New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-01-24
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD.
New iberia. La. Ian 1921


January 10Th at two p. M. as pc
the following call which was duly
mailed to each member on Jan
uary 18th, 1920.
New iberia, La, Jan. IA, 1920.
To the members of the Iberia Par
ish School Board.
Gentlemen-By order of Presi
dent J. E. Verret, you are hereby
notified that there will be a special
meeting Of the Iberia Parish
School Board at its office in the
Masonic Temple in New iberia
La, at two O'Clock, Monday, Jan
uary 10Th, 1920 for the purpose
of adopting an ordinance OF
PRONUNCIATION of the special cleo
ton held in School District Mum
Der Six, on November 18th, 1919,
providing for the issuance of
bonds. and to take up all other
matters, such as the ratification Of
the contract of sale for the bonds,
and other matters pertaining to
the said election or said bonds, or
sale thereof as may come before
the board for action at the time.
(Signed) L. R. TILLY,
Secretary.
The roll call showed the follow
ing members present: President,
J. E. Verret presiding: Messrs.
George Winters. Gus BONN, j..
Albin Segura, H. 7. Hall and Eu
gene Guillot. The President an
nounced the presence of quorum
and the opening of the meeting
Tor the transaction of business
under the call.
On motion of Mr.. Hall, sec
onded by Mr.. Guil1ot, the follow
ing ordinance was offered:
AN ORDINANCE OF PR0MUL-
CATION.
Providing for the issuance and sale Of
school bonds of School District Number
Six, iberia Parish Louisiana, to the
amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dol
lars, ($200,00000) and the levying of a
special tax on all property subject to tax
alton within the limits of said School
District Number Six sufficient to pay the
principal and interest of the said bonds
as the same shall mature.
Whereas by ordinance duly adopted
and passed by the Iberia Parish School
Board, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, entitled
can Ordinance Ordering Special Elec-
ton for the purpose of submitting to the
property tax payers of School District
Number Six, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, a
proposition to incur debt and issue bonds
of School District Number Six, Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, to the amount of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars, to run for a
period of thirty years, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum pay
able semi-annually, the funds thus de-
rived to be used for the purpose of erect
ing and equipping school or schools
within the said district of date OF
October End 1919, it was ordered and d.
rected that a special election be held in
said School District Number Six, Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, on the 18th day OF
November A. D., 1919, between the hours
of seven o'clock A. M. and five o'clock
P. NJ, as authorized by law, at which
election the property tax payers of the
said School District Number Six, Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, legally qualified to
vote ar such election should have SUBJ
mitted to them the proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds of said School Dis
trict Number Six, Iberia Parish, Louis
lana, TO the amount of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,0oo.00) bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent pei
annum payable semi-annually for the
purpose Of erecting and equipping a
school or schools within the said School
District Number Six, Iberia Parish, Lou
isiana,
And whereas in pursuance of said
ordinance and notice the said special
election was duly and regularly held in
said School District Number Six, Iberia
Parish, Louisiana on the 18th day of
November, 1919, between the aforesaid
hours, and after the said election had
been so duly and regularly held, the
Iberia Parish School Board met IL open
session in the City of New Iberia, Lon
isiana, on the 10Th day Of November,
1919, proceeded to open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots in num-
Der and amount, examine and canvass
the returns, and declare the results Of
said examination; and
Whereas, at the said meeting of the
Iberia Parish School Board of the Par
ish of Iberia, Louisiana, held on the 18th
day of November, 1919, the said body
did declare, make and keep process
verbal Of the manner in which the said
ballot boxes had been opened, returns
canvassed and the result Of the election as
certained, and after due publication there
Of in the official journal, forwarded copy
of the said process verbal to the Secretary
of State who filed the same in his Office
on the 18th day Of November, 1919, and
recorded same in Book Special Elections
Number 6. folio-, and another cory
thereof was forwarded to the Clerk Of
the 10Th Judicial District Court Of the
Parish Of iberia, Louisiana, in which Par
ISL the said School District is situated,
which said process verbal was recorded
by the said Clerk Of the District Court
in the mortgage records Of the said Par
~. and did make and file a copy of the
said process verbal in the archives Of the