St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-01-11
L. Hawkins was appointed to act
on the bids submitted.

Il. A10 Milo was opPcIl4OO0 oeS
on the bids submitted.
On motion Of DR.. Guidry the
following amounts were appro-
priated for the purchase of libra
ries for the following schools,
viz:
Leonville School ..$20.0 90
Arnaudville School 1900
Badeau School 1000
Miller School. 5000
and the Superintendent was au-
thorized to purchase the neces-
sary book cases for said libra
ries.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins,
the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, was appro-
priated out of the special funds
of the Port Barre School District,
to build a cement sidewalk, to
plant trees and to fence in the
grounds of the Port Barre school
site.
On motion, Mr.. Hawkins was
appointed a committee of one to
let out and supervise this work.
On motion of Mr.. Carriere, it
was resolved that the Woodmen
of the World at Garland, La, be
permitted to exchange the site
reserved by them in a former
transaction on the southwest cor
ner Of the lot, constituting the
present school site at Garland,
for a corresponding area of the
said school site on the northwest
corner of said lot, and the Presi-
dent of this Board is hereby au-
thorized to make and accept said
exchange.
On motion of DR.. JOSEPH
it was resolved that the
matter of the closing of the
McClelland School be referred to
a committee to be composed of
Superintendent Thompson a n d
Mr.. Thee. G. Deiean, who are to
confer with the patrons of said
school for the purpose of ascer-
tanning if their consent can be
obtained for the closing Of said
school.
On motion Of DR.. Joseph it was
resolved that one hundred dol
lars, or as much thereof as may
be necessary, be appropriated
out of the Melville High School
Fund for the construction of a
fence around the site of the Mel
vile High School.
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot the
salary of the janitor at the
lGrand Prairie High School was
raised to $3.50 per month, and
the janitor at said school was re.
quired to perform all the service
usually performed by janitors al
the other high schools.
On motion of Mr.. Carriere il
was resolved that the Superin.
tendent be instructed to investi.
gate the special school tax paiC
by the estate of Francois6GuillorJ
and, If enormously paid, the
Superintendent be authorized tx
refund said estate the amount Of
1886.
On motion of Mr.. Lyman, Mr..
: W. B. Prescott, Mr.. J. A. Per.
J kins and MI. Ell. D. Larcade, Jr.
were elected members of the
Finance Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Lyman the
sum of 500 10 was appropriated
to defray the expenses of Super.
intendent Thompson to attend
the Conference of Parish Super.
lntendents to be held at Bator
Rouge on January 13th-14th,
1913.
On motion of Mr.. Carriere the
following bills were approved
and ordered to be paid out of the
respective funds by which they
are due:
L. White, estimating
timber on 10Th Section ..S35.3 &c
H. S. Joseph, expenses in
cured for Melville High
School Observation-Disclosures 6.2i
Jacobs News Depot Co.,
sundries for office 81
A. c. Skies Lumber Co.,
doors for LaWtell colored
school $1,000. 500
D. Roos & Son, eleven
chairs for office 200
Theodore Biegas, refund
on special tax paid in error 2.2(
H. Bodemuller, printing
sundry supplies 1879
Fl. Lastrapes, Jr., Clerk,
recording bond and con-
tract $500 4.5(
On motion, the Board ad.
journed, subject to call.
O. P. DAILY, President.
&c. J. THOMPSON, Secretary.