St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-07-12

| bonds herein authorized and directed
} to be issued SHALL be devoted exclusive
ly to the construction and equipment O
{ the Central School Building nov con
tracted for and soon to be constructed
IN the City OF Opelousas, Louisiana, Ii
| School District No. 1, fst Police jury
!; Wardsof the Parish of st. Landry, Louis
lana, title to which shall vest in public
Section 4. Be it further resolved
ETC., that the President of this Board is
hereby authorized and directed to cause
such public advertisement of the pro.
posed sale of said bonds to be made as
ne may deem advisable and he may, II
his discretion, receive private or public
bids for the purchase of said bonds; but
the sale thereof shall be made only after
approval thereof by resolution of this
Board. No bids for less than par and
accrued interest on said bonds shall be
considered.
Section 5. Be it further resolved,
etc, that in accordance with the AL.
thority vested in this Board by the vote
OF the majority of the property tax.
payers, qualified to vote thereon, at q
special election duly and regularly held
on June Goth, 1912, a special tax OF five
mills on the dollar Of the assessed val.
uation was levied by resolution of this
Board dated August 9Th, 1912, on all
property sablect to State taxation in
said O~peIousas School District No. /,
LIST Police Jury Ward of the Parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, begin
ming with and including the year1912 and
for all subsequent years to and includ-
ing the year 1921, for the purpose OF
paying the interest and principal OF the
Sixty-FiYe Thousand Dollars of Bonds,
the issuance OF which was authorized
by resolution Of this Board, passed on
the 5th day of August 1912; and where
as there will be a surplus OF over
Twenty Thousand Dollars resulting
from this special tax, after providing
for the payment of the S~ixtY-Eive
Thousand Dollars of bonds and coupons
already referred to, and, whereas the
majority OF the property Taxpayers and
qualified electors of 0pelousas School
District No. /, 1st Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of St. Landry, State of Lou
islana, voting at a special election held
on the 10Th day OF April, 1918, did au-
thorize this Board to fund Fourteen
Thousand Dollars worth of bonds out
of this surplus, now, therefore, be il
further resolved that the proceeds OF
the surplus of said special tax, SO to
be solicited, shall be scarcely devoted
and applied to the payment Of said
interest and principal of said Fourteen
Thousand Dollars OF bonds as same
shall become due.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
etc, that as said special taxes are col
lected and received by this Board they
shall be applied first TO the payment OF
any interest or principal of said bonds
then maturing, and any balance shall
be set aside separate and apart from all
other funds of the Board and shall be
known as the General Sinking Fund.
which shall be invested from time to
time IN such bonds or other securities
as may be authorized by law, but no
investment shall be made except when
duly approved by resolution OF this
| Board.
On January LIST, 1914, and on the
same date Of each year thereafter,
thereafter, there shall be set aside from
the General Sinking Fund for the pay
ment of the principal of said bonds an
amount sufficient to pay one tenth OF
the principal OF said bonds then out
standing, which said funds when SO set
aside snail be known as the Specific.
Sinking Fund and shall be applied
sacredly and exclusively to the pay
ment Of the principal Of said bonds as
they mature.
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana,
Parish OF ST. Landry.
Personally ans and appeared before
me, the undersigned authority, C.. j.
Thompson, who being first by me duly
sworn, deposes and says that he was
on the 18th day of July, 1913, and is now
Secretary of the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parish of st. Landry,
La, and that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copyof the extract
of the minutes of the meeting of said
Board held on the It'll dayof July, 1918.
G.. j. THOMPSON.
Sworn and subscribed before me on
this 9Th day of July, 1918.
j. R. PAVY, Notary Public.
On motion of Mr.. Perkins a
committee Of three, composed of
J. A. Perkins, H. D. Larcade,
and Supt. G. J. Thompson, was
appointed to examine and aseer-
tain the status of the title of the
site Of the st. Landry High
School in the city of Opelousas,
and to make a report on same at
the next meeting of this Board.
On motion of Mr.. Dejean it
was resolved that a school be
located and opened in the 9Th
Ward to be known as the Rich
ard School and that a teacher be
supplied for same.
On motion Of Mr.. Deiean the
President Of this Board was au-
thorized to accept title from Mr..
Lastie Richard to one acre of
land and the improvements
thereon as a school site for the
Richard School. said acre Of
land and the improvements
thereon being a donation from
Mr.. Lastie Richard to this Board.
On motion of Mr.. Dejean it
was resolved that every public
school teacher in this parish be
required to send monthly report
cards to the parent or guardian
of all the children attending the