The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-06-25
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
Special Session Held to Extend
Boards Present Indebtedness.

Boards Present indebtedness.
The Ascension Parish School Board
Donaldsonville, La, June 20, 1921.
met this day in special session, witt
President Emile LIE >Boeuf in the chai..
and the following members present
Henry Dugas, first ward; Walter
Lemann, third ward; Jules Lorio
sixth ward; John w. Hanna and
Numa Landry, seventh ward; c.. E.
Dixon, eighth ward. Absent-A.
Rodriguez, second ward; J. T. Brin-
gier, fifth ward; A. D. Carpenter,
eighth ward.
The minutes of the meeting of the
board held April %, 1921, were read
by the secretary. On motion of Mr..
Dugas, seconded by Mr.. Lorio, the
minutes were adopted as read and
ordered approved by the president.
1t was stated by the president that
the purpose Of this special meeting
was to- take the. necessary steps to
extend the boards. present indebted
ness, which was fully explained in
communication sent to each member
by the secretary. The communication
was then read by the SECRETARY and
discussed fully, the secretary taking
the occasion to state that the deficit
of $17,6O0 was partly due. to uncol-
lected taxes by both the state and
parish !; that nearly all of the amount
will be apportioned by the state in the
November apportionment and by the
parish as delinquent taxes are collect
| ed
Mr.. Hanna then moved that the
following resolution be adopted:
Be it resolved, that the president
Of the board be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to make the
necessary arrangements with the
boards fiscal agent to extend the
boards present Indebtedness of $17,-
600 to February 20, 1922, said amount
representing in part uncollected taxes
for the year 1920, and to take all
steps necessary to affect the exten-
sion and to. pledge the revenues of
the board for the session 1922 to
| the fullest extent as security and to
execute any and all proper acknowl-
edgement for said extension, the
rate of interest not to exceed eight
per cent.
The above resolution was seconded
by Mr. Landry, roll-call resulting as
follows: eas-Dugas,- Lemann, Le-
Beouf, Lorio, Hanna, Landry, Dixon.
Absent and not voting-Rodriguez,
Carpenter, Bringier. The resolution
as adopted. r.
The boards attention was directed
to the fact that the resignation of Mr..
Duplessis as member of the board
created a vacancy on the executive
committee. With the approval of the
board the president appointed Mr..
Henry Dugas, member from the first
ward. II F. Il
The superintendent stated to the
board that a conference with Mr.. P.
L. Guilbeau, director of the State
agricultural high schools, was held at
the Dutchtown High School with the
view of turning the school into a.
Smith Hughes agricultural high
school A complete inspection Of the
school plant was made by Mr.. Gull
beau, after which Mr.. Guilbeau
agreed to recommend the approval of
the school to the federal Smith
Hughes Board. AS the school boards
approval is necessary the superin-
tendent requested that the matter be
discussed.
After discussion of the above, Mr..
=Lemann moved that the board grant
its permission to change the Duteh-
town High School into the agricultu-
raj type, but that the change will not
entail an additional expense to the
school board. Mr.. Lemann's motion
was duly seconded and carried. g.
There being no further business
the board adjourned.
EMILE LeBOEUF, President.
H. P. BROUSSARD, Secretary.