Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-01-17
PROCESS VERBAL OF CANVASS
OF RETURNS.
SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION
Indian Bayou School District No. /.

Indian Bayou School District No. l.
BE il known aud Remembered, That
ON tAi, the 9th day Of December, 1919
i'm accordance with notice duly given
tLr UNDERSIGNED member of the Schoo
Board ot the Parish ~ Ncrmfliun,
Louisiana. being a qHorHm thereof, met
i'm public session al the office of said
Board, in said Parish, and according
to law opened the ballot boxes used IN
and which were received from the com
miSsipncrs Of the election held on
Tuesday. August 18th, 1919, in Indian
BAYOU School District No |, Parish at
Vcrmilidn, Louisiana, and there pro-
cccdcd to count the ballots both in
number and amount, for aud against,
to determine the proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds of the said Indian
Bayou School District No. l. Parish
Of VermiIion, Louisiana, TO the amount
of Fifty Thousand Dollars, l50,000.O0)
to run for a period of Twenty Years,
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, payable semi-an-
nuallv. the funds thus derived to be
used for the purpose Of erecting and
/ equipping School Buildings in Indian
/ Bayou School District No. l, of said
/ Parish.
The result of said count was as gol
/ lows
Votes For, Thirty six, (36),
/ Votes Against, Three, 49,.
Assessment For, Sixty Six Thousand
Five Hundred Eighty Dollars,
Assessment, Against, Nine Thous-
n,o no1iorO
Majority For said Proposition,
(votes) Thirty Three (33)
Majority For said Proposition, las
sessment) 1857 10000.
And therefore, the majority in boh'
number and amount cast by the proper
ty taxpayers Of the said Indian Bayou
School District No. l, Parish of Yer.
million, Louisiana, in said election be-
ing in fovor, the proposition was de-
clared carried by the people.
At the same time and place, We did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally sheet
and duplicate statements, the correct
ness of both being sworn to by the
commissioners, according to law, and
finding also that the returns indicated
a majority both in number and a
mount of property, in favor of said
proposition,
Therefore we declare that the result
of said election is in favor of the Pro
position TO incur debt and issue bonds
of the said Indian BAYOU School Dis
trict No l, Parish Of Verm;lion, Lou
iSiana, to tle amount of Fifty Th0us-
and Dollars, (s50,000.00) to rpm for a
period Of Twenty years (20vH), bear
inginterest a 1.-THE rate of five percent
per annum, PAYABLE semi-annually, the
funds thus derived to be used for the
purpose of erecting and equiping
school buildings in the Indian Bayou
School District No. /, Parish of Vermil-
ion, Louisiana.
And in accordance with law, pro-
fsF essia result
prepared, and the Secretary of the
Parish School Board was ordered to
have a copy of the same signed bv the
President, published In one issue of
the official journal.
And likewise, we did order that one
copy of this proces-verbal be sent to |
the Secretary of State, to be recorded |
in the Archives of the State of Louis
lana: that one copy be sent to the re-
corder of Mortgages to be recorded
in thesM Mortgage records: and that one
copy be k, . in the record of said
School Board.
This done and signed in the presence
If Heyward Fnote and Avery Theall,
.wo competent Witnesses and electors.
n this the 9th dav Of December, iq11,
IT the office of the Parish School
Board Of Nermilion Parish. Louisiana,
" the undersigned members Of thu
School Beard of the said Parish, pre-.
ent and participating in the canvass
'of said returns
Signed)
G. J EnWARDs, Pres.
MOLErs nrROIs,
j. r HOLMES.
Owe COTEAUX,
W. L. H07FPAUIR.
GEO W. SfANsBURY.
j. Il. THERief,
VIII esses:
AVERY THEALL:
HEYWARD FoOTE.