St. Tammany farmer., 1922-12-02
Covington, La, Nov. "a, 1922

| Covington, La, Nov. "a, 1922.
The st. Tammany Parish Schoo
Board met in special adjourned ses
sion in Covington, La, at the ofic
Of the Superintendent, on the abov
date, with President N. H. FitzSim
ons in the chair and the following
members present: Stanford Behr
ems, ward l; T. J. O'Keefe, ward 2
N. H. FitzSimons, ward 3; H. H
Levy, ward 4; w. w. Talley, ward 5
Dave Evans, ward 6; l. H. Keller
ward z; Geo. F. Bancks, ward 8; w
Oswald, ward 10. Absent: W. L
Ellis, ward 9. A quorum present.
Moved by Mr.. Levy, seconded BY
Mr.. Bancks, that the minutes Of the
last meeting be approved as printed
in The St. Tammany Farmer.
Carried.
The Superintendent read his re
port, and it was moved by Mr.. Talley
seconded by Mr.. Oswald, that the re-
port be accepted as read.
The following resolution was In
troduced by Mr.. Evans, who moved
it's adoption. 1t was seconded by
Mr.. Bancks:
Whereas, it IS the desire OF the
taxpayers Of School Districts Nos.
Eight and Nine that those two dis
tricts be consolidated into one, and
Whereas, Section / OF Act SO OF
1922 provides for the merging or
consolidating OF two or more school
districts into one by parish school
boards upon their own initiative,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That School Districts
Nos. 8 and 9 are hereby consolidated
into one, to be known as School Dis
trict No. 8, to have the same limits
and boundaries as the combined old
School District Nos. and 8, and
more fully described as follows:
Composed Of Wards and 8 Of
st. Tammany parish, beginning at
point "A" in this description, which
is the place where the section line
between sections 81 and %, tp 9 s,
+ 13 9, Greensburg District, La, in
tersects Lake Pontchartraian; thence
northerly along and between sections
Il and %, Is and Is, 9 and 10, 3, 4
Of township s, 13 9, and sections
33 and "a, %, 27, 81 and 22,. Is and
l6, 9 and 10, and and 4, of town
ship s, 13 e, to point ''B" at the
township line between townships Z
and 8, and sections 33 and "a, town
ship 8, 3 e, thence easterly
along said township line, between
;ownships and 8 to point &C."
where said township line runs into
Cast Pearl River, and the Mississippi
'tate line. Thence following the
neanders Of the parish line, south
'rly, and westerly, back to point "A'
he point OF commencing; said de-
cription incloses all the southeast |
'ortion of st. Tammany parish, and
ontalns 10000 acres M. L."
Upon roll call all members voted
d the affirmative.
On motion of I. H. Keller, second
d by Stanford Behrens, the follow
ng resolution was unanimously
dopted:
! RESOLUTION OF the St. Tammany
Parish School Board of St. Tam
many Parish, La, proposing to in
cur debt and issue bonds OF School
District No. 8 in St. Tammany
Parish, La, for the purpose of |
constructing and purchasing al
school house in Slidell; purchas-
Ing site therefor; make add1-
tions and purchase equipment for
the white graded school of the
Town OF Pearl River, La, and the | /
levy OF a special tax of five mills
on the dollar for the purpose Of (
giving additional suppOrt tO the I
public schools in said District, and I
calling special election for the q
purpose Of submitting to the {
qualified taxpayers Of said School a
District No. Eight the propositions Ir
herein enumerated.
Section j. Be it resolved b. Il IL
Tammany Parish School Board Of j