St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-02-08
BOARD
Covington, La, Jan. 20, 1919.

Covington, La, Jan. 20. 1919.
The parish school board met in
special session in the Office of the
superintendent on the above date
with n. H. FitzSimons, president, in
the chair and the following members
present: T. ]. O.Keefe, second ward;
N. H. FitzSimons, third ward; II. H.
Levy, fourth ward; W. w. Taliey,
fifth ward; Geo F.. Bancks, eighth
ward H. w. Woodruff, ninth ward;
VIM Oswald, tenth ward. Absent:
Geo. r. Dutsch, first ward; Dave
Evans, seventh ward, and a quorum
was present,
Thos NJ. Burns. attorney, appear
ed before the board and explained to
the board that it did not have a title
to certain two acres of land in the
ne or of the sw or sec. % tp IL,
which said two acres of land was
reserved in sale from j. NJ. Harrell
to H V. de la Bretonne and j. A.
Lockett of date March Is, 1906, re-
corded in c. o. B. A, folio 265, etc,
and from de le Bretonne & Lockett
to the Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
of Houma, La, dated and duly re-
corded and reserved in sale from
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. to Sim ].
Newman, dated January 13, 1919, as
per deed recorded n c. O. B. IA,
page 285;
And it appearing to the board that
said property was no longer being
used for school purposes, the follow
ing resolution was submitted by Mr..
Oswald, seconded by Mr.. Woodruff:
Resolved, That the ST. Tammany
Parish School Board disclaim and re-
nounce any title or interest in or to
the said two acres Of land and i'm
provements.
Carried unanimously.
Moved by Mr.. Woodruff, seconded
by Mr.. Oswald, that the superintend-
ent be instructed to pay teachers for
as many as seven (7) sick days dur
ing one school session, provided that
doctors certificate be furnished in
each ease. It being understood that
this rule Will apply for the year
191S-19. Carried.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Bancks, who moved
its adoption. 1t was seconded by
Mr. Woodruff:
Whereas, it appears that this board
will require certain funds to meet
the expenses and cost of building
the new school house in the town Of
Pearl River, and until the amount
due from the collection throughout
She eighth ward for special school
tax now being collected for 1918 tax
es has been received; and,
Whereas, according to section 62
of Act 1870 of the General Assembly
of 1916 this board is especially au-
thorized to borrow money to meet
current expenses and to pledge reVe-
nues of the e,current year for the pay
ment of such loans, therefore be it
Resolved by the members of this
board, That the president be and he
is hereby authorized to negotiate
with the fiscal agent, the Covington
Bank & Trust Company, of Coving-
ton, La, loan of 100000, or so
much thereof as may be desired.
Be it further resolved. That the
revenue for the payment of such loan
is hereby declared to be the District
No. 8 three mills special tax; and,
Be it finally resolved, That the
president be and he is hereby au-,
thorized 10 execute any and all nee
essary papers to carry these resolu-
tions into effect That such loan
shall not mature later than June 30,
1919, nor bear a greater sum of in
terest than per cent.
Carried unanimously.
Moved by Mr.. Levy, seconded by
Mr.. Woodruff. that the resolution
adopted by the parish school board
at their regular meeting held on
Friday, Jan. 10, ordering that the
time lost by the teachers durng the
present session because of the Span
ish influenza shall not be required
to be made up, be revoked, and that
the superintendent is hereby instruct
ed to require that as much OF this
lost time shall be made up as is
possible, provided the regular nine
months school session shall close not