New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-03-21
SPECIAL MEETING IBERIA PARISH
SCHOOL BOARD.

q special meeting Of the Iberia Parish
Board of School Directors was held in
their office in the Masonic building, a:
ten o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose OF
acting on a petition from the property
taxpayers of School District Number
Eight, of iberia Parish, La, asking that
the School Board order a special school
tax election in that district. Present
DR.. Paul N. Cyr, President, and Messrs
l.. l.. Gonsoulin, Jno. d. Valet, Ulysse
Landry, Eugene Guillot, II. T. Hall and
q quorum.
The Secretary read the following pc
tition purporting to be signed by more
than one fourth in number and amount
of the property taxpayers eligible to
vote in School District Number Eight, OF
iberia Parish, La, praying that this
School Board, acting within and under
the authority of the Constitution and
Laws of Louisiana, do order that a special
election be held in the manner required
by law, for the purpose of determining
whether or not a special tax for school
purposes shall be levied and collected in
said district:
10 INC oCHoOl bodIu OI lDCIa dIlSD,
State of Louisiana.
Greetings-WN the undersigned tax
payers of School District Number Eight,
do hereby petition your Body, according
to law, to call special election as soon
as possible in the said school district, to
determine whether the taxpayers of the
said district desire to tax themselves at
the rate of two (2) mills on the dollar
of assessed valuation for a period of
two (2) years, in order to give addi-
tional aid to the public schools Of the
said School District Number Eight, Of
iberia Parish, La:
Respectfully signed: Paul N. Cyr,
E. r. Jackson, Mrs. M. B. Jackson, c. A..
MCGOWAN, z. Lejeune, Miss S. Allan,
A. Dubroca, Chas. Wormscr, M. Worm
ser, Chas. Walker, V. J. Poirson, E. H.
Green, II. ScharH, Dave Davis, Leo
Frank, Jules Robin, II. B. Hewes, c. A..
Poirson, c. C. Edwards, Tony Caro-, Mrs
A. L. Millet, Miss Estelle Mequct, Gas
ton Mequet, Damas Moresi, Mrs. l.. W..
Booksh, Mrs. F. B. McGowen, Mrs.
Daisy M. Stewart, Mrs. v. Monnin, Mrs
Ray Whitworth, A. P. Moresi, F. J.
Gainnie. Albert Moresi, Daniel Jeffrey,
Mrs Geo. D. Guiberteau, Fred Napier,
L. A. Moresi, P. A. Boykin, John c.
Thomas, Mrs. Otto Weber, Dr.. M. B.
Tarleton, ]. A. Gonsoulin, Mrs. P. A.
Boykin, L. Wormser, E. c. Geneux, Mrs.
F. w. Moore, Mrs. Leo Frank, L. Lee
E. A. Minvielle, Arthur Woodford, JOS
l. Lewis, Ben B. Trappy, Mrs. Regina
Trappy, M. R. Morvant, Isador Flory, S:
J. Kelso, M. F. King, Rivers Brown, Mrs.
v. Kobleur, Mrs. Annette Schexnayder,
Jos. A. Fay, Fred Dreyer, c. o. Gergeron,
Jules Trahan, Mrs. o. Mouret, Ed. c.
Stokoe, M. v. Gourner, Jas. Brown.
Whereupon the following resolution
was introduced by Mr.. Landry who
moved its adoption:
Whereas, more than one-fourth in
number and amount of the property tax
payers of School District Number
Eight of iberia Parish, La, as created,
located, defined and recorded under and
by virtue of the authority of the Parish
Board Of School Directors of said Parish,
entitled to vote on the proposition here
matter set out, have petitioned the
Board of School Directors of the Parish,
of Iberia, La, to order a special election
according to law for the purpose of sub
hitting to the vote of the property tax
payers within said school district quail
fled as electors under the Constitution
and Laws of the State, upon the PROPOSE
ton herein below set out; therefore,
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board School Directors of the Parish of
Iberia, La, in special session convened,
that special election, to be participated
in by the property taxpayers within
School District Number Eight, of Iberia
Parish, La, as created, located, defined
and recorded under and by virtue of the
authority of the Parish Board of School
Directors of said Parish, be and the
same is hereby ordered to be held under
the provisions of Art. 2S1 of The Consti-
tuition of Louisiana, Act 256 Of the Cen
eral Assembly of 1910, and other laws
on the subject on the 21st day of April,
1914, between the hours of seven o'clock
A. NJ and five o'clock P. NJ, at the
City Hall in Jeanerette within said dis
trict, for the purpose of taking the
sense of the property taxpayers within
said district, qualified electors under the
Constitution and Laws of this State,
70 following proposition, viz:
Whether OF not special tax of two
(2) mills on the dollar on all taxable
property in School District Number
Eight, of Iberia Parish, La, subject to
State taxation, annually, for a period of
two (2) years for the purpose giving addi-
tional aid to the public schools within said
district; said tax to be levied and col
lected for the years, 1914 and 1915, in
elusive.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the following persons be and they
are hereby appointed to serve - COM
missioners and clerk of election, to-wit:
Messrs. Floyd Gainnie, Alexander Fay
and Simeon Thibeaux, commissioners;
and Jno. w. Watts, clerk.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, etc.,
THAI the President of this Board be and
he il hereby autheried and directed to
issue public notice Of said election for at
least thirty days according to law, in
the New Iberia Enterprise, the official
organ Of this Body, and the Coast Her.
old Of Jeanerette, giving notice Of the