St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-14

school. between the ages OF seven
and fourteen years inclusive. VINO
have not, completed the elementary
course of study and who are not at
.41g some school. Parents VI
guardians of the children sIoula DC
and advised of the law re-
a,airing them to send their cnlldfel
to school. Should trustees ana
aaene be unable to cause sucll
10 enter their children IN
school. the facts should then De
ranorted to the superintendent -
thaf such parents may be prouglit
bafora The District Court to COM
pel such parents TO ellleI l
children in the school, ana ny r.
subject to the penalties llAeu =
law. ,.od Thai the
m,s1aas Of each school togethei
u.;tb fine teacher or principal
sao,lld meet. at a time to be IlAeu
sl r tham = 1east once each monlh
~, the purpose of discussing lIle
a9fairs Of the school and makils
sleh recommendations % ane ID
n%erintendent as they MAJ ueena au
visable. Adv seconded.
moved that the term OF SIX n IIo,,ian
ha divided SO as to give the Holliei
polored School three monbas OF
sehooI and the Andre Pierre Au-
e,asfe school three months. reach
~ of the Hollier school to be trans
e " afIar three months to the
Andre pierre Auguste sehooi. oaI-
ried. onod roo
ple of the Meta nelghDofAeou a asat
ing that a school be opened az tiae
| place was read.
Tr. Williams m yad that a col
ored. school be opened ut Meta.
Mr.. Raket. duly sec}lldei, nhtNsi1
that DIR, Williams motion to open
a eolored school at Meta be tabled.
Carried. ar.
on motion of Tr. Williams, duly
seconded. the following resolution
was offered and adopted.
Whereas. the people OF Bayou
Current ask that a school district
be established at that place SO that
the question of voting a school tax
NAV be submitted to the property
taxpayers of that section, there
fore,
Be It resolved that a scaool dis
trict to be known and designated as
School District No. 8 of the 4th Po-
lice Jury Ward of the Parish OF st.
Landry be and the same is hereby
established or created with the fol-
I lowing boundaries. t0-Wlt:
Beginning at a point on the par
ish line between the parishes OF st.
Landry and Avoyelles on the sec
ton line between the sections 20
and 80 7. 2 S. R. 6 E., and running
East along the parish line, for
about four miles to the Atcfafa-
laya River, thence running IN a
southeasterly direction along the
vest bank of the Atchafalaya River
to the Township line between
Townships 3 and 4, S-R. 7 E., a dis
lance of about ten miles, thence
running due West along Township
llne about four and t~hree-fourths
miles to the southwest corner OF
section 30 L. 3 S. r. 6 b., thence
north one mile along section line
between sections 81 and IS L. 3 S,
Il. 6 b., thence due west three miles
along section line to the southwest
corner of section 20 T. 3 S. r. 6 E.
thence due North along section line
SIX and one-fourth miles to the
parish line and the point OF begin
ming.
Mr.. Horaist, duly seconded. moved
thai endent be author
.zed to pay the National sanitar.
Association the sum of Sixteen dol
lars for sanitary floor Oil for the
Sunset School, to be paid out OF
inc district fund. Carried.
Mr.. Andrepont, duly seconded
moved that schools where tai
pupils and teachers wished to visit
! the parish fair could be closed or
Friday. Oct. 9th so as to give sucf
eachers and pupils an opportunity
to visit the Parish Fair on Chill
dren1s Day Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Perkins thu
Board adjourned subject to call.
O. P. DAILY, President,
w. B. PRESCOTT, Secretary.