St. Tammany farmer., 1916-05-13
School Board.
Covington, La, May 4, 1916.

Coyington. La, May 4, 1916.
| The Parish School Board met il
adjourned session on the above date
being adjourned from q meeting bel,
on April s, 1916. with thu follow
ing members present: g. r. Dutscb
drst ward; T. ]. O'Keefe, secont
ward; N. H. FitzSimons, third ward
w. H. Kahl, fifth ward; H. G. Park
er, sixth ward; DIR. G.. F. Farmer
seventh ward; T. p. Crawford. eight
ward; c. M. Liddle, ninth ward; G
E. Millar, tenth ward. Abseat: e
B. Wills, fourth ward.
Moved by Mr. Millar and second.
ed by Mr.. Parker, that the treasurer
be authorized to take from the insti.
tate fund enough to pay for the
Printing Gf booklets advertising :he
Florida Parishes Summer Normal
Scnccl to be held in Coyingto.l a.i.e
! II to July "a, 1916, and such nthel
Incidental and minor expens, IS { $
may Lc necessary. Carried.
| M;.yed os Mr.. Parker and s. and-
ed by DIR. Farmer. thas the boa, ]
pas The school transfer drivers :or
lega' lci.uays same as the teaclt RS
| are paid. tut days lost for other III; i
holidays viii. be paid tor oaly when
| sc..ool c:y, lost are tals II and re
t:ausfei driven to maze up tn. loss
| Carried
TIE superintendent presente.: lie
request OF Mr.. Edward Kelly, of Dam
bar, asking that the whole or part
of the car fare for sending his child
ren from Dunbar to New Orleans
daily for school be paid by the school
board. Moved by Mr.. Crawford and
seconded by Mr.. Parke:: that tie sup
erintendent notify Mr.. Kelly that the
parish board regrets it's Inability to
grant this request because of the
extreme critical conditions of the
school finances. Carried.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Parker and second
ed by Mr.. Millar, that
Whereas, in the sale of the District
No. l bonds there were received bids
from five different parties, AMI,
Whereas, the highest and most sat
isfactory bid was one received 1rcm
the Coyington Bank & Trust Com
pany, of CovingtOn, La, and,
Whreas, one of the conditions of
their bid was that the bonds should
have their legality approved of by
selves to be printed by them, and the
charges for this attorney fee and
printing was an amount equal to 2
two per cent of the face value OF the
bond issue; therefore be it
Resolved, that this sale o: the
bonds to the Covington Bank &
Trust Company by the building COM
mittee of the Madisonville. proposed
school house be approved anl the
terms mentioned above be ratified.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and second
ed by Mr.. Parker, that the old Madi-
through the P. A. Blanchard agency
and that when the new school house
is erected the insurance shall be
transferred to 1t at 4 prorata rate.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Liddle and second
ed by Mr.. Dutsch, that the limits and
boundaries Of the School District No.
9 shall hereafter be known as fol-
lows:
All that portion OF land lying and
being situated within the boundaries
of ST. Tammany parish, Louisiana,
and more particularly described as
that section of land bounded on the
north by the sixth ward, between the
boundary line of ward eight on the
east, and boundary line Of ward
on the west, and extending between
said east and west parallel lines to
the southern boundary Of the parish
Of st. Tammany, so as 20 include
such portion of Lake Pontchartrain
as lies between said parallel lines
along the northern boundary Of the
parish of Orleans. Carried unani-
mously.
Moved by Mr.. Kahl and seconded
by Mr. Parker, that Mr.. Dutsch be
authorized to arrange for building
new school house at Sand Hill and
secure site for same, the expenses
to come from the District No. /
special tax fund. Carried.
The superintendent having asked
for instructions in regard to the
paying of regular teachers and sub
stitutes in a case coming from Man
deville school Moved by DR.. Farm
er and seconded by Mr.. Parker, that
in. the Vaudeville case the teachers
and substitutes be paid according to
the old rule of the board. That |
be paid at the rate thai
the teacher gets for whom they sub
stitute and that regular teacher be
not paid for that lost time.
Hereafter substitutes be paid not
less than $500 and more than $500
a day Carried.
Moved by Capt. Millar and second |
ed by Mr.. Dutsch that the school |
board attend the first regular meet
ing of the incoming police jury and |
present the following resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Liddle:
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury of st.
Tammany Parish, La.
Owing to increased attendance up
On the public schools Of this parish
It becomes the duty Of your petition
ers, the Parish Board Of School Di-
rectors of the said parish, to en-
deavor to secure additional funds for
The maintenance of the public schools
under our charge. To such end we
low pray that your honorable body
put into effect the tax known as the
log tax for the benefit of public
schools. We furthr pray that your
honorable body allow to the school