St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-28

On motion of Mr.. Hawkins School
District No. 5, 4th Police Jury Ward OF
the Parish of st. Landry, La, was Gre
ated. said district described and
bounded as follows, to-wit:
District No. S, 4th Police Jury Ward,
Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana.
Beginning at a point on the Atchaf-
alaya River where the township line
between Tp. 3 S., R. Z E. and Tp. 4 s.,
R. 4 E. intersects said River; thence
running due West about four and
three-ouarters miles to the Northwest
corner of Section 2. tbs, Roe;
thence running due South nine mile to
the Southwest orner OF Section Ia. +
SIS, R-6-E.; thence running due East
| about five miles to the A~tchafataya
River, to a point where the section line
between Sections 10 and Is, OF said
Township, intersects said River; thence
running north, following the meanders
| of the Atchafalaya River, to the point
of beginning; and embracing therein an
area Of about fifty square miles.
DR.. H. S. Joseph offered the follow
ing resolution and moved its adoption:
Whereas the public school funds in
| st. Landry Parish, La, are insufficient
to operate the public schools OF said
parish for a longer period than about
seven months per annum, and whereas
the law requires all approved high
schools to be operated for q session OF
not less than nine months in order that
they may be able to maintain their stat
us as approved high schools, and
whereas, there r not sufficient funds
available to operate the Melville High
School for said session of nine months,
and whereas, the people of School Dis
trict No. 5, 4th Police Jury Ward, have
expressed a willingness to vote a spe-
cial school tax, including the year 1914,
for the exclusive benefit OF Melville
High School, or five mills On the dol
lar on all the property subject to state
taxation in said district, annually, for
the period of ten years, to assist in the
maintenance of the Melville High
School for said session of nine months,
provided a sufficient portion of said
tax shall be set aside to retire the two
outstanding school bonds, issued by
the town OF Melville, included in said
District No. 5, 4th Police Jury Ward,
amounting to even hundred dollars
each and the interest thereon.
! And whereas, in the opinion of this
Board said special election is necessary
and advisable. Be it resolved by the
Parish Board Of School Directors Of the
Parish of st. Landry, by virtue of the
authority vested in it by Act13 of 1912,
amending Art. 281 of the Constitution
Of 1893, as follows:
Sec. 1. That a special election be
and the same is hereby ordered to be
hold in School District No. 5, 4th Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
La, on Tuesday, April 14th, 1914, at
which shall be submitted the following
proposition to-Wit:
To levy a special tax of five mills on
the dollar on all the property in said
School District No. 5, 4th Police Jury
| Ward Of the Parish of st. Landry, La,
the period Of ten years, for the purpose
of
la) Giving additional aid to the Mel
vile High School.
(b) To assume payment, out of said
tax, of two outstanding school bonds
issued by the town of Melville, La, for
the sum of seven hundred dollars each
and the interest thereon.
Section 2. That the Secretary ofthis
Board be and he is hereby directed to
have prepared for use at said special
election a sufficient lumber of ballots,
on each of which shall be printed the
proposition mentioned in Section / OF
this resolution, arranged in such man
ner as to enable the voters to vote on
each one separately and in the follow
ing form: