St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-20
School Board Proceedings.
Opelousas, March 9th, 1915.

The Parish Board Of School Dr.
rectors met in special session pur-
suant to call by the President.
Present: DR.. o. P. Daily, President,
H. d. Lareade,Jr, Edgar Andre
pont, j. A. Perkins, G. Horaist, Re
eis Boudreau, DR.. A. G. Durio, r.
L. Hawkins, Arthur Fogleman,
Frank Fontenot, w. B. Baker, J. w.
Lyman, and a quorum.
On motion of Mr.. Andrepont the
reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with and the
minutes as published were adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Lyman the sum
of ten dollars to each Of the white
schools at Leonville, Lawtell and
Sunset was appropriated for the
purchase of library books, and the
Superintendent was authorized to
buy bookcases for the same.
Mr.. Lyman offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
Whereas the public school fund
in the parish of st. Landry, Louis,
lana, are insufficient to operate the
public schools Of said parish for a
longer period than about six months
q annum, and whereas the law re-
quires all approved high schools TO
be operated for asess1on of not less
than nine months in order that they
may be able tocomplete the course
outlined in the State Course Study
and thereby maintain their status
as approved high schools, and
whereas, under present conditions,
there are not sufficient funds avail
able to operate the Eunice High
School for said session Of nine
months, and whereas, many people
III the Eunice School District in
which said Eunice High School is
located, have expressed a willing
ness To vote a special
school tax, beginning with
n d including the y e a r
1915. for the exclusive benefit of the
Eunice High School and the other
public schools in said school dis
trict,of four mills on the dollar on
all the property in said Eunice
School District, subject to state tax
alton annually, for the period OF
ten years;said tax, II carried, to be
used exclusively for the mainte-
nance and equipment OF the public
schools located in said Eunice Dis
trict.
And, whereas, in the opinion of this
Board said special school tax cleo
ton is: necessary and advisable
Be it nov resolved by theParish
Board OF School Directors OF the
Parish Of st. Landry, La, by virtue
of the authority vested in il by Act
1872 Of 1912. amending Article 28i
OF the Constitution Of 1898. as fol-
lows:
Section 4. That a special school
tax election be and the same is
hereby ordered to be held in the
Eunice School District Of the Par
ish Of st. Landry, La on Tuesday,
April 10th, 1915, at which shall be
submitted the following proposition
to-wit:. 4
To levy a special tax of four mills
on the dollar, annually, on all the
property In said Eunice School Dis
trict Of the Parish OF st. Landry,
La, subject to state taxation for
the period Of ten years, beginning
with and including the year 1915,
for the purpose Of
(a) Giving additional aid to the
schools in the Eunice School
District.
(b) To assist in the mainte
nance, repair and equipment Of
said schools.
Section End. That the Secre-
tary of this Board is hereby to have
prepared for use at said special
election a sufficient lumber of bal
lots on each Of which shall bel
printed the proposition mentioned
in Section 4 of this resolution ar
in such manner as to enable
he voters to vote on it in the fol-
form:
PROPOSITION