The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-04-27
Donaldsonville, D La, April "a, /!

EXTRA periods before school and after
school. also on Saturdays. For this
extra work Mr.. Pourciau was offered
$50 extra per month; Miss Dufour,
.S15 extras per month, and MISS
Schmalzrid, SIS extra per month.
I have taken the liberty of stating
to the principals of the parish that
the board would offer two war savings
certificates for the best Junior four
minute talk on 'Why We Should Buy |
War Savings Stamps" at the parish
rally. I hope the board will approve
NV action in regard to this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
n. P. BROUSSARD, Supt.
On motion of Mr.. Duplessis, sec
onded by Mr.. Landry and adopted, the
report Of Supt. Broussard was ap-
proved.
The following resolution was of
fered by Mr.. Duplessis:
Whereas, there was not a quorum
Of the school board present on the
18th of April, 1918, to canvass the re-
turns of the special election held IN
School District No. 8 as was specified
| in the call for the election, the cause
being bad weather and impossible
roads; :
Resolved, 6aat the school board now
in session, and quorum present, pro-
fceed to count the votes, declare the
results and promulgate the election
according to Act 256 of the. general
assembly of the state of Louisiana for
| the year 1910 and subsequent
amendments thereto.
/ The resolution was seconded by
Mr. Landry, roll-call resulting as fol.
1 lows: Yeas - Stuart, Bergeron,
Hanna, Landry, Duplessis, Webb
/ Absent -Pugh, Dugas, LeBoeuf,z
Miles.
Thereupon the ballot box was
Iopened and in the presence OF the
public and the board the said board
proceeded to canvass the returns OF
the election and the SLOWING results!
declared !:
Process Verbal for the Special Tax.
i Be it known and remembered,
that on this day, the 24th Of April,
1918, at II o'clock a. M, in accord
ance with ordinance No. of the As.
cension parish school board, enacted.
| on the 9th day Of March, 1918, notice
of which was issued and published ac-
1 cording to law, the undersigned mem
lbers of the Ascension parish school
|board, being a quorum thereof, met
lin public session at the office of the
lschool board in said parish, and ac-
. / cording to Saw opened the ballot box
used in, and which was received from
the commissioners of election held on
i the 17th day Of April, 1918, in School
i District No. 8, in accordance with
said ordinance, and there proceeded
to count the ballots both in number
and amount, for and against, to de-
ltermine the proposition to levy two
i (2) mill special, tax on all property
4 subject to taxation in School District
4 mo. 8, parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
annually, for period Of ten 1O)
years, for the purpose OF giving adj
ditional aid to the Oak Grove agri-
cultural department of said district.
i The result of said count was AZ
ballots and $47,734 in favor of said
proposition, and Z ballots and $5862
| against said proposition; and, there
lfore, the majority in both number
and amount cast by the property tax
), lpayers of the said school district No.
Il 8 in the said parish Of Ascension in
said election being in favor thereof ;
, land, s2s
4 At tkesame time and place we did
examine and canvass the returns as
Ieyidenced by the duplicate tally
. sheets and duplicate compiled state
tment. the correctness of both being
sworn to by the commissioners, ac-
Icording to law, and finding also that
the returns Indicated majority IN
number and amount in property in
!, favor of the said proposition, there
, fore, we declare that the result OF
Z said election is in favor of the prop
Iosition to levy two mill (.o02)
special tax on all the property sub
iect to taxation in School District No.
ia. parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
! annually, for a period of ten years,
: ifor the purpose Of giving additional
!, aid to the Oak Grove agricultural de
: partment in said school district.
And, in accordance with law, q
PRONUNCIATION of the aforesaid result
, was prepared, and the secretary o.
the Ascension parish school board
), was ordered to have copy OF the
same published, signed by the presl..
dent and published in one issue OF
! the official journal.
And likewise we @u1Q sOTueT ttldtr oilE
copy of this process verbal be sent to
the recorder Of mortgages to be
recorded in the mortgage records and
one copy be kept in the records of the
said school board.
This done on this Gath day of April
1918, at the Office of the Ascension
parish school board, by the undersign-
ed m enbers of the parish school board
Of said parish, present and participat-
ing in the canvass Of said election
w. B. Stuart, president; H. E. Webb,
J. w. Hanna, Geo. Bergeron, L. B,
Duplessis, N S. Landry.
And the canvass of the returns OF
said election having been made, the
result thereof was ascertained and de.
: clared to be as follows:
No. Amount
For said proposition AZ $47,734
Against proposition z 1852
4 Majority in favor J 1, s..