St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-02
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

| Opei0uSas, La, Aug. lotIi, 1910.
| The st. Landry Parish School
Board met in special session pursu
ant to call; Present, DR.. 0. P. DAILY,
President; Mr.. ]. A. Perkins, Mr.. H.
D. Larcade, Jr., Mr.. G. Horaist, Mr..
R. Lee Hawkins, Mr.. Arthur Fogle-
man, Mr.. J.. G. Garriere, Mr.. Frank
Fontenot, Mr.. w. B. Baker, and a
quorum.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins the
reading of the minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with and the
minutes as published were adopted.
Process Verbal of Canvass
of Returns
Be it Known and Remembered,
That on this the 25th day of August,
1916, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. in accor-
dance with Ordinance No. Is Of the
School Board of the Parish of st.
Landry, enacted on the 3rd day of
July, 1916, notice of which was is
sued and published according to.
law, the undersigned members of
the School Board Of the Parish Of
St. Landry, being a quorum thereof,
met in public session at the office.
5Of said Board in the City of Opelou-.
sas, St. Landry Parish, La, and ac-1
cording to law opened the ballot
box used therein, and which was
received from the commissioners
Sof, the election held on Tuesday, the
22nd day Of August, 1916, in accord
ance with said ordinance, and there
proceeded to count the ballots both
in number and amount. for and
against to determine the PROPOSE
ton to levy special tax of five.
mills e005) on the dollar on all
property in School District No. 5
of the 9TH and ist Police Jury wards
of the parish Of st. Landry, subject.
to state taxation, for a period OF
five years, beginning with the year
1916, the proceeds Of said tax to be
used in giving additional aid to the
public schools Of the said school
district.
The result of said count was 81
ballots and s53673.oo dollars in fa-
vor of said proposition, and bal.
lots and s9640.o0 dollars against said
proposition; and five spoiled bal
lots, and, therefore, the majority
in both number and amount cast by
the property taxpayers of said
School District No. 8 of the 5fa and
fst Police Jury wards of the Parish
Of st. Landry in said election being
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 du-
plieate compiled statement, the cor
rectness Of both being sworn to by
the commissioners, according to
law, and finding also that the re-
turns indicate a majority both in
number and amount of property, in
favor Of said proposition.
Therefore. we declare that the
result Of the said election is in
favor of the said proposition to
levy special school tax of five
mills on the dollar on all property
subject to taxation in School Dis
trict No. 3 of the 5th and fst Police
Jury Wards of the Parish Of st.
Landry, La. annually. for a pericdd
of five wears, beginning with the
year 1916. for the purpose of Civ
ing additional aid to the public
schools Of said school district.
And inaceor dance with law, a
promuleation of the aforesaid re-
suits was prepared, and the seere
tary of The Parish School Board
was ordered to have copy Of the
same signed by the President pub
lished il one issue Of the official
journal.
And likewise we did order that
one copy of this proces verbal be
sent to the Secretary Of state to be
recorded in the archives of the
State Of Louisiana: That one copy