Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-12-13
PROCESS VERBAL OF CANVASS
OF RETURNS.
SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION.
Indian Bayou School District NO. l.

BE il known and Remembered, That
.r this the 9th day of December, l'I''
i'm accordance with notice duly gwen,
the undersigned mcmhcr of the school
Board Of the Parish 90 EcrnAtf"H,
Louisiana. being q quorum thereof, mci
i'm public. session at The otfic, of sad
Board. i'm said Parish, and according
tn law OPENED the ballot boxes used IN
and which were received from Ic com
mi,,ioncrS of the election held on
Tuesday. August 18TH, 1919, IN Indian
Bavou School District No. ], PanNh OF
yrlmilion, Louisiana, and there pro
ccricd 10 count the ballots Doth III
number md amount, for and against,
To- determine fLc proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds of the sand Indian
BAYOU SchSpl District No. |, Parish
of Vcrmiion, Louisiana, 10 The amount
nf Fifty Thousand Dollars, l5o,O17.09)
"A. I'm for a period of Twenty Years,
bearing interest ut the rate Of five
pcr cent v,t arnum, PAYABLE Scmlan
nuallv. the funa, thus derived TO be
used for the purpose or erecting and
eQuipuing School Buildings ia indian
Ravon school District No. |, of sald
Parish
The result Of said count was as gol-
lows:
Votes For. Thirty six, $50.
Votes Against, Three, 3d..
Asses .rlout For, Sixty Six Thousand
Five Hundred Eighty Dollars,
Assessment, Against, Nine Thous-
and One Hundred Forty Dollars,
MAJORITY For said Proposition,
(votes) Thirty Three tS3)
Majority For said Proposition, los
scS,mcnt ($57,44O.0O).
Aud therefore, the majority in hOht
number and amount east by the proper
~ taxpayers of the said Indian BAYOU
School District No. I, Perish Of Yer
million. Louisiana, in said election be
ing III foyor. the proposition was De.
clarcd carried 10y the people.
VI the same time and place, we did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally sheet
Ahd duplicate statements, the correct.
ness OF both being sworn to by the
commissioners, according to law, and
finding also that the returns indicated
majority both in number and a.
mount of property, in favor OF said
Therefore we declare that the result
of said election is in favor of the Pro-
position to incur debt and issue bonds
of the said Indian BAYOU School Dis.
trict No. /, Parish Of VermiliOn, Lou
jsiana, TO the amount of Fifty Thous-
and Dollars, 100000 to run for
period Of Twenty years (20vrs), bear.
ingintercst a 1.-THE rate Of five percent
per annum, PAYABLE semi annually. the
funds thus derived to be used for the
purpose CT erecting and equi?ing
school buildings in the Indian Bayou
School District No. J, Parish of Vermil.
ioH, Louisiana.
And in accordance with law, pro,
mitigation Of the aforesaid result was
rreDared, and the Secretary Of the
Perish School Board was ordered to
have a copy Of the same signed by the
President, published in one issue Of
thr offi"ial journal.
And likewise, we did order that one
corv of this pr1ces-verbal be sent :,
'ha e"c'otorv Of Stat, 10 ba rccorde |
in the Archives Of the STATE Of Louis
iaua: th7t one crnv he sent to the re-
cnrdcr % Mortgages 10 he recorded
in tho Mortgage records; aud that one
cory he kent in the record Of said
School Beard
This done and signed in the presence
of Howard Foote aHd Avery Theall,
two comnetent witnesses and electors.
on this the 9th dav Of December, 1919,
ut the office of the Parish School
Board cf Ncrmilion Parish, Louisiana,
by the undersigned members of the
School Board of the said Parish, pre-
sent aud participating in the canvass
oof said returns.
(Signed)
c. ! EDWARDS, Pres.
MOLETS DUBOIS,
j r HOLMES.
Owe COTFACX.
W /. HOTFP tUIR,
GEO w. STANSBCRY,
J. R. THEREOF,
Witnesses:
AVERY THEALL.
HENWARD FOOTE.