The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-05-20
franklinton, La, May 20, 1920.
School Board Proceedings.

lal session at their office IN the Town
of Franklinton with the following
members in attendance:
D. Wallace, 0. E. Morris. f. B.
Bateman, D. T. Cushing, L. T. Rich
ardson, George C. Knight, G. W.
Knight, A. Moore, j. H. Mitchell
and Willie Russell. Absent: j. K.
Johnson.
The meeting was called to order
by President Bateman and led in
prayer by Mr.. George C. Knight.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried, the secretary of this Board is
hereby authorized and instructed to
make settlement with B. F. Roberts
for the operation of transfer to
Sunny Hill for this session on the
basis of $1,000 per child for twenty
three children.
Upon request of patrons from the
Varnado School for the Board to
create and define a school district
for the Varnado School, the follow
ing committee was appointed to rec
ommend boundary lines for said dis
trict: Messrs. J. A. Moore, George
c. Knight, Willie Russell, |. D. Pitt
man, Walter Green, S. D. Grain and
Melton Miley.
After the above named committee
had made report, the following or
dinance, upon motion, duly seconded,
was unanimously adopted:
ORDINANCE NO IL
An ordinance creating Varnado
School District No. 3 of Washington
Parish, Louisiana:
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Washington Parish School Board of
the Parish of Washington, Louisiana,
That the territorial limits of Varnado
School District No. shall embrace
and consists of parts of Wards 5 and
Z, as outlined and descibed by the
following boundary lines: Beginning
at point on Pearl River where
township line between Townships
and 3 intersect same, thence west to
the southwest corner of Section 81
2-13, thence north to the northwest
corner of Section 1928, thence
east to the northeast corner of Sec
ton 1928, thence north to the
northwest corner of Section 33-1-13,
thence east to the northeast corner
of section 33-1-13, thence north to
the northwest corner of Section 27-
LA, thence east along section lines
to Pearl River, thence south along
Pearl River to the point where town?
ship line between Townships and 3
intersect same, said point being the
point of beginning.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., That as constituted said Var
nado School District No. 3 shall have
all the rights and powers granted
same under the Constitution and
Laws of the State of Louisiana.
The vote on the above ordinance
was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs D. Wallace, O. E.
Morris, George C. Knight, G. W.
Knight, ]. A. Moore, J. H. Mitchell
and Willie Russell.
Nays-None.
And the ordinance was passed.
The following ordinance was Of
fered by George C. Knight and Sec
onded by Willie Russell:
ORDINANCE NO. 10
Be it ordained by the Washington
Parish School Board, acting as gov
erning authority of the Varnado
School District, that special cleo
ton be and the same is hereby called
and ordered to be held in said Var.
nado School District on Tuesday, the
22nd day of the month of June
1920, between the hours of seven GU
O'Clock a. m. and five (5) O'Clock
p. m.,. and that at said special cleo
ton there shall be submitted to the
taxpayers, resident citizens of sale
Varnado School District, qualified
under the Constitution adm Laws OF
this State to vote at the said specia
election, a proposition to authorize
the Washington Parish School Boart
to incur debt on behalf of and in thu
name OF the Varnado School Distric
IN the amount of Fifty Thousan,
Fifty Thousand ($5O,OOO.OO) Dol
lars, and to issue and sell serial ne
gotlable semi-annual interest-bearin.
coupon bonds evidencing the said in
deotedness the amount of the sal,
Indebtedness being less than To,
l0% per centum of the assesse,
valuation of the property in sal
School District; said bonds to bea
interest at the rate of five (5ge) ne
centum per annum, payable semi-ar
nually, the principal and interest q
said bonds to be payable in suc
amounts and at such times and Mace
as the governing authority NAV d.
termine, said bonds to run eight q
years from the date thereof. an
poth the principal and interest Of sal
ponds to be secured by a sufficier
TAX TO be levied and collected eac
year IN accordance with Article Is
OF the Constitution and the Laws {
tne State of Louisiana, the procee,
from the sale of said bonds at NJ
Jess tnan par to be used in construc
ing two-room building at Pigot
crossing, school buildings at Varna,
ana equipping public school bull
trict. o o'nooi ~
Be it further ordained. That the
shall be published in the off;c;
journal of the Washington Dor;
School Board for thirty davs not;
o. the e said special election, said n n