St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-10

| tdhL DIT ecA OCAoon
Saturday, April Path, 1915, this
| 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 call 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.
lC. J. THOMPSON, Secretary.
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Personally came and appeared
before me, the undersigned au-
thority, C. J. Thompson, wha first
by me being duly sworn, deposes
and says that he wa on the day
of March, 1915, and is now Score
tary of the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parish of st. Ian
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
on the 9th of March, 1915.
C. J. THOMPSON.
Sworn and subscribed before me
on this 10th day of March, 1915.
II. D. LARGADE, Jrs
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 9th day Of March, 1851, O.
p. DAILY, President Of said Board,
hereby give notice that in compli-
ance with said resolution a special
school tax election will be held in
the Eunice School District of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, on Tues
day, April goth, 1915, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property
taxpayers, qualified under the Con-
stitution and laws of the State Of
Louisiana to vote at said special
election the following proposition,
to-wit:
To levy a special tax of four mills
on the dollar, annually, on all the
property in the Euniee School Dis
triet 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 assistance
to the public schools in the Eunice
School District.
{b) To assist in the maintenance,
repair an d equipment of said
schools. For the purpose Of said
election, the polling place shall be
at Eunice, La, at the usual polling
place, Leer Lacombe, Dudley Ber-
wick, and Theodore Tate have been
appointed commissioners, and J.
w. Berwick has been appointed
clerk to serve at the polling place
at Eunice, La. At said special cleo
ton the polls will be open at seven
O'Clock, A. M. and close at five
o'clock p. m. and the election will be
conducted under the laws of Louis
lana applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at ten
O'Clock, A. NJ, on Saturday, April
24th, 1915, the said Parish Board of
School Directors of the Parish OF
st. Landry, La, will meet at Opelou-
sas, La, and in open session pro-
coed to open the ballot boxes, ex-
anime and count the ballots in
lumber and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and declare the
result of said special election.
This 9th day of March, 1915.
O. P. DAILY, President
Mr.. J. A. Perkins offered the fol-
lowing resolution and moved its
adoption:
Whereas, the public school funds
of the Parish of st. Landry, Louis
lana, are insufficient to operate the
public schools of sard parish for
a longer period than about six
months per annum, and whereas,
the law requires all approved high
schools to be operated for a ses-
sion of not less than nine months
in order that they may be able to
complete the course outlined in
the State Course of Study and
thereby maintain their status as
approved high schools, and where
as, under present conditions, there
are not sufficient funds available
to operate the st. Landry High
School for said session of nine
months, nor the schools adjacent
10 Opelousas in the same school,
district for a session or sufficient
and whereas, many peopleI
the Opelousas School District,
n which the st. Landry High
school and other public schools are
coated, have expressed a willing
less to- vote a special school tax,