St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-30
Parish School Board Proceedings.

Covington, La, Sept. 20, 1916.
In accordance with a resolution
the st. Tammany Parish School,
Board, adopted August Is, 1916, the
board met IN special session on the
above dste for the purpose of count.
ing the votes and promulgatlng the
returns OF the SPECIAL election held
/ dn School District NO. ~ OF the par
ish Of st. Tammany, La, on the lStn
day of September, 1916.
| The following members were pres
ent: Geo. r. Dutsch, T. ]. O'Keete.
! N. H. FitzSimons, W. H. Kahl, H. Z.
!. Parker, DR.. C. F. Farmer, c. M. Lid
! die, G. e. Millar: Absent: C. B.
/ Wills.
The following resolution was in
i trouuced by DR.. G.. F. Farmer, sec
onded by H. @. Parker. and unani-
mously carried, to-wit:
| Be It resolved, That the Parish
School Board Of the parish Of st.
Tammany, La, now proceed to open
| the ballot box used at the special
election held in School District No.
10 on September ~, 1916, examine
and count the votes cast at saad
election contained in ~sad box, in
number and amount; examine anu
| canvass the returns made by the COM
missioners and c.erk, serving at SAID
election as shown by the tally sheet,
poll list, ana compiled statement OF
the votes made by said COMMISSION
ers and clerk presiding at SAID cleo
ton; all in ACCORDANCE with q resO-
luton of this board, ordering SAID
election Of date August 16, 1916.
The school board then proceeded
in the presence of three competent
witnesses to count the ballots con-
tanned in the box used at the said
election and examine the same as to
number and amount, inspect the pol.
list, tally sheet and compiled state
ment OF voters made by the commits
sloners and clerk presiding at the
said election, and after such inspec-
ton and examination ana the can
vass OF said ballots and returns were
made, the following resolution Was
introduced by Il. E. Millar, du4y sec
onded by H. @. Parker, and ulan4-
mously carried, to-wat:
Be it remem oerea that We, the St.
Tammany Parish School Board, act
ing as Board OF Commissioners for
the election held in ana for District
No. 10 Of the parish OF st. Tammany
on September -, 1916, met To-Day
in open session at the ONCE OF the
parish school board in the town Oh
C0vington, La, at the hour Of ~
o'clock q. M. for the purpose OF
counting the votes cast at said cleo
returns sent in ny the commissioners
and clerk presiding at said election
in said School District No. 10 OF the
parish OF st. Tammany on the 18TH
day of September. 1916, tor ana
against the proposition submitted to
me property tax payer Qua4laed as
electors under the constitution anu
laws of the state Of LOUISIANA, Con-
formally to q resolution aoop.ed the
10th day Of August, 1916, by the
parish school board of the parish o.
st. rammany, La
The meeung having been regularly
called to or0er by n. II. t'itzo4nlous,
president, and all members OF saxa
BOARD oelng present except G. b.
Wills, did, in open SESSION, and i'll
the presence Of u. Z. hverlll anu Guy
A. Smith and F. J. Marlluda4e, three
competent witnesses, and IN the pres
ence OF as many Others as caose to
attend the examination and lnspec-
ton and compilation OF the returns
OF said election; and having ascer-
tanned from said inspection, e1aml-
nation and compilation OF the re-
turns OF said election that the votes
IN number and amount cast at said
election he'd in scnool district NJ.
10 OF the parish OF IT. Tammany.
La, for and against the pro1os4t4ons
submitted to the vote OF the property
taxpayers of said school district oy a
resolution of the school board OF the
parish OF st. Tammany, adopted at a
SPECIAL meeting OF the board held on
August Is, 1916, to-wit:
Proposition No. 1.
To levy q special tax Of three mi.is
on the dollar on all property iu
School District No. 10 OF the parish
Of St. Tammany, La, subject to state
taxation annually for period Of ten
years. for the purpose OF giving AID
ditional aid to the public schools OF
the said School District No. ~.
For or in favor of said proposition
No. there were cast forty-two (42)
votes, representing a taxable assessed
value of fOrty-tour thousand one hun
bred seventy-six and seventy-nve-
one-hundredths ($44,176.75) dollars.
Against or in opposition to said
proposition No. l there were cast
eleven (11) votes. representing tax
able assessed property valuation of
nine thousand four hundred nineteen
($9419.00) dollars.
Proposition No. 2.
To incur dett and issue bonds to
the amount Of ten thousand dollars
to run not longer than twenty years
from date and to bear interest moi
exceeding five per cent per annual.
payable semi-annually, for the pur-
pose Of constructing and furnishing
public school building in District
No. 10, and purchasing site. il
necessary, for said school building.
within said school district. title to
which shall vest in the public.
For or in favor Of said proposition
No. there were cast nineteen (19)
votes, representing a taxable assess
ed property value of thirteen thou
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