The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-10
Police Jury Proceedings.

FRANKLIN, La, May Z, 1913.
A regular meeting of the Police
Jury of the Parish of St. Mary
was held this day. The meeting
was called to order by President
Chas. N. Frost. Roll call showed
the following members present:
Messrs. Geo. J. LeBourgeois,
Gabriel Haydel, F. E. Robertson,
Alyre Robichaux, Oscar Bou-
dreaux, w. N. Gooch, I. Aucoin,
Jno. r. Drackett, Alfred Fortier,
Jr.
The minutes of the last regular
and special meetings were
read and approved as read.
A committee of citizens repre-
senting the Mayors of the incor-
porated towns of the Parish and
the Parish School Board appeared
before the Jury, relative to the
collection of the tax money now
In the hands of the Atchafalaya
Bay Ship Channel Company. Mr..
Chas. Lauve, representing the
Mayors of the incorporated towns
Of the Parish, addressed the Jury
and requested it to pass a reso-
luton appointing a committee of
seven of it's members to cooper
ate with like committee appoint.
ed by the Mayors of the incorpo-
rated towns of the parish and a
like committee of the School
Board, and that the committees
call upon the Atchafalaya Bay
ship Channel Company and re-
quest said Company to return the
tax money now in it's possession
to the Parish and the towns,
and that each of the towns and
the Police Jury appropriate forty
per cent. of the amount collected
10 the School Board.
DR.. T. F. Frere, representing
the committee from the School
Board, then addressed the Jury
relative to the same matter, max
ing the same request of the Jury
"a Mr.. Lauve did, in regard to
adopting resolution appointing
Q committee of seven to cooper
ate with the committee of the
towns and the School Board, the
committees to appear before the
Atchafalaya Bay Ship ChaDpel
Co. and request them to turn the
tax money now in its hands over
to the parish, and that forty per
cent. of same be given to the
School Board. He alec stated
that the School Board was in
need of more funds to run the
schools q nine months term, and
II the Board could secure forty
per cent. of the Atchafayala tax
money, the School Board would
be enabled to continue q full nine
months session, otherwise the
school term, with the present rev.
enues, will be but seven months.
The Jury was also addressed on
the same subject by Capt. T. L.
Morse, Messrs. Jules Hebert and
VIM. Davis.
President Frost stated that he
thought the time had not yet
come to justify the Police Jury in
making the step az requested by
the committees; that he was op-
posed to making any promises as
to how this tax money should be
disbursed before the same had
been paid over to the Police Jury;
that he was more than willing to
assist the public schools, and he
was confident that every membe
OF the Police Jury felt as he felt
about the matter; but he was
Rrmly of the opinion that the tax
money should fret be placed in
the legal possession of the Police
Jury, and after that is done, the
question of the disbursement of
che same should be considered
and made; and he felt sure that
when the School Board appeared
before the Police Jury for assist
Ance, this body would provide for
It ~ literally as it has always
done In the past. Messrs. Drackett
and Bourgeois also stated that
they thought this tax money
should be turned over without
an9 conditions whatever to the
Police Jury where it rightfully be-
longs, then the question of assist.
ing the sch ools could be more
wisely and effectively considered.
The mem bers of the Police Jury
made it known that they were
willing to appoint committee to
act in conjunction with the COM
.mittee from the School Board and
the Mayors of the different towns
in the Parish, in going before the
,AtchafAlaya Bay Ship Channel Co.
.a,sd insisting that this tax money