The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-06-07
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
School District No a Election Returns Pro-
mulgated-Spec Tax to Be Voted in
School Districts Nos. and s.

SCffOOLse3OAND#f fA E-E4 ~ AisNs
School District No. Election Returns Pro-
mulgated- Special Tax to Be voted in
School Districts Nos. and s.
4 Donaldsonville. Ia. May 2s. 1919. .
4 The Ascension parish school board met
this day in special session with President
w. B. Stuart in the chair and the following
members present 4. Rodrlguez, second
ward; e. N. Pugh, third ward; Henry Mar
4 tin fifth ward; j. w. Hanna and Numa Ian
4 dry seventh ward; L. B. Duplessis and H.
1 E. Webb, eighth ward. Absent-Henry Du-
1 gas, first ward; Emile lie Boeuf, fourth
ward. *
4 On motion Of Mr.. Martin, seconded by
Mr.. Hanna. and on roll-call adopted, the
reading Of the minutes of the b0ard held on
/ April IT, 1919. was dispensed with and or
dered approved
J and Galvez school district, signed by 20
taxpayers, requesting the board to cali an
election in the two districts was presented
to the board. The petition reads as loiioWs sss'
i We, the undersigned patrons and tax
payers of the Galves and Lake school dls-
tries. hereby petition the Ascension parish
4 School board to call an election IN above
| schools districts and submit to the tax, tax,
! nayers the proposition to vote three-mhl
| tax for five years, the proceeds OF Wnlcn 70
be devoted for the maintenance OF !, 1ne apoye n.
4 schools (These petitions We're foloWed ny
/ 95 signatures
4 It was moved by Mr. Pugh, and seconded
/ by Mr. DupIessis, that the Lake school dis-
trct, created by resolution OF the ooafd ", VI,
July 8. 1916, and known as Lake Schooi
District No. 3, shall be known ana desiE
mated hereafter as Lake School District NO.
s, instead of Lake School District NO. : as
in the original ordinance. n.,ah
Roll-call: Yeas-stuart Hanna, Paeh. M
Webb. Duplessis Martin, Rodriguez, Lam
/ dry nays-none, absent--Le Boeuf,z Dugas.
The following ordinance was presented ps
i Mr.. Pugh:
Ordinance No. 5.
AN ORDINANCE
4 Ordering a special election to be held IN
Galvez School District No. 2 and Lake
School District No. s, in the parish OF
Ascension, Louisiana, for the purpose
of submitting to the qua.hed u, electors
tion of the levy of special tax OF three
mills tsO.003). for the purpose OF pro
viding additional aid to the public
| schdgls of the, st ID school, districts
Section /. Be It ordained by the Ascen-
| sion Parish School Board Of Ascension par
ish. Louisiana. that special election. pc.
/ and is hereby ordered to be held in GaIvez
School District No. 2 and Lake School Dis
trict No S in the parish of Ascension, Lou
lisiana, on the eighth day of July. 1919, for
| the purpose of submitting to the anaahea
electors of the said school districts entitled
| to vote thereat the question OF the levy OF
special tax of three mills ($0.00Seson the
dollar of ell property in the said school dis
| tricts subject to state taxation, for period
of FIVE CD years, the proceeds OF the SAID
4 tax to be used in giving additional aid to
| the public schools of the said school dis
| tricts.
Section 2. Be it further ordained. etc.,
| that the ballots to be used at the said cleo
tion shall be prepared by the secretary OF
! the parish school board
| Section 8. Be it further ordained. etc..
! that the secretary of the parish school board
| be. and he is hereby ordered to cause to be
| prepared for use at the said election the
| tally sheets. list of qualified electors. as
sessed valuation of property, blank state-
ments for the compilation Of the vote, in
| number and amount. and other election
blanks that may be required for the pnr-s
pose of holding the said election. to cause
the same to be placed in the ballot boxes
| for at the respective precincts, and to
make provision for the ansmission OF the
ballot boxes to the several precints of the
| school districts at which the election IS to
| be held
Section A. Be it further ordained, etc.
that the polling places for the said election
| shall be Gaivez school house for the election
| in School District No. and Lake school
house for the election in School District No,
| S, and the following three commissioners
| and clerks of election are appointed to- each
respective polling place: Lake School Dis
trict No. 5-Commissioners: w. l. Smiley.
