St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-07-13
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SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

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man, Mr.. r. Lee Hawkins. Mr.. Frank
Fontenot, MI. W. B. Baker, Mr.. G..
N. Bertrand, Mr.. J.. w. Lyman and a
quorum.
On motion Of Mr.. Fogleman the
reading of the minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with and the
minutes as published wer adopted.
Mr.. Fogleman, duly seconded,
moved that a transfer route be es-
tablished from Elba to the Melville
High School and the Superintendent
be authorized to purchase transfer
wagon and harness. Unanimously
carried.
MI. Baker, duly seconded, moved
that one OF. the teachers Of the Gar
land school be discontinued and that
a transfer route from Garland to
Washington High School be estab-
Ifshed and the Superintendent be au-
thoriZed to purchase transfer wagon
and harness. Unanimously carried.
Mr.. Larcade, duly seconded, moved
that Mr.. J. A. Durio be elected a
member Of the Executive Committee
In place of Mr. L. L. Perrault, re-
signed. Unanimously carried.
Mr.. Durio, duly seconded, moved
that Mr.. w. G. Perrault be rendered
the principalship of the Opelousas
High School at a salary of Eighteen
Hundred Dollars. Unanimously car
ried.
DR.. Guidry, duly seconded, moved
that the Superintendent be author
lied to purchase such fuel, floor oil,
chalk, etc, as may be required for
the schools of the parish. Unani-
mously carried.
DR.. Guidry, duly seconded, moved
that Mr.. Lavergne be reimbursed
from the special funds Of that dis
trict for shades purchased for the
Miller School. Unanimously carried.
Mr.. Hawkins, duly seconded,
moved that the petitions to open
colored schools at Sunset and Not
leyyile be carried over until the next
meeting. Unanimously carried.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COM
MITFEE
Opelousas, La, July /, 1918.
To the President and Members of the
School Board of the Parish of
st. Landry:
Gentlemen-We, your executive
committee, beg leave to report the
following budget of estimated reve-
nues for the fiscal year beginning
July /, 1918, and ending June 80,
1919:
BUDGET
Current School Fund. .S55123.20
Parish tax ...... $4,000 90.
High schools from state 345 90
Agricultural high schools
from state SOC. 90
Domestic science depts.
high schools from state 600 90
Interest on 18th sections. $4,000
Poll taxes 1000 90
Rent on seh01l lands 81 %
Total ss0540. 20
Respectfully submitted,
o. P. DAILY,
G. H0RAIST,
Executive Committee.
Mr.. Fogleman, duly seconded, o
ed that the report ofthe Executive
Committee be accepted and the bud
get as reported be adopted. Carried.
PROCES VERBAL OF CANVASS
OF RETURNS OF AN ELECTION
Be it known and remembered,
That on this 1st day of July, 1918, at
10 O'Clock a. m, in accordance with
Ordinance No. 38 of the Parish
School Board OF st. Landry parish,
La, enacted on the 1st day Of April.
1918, notice of which was issued and
published according to law, the un-
dersigned members of the st. Landry
Parish School Board, being a quorum
thereof, met in public session at the
office of said Board in said parish,
and according to law opened the bal
lot box used in, and which was re-
ceived from the commissioners of the
election. held on Thursday, June
II, 1918, in School District No. /, OF
the Third Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana, in
accordance with said ordinance, and
there proceeded to count the ballots
in number and amount, for and
against, to determine the proposi-
iton to authorize the First School
District of the Third Police Jury
Ward, through its governing auth
GRITTY, to incur debt and issue bonds
to the amount of Nine Thousand Dol
lars, to run for a eriod Of fifteen
years, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per cent per annum payable a.
nualIy, the funds thus derived to be
used for the purpose of purchasing
school sites, constructing school
buildings, furnishing and equipping
school buildings, particularly at Leon
vile and Badeau, and such other
places as the Board may later de-
termine in the First School District
Of the Third Police Jury Ward.
And whether the governing author
1ty of said District may annually levy
and collect a special tax on all tax
able property in said school district
IN excess OF all other taxes, sufficient
to pay the interest and principal OF
such bonds as said governing body
may be authorized to isue under the
authority granted it by this ordi-
nance, and as may be necessary to
operate transfers and maintain the
public schools of said school district.
provided that said special tax to- be !
levied and collected for that D
either alone or taken in conjunction
with other special taxes levied under
Article Isl Of the Constitution of this
state, snail not exceed in any n
year ten mills on the dollar of the as
sessed valuation of the per of
said school district. The result of
said count was 8 ballots and $2345O,-f
90 dollars in favor of said proDosi-
ton, 70 ballots and s148. $1,000
against said propositions: and there.