St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-06
BOARD
MEETING OF
AUG. 20
Ccvington, La, Aug. 20, 1919.

The st. Tammany Parish Schoo
| Board met in regular session at tn,
courthouse in Covington, La, on tn
above date with the president, N H
| FitzSim ons, in the chair, and the fol
lowing members present: Geo. H
Dutsch, ward |; T. J. O'Keefe, ware
2;N. H. FitzSimons, ward 3; H. H
Levy, ward 4; w. W. Talley, ward 5
Dave Evans. ward 6; Geo. F. Bancks
ward 8; H. w. Woodruff, Jr., ware
8; VIM. Oswald, ward 10.
All members present excepting the
seventh ward member, who has re
signed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Woodruff, sec
onded by Mr.. Bancks, the minutes
Of the preceding meeting were &C.
cepted as published in The St. Tam
many Farmer.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Woodruff, seconded
by Mr.. Bancks, and unanimously
carried, to-Wit:
Be It resolved, That the St. Tam
many Parish School Board of St
Tammany Parish, Louisiana, now
proceed to open the ballot boxes used
at the special election held in the st.
Tammany School District on August
16, 1919, examine and count the
votes cast at said election contained
in said ballot boxes, both in num-
ber and amount; examine and Can
vass the returns made by. the COM
missione1s and clerks serving at said
election as shown by the tally sheet,
poll list and compiled statements of
the votes made by said commission
ers and clerks presiding at said elec-
tion; all in accordance with resolu-
ion of this board ordering said cleo
ton Of date of July 18, 1919.
The school board then proceeded
in the presence of three competent
tanned in the boxes used at said cleo
ton, and examined the same as to
numbers and amounts, inspected the
statement of voters made by the
commissioners and clerks presiding
at said election, and, after said in
spections and examinations and can
vassings were made the following
resolution was introduced by Mr..
Woodruff, duly seconded by Mr..
Bancks, ana unanimously carried, to-
wit:
Be 1t remembered, That we, the
School Board of the Parish of St.
Tammany, La, acting as Board of
for the election held
in and for the parish of st. Tam
many, La, on July 18th, met to-day
in open session at the office of the
Parish School Board in the town of
La, at the hour of l 1 a.
m. for the purpose of counting the
votes cast at said election and eX-
amining the same, both as to number
and amount, and inspecting and ex-
amining and compiling the returns
sent in by the commissioners and
clerks presiding at said election in
said St. Tammany School District of
the Parish of ST. Tammany, La, on
the 26th day of August, 1919, for
and against the proposition SUBMIT
ed to the property taxpayers, quali1-
ed as electors under the Constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana
conformaniy to resolution adopted
on the 18th day of July, 1919, by
the St. Tammany Parish School
Board Of the Parish of St. Tammany,
The. meeting having been regular
0ns, president, and all members of
said school board being present ex-
,ept Berry w. Todd, of the seventh
ward, did in open session and in the
presence OF P. A. Ross, A. Campbell
White and Warren Thomas, three
ent witnesses, and in the pres
ence of as many others as chose to
attend the examination, inspection
md compilation of the returns of
said election; and having ascertained
rom said inspection and compila-
ion that the votes in numbers and
cast at the aforesaid elec-
ion held in the said St. Tammany
Parish School District of the Parish
If st. Tammany, La, for and against
he proposition submitted to the tax
payers of said School District by a
'esolution of the Schol Board Of the
Parish of St. Tammany adopted July
L8, 1919, to-wit:
Proposition to levy two and one
lalf milf special tax on all the prop
,rty subject to taxation in the st.
Tammany School District for the
Parish Of st. Tammany, La, annual
y for a period of ten years for the
purpose Of giving additional aid to
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