE