St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-03

SATURDAY, april A4LH, 1910, LHis
Board will meet at Opelousas, La.
and in open session proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and pro-
coed to count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result
Of said election.
On roll cali the following MEM
bers voted in the Affirmative: DAILY
Larcade, Perkins, Andrepont, Bou-
dreau, Hawkins, Fogleman. Fon-
tenot, Baker, Horaist, Lyman.
In the negative: None.
And the resolution was adopted.
o. P. DAILY, President.
C. J. thompson, Secretary.
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Personally came and appeared
before me, the undersigned au-
thority, G. J. Thompson, wha first
by me being duly sworn, deposes
and says that he was on the day
Of March, 1915, and is now Score
tary Of the Parish Board Of School
Directors of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, La, and the above and forego-
ing is a true and correct copy of
the extract Of the minutes of the
special meeting Of said Board held
the 9th of March, 1915.
C. J. THOMPSON.
Sworn and subscribed before me
on this 10th day of March, 1915.
II. d. LARCADE, Jr.
Notary Public.
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to a resolution of the
Parish Board of School Directors Of
The Parish Of st. Landry, La,
passed at its special meeting held
On the eth day Of March, 1851, O.
DAILY, President Of said Board,
hereby give notice that in compli-
with said resolution a special
school tax election will be held in
he Eunice School District of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, on Tues
lay, April goth, 1915, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property
taxpayers, qualified under the Con-.
,titution and laws of the State of
louisiana to vote at said special
the following proposition,
o-wit.
To levy a special tax of four mills
IN the dollar, annually, on all the
property in the Eunice School Dis
of the Parish Of st. Landry,
Ia, subject to state taxation for
he period OF ten years, beginning
With and including the year 1915, for
he purpose of
Ia Giving additional assistance
b the public schools in the Eunice|
District.
d. To assist in the maintenance,
epair an d equipment of said
chools. For the purpose Of said
lection, the polling place shall be-
t Ennice, La, at the usual polling
lace, Leer Lacombe, Dudley Ber-
rick, and Theodore Tate have been
ppointed commissioners, and T..
Berwick has been appointed
Jerk to serve at the polling place
t Eunice, La. At said special elec-
on the polls will be open at seven
A. NJ. and close at five
clock p. m. and the election will be
onducted under the laws of Louis
ma applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at ten
A. NJ, on Saturday, April
It'll, 1915, the said Parish Board Of
chool Directors of the Parish of
Landry, La, will meet at Opelou-
Is, La. and in open session pro-
ed to open the ballot boxes, ex-
nine and count the ballots in
lmber and amount, examine and
.nvass the returns and declare the
suit of said special election.
This 9th day Of March, 1915.
O. p. DAILY, President
Mr.. j. A. Perkins offered the fol-
wing resolution and moved its
option: I
Whereas, the public school funds
the Parish Of st. Landry, Louis s
Ia, are insufficient to operate the
bile schools of SAID parish for
longer period than about six |
,nths per annum, and whereas, i
; law requires all approved high q
lools to be operated for a ses- h
of not less than nine months 1
order that they may be able to o
the course outlined in o
State Course Of Study and a
'reby maintain their status as a
proved high schools, and where Il
under present conditions, there n
not sufficient funds available 81
operate the st. Landry High
DOL for said session of nine It
lths, nor the schools adjacent
0pelousas in the same school
for a session of sufficient
9TH, and whereas, many people
the 0pelousas School District,
which the st. Landry High Pa
DOL and other public schools are tn
ted, have expressed a willing pa
to vote a special school tax, tn
ming with and including the d.
:, 1915, for the exclusive benefit by