The St. Mary banner., 1920-02-28

TIE Pit sident then dee ared the ress
OlutiOn carried.
The Board adjourned to meet again
at 80 O'Clock.
After reading communication from
Supervisor OF Public Accounts. the
following resolution was offered bv
Nr. Ehrlich and seconded by Mr..
Folse:
THAT the Secretary be authorized
to answer letter of Feb. 10, 1920. That
the sum of s2l4l 81 paid by the School
Board OF st Mary Parish by voucher
No. 2S4. dated April Is. 1919, was as
stated in said voucher. to reimburse
said firm for all expenses of fOrmu-
lsting bonds and corsummating the
transaction and securing opinions OF
boud attorneys on validity of all pro-
cedure OF bond issue"
On roll call the President declared
the resolution adopted unanimously.
A motion was offered by Mr.: Win
chester and seconded by Mr.. JOlley:
"That the Board pay MIR. Percy Saint
9202.U0 for services in suit School
Board of st. Mary Parish VS.. NUM-
cipalty OF Morgan CITY 1918 taxes.
On roll call the President declared
the motion carried unanimously.
A motion was offered by Mr.. Folse
and seconded by Mr.. Green: That
the Municipality Of Morgan City pay
the cost of court in the suit School
Board of St. Mary Parish vs. Morgan
City"
On roll call the President declared
the motion carried unanimously.
TIE following resolution was Offer
ed by Mr.. Folse and seconded by MIR
Winchester:
"Whereas, the attention OF the
Board OF School Directors for st
'arv Parish has been called by Mr.
w. n McF Farland. supervisor of pub
lie accounts, to tn" fact that this body
paid Charles l. Wise an attorney OF
Morgan 'ity. La The sum Of five
hundred $500 oM dollars by It's vouch-
rr No. 292; and
Nv hereaS. attention is called to the
fact that Mr.. Wise was not employed
upon resolution nf the School Board
showing the necessity for his employ
ment and the fee to be paid, which
should have been put in the "tticia
journal and should have heen ap-
and Attorney General
Now. therefore. be it resolved b.
the Board of School Director, for the
Parish Of ST Mary that. in their opin-
ion. Mr.. Wise was properly employed
to attend the fnrmalities for holding
the election to authorize brnd issue
of sixty thousand 1860, 900 UO dollars /!
for school purposes 10 Morgan City. |
LA that the proper resolution WIS !
not adopted at the time mareiy !
through the fact that the Board of !
School Directors did not know that it /
was necessary to do so.
Be it further resolved. that Mr.
Wise had attended to all of the pro-
ceedinys of the first >choo bond i,s.!e
IN Morgan City, and that ali parties
1T Interest desired that h., he employ
td by the Sch"ul board for the reason
that he had atfen'ied successfully to.
he pr.,cee sinys in the first bond pro-
" ding
be it fIrther resolved that Mr..
Wise rendrrod valuab services ia
con ectOn with the bond proceedings
and ia the tx animation Of the title to
;he property purchased by the sc..oul
Board out Of the proceeds Of said
bond issue
BE it further resolved that this
resolution be published 10 the otticia4
Journal and thai the Governor and
Attorney General Of the State Of Lou
siaGa te and they are hereby re-
luested to approve and ratify the
action of the school Board in the
prem ses.n
L. A. LAW, Supt.