The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1919-10-04
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
n;strict No. Created-SpeciaI
Schooa EIartion Called for Nov. 4.

EfactiOn Called Tor NOV. q.
nora,dsonyille, La, Sept. 80. 1919.
hseension Parish School Board met
lns .,n in special session, with President
this : uAs s,nart in the chair and the following
". W..,,hers b present: A. Rodriguez, second
~srd: E. NJ Pugh third wara; Mart;n Emile sfth Ee
Boea.' iohn w. Hanna and Numa Landry,
n ware, III ward: L. B. Duplessis, eighth ward
sessant.-Henry sessnst Dugas, first ward; II. +.
webb, eighth wafd.
# nho reading of the minutes OF the meet
r. the board held September 22, was
as aassnensed n with and on motion OF mr.. Mar
ennaconded by Mr.. Duplessis, We're or"
1a.d 90, annroved by the president
dersI IT, main puusose of the meeting being
.a.o;ve and open bids for the purchase
eas 600 School District No. bonds.
,ae " Tnnnlessis moved that the board pro-
WI. VA and open the bids submitted. This
rol-cail adopted.
..ansd. w. L. slayton & Co.. Terry,
o,;aes 9psnes & Co., Graves, Blanchet & Thorn
t...a pi.ss whitney Central Trust and Savings
maa, Marine Bank and Trust Co.. and the
Interstate Trust and RANKING 20.
i1Aftor a thorough consideration of all bids
Il la.;t+ed Mr.. Duplessis offered the follow
ias Whereas the bid submitted by the Whit
..r.central Trust and Savings Bank of New
n.iaona embodied in the accompanying let
M. for the purchase OF the S5o'ooo oehoor
n:..rict No Bonds, is, in the opinion of
M hoard, the best submitted,
pe n resolved, that the bid be and is
hereby accepted by the board.
R;d Of Whitney-Cen Trust and Saw
ngs Bank:
New Orleans, La. Sept. so, 1919.
Hon. Board of School Directors, Ascension
Parish. La.
near sirs-For the s35, 900 School Dis
trict No. A, Ascension Parish, La. per cent
bonds. dated July l, 1919, to mature serial
Il from July / to 1899, inclusive. with
sem-annual interest coupons attached,
10th principal and interest to be payable at
this bank, we will pay par and accrued in
terest from date of bonds to date OF de-
livery to and payment by us.
We will also furnish blank bonds free of
expense to you.
Th;s offer is conditional upon the approval
ii the bonds by Messrs. Wood & Oakly, at
iorneys Chicago whose approving opinion.
We understand, you will furnish free OF
cost TO the successful bidder.
Very truly yours,
Il WHITNEY CENTRAL TRUST AND saw
INGS BANK, By M. Rooney.
Supplement to the above letter follows:
Referring to our bid for the $4,000
School District No. a, Ascension Parish, La
S Der cent bonds, beg to advise that it IS
# understood and made part hereof that in
III event our bid is accepted we are to be
allowed the sum of nine hundred and sixty
dolIars ts960) for handling the issue,
furnishing bonds, ETC.
Very truly yours,
a WHITNEY CENTRAL TRUST AND saw
INGS BANK, By M. Rooney.
Rol.caIl on the resolution accepting the
above bid 4 resulted as follows: Yeas
p,Srh podripuav I,pRopnf Martin.
Landry, Hanna, Duplessis, nays--none-
In voting for the above resolution Mr..
81 Pngh reserved the right of stating th"t
he was in favor of rejecting all bids, but
considered that the above bid was the best
y 4, submitted.
MI. Duplessis offered the following reso-
Whereas, e. c. Hahson, sheriff and tax
collector Of the parish of Ascension, has
exhibited to the Ascension Parish School
Hoard the receipts Of its secretary IN fuli
the spesiM and poll taxes -
fnQuent list for said year,
BIZ III resolved that the Ascension Parish
School Board do hereby issue in favor OF
said 3. G. Hanson a quietus against any
md all claims on the part Of the said board
for the taxes of the year 1918.
On rol-call the resolution was unani-
mousy adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Landry, seconded by
Mr. LeBoeuf, the superintendent was in,
structed to advertise for bids for the con.
struction Of the Gonzales High School. the
. board to meet on November s to receive
the bids. On roll-cail the motion wa
adopted.
On motion of Mr. LeBoeuf, seconded by
Mr. Martin, vote of thanks was extended
to M. j. Winkler for his offer to underwrite
the employment of three teachers, as ex
pressed in a letter to the board by Mr.
Lemann for the Donaldsonville High Schoo
to relieve the situation in the grades, whicf
offer was approved and accepted.
On recommendation of Mr.. Rodriguez, thu
A following two trustees for the Sacramento
school We're appointed: Henry Denoux
Frank Diez.
AN ORDINANCE
Organizing and creating School District No
Of Ascension. louisiana.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Ascen
sion Parish School Board of the parish o
Ascension. Louisiana, that the territoria
limits Of School District No. of the par
ish Of Ascension. Louisiana, shall consist 0
the FIRST, second. third, fourth, fifth, sixth
seventh and eighth wards of the parish Q
Ascension, Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, etc
that as thus constituted said School Dis
trict No. s shall have all the rights am
powers granted the same under the con
stitution and laws of the state of Louisi
"A ana.
The above ordinance was offered by M,
LeBoeuf seconded by Mr. Martin, an
adOpted BY the following vote: Yeas
stuart. LeBoeuf, Pugh. Rodriguez, Du
plessis, Hanna, Martin, Landry; nays-nont
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