The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-08-03
School Board Proceedings

The Natchitoches Parish Board OF
School Directors met on July 26th,
1916, pursuant to adjournment of meet
ingheld on June 2t0h, 1916, with t. B.
Sellers, Vice President, presiding anC
the following members present:
Barron, Huckabay, Huffman, Ingram,
Martin, Miller, Tullin, Sellers and
Truly
Absent: Levy.
Resolution by Mr.. J. W Ingram, sec
That Mr. Ado Miller and Superin-
tendent L. E. Hudson be appointed a
committee with necessary power to
re- arrange salaries for teach rs in Ward
Nine Of this Parish so as to lengthen
the term provided;
lst' That expense of such changes
does not exceed the amounts for each
school as per buoget ;lrcady made
End That the case of Ulsln Lambre
vs. the School Board be dismss5l at
costs of plaintiff.
Yeas: Barron, Huckabay, Huffman,
Ingram, Martin, Miller, Pullin, Sellers
ana iruiy.
Absent: Levy.
Resolution by DR.. w. H. Huck abay,
seconded by DR.. F W. E. Truly:
That the board adjourn for dinner
and meet at l:30 p, m.
Carried Unanimously.
PROCESS VERBAL OF CANVASS OF RE-
TURNS OF THE READHIMER
SPECIAL ELEC TON.
Be it known and remembered, That
on this the 25th day of July, 1916, at
ten O'Clock a M, in accordance with
resolution of the Parish Board of
School Directors of the Parish of Nat
.hitoches, enacted on the goth day of
June 1916 notice of which was issued
and published according to law, the
undersigned members of the Parish
Board of School Directors of Natchi
tcches, Parish, being a quorum thereof,
met in public session at the office OF
said board in said parish, and according
to law opened the ballot box used in,
and which was received from the COM
missioners of, the election held on
Monday, the oath day of July, 1916, in
according with said resolution, and
there proceeded to count the ballots both
in number and amount, for and against,
to determine the proposition to levy
ten mills special tax on all the property
subject to taxation in the keadhimer
School District, Parish of Natchito-
,hes, Louisiana, annually. for the period
of five years, for the purpose of erecting
a building for the Readhimer school of
said school district.
The result of said count was rs
ballots and Nine Thousand One
Hundred Dollars in favor of said
proposition, and Thirteen Ballots
and Eight Thousand Three Hundred
and Eighty Dollars against said
proposition; and t h err f ore
the majority in both number and
amount cast by the property taxpayers
cf athe Readhimer School District in
the Parish 0f N Natchitochas 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 duplicate compiled statement, the
correctness Of both being sworn to by
the Commissioners, according to law,
and finding also that the returns indi-
Gated a majority both in number and
amount of property, in favor OF said
proposition.
Therefore, we declare that the re-
suit of the election is in favor of the
Proposition to levy ten mills special
tax on all the property subject to tax
alton in the Readhimer School Dis
trict, Parish Of Natchitoches, La. an
slually, for the period of five years, for
the purpose of erecting building for
the Readhimer School in the said school
district.
!: And, in accordance with law, pro-
;mulgation of the aforesaid result was
prepared, and the Secretary of the Par
ish Board of School Directors was
ordered to have copy of the same
signed by the President, published in
one issue Of the Official Journal,
And likewise we did order that one
copy of this process verbal be sent to
the Secretary of State to be recorded
in the archives of the State of Louisi-
ana; that one copy be sent to the Re-
corder of Mortgages to be. recorded in
the mortgage records; and that one
COPY be kept in the records of the said
School Board.
This done end signed IN the presence of
E. E. Dees, L. J. Sellers, |. L. Rutledge
competent witnesses and electors, on this
26th day of July, 1916, at the Office of
the Parish Board of School Directors
of Natchitocnes Parish, by the under
signed Members of the School Board of
said parish, present and participating
in the canvass of the said election.
(Signed) 7. B. Sellers
J. w. Ingram
G.. j. Pulin