St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-04
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

The Parish Board of School d.
rectors of the Parish Of st. Landry,
La. met in special session pursu-
ant to adjournment. Present: Or.
o. P. DAILY, President; J. +. Andre
pont, H. D. Larcade, Jr, j. A. Per-
kins, DR.. l.. A. Guidry, q. Horalst
Dr. A. G. Durio, A. Fogleman, II. l..
Hawkins, J. G. Carriere, Frank Fon-
fenot. w. B. Baker, J. w. Lyman
and a quorum.
On motion of Mr.. Carriere the
reading Of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with and Inc
minutes as published were adopted.
Mr.. Carriere, duly seconded,
moved that the report of the Su-
neryisor of Public Accounts on the
audit of the accounts of the late
Supt. G. J. Thompson, be accepted
and a committee consisting OF tle
President DR.. o. P. DAILY, Mr.. ii. D..
Larcade, Jr., and Mr.. J. A. Perkins,
be authorized to accept the bond of
Srpt. w. B. Prescott and to cancel
the bond of Mr.. Thompson. Car
ried.
BE il Known and Remembered,
THAT on this the 23rd day Of Feb
ruary, 1916, at ii o'clock A. M, IN
accordance with Ordinance Nun
Der s of the Parish Board of School
Directors of the Parish Of st. Lam
dry, La, enacted on the 18th day Of
January, 1915, notice # which was
issued and published according TO
law, the undersigned msibcrs OF
the Parish Board of sChool iirec-
tors of the Parish Of st. Landry,
being a quorum thereof, met III
public session at the Office of said
board in said parish. aud according
TO law opened the ballot box Used
in, and which was received from
the commissioners OF, TIC election
held on Monday, the 2isl day of
February, 19f6,in accordance with
said ordinance, and there proceeded
to count the ballots both in number
and amount, for and against, to
determine the proposition, to levy
a special school tax of three mills
(.003) on the dollar IN all property
subject to taxation in School Dis
trict 4 of the 4th Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st. Landry, La, n
nually, for a period of fifteen years
beginning with the year 1916, for
the purpose Of giving additional aid
to the publis schools of said school
district.
The result Of this count on the
Proposition was is ballots and
Si0,750.00 dollars in favor of said
proposition, and None ballots and
$ None against said proposition;
there being no spoiled ballots
ballots amounting in valuation to
8 10: and therefore, the majority
in both number and amount cast by
the property taxpayers Of said
School District No. 1 of the 4th Po-
lice Jury Ward of the Parish of
St. Landry, La, in said election be-
ing in favor thereof; and,
At the same time and place we did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally
sheets and duplicate compiled
statement, the correctness of both
being sworn to by tae Commission
ers, according to law, and finding
also that the returns indicated a
majority bothin %numberaand amount
OF property, in favor of said PROP
osition.
therefore, we declare the result
OF said election is in favor of the
proposition to levy a special school
tax OF three mills (S.003) on the dol
Lar on all property subject to taxa
ton in School District No. / of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
OF st. Landry, La, annually. for a
period of fifteen years beginning
with the year 1916, for the purpose
OF giving additional aid to the
schools Of said school district.
And, in accordance with law, a
PRONUNCIATION of the aforesaid re-
suits was prepared, and the secre-
tary OF the Parish Board of School
Directors was ordered to have a
copy of the same signed by the
president, published in one issue of
the official Journal.
And likewise we did order that
one copy Of this process verbal be
sent to the Secretary Of State to be
recorded in the archives of the
State Of Louisiana; that one copy
be sent to the Recorder of Mort
cages to be recorded in the mort
gage records; and that n copy be
kept in the records of said School
This done and signed in the pres
ence of E. v. Hudspeth and Z. T..
.Perrault, competent witnesses and
electors, on this 23rd day of Febru-
airy, 1916, at the office of the Parish
of School Directors of St.
Parish, La, by the under
members Of the School
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