St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-11
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by Mr.. Fields, and carried, the
4 amount budgeted for street sprinkling
I was transferred to street work.
Y Moved by Mr.. Fields seconded by
} Mr.. Sicily, that the city pay MI. J. H.
Deshotels the sum Of $215.12 being
= one-half of the amount of his loss sus-
} tanned by being under his contract for
the colored public high school build
Z ng, on etcount of delay IN selecL on
of site, ETC., and the mayor and city
clerk authorized to issue a certificate
! of indebtedness, payable out of the
, fines or any available funds. Motion
} unanimously carried. C. P. Dunbar,
I absent.
On motion of Mr.. Daniel, seconded
J by Mr.. Fields, and carried, the follow
J ing report of the committee to dispose
of the old high school was received as
read and ordered filed.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board
J of Aldermen of the City Of Ope-
Iousas. La.
Your committee appointed by reso-
luton of May 7, 1919, beg S to report
as follows:
That it me- on August 10, 1919, with
a similar committee of the is. Landry
Parish School Board, for the purpose
of discussing what disposition should
be made of the lot of ground in this
city, known as the old high school
property, with the improvements
thereon, bounded on the north by
CLANCY tS., on the south by Littell
Street, on the east by Market street
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and being the same property acquired
by the Board of Police of the old
Town of Opelousas, for the use of the
Board of School Commissioners, on
December 20, 1892;
That at said meeting it was the
sense of your committee, as well as
that of the school board, that said
property is no longer useful for school
purposes by reason of the erection OF
the new high school, and that the
same should be sold for a considera-
ton of not less than fifty five hundred
dollars and the funds so derived
should be entrusted to the st. Landry
Parish School Board for the exclu-
sive use of ten public schools of the
city of Opelousas.
Your committee, therefore, recon-
mends that an appropriate resolution
be passed by this body, authorizing
and directing the Honorable M. Hal
phen, Mayor, to appear before any
notary public and to transfer any
right, title and interest which this
board may have. as successor of said
board of police of the town of Opelou-
sas, in and to said property to any
person to whom said is. Landry Par
ish School Board may sell said prop
erty; provided, however, that said sale
shall be for not less thar fifty five
hundred dollars and that proceeds Of
said sale shall be dedicated by said
school board exclusively for the use
and benefit of the public schools main
tanned by it in and for the city of
O~pelousas.
J.. A. PERKINS, |
M. A. FIELDS,
NJ. HALPHEN, Mayor,
H. D .LARCADE. Jr.
w. B. PRESCOTT,
w. C. PERRULT,
Per L. L. Perrault.
LOUIS L. DANIEL.
1t was by Mr.. Danal seconded by
Mr.. Sicily that the following resolu-
tion be adopted:
Whereas, the property heretofore
known and used as the old st. Landry
High School is no longer useful for
school purposes by reason of the
erection of the new high school.
Whereas the building which stands
on sal dproperty is falling rapidly into
decay and will be rendered worthless
in a short time unless the same is
erpaired;
Whereas. it appears that the board
of police of the town of Opelousas, of
which this body is the successor, ac-
quired said property for the use of
the board of school commissioners of
the town of Opelousas, (of which the
st. Landry Parish School Board is the
successcr) for school purposes;
hWereas, it is the sense of this
board that said property ought to be
sold for not less than fifty five hun
dred dollars cash and the proceeds
Of said sale entrusted to said st.
Landry parish school beard for the
exclusive use and benefit of the public
schools in and for the city of Ope-
lousas; and
Whereas, it is necessary that this
board should join in said sale with
said st. Landry parish school board
in order that the purchaser may
acquire legal title to said property,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the mayor and
board of aldermen Of the city of
Opelcusas, in regular meeting eonven
ed that Honorable NJ. Halphen, Mayor
of the city of Opelousas, be authorized
and directed to appear before any
notary public of this parish, and to
transfer all the right, title and interest
which the ma-or and board of alder
men of the city of Opelousas may
have in and to the following described
property, to wit:
THAT certain real estate, with the
buildings and improvements thereon
situated in the City of ODe!ousas. in
the parish CT st. Landry, heretofore
used and known as the property of
the st. Landry high school, bounded
on the North bv the track of the N.
o. T. & M. Railroad Co. Tor CLANCY
ST. south by Littell Street, east by
Market street, and west by Bayou
Tesson;" to any person who may
agree to purchase the same from the
st. Landry parish school board for
the price of not less than fifty five
hundred dollars cash, provided the
proceeds Of said sale shall be used
and expended by said ST. Landry par
ish school board fer the exclusive use
of the nuhlic schools in and for thn