The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-13
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
New Depository to be Selected, Bank
Last Chosen Having Failed to
Furnish Bond-offer for Timber
Accepted.

Accepted.
DonaIdsonville, La, June 8, 1914.
| The board of school directors or
the parish Of Ascension met this
day in special session, with President
w. B. Stuart in the chair and the fol
lowing members present: Edward
Babin, J. F. Saxon, Emile LeBoeuf,
George Bergeron and Louis Bour-
geois. Absent-E. N. Pugh and
Henry Dugas.
The superintendent made short
verbal report, pending his annual re-
port. which will be submitted at the
| next meeting Of the board.
The following resolution was offer
ed by Mr.. Babin:
Whereas, the Peoples Bank of Don
aldsonville has failed to supply bond
of $4,000 required of the official de-
posftory Of school funds In and Tor
the parish of Ascension; be It
Resolved by the board Of school
directors of the parish Of Ascension,
that the president of said board
make formal demand on the Peoples
Bank for this bond.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Stuart and adopted on rolI-call
by the following vote: Yeas-Stuart,
Saxon. LeBoeuf, Bourgeois, Bergeron,
Babin. Absent-Pugh and Dugas.
The board took a recess.
| The board reconvened with the
same members present, Whereupon
the following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Bergeron:
Whereas, on Feb. 5, 1914, the Peo-
| pies Bank of Donaldsonville was
elected official depository of school
funds in and for the parish of AS
cension on the assurance of W. J.
Leblanc, cashier of said bank,
that a bond of $4,000 would be furn-
ished the school board to secure
funds on deposit; and
Whereas, the Peoples Bank having
failed to give the required bond after
a formal demand having been made
for same; be 1t
Resolved, that Superintendent j.
l. Rusca, in accordance with law,
advertise for bids from the banks of
Dcnaldsonville and other banks, the
bank offering the highest rate of in
terest on monthly balances and CIV
ing bond for $4,000 to be elected as
the depository for school funds; seal
ed bids to be opened at meeting OF
the board to be held Wednesday, July
8, at IL O'Clock a. m.
On motion of Mr.. Bergeron, Sec
onded by Mr.. Babin, the resolution
was adopted, roll-call resulting as
follows: Yeas-Saxon, LeBoeuf, Ber-
! ~ Dol ~ A ,,
sent-Pugh and Dugas.
| It was moved by Mr.. LeBoeuf, Sec
onded by Mr.. Saxon, that the Peo-
pies Bank be selected the temporary
depository Of the school funds. Roll
call resulted as follows: Yeas-Sax-
on. LeBoeuf, Stuart, Bourgeois, Ber-
geron, Babin. Absent-Pugh and
Dugas.
It was moved by Mr.. Babin, sec
onded by Mr.. Bergeron and carried,
that the following trustees be ap-
pointed by the board to fill existing
vacancies: Henry Woods, Martin
school; Ambrose Marchand and Chris
topher Diez, Jr., Cornerview school;
/ Luther Causey, Johnson school.
On motion of Mr.. Bourgeois, sec
onded by Mr.. Bergeron and carried,
/ the offer OF Sidney st. Amant to pur-
chase certain timber at So per thou
sand, and certain other timber at 81
per thousand, was accepted.
Mr.. LeBoeuf was appointed a mem
Der of the finance committee, to I'LL
a vacancy on that committee.
Monday, Sept. %. was fixed as the
date for the opening of the white
schools of the parish
The board adjourned.
w. B. STUART,
]. L. RUSCA, President.
/ Secretary.