St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
School Board Proceedings.

School Board Proceedings.
Opelousas, La. Jan. 9Th, 1918.
The Parish Board of School Directors
met in regular Quarterly Session. Pres
cent: DR.. O. P. DAILY, j. A. Perkins, Il.
D, Larcade, Jr., Edgar Andrepont, DR..
A. C. Durio,, Regis Boudreau, r. l..
Hawkins, Arthur Fogleman, j. G. Car
rier, w. B. Baker, Frank Fontenot, j.
w Lyman, Theo Dejean. Absent: DR..
H. S. Joseph, DIR. L. A. Guidry.
On motion of Mr.. Fogleman the read
ING of the minutes of the last meeting
was dispensed with and the minutes,
as published, were adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Dejean the petition
for the consolidation of the Lawtell and
McClelland schools was laid over for
future action.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins the st.
Landry State Bank, being the only bid
der, was elected Fiscal Agent of this
Board, under the terms and conditions
embodied in the following proposition,
viz.
Opelousas, La, Jan. 3rd, 1914.
Hon. G. j. Thompson, Secretary,
School Board, Parish of st. Landrp,
Opelousas. Louisiana.
Dear Sir:
In conformity with the call of your
Board For bids for the Fiscal Agency
of the School BoaId of st. Landry par
ish, La, for two ~ years beginning
February fst, 1914" and published in
the ST. Landry Clarion; we beg to SUBJ
NIT the following:
This bank will act as your Fiscal
Agent for the term aforesaid, and in
accordance with the provisions OF Act
Nc. 205 of 1912, and accordingly will pay
your Board three 49, per cent on its
daily balances deposited with us, and
will advance your Board from time to
time, and when legally authorized to
contract for such advances, at a rate OF
three per cent per annum, up to an
amount equal TO the daily average de-
post which your Board has kept with
us as provided for in paragraph 5 OF
Section 4 of said Act, and at the rate of
eight per cent per annum for any adj
| ditional sum borrowed from or adVanc-
ed by us.
Very Respectfully,
L. T. Castillo,
Cashier.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins the Super
intendent was authorized to purchase
twenty double desks for the Palmetto
Colored School, to be paid for out OF the
revenues anticipated from the special
| school tax of said school district
On motion OF Mr.. Carriere the sus-
pension of the Washington High School
| by the Superintendent was sustained
by the Board.
A vacanc yhaving occurred in the st.
Landry High School on account OF the
resignation of Miss I. NJ. DeZavche to
become effective on january 10th, two
applicants, Missis S. B. Crawford and
Josie Price, became candidates for said
position. The Superintendent declined
to exercise his right to nominate for the
position and the election of the teacher
went before the Board for determine
ton. After hearing the statemt nts o
each applicant, Mr.. Perkins moved thai
the Board GO into executive session Tor
said election, ~Whereupon Miss Price re
ceived the following votes, viz: Daily,
PERKINS, Larcade, Addrepont, Durio,
Boudreau, Fogleman, C~arriere, Baker,
Eontenot, Lyman, Deiean, and Hawkins,
the latter having first cast his vote fol
Miss Crawford, but before the announce
ment of the result asked that his vote
be changed and counted for Miss Price,
/ Messrs. Durio, Carrier, Lyman, and
Dejean explained their vote by stating
that they voted for Miss Price because
it was the unanimous desire OF the
members from the 1st ward that Miss
Price should be elected to the position.
On motion of Mr.. Baker twenty dol
lars was appropriated for the purchase
ST a library for the Garland school, and
the Superintendent was authorized to
purchase two bookcases for same.
On motion of Mr.. Larcade the Supt.
was authorized to reimburse special
taxes to the following persons in the
following amounts, if on investigation,
it was aseertained that they had been
wrongfnlly assessed.
Mrs. [. D. Sicily. ~ q
| Mrs. Jean Pierre Sam-.2 W
B. C.. It
On motion of Mr.. Carriere it was re
solved that twenty dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be appro.
priated to defray the expense OF the
Assistant Director and the Superinten
dent in the organization of club work II
the schools.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins the follow
ing bills were approved and ordered t
be paid, viz:
David Sicily, poll tax refunded,
under U
Willis Reed, poll tax refunded,
owe age ! U
Jack PALLET, poll tax refunded,
over o | O
Paul Roy, ST., poll tx refunded,
paid .-A--... O
Willie Carriere, poll tax refunded,
prid ~
lW. M. Crawford, sundries for
Washington High School 33
Dejean and Burleigh Go. Ltd. stoves
etc. for Port Barre Schools 3
C. B. Whip, lumber for Garland !.
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St. Landry Clarion, printing notices
etc. D
Fl. Bodemuller, sundry printing
and stationery---------..---..------ "
Jacobs News Depot Co., sundry
supplies for office- AZ
Leon Wolff, wire, staples and
heater, Washington High School N55
Lynch Brothers, sundry chemicals
etc, Washington High School 80 b
DIR. R. G. Hawkins, labor and ma
terials at Palmetto School - 20 @
Sundry bills account, Grand Prairie