! ]. A. Millet Calvern Russell. Clerks: u B.
Smiley, Ernest Malbrough. Galvez School
District No. 2--Commissioners Jos. Sa-s
vario j.. L. Nickens, Henry Nickens.+
Clerks: P. S. Carpenter, O. r. Bankston.
All of whom shall serve without compensa-
| tion.
that the parish school board shall meet at
1 10 o'clock M, on the 9Th day of July, 1918.
4 for the purpose, in open session, Of examin-5
1 ing and counting the ballots. canvassing the
returns and declaring the result OF the
Section i. Be sfas further ordained. etc..
that the presidenEaof the parish school board
be, and he ii hereby ins trlcted to 81 ye pubs.
IL ffaa sxaf he's al
nation to be duly published. according to
| law, in the following form rs
PROCLAMATION.
| Pursuant to a. resolution passed by the
Ascension Parish School Board at meeting
held on the twenty nth day of May, 1918,
| 4 W.B. Stuart, president of said school
board. do hereby give public notice that. in
compliance eWith said resolution. q special
election will be held in Galyez School Dis
trict No. and Lake School District No. 5.
parish Of Ascension, Louisiana. on The Sth
day of July. 1919, for the purpose of sub-
mitting to the property taxpayers qualified
under the constitutions and laws of the state
/ Of Louisiana. to vote at said election, the
following proposition to-wlt:
/ To levy special tax of three mills on
/ the dollar on all the property IN Gaivez5
fSchool District No. q and Lake School Dia=
trict No. 5. parish of Ascension. Louisiana
4 subject to state taxation, annually. for a
lperiodz of five years, for the purpose of giv-s
ing additional aid to the schools in said
4 Z e { Z
For the purpose of said election the poll
ing places will be the Galvez School house
/ in Galvez School District No. 2 and the Lake
school house in Lake School District No. s,
and the following commissioners and clerks
] have been appointed to serve at this cleo
! ton, all of whom will serve without COM
pensation Galvez School District No q
Commissioners: Jos. Savario, j. L. Mickens.
Henry Nickens. Clerks: p. S. Carpenter. 0.
r. Bankston. Lake School District No. g.
Commissioners: W. / Smiley, J. a. Millet.
Calvern Russell. Clerks L. b. Smiley
Ernest Malbrough.
| AT said election the polls will be open at
seven o'clock a. m. and close at five o'clock
p. m., and the elections will be conducted
in accordance with the laws of Louisiana
applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at IL o'clock M
of the 9th day of July, 9l9, the said par
ish school board of the parish of Ascension
will meet in DonaIdsonyille at its office, and
1 in open session proceed to open the ballot
/ boxes, examine and count the ballots IN
number and amount examine and canvass
the returns, and declare the result of said
This,t2 sth day Of May. 10 Z 9 Is,
President. Ascension Parish School Board.
The above ordinance was seconded by Mr..
Hanna. roll gall res8t0ng as fq6 Vows Yeas
1 Stuart, Hanna. Pugh. Webb, Landry, Mar
tim. Duplessis. Rodriguez nays-none abb
sent and not voting--Dugas. LeBoeuf.
1 On motion of Mr.. Duplessis, seconded by
Mr.. Hanna, the executive committee of the.
board was directed to assist the superintend-
ent in formulating tentative budget OF:
revenues and expenditures for the session
ls1s-2o and to submit to the board for its
approval the budget as approved by them.
Roll-cail the above motion: cas-
Stuart, Harna, Webb Dupiessis. Pugh, Ian
/ Try, Rodriguez, Martin; nays--none; absent