St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-17
School Board Proceedings.
Opelousas. March 9Th. t9i


The Parish Board of School Di
rectors met in special session pur
suant to call by the President
Present: DR.. O. P. DAILY, President
Fl. D. Larcade,Jr., Edgar Andre
pont, J. A. Perkins, G. Horaist, Re
gis Boudreau, DR.. A. C. Durio, R
L. Hawkins, Arthur Fogleman
Frank Fontenot, w. B. Baker, J. w
Lyman, and a quoelm..
On motion of Mr.. Andrepont tn
reading Of the minutes of the las
meeting was dispensed with and tht
minutes as published were adopted
On motion of Mr.. Lyman the sun
of ten dollars to each of the white
schools at LeonvilIe, Lawtel ant
Sunset was appropriated for the
purchase Of library books, and the
Superintendent was authorized te
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
| per annum, and whereas the law re-
quires all approved high schools to
be operated for asessfon 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
in 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
a d including the yea
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, If carried, to be
used exclusively for the mainte-|
nance and equipment or the public
schools located in said Eunice Dis
triet.
And, whereas, in the opinion of this
Board said special school tax cleo
ton is: necessary and advisable
Be it now resolved by theParish
Board of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, by virtue
of the authority vested in it by Act
1872 of 1912. amending Article 28i
of the Constitution of 1898, as fol-
lows:
Section 1. That a special school
tax election be and the same is
hereby ordered to be held in the
Euniee School District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, La, on Tuesday,
April goth, 1915, at which shall be
the following proposition
to-wit:
70 levy a special tax of four mills
the dollar, annually, on all theI
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 theI
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 unmber of ball
lots on each of which shall bel
printed the proposition mentioned
in Section / of this resolution ar
in such manner as to enable
the voters to vote on it in the fol-
form:
PROPOSITION.