Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-06-11
v.-milion Parish Special School DIS
trict Number / Election


ish. Louisiana, being a quorum 'h''o'i'
met in public session at the office Oh
,sia hoard ia said parish, and accord
ing 70 law opened the ballot boxes used
:, aud which were received from the
commissioner, Of, the election held on
Tuesday, May Gath, 1921, in Nerm'li0n
Parish Special School District Ndm0ef
- accordance with said ordinance,
and there proceeded to count the pal
lots both in number and amount, for
aud against, to determine .he PROPOSE
tion to levy Two Mills ($.OO2) special
tax on all property subject to taxation
in Vermilion Parish Special School Dis
trict Number /, Parish of Vermilion,
Louisiana, annually, for a period Of
two years, for the purpose Of giving
additional aid to the public schools Of
the said school district.
The result of said count was Three
Hundred Seventeen ballots and One
Million Seven Hundred Niaety-One
Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four
and 52-1o0 Dollars (s1,791 ,l74.52) in
favor of said proposition, ane One Hun.
dred Eighty.three ballots and One
Million Fifty-fOur Thousand Six Hun
bred Fifty-six and 30-1OO Dollars
sI,054 5000 against sand PROPOSE
tion; and therefore, the majority In
both number and amount cast by the
property taxpayers Of the said Yer.
million Parish Special School District
Number /, In the Parish Of vermilion
in said election being in favor there.
Of; and,
At the same time and place we did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally sheets
and duplicate compiled statement, the
correctness Of both being sworn to by
the Commissioners, according to law,
and finding also that the returns indi.
Gated a majority both in number and
amount Of property in favor of said
proposition.
Therefore, We declare that the result
Of the said election is in favor of the
Proposition to levy Two Mihs
(s.oO2) Special Tax on all the property
subject to taxation in Vermilion Parish
Special School District Number l, Par.
ish of Vermilion, Louisiana, annually
for a period of two years for the pur.
pose of giving additional aid to the
public schools of the said school dis.
trict.
And, in accordance with law, a pro.
mitigation of the aforesaid result was
prepared, and the Secretary of the
Vermilion Parish School Board was or
dered to have a copy of the same, sign.
ed by the President, published in one
issue of the official journal.
And likwise We did order that one
copy of this process verbal be sent to
the Secretary of State to be recorded
in the archives Of the State of Lou
isiana hat one copy be sent to the
Recorder of Mortgages to be recorded
in the mortgage records land that one
copy be kept in the records Of said
School Board.
This done and signed in the presence
OF rsadore Hebert aud J. L, Harper,
competent witnesses and electors, on
this 25th day Of May, 1921, at the Of.
Ace Of the Parish school Board of Yer.
million Parish, by the undersigned mem.
bers Of the Parish School Board of said
Parish, present and participating In the
canvass of the said election.
(Signed)
ULYssE BERNARD,
J. R. HOLMES,
J. R. THEREOF,
c. J. MONTGOMERY,
Owe CoMEAUx,
MoLEUs DUBOIS,
A. G. LANGLINAIs,
W. L. HoFFPAUIR,
GEO. ". sTANSBuRY.
Witnesses.