St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-08-26

ceedings herein and have signed this
process verbal together with the
president and members OF the said
board.
G. r. DUTSCH,
+. J. O'KDEFE,
N. H. FITZSIMONaS,
H. Q. PARKER.
w. H. KAHL,
C.. F.. FARMER,
T. P. CRAWFORD.
G. E. MILLAR,
Witnesses:
WIN. BRUHL.
! MARTIN THOMAS.
p. A. ROSS.
The following letter was read by
| the superintendent. who asked that
j. be placed upon the minutes:
CovingtoE. La, Aug. =. 1916.
To the Honorable president and
Members OF the Parish School
Board:
Gentlemen:-Som three Or four
| years ago you decided that you
wanted the superintendent to visit
the schools of the parish just AZ
| much as he could and to make this
possible you have since then appIo-
priated the sum of $3.50 year for
| travelling expenses. You agreed to
| allow what it would cost me to get
! to the schools by horse and buggy.
/ went to Mr.. Wallace M. Poole
and he gave me q price list OF what
he would charge to furnish horse
and buggy to get to these various
schools. Since that time have
never charged more than his price
list gave and for the past year
have charged much less. Each
quarterly meeting l have placed be-
fore you for approval an itemised
! list of the visits | have made and
you have been free to discuss and cut
the prices whenever you desired.
Not one cent for nhis travelling has
ever been taken by me except after
the itemized list had been before you
for approval.
am free to say that you have a.
ways given your approval to the
statements and bills. During the
school year ending with June ~.
1916, your appropriation for this
work was $3.50 and the entire bills
for travelling expenses was 1905 or
about $45 under the appropriation.
When the money became short ! re-
duced the charge and you will re-
member the following to be some OF
the prices charged:
Audubon school, Is miles, $500;
Pearl River. $500: Ramsay. SOC;
Edwards and ,Madisonville, ,$2.OO;
Talisheek, $500; Middle Roads.
5000: Sand Hill and Fendlason,
1925, and so on.
/ have been called to 60 to Slidell
and back at night and have charged
four dollars for such trips. l have
asked three men In Covington whose
business 1t IL 10 take people out IN
automobiles and two tell me they
would charge seven dollars for trip
to Slidell and the other said eight.
The only reason why l have been
able to make the trips at the price l
have charged has been because !
used my own car.
/ find, however, that the fact that
l am using my car is causing your
board to be criticised very strongly
and because of my regards for your
feelings and to save you from this adj
verse criticism l am going to state
to you and the parish that l shall
not travel any In my own car here
after when visiting schools. As the
new law just passed by the last
LEGISLATURE requires the school board
to pay the travelling expenses OF the
superintendent l am going to ask
you to decide how shall travel. but
please remember that my car must
not be considered as available.
Thanking you for>you co-ope1a-
ton and, assuring you that my 0nay
desire is to free you from unjust
criticism, even il it is piled upon me.
| remain,
Very respectfully.
ELMER E. LYON,
Superintendent.
Upon motion by Mr.. Dutsch. duly
seconded, the above letter was laid
upon the table.
On motion of Geo. r. Dutsch. and
seconded by C. F. Farmer, Is was
ordered that the lease heretofore ex-
listing between This board and the
town of jacksonville for the Old
jacksonville public school site, Pc.
and the same is hereby nulled,
yoided, and released. and the Clerk
and Ex-OfRcio Recorder of Mortgages
and Conveyances Is hereby authori1-
ed to cancel md erase the same from
the inscription of his office.
Carried.
The superintendent presented the
following petitions received by him
Tor the advice o6 the board In the
matter of the selection Of the On
ward school principal.
We, the undersigned, do hereby
honorably petition you, Prof. Lyon.
not to send us Miss Jessie Pritdhard
IS teacher for the Onward school.
Signed: j. w. York. w. J. Des-
mond, J. w. Bernard, E. J. Rogers.
]. NJ. Thurman, G. X. Bernard, r. B.
Mckee.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the School Board OF
the Parish of st. Tammany, State
of Louisiana:
We, the undersigne dcitizens and
taxpayers of the Second Ward, IN
which the school house named On
ward" is situated, do petition your
honorable body to appoint Miss Jes.
sic Pritchard as principal OF the said
school. We know her to be teach
er who will not favor any child or
children. but feel that she will per
fectly discharge her duty toward all
Signed by r. B. Mckee. w. J.
Desmond, VIM. Bruhi, G. K. Ber-