St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-11

| clal1OQ EuQ asked IOr QOQatlOn OF
100000 to cover the prizes offered
to the public school children by the
Parish Fair Association.
Upon motion, duly seconded, it
was voted that the board would re-
imburse the Fair Association for
such cash prizes earned by public
school children in educational ex-
hibits, provided this reimbursement
had the approval of the Superintend-
ent. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Bancks, seconded by
Mr.. Dutsch, that the bill of L. W.
| Crawford ana w. W. Talley for labor
and material furnished for the con-
struction of toilets at the Sun school
be paid from the Sun special account
1t was explained that the outbuild-
ings authorized at the last meeting
had been burned, and this was to re-
place them. Carried.
The following bids were received
for the construction of the Sand Hill
school as per advertisement appear
ing in the official journal: J. E.
Smith, $1006; P. S. Barrelli, $1,000.
1t was moved by Mr.. Dutsch, second
ed by Mr.. Bancks, that the contract
| be awarded J. E. Smith, at the price
of $1106.00.
Moved by Mr.. Oswald, seconded by
Mr.. Bancks, that the bill of e. E.
Talley for $40 for the hauling Of the
Sun sclool wagon to Covington and
back, ter repairs, be approved for
$1,000. Carried.
| Moved by Mr.. Levy, seconded by
Mr.. Bancks, that Saturday of the
week following the colse of each
school month shall be designated as
pay day for teachers, and that the
Superintendent is instructed to not
issue checks at any other time.
Carried.
Moved by Mr. Oswald, seconded by
Mr.. Dutsch, that the schedule of gal
aries for white school teachers be
amended SO that teachers holding
third grade certificates shall receive
| $45.00 per month, and those holding
second grade certificates shall re-
ceive $500 per month. Carried.
At this point Vice President Evans
asked Mr. Levy to take the chair.
Moved by NJ Evans, seconded by
Mr.. Bancks, that the superintendent
be permitted to supplement the SAL
aries of teachers holding seconu and
third grade certificates out the
special tax funds of the different
school districts. Upon roll call the
following voted in the affirmative:
Talley, Evans and Bancks. Those
voting in the negative We're, Oswald,
Levy and Dutsch, and the motion
was declared lost.
At this point Mr.. Evans resumed
the chair.
The Superintendent having re-
ported to the board that the Coving-
ton Bank & Trust Company had
charged per cent interest on loan
of $4,000 negotiated at that bank
on September %, 1t was moved by
Mr. Oswald, seconded by Mr.. Talley,
| that the Superintendent be instruct
ed to remind the Covington Bank &
Trust Company that according to the
terms Of their bid dated April 4th,
1919, they had agreed to the terms
of Act 205 of the General Assembly
of 1912, and according to these con-
ditions this board should not be
charged a rate o Interest in excess
of four and three-fourths per cent;
that the Superintendent shouldSnoti-
| fly the Bank that they would be ex-
peeted to comply with their agree
ment as expressed in their letter Of
April 4uh, and that in the event that
they failed to do SO, the school funds
should be transferred to the Com
mercial Bank & Trust Company.
Carried unanimously.
The committee appointed at the
last meeting consisting Of Messrs.
Evans and Bancks, to investigate the
advisa bility of establishing school
in the Honey IsalDd neighborhood,
report that the Crandall & Brown
Lumber Company of Pearl River had
offered to furnish house and land
and water for a school house to be
located near Benton, La, provided
the School Board would furnish the
desks, heater and teacher. Moved
by Mr. Bancks, seconded by Mr.. Tai
ley, that the Superintendent be au-
thorized to furnish teacher for this
school under the above conditions.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch, seconded by
Mr. Talley, that Mr.. T. ]. O'Keefe
be authorized to sell the pipe in the
abandoned wells at the Middle Roads
school. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch, seconded by
Mr. Talley, that the local board Of
trustees for the Madisonville school
be authorized to put wire fence
around the jacksonville high cshool,
and the same to be paid for out of
the District No. 1 special tax fund.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch, seconded by
Mr.. Talley, that the special tax funds
in the different school districts shall
pay for half of the expense necessary
for the blishing of school libra
ries in schools where there are no
libraries, and for the addition to
libraries already established, provid-
ed not more than $500 shall be
spent for any one school from the
various special tax funds. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Bancks, seconded
by Mr.. Dutsch, that the offer of the
Ozone Spring Water Company to al
low this board to pipe water from
their we'll at Pearl River to the Pearl
River public school be accepted, and
that the expense for this work be
paid olt of the first available funds
to come from the eighth ward special
tax fund. Carried.
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