St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-11
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE PARISH
SCHOOL BOARD
Covineton, La, Oct. 8, 1919

COVingtOn, La, Oct. 3, 1919.
The St. Tammany Parish Schoo
Board met in regular session at the
courthouse in Covington, La, on the
above date with Vice President Dav:
Evans in the chair, and the follow
ing members present: George R
Dutsch, ward l; H. H. Levy, ward 4;
w. w. Talley, ward 5; Dave Evans
ward 6; Geo. F. Bancks, ward s
aud Wm. Oswald, ward 10. Absent
T. j. O'Keefe, ward 2; N. H. Fitz-
Simons, ward 3; H. w. Woodruff, Jr.,
ward 9; Berry w. Todd, of ward 7,
having resigned. A quorum was de-
ciared present.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Levy, who moved its
adoption 1t was seconded by Mr..
Bancks.
| Whereas, the citizens of School
District No 6 of the Parish Of St.
Tammany, La, under special elec-
tion ar3 now paying a special school
tax of five mills, and it now appear
ing that the said five mill tax is in
excess of the amount required for
the maintenance of the schools of
the said district, and the citizens of
said district claiming that special
tax of 2 1-2 mills on the dollar in
said district would provide ample
and sufficient funds for the proper
maintenance of the schools of said
dstrict.
Therefore, be it ordained by the
St. Tammany Parish School Board
of he parish of st. Tammany, La,
that special election be and is here
by ordered to be held in School Dis
trict No. of St. Tammany parish,
La, on the 18th day of November
1919, COR the purpose of submitting
to the qualified electors of the Said
School District entitled to. vote
thereat, the question of levy Of a
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for bids to do the work according to
the plans and specifications prepar-
ed"
And again let me read to you
few lines from the Federal law cov-
ering the Federal Aid in Public No
156-6A Congress, Section g.
THAT any State desiring to avail
itself OF the benefits of this Act shall,
by it state highway department, sub
nit to the Secretary of Agriculture
Erojec. statements setting forth pro-
posed construction Of any rural post
road or roads therein. II the Secre-
tary o. Agriculture approve pro-
ject, the state highway department
shall furnish to him such surveys,
plans, specifications, and estimates
| therefor as he may require. Provid-
60, however, that the Secretary of
Agriculture shall approve only such
projects as may be substantial in
character and the expenditure of
funds hereby authorized shall be ap-
piled only to such improvements.
Items included for engineering, in
spection- and unforeseen contingen-
cies shall not exceed ten per centum
of the total estimated cost of the
work. If the Secretary of Agricul-
ture approve the plans, specifications
and estimates, he shall notify the
state highway department and imme-
diately certify the fact to the Sec
retary of the Treasury. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall thereupon
set aside the share of the United
States payable under this Act on ac-
count of such project, which shall
rot exceed fifty per centum of the
total estimated cost thereof. No
payment of any money apportloned
Under this Act shall be made on any
Eroiec. until such statement of the
project. and the plans, specifications,
and estimates therefor, shall have
been submitted to and approved by
the Secretary of Agriculture.
1t will be noted here that the law
requires that this work be under and
through the control of the State
Highway Department. This clause
is fulfilled in that Mr.. Buie deputies
he to represent the State and that
my work will be approved by him
IS of having been made by a regular
state employee. The states staff is
limited and this act is necessary in
cider % expedite this work.
1t is intended to make application
for Federal aid on some 115 or 120
miles of road and the sooner these
applications are in the better the
chances are for the aid. This year
the ate in entitled to about one
and one-quarter million dollars, but
cf course there are other parishes
coming in for some of this if they
can get in on time. The money not
consumed by the end of the fiscal
year rcyerts back to the general fund
is redistributed to all states alike.
So it behooves US to rush this mat
ter Of The surveys and get in on time
for our part; and, for the sake of
argument, let us suppose We can get
only fi..y or a hundred thousand dol