The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-07-18

the matter, THINK IL DoSt " cE00G ouAa
ing which will cost when completed,
about Nine Hundred Dollars, and we
respectfully request that we be permit
ted TO draw on our special funds for
this purpose, and also to pay domestic
science teachers when funds are avail
able. Respectfully submitted,
H. L. Jolly
J. M. Dyer.
The. following resolution was
introduced by Mr.. J. G. Claussen
and adopted:
Resolutions of the Board OF School d.
rectors of the Parish OF st: Mary,
Louisiana, creating an Agricultural
High School in the Town OF Centre
vile for the 4th Ward of thu Parish
Whereas the citizens of the Town of
Centreville and the 4th Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary have subscribed
fund of 100000, and have secured a
donation of five acres of land in the
near vicinity of the existing Graded
Public School in the Town of Centre
vile, and are now rendering said subs
cription and said donation of land to
the Board of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Mary, for the purpose Of
having an Agricultural High School
created in the Town of Centreville for
said Town and for the children Of said
Town and for the 4th Ward;
Therefore, Be it Resolved, by the
Board of School Directors of the Parish
of st. Mary, in regular session duly
convened, that the Graded Public
School, as now existing in the Town Of
Centreville, st. Mary Parish, Louisiana,
be and ia hereby created and constltut-
ed and to be hereafter known as "The
Centreville Agricultural High SCHOOL,
when approved by the State Board Of
Public Education, in and for the State
Of Louisiana; and
Be it Further Resolved, That the
President of this School Board and the
Superintendent of Public Education OF
this Parish, be and is hereby fully au.
thorized and vested with all necessary
power to do any and all things neces.
sary in the premises for the creating OF
said School as may be required by Law
or of the State Board of Education; and
Be It Further Resolved. That said
President and said Superintendent are
hereby vested with full authority tc
accept said subscription Of the citizens
of the 4th Ward of the Parish of ST.
Mary, and to accept said donation Of
land, given for the purpose hereinabovt
stated.
This to be carried on without expense
to School Board.
The following communication
was received and referred for in.
vestigation to the committee
selected at a former meeting and
known as the 10th Section Land
Committee:
FRANKLIN, La, July 9Th, 1914,
To the Board of School Directors
Parish of st. Mary, La,
GENTLEMEN: Leon 4. Lum and Chas
q. Randall, residents of the States Of
Minnesota and Illinois respectfully
herein represented By W. T. McNabb
being the owners of majority OF the
land in area situated in T. II s. r. II
E. Parish of st. Mary, La, desires *
purchase from your Board, certain
lands, said lands being Sixteenth Sec
ton held for the use and support of thu
public schools Of your Parish.
When said land is offered fOI sale
if at all, the undersigned hereby agrees
to bid for same, at minimum price o.
90. 90 per acre on the total acreage il
said Sixteenth Section.
We would therefore respectfully re-
quest your Honorable Body to order thu
sale of the above described property il
accordance with the terms and cOndi
tons - outlined in ACT. No. Isl of thu
General Assembly Of Louisiana, for tn
year 1912.
Respectfully,
| LEON r. LINN