St. Tammany farmer., 1915-08-14

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submitted upon this ballot place a
cross (X) mark after the 9 word
.Yes;" to vote against it place a
similar mark after the word "No. "
Signature Of Voter: f - .-,ss
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And that the SECRETARY be and he
is hereby instr ucted to have pre-
pared for use at said special election
all necessary ballot boxes, tally
sheets, lists of voters and compiled
statement of votes in number and
amount. f.3.t -s-.
Sec. 3. That the polling place o.
said election shall be the usual poll
ing place in the First ward OF st.
Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and the
following commissioners and clerk
are appointed: Homer Perrin. Benz
Callahan and Christian Koepp, ST.
commissioners, and Paul A. Blanch-
ard. clerk, to serve at said polling
place at said election, all of whom
shall serve without compensation,
and said election shall be conducted
under the laws of the State OF
Louisiana applicable thereto.
Sec. 4. The president of this
board is hereby authorized to give
notice of the special election herein
ordered, by his proclamation to be
published according to law, and n
said proclamation he shall announce
that at 1000 o'clock a. NJ, on the
7th day of October, 1915, this board
will meet at its usual meeting place
in Covington, Louisiana, and in open
session proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots
in number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and declare the
result of the election.
On roll call the following members
voted in the affirmative: G. r.
Dutsch, T. J. O'Keefe, c. B. Wills,
W. H. Kahl, H. @. Parker, DR.. c.
F. Farmer, T. P. Crawford, G. N
Liddle and G. H. Millar.
Negatives: None. .-
N. H. FITZS1MONs,
ELMER E. LYON. President.
Secretary.
The following bids were received
for the contract to furnish team and
driver to run the school wagon from
Blackwell's mill to Folsom school in
the Second ward:
]. w. Blackwell, $34.90.
J. E. Blackwell and ]. p. Tyner,
$500.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and second
ed by Mr.. Parker that the contract
for furnishing team and driver to
run the school transfer wagon to
the Folsom school from Blackwell
mill be given to ]. w. Blackwell at
his bid Of $34.90 . school month,
and. he to furnish q bond through !:
bonding company for the amount .
$500. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Millar and seconded
by Mr.. Farmer that the bids for op-
Grating the school wagons in the
First ward to the Madisonvill school
be opened at the October meeting, at
which time the board would receive
bids for the furnishing team and
driver and the board q wagon, the
same as in Second and Fifth wards.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and second
ed by DR.. r rmeri that:
Whereas, the contractor for paint
ing the Sun school has not given
bond through q bonding company as
requested. that the board rescind q
former vote granting this contract to
EMr. r. A. Peters, and authorize the
superintendent to re-advertise for
bids for the painting Of said school,
asking for q deposit of 10 per cent
of bids for nquidated damages,
should the successful bidder fail to
give bond as required. Carried.
DR.. r. B. Paine and others, repre-
senting the trustees Of the Mande-
vile public school, appeared before
the board and presented the follow
ing petition:
Vaudeville, Ls., Aug. 5, 1915.
To the Hon. School Board,
Covington, La.
The petition of the undersigned,
the local trustees Of Vaudeville pub
lie school, with respect, represents:
That a large proportion of the chill
dren Of Vaudeville who had to attend
the high school at Covington failed
to make their grades. On inquiry
into the cause of these failures, we
have been informed that poor grounf
work in the Vaudeville public schoo'
is responsible.
1nasmuch as we always have some
teachers here who hold only second
or third grade certificates, and poor
ground work is assigned as the cause
of our children's failures, we there
fore petition your honorable body.
not to allow the appointment Of any
teachers for the Vaudeville public
school except such as are properly
qualified and hold first grade certi-
ficates, hoping that in the future we
may by this means by spared thu
Of having our children
fail to be promoted when they go
to the high school.
This Is all the more important
when you consider the great incon-
trouble and extra expense
that is imposed upon the parents
here, on account of the early hour
of departure and late hour of return