Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-09-18
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

SCHOOL bOANO ENOOEEDkI<SO'
| Proceedings of the Washington
! Parish School Board taken at the
special meeting Of said school board
held at Franklinton, Louisiana, on
this ninth day of the month of Sep
TENDER. 1919.
/ The, Washington Parish School
Board met in special session at
Franklinton, Louisiana, on this 9th
| day of the month of September,
1919, pursuant to the following mo-
| tice given in writing to each men,
Der, viz:
"There will be special meeting
of the Washington Parish School
Beard at their office in the town of
Franklinton at 1890 a. m. on Tues
/ day, September 9th, 1919, for the
purpose of calling a special bond tax
election for the Bogalusa School Dis
trict and for the purpose of trans
acting any other business which
might come before the Board at this
time.
I'D. H. SPRINGFIELD, Sec."
There were present: o. E. Nor
ris, F. B. Bateman, L. 7. Richard
son, j. X. Johnson, D. T. Cushing,
j. A. Moore, ]. J. Green, George G.
Knight, j. H. Mitchell, and Willie
RUSSELL
There were absent: D. Wallace.
The following ordinance was Of
fered by Mr.. L. T. Richardson sec
onded by Mr.. Willie Russell:
ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained, That the Wash
ington Parish School Board hereby
takes cognizance of the creation Of
the Rogalusa School District, within
the parish of Washington, by virtue
of Section rs Of Act IA of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1914, the said Bo-
galusa. School District comprising
the territory described in Section l
of the said Act, and it does hereby
approve, ratify, declare and make
the said Bogalusa School District its
own creation to conform with Act
81 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1918,
and as such the domicile of the said
Bogalusa School District is hereby
declared to be Franklinton, Louis
lana, the parish seat of the Parish
l
of Washington.
Be it further ordained, That the
Washington Parish School Board
hereby qualities as , the governing
authority of the Bogalusa School
District, and it does hereby assume
control and jurisdiction of the said
Bogalusa, School District in accord
ance with law.
This ordinance being submitted to
vote, the vote thereon was as fol-
lows:
Yeas: o. E. Morris, L. T. Rich
ardson, J. K. Johnson, D. 7. Gushing,
George c. Knight, /. j. Green, J. A.
Moore, j. H. Mitchell, and Willie
Russell.
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared
adopted.
The washington Parish School
Board on this 9Th day of September,
1919, at Franklinton, Louisiana,
then convened as the governing au-
thority Of the Bogalusa School Dis
trict, with the following members
present, viz:
o. E. Morris. F. B. Bateman, L. T.
Richardson, j. X. Johnson, D. 7. |
Cushing, George C. Knight, j. A.
Moore, /. ]. Green, J. H. Mitchell,
and Willie Russell. Absent: D.
Wallace.
The following ordinance was of :
fered by Mr.. Willie russell seconded |
by Mr.. George c.. knight:
ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Washington |
Parish School Board, acting as the |
governing authority of the Bogalusa |
School District, that a special cleo
ton be and the same is hereby called |
and ordered to be held in said Boga- |
lusa School District on Tuesday, the.I
21st day of the month Of October, |
1872, between the hours Of seven
10 o'clock a. m. and five To- o'clock |
p. M, and that at. said special cleo
ton there shall be submitted to the |
taxpayers resident citizens of said /
Bogalusa School District; qualified |
under the Constitution and Laws of |
this State to vote at the said special |
election a proposition to authorize /
the Washington Parish School Board |
to incur debt on behalf Of and in !
the name Of the Bogalusa School Dis /
trict in the amount Of Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, $780,
O00.OOl, and to issue and sell serial
negotiable semi-annual Interest,"
bearing coupon bonds evidencing the
said indebtedness 1.-THE amount of
said indebtedness being less than
ten per centum (1OR) of the as
sessed valuation Of the property in
Said School niStricfl said bonds tn