St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-01-29

ballots and c~anyasslng the returns
and declaring the result OF aid
election.
Section 6. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School d.
rectors of the Parish OF st. Ian
dry, La, That the President OF Inc
parish Board of School Directors
he and he is hereby instructed 10
Give nuhlic notice of said election
~ nrnclamation to be duly pup
lished. according to law, In the iol,
lowing form: Unanimously carried.
PROCLAMATION.
pursuant to a resolution passed
hu the Parish Board of schooi III
pectors of the Parish of st. Landry,
La. at a special meeting d neio -
fhe 18th day of January, 1yio, i ~
p DAILY. President OF sald boald 90
school Directors, hereby give n aaso
tbat in compliance with ana Tes "a
infion 4 special election VIII .be
h .uI n school District NO. ! o. ane
n1au police Jury Ward OF the F 81
4Ii = - Landry, La, on the sree
lsfl Oh 20 Tehr,lary. 1916. for the put =
day ~ s,,hmitfing to tae propelnn
t pose qualified unaer t state of
sfitntion and laws of the o.ase :
anuisiana to vote at said election,
fhe following proposition, to-Wit.
70 levy a special tax of three mills
| (S.o03) on the dollar on all prop
erty in School District No. 4 of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Par
ish of st. Landry, La, subject TO
State taxation, annually. for a Pc
Rod of fifteen years, for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid to the
public schools of said school dis
trict.
For the purpose of said election
the polling place will be at tae store
OF RI. Lee Hawkins, Waxia, La, and
the following commissioners and
clerk have been appointed to serve
at said election, Charlie Duckworth,
Wallace Dunbar, Carl Wood. and
Frank Posteriek.
At said election the poll will open
at seven o'clock A. M. and will close
at five o'clock P. NJ, and the cleo
ton will be conducted in accord
ance with the laws of Louisiana
applicable thereto. 4.
Notice is also given that at n
Eo'clock A. M, on the 23rd day OF
February, 1916, the said Parish
Board of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, will meet
at the School Board Office. Opelou-
sas, La, and in open session pro-
coed to open the ballot box, exam
inc and count the ballots in num-
Der and amount, examine and can
yass the returns, and declare the
result of said special election.
This 18th day of January, 1916.
o. P. DAILY,
President of the Parish Board OF
School Directors.
Section Z. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors of the Parish of st. Landry,
La, That the special election here
in and herein provided for shall De
held and conducted and the returns
thereof shall be made under the
provision of Act 256 of 1910 and
amendments thereof, and such 9TH
err laws as may be applicable.
O. P. DAILY,
President OF the Parish Board Cd
School Directors.
A true COPY. $1,000
w. p. PRESCOTT,
Secretary Pro. Tenn.
On. motion of Mr.. Andrep0nt, duly
seconded, the ST. Landry State
Bank, being the only bidder, was
elected Fiscal Agent of the Board,
under the terms and conditions en-
bodied i'm the foollwing proposition,
and the President and Secretary
Pro. Tenn. be and they are hereby
authorized to enter into q contract
with said bank in according with
the terms hereto. Carried.
Opelousas, La, Jan. nth, 1910
Hon. C. j. Thompson, Secretary,
st, Landry Parish Board of School
Directors, 0pelousas. La.
Dear Sir:
In conformity with the call for
Sealed bids from banks of st
Landry Parish for the FiscaI
Agency Of the Parish Board OF
School Directors of st. Landry Par
ish, La. for the ~ years begin
ming February fst, 1885, and pub
lished in the st. Landry Clarion, we
beg to submit the following bid:
This bank will act as your Fisca1
Agent for the term aforesaid, ane
in accordance with the provision
of Act 205 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly for the year 1912.
First: Will pay three per cent
{31 per mum on your daily aver
age deposits during the existence
of this contract, and.
Second: Will charge you three
~ per cent per annum on advances
and loans equal to said daily ever
age balances, and thereafter viii
charge you eight per cent e pei
cent per annum for such loans as
you may require to meet your an
nual budget appropriations and in
advance of the collection of your
annual budget revenues; provided
the Treasurer of the Parish Board
of School Directors will deposit
with this bank all funds coming
into his hands on behalf of the
Parish Board of School Directors
during the life Of this contract
whether from sale of bonds OF
otherwise.
Yours very truly.
ST. LANDRY STATE BANK,
BY l.. T. Castillo, Cashier.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins. duly
seconded. the following resolution
was adopted: Be it resolved that
Charlie Kenney, Frank Stermer, and
Youse Manuel, be and they are
hereby appointed a committee to
select location and appraise the