Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-03-19
REFORM Of PARISH
GOVERNMENT URGED
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION HEAR PROM
NETT SPEAKERS.
WOULD END SCHOOL BOARD
Two Ordinances introduced Provide
For Commission Form Of Rule
Oeiege-ss Meeting Clear the
Decks For Action.

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ed recently. urn D. Mr. Clinton ui
Tens and one hy Mr. IlaTduor OF
IaSall". Roth ordinances provide for
commission government for parishes
and abolish police juries and school
hoards Mr. CIuton's ordinance FOL.
lows.
"AII Of tbe business affairs Of the
.avep marshes including nubIic
scbooIe shall no povarned NV . com.
mission composed OF three commits.
.ioners who shall he elected bv the
AMY ruaIifad alactors of tho nar,sb
The commissioners shall be known
AZ the commissioner OF finance. the
commissioner OF public work and prop.
erty. andthe commissioner OF educa.
tlOn.
They shat hold office for a term
OF four yeara and shalt receive for
their services such salary as may be
Fixed by the General Assembly which
salary shall not be increased or dimin.
ished during their term of office
"The General Assembly shall, by ap-
propriate legislation fix the qualifica-
tons. duties and compensation of the
commissioners, which compensation
may be graded as between the various
parishes, and shall apportion the cost
Of maintaining the commission be-
r~sSit s'z-.-z-s sA-'--ss-s',s s--s-ioS.
Mr.. Hardtners ordinance provides:
That the management and conduct
on all parish anairs snail be delegated
70 three commissioners, elected at
large from each parish, such as par
ish. taxation. schools, roads, bridges.
drainage and assessments
Introduction Of these two ordi.
nauro5 has precipitated a fight at the
threshold Of the convention Nh.
Clinton and Mr.. Hardtner have re-
eeiycd assurances of strong support
themselves Tor the attack.
prominent cl'lIehS OF the country
were lDVitea I" address the Consttu-
duced by MT. burke OF IBERIA Mr.. Bar
ron oil lDerNilI" ana Mrs. williamson OF
Caduo ana adopted by the con'en-
ZION.
Lowden Of Illinois. on the merging II
state departments; Walker b. Spen-
Ger of New Orleans on reform OF the
judiciary Thomas NJ. Milling and: Il.
+. Thomas of Shreveport on taxation
and assessments, Rudolph Hecht and
DIR. Paul II. Saunders OF New Orleans
Milner and AIRY Gamble Of New or.
leans and Senator Bowling OF DeSoto
on good roads, w. o. Hart on consti.
tuition making and Miss Martha Fal.
roner on the care of deIinGuent girls.
President Rouanchaud was given au-
thority TO invite any others.
Adoption Of the Burke resolution
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