The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-11-29
Garcia consideration

at public auction. be fixed at Five
Dollars per acre, which our investira-
ton has shown US to be the present
commercial value of these lands: and
further conditioned upon the reserva
ton that the public be not deprived of
the right to use the canal or canals,
but through.this public land.
The demand and need of the public
for the use Of these lateral canals is
becoming each year greater, aud the
policy Of depri wing the pub ic alb
solutely from the use Of these canals
is detrimental to the commercial
growth of this Parish.
1--WE believe the time has come for
every public body, having in charge
public lands, to hasten slowly o the
sale thereof and TO safeguard every
interest of the public, when such sale
is made.
I'VE see no reason why every public
| interest Cannot be conserved in this
| Instance: making the sale in order to
permit a necessary Industrial plant To
better handle its logging business,
and at the same time under reasonable
restrictions reserving to the public
| the use of any such canal cut.
I'VE further recommend that in the
making Of this sale, that all mineral
| rights be reserved, and call attention
10 the fact that the School Board in
,iSts that the Albert Hanson Lumber
G mpany, Ltd comply, with its or
| iginal agreement, (made at the time
when the Northwest Quarter of this
section was sold to iD To deed back to
The School Board the mineral rights
thereto. This, your committee under
stands the Albert Hanson Lum Der
| Company is willing to do. This
agreement should be kept in mind by
all parties and carried out as soon as
possible.
| Yours very truly,
| Signed W. T. PETERMAN,
| C. a. AYCoCK,
j. II. MCCARDELL. "
Mr.. Emmett Alpha discussed the re-
port at length for the Albert Hanson
Lumber Company. Mr.. w. I. Peter
man spoke urging the adoption OF the
report, stating that the interest Of the
public should be carefully safeguard
ed in the sale o. public lands.
On motion Of Mr.. G. A. Aycock, sec
opded by Mr.. w. Il. Peterman, thai
the sale of the land mentioned be made
in accordance with the report of the
Committee. Roll called and the mo
ton resulted as follows: Ayes: Mes
srs. C.. A. Aycock. J. II. McCardel
Nv. T Peterman Nayes: Messrs. VIM
Folse, H. L. Jolley. MIR. Jolley quaI
living his vote. Ayes three, Naye
two.
The following communication va
read by the Secretary:
Mr.. Charles Colt, Franklin, La.
, Dear MIR. Gott:-Mr. Boatner con
veyed to me the action taken by tn
? Parish Board of st. Mary, regardin
, the transfer OF the Bilbert Academ
property. Last Monday at the NEE
r inc of our Board of Managers a
C Cincinnati presented the a!ternativ
t offered at your meeting, October 10Th
II was felt by the Board that We ha
2 been very generous in our proposit'o
and that to grant your request woul
j he to impair the value and prevent tn
: sale of the remainder Of our plantt
t lion. It was decided therefore to az
e here to our former offer, Ii you al
C not disposed to accept this We sha
g have To make other arrangement
y The rest of the land including 10
y nine t9l and ten (l0) aud part OF /!
$ eight ~ has been sold and the oarga'
o 0'' Yours respectfully,
lie Signed CHARLES N. MELDEN.
d After discussion the following r
"a solntion was introduced by Mr.. Y.
'e Aycock, seconded by Mr.. W. L. Pete
man. and unanimously carried:
~ ..Whereas the resolution aoop'
p by the st. Mary Parish Schooi boa
- july 10th, 1918 reads as follows;
~ il resolved that the st. Mary farl
Dt school Board accept the building
il Gilbert Academy Of Baldwin Lou!
ie ana. and forty acres OF lana
81 mediately surrounding same.
II land whereas; by resolution OF
II, school Board of October y, i9l9'
on st. Mary Parish School boafa rei'
u, ed to accept thirty acres OF iano
TO divided lots, because these oiVlo
ty lots are not suitable for agrlcuttuf
- purposes. ,ho G. Ma
e. Parish school Board refuses to aces
nc The buildings of the GLIDE AcaoeI
and grounds in divided lots ana ma
sh tnin a school, such as has been
as nuested by the Board Of Managers
the Freedman Aid Society;
M There being 10 further business
* Board adjourned. s,.r
&c CHAS. GoTT, Secretary
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