The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-06-04
mo. 80.
The COlfax High School.
CoLFAx, La, May 8. 1877.

COLFA4s 1u', W0y ~ ~S
At a meeting of the special
committee, composed of DR.. }. r.
Kelly, J. H. McNeely, @. G. Nash,
G. H. Teal and H. G.. Goodwin,
appointed to devise ways and
means to establish high school
in the town Of Colfax, the follow
ing plan was submitted by Judge
w. L. Richardson, and accepted by
the COMMITTEES:
CHARTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL
ARTICLE l-NAME
This school shall be known and styled
as the CoLFAx HIGH SCHOOL FOR MALES
AND FEMALES.
ARTICLE 2-LoCATIoN.
The Colfax High School for Males and
Females shall be located in the town OF
Colfax. Louisiana.
ARTCnE 3--TRusTEEs.
The Colfax High School shal! DO pre-.
sided over and controlled by board OF
trustees, consisting of five members re-
siding in the Coifax public school dis-
trlct, majority Of whom shall have chill,
dren within the public school age. SAD
trustees shall be- elected bi-annually, ON
the first Saturday in June. At the nrst
election ia June, 1892, two trustees shall
be elected to hold for two years, and three
shall be elected for four years; and every
two years thereafter two or three trus.
tees las the case may bel shall be elected
to hold for four years; and for SUCH pur-
pose an election shall be held In the
school room between the hours OF and
o. m. of said first Saturday in June. at
which election all white legal voters hav,
having children of public school age, and
residing in the said Colfax school dis
trict within three miles of said school
room, shall have the right to vote; provi-
ded that all trustees duly elected shall
bold Office and act as such until their
successors have been duly e::1ted.
Should vacancies occur in said board, by
death, resignation or otherwise. said va
cancy shall be filed by special election
to be held under the order OF the.press-
dent of the board, at said school room,
the time to be fixed by said president:
! and. should there be no president, said
special election shall be ordered by the
secretary OF the board Of trustees.
ARTICLE A. ORGANIZATIONS AND fowERs
OF TRUSTEES.
The board of trustees of this school
shall meet and organize within thirty
days after their election, by selecting one
of their number as president. Also they
shall elect a secretary and treasurer, who
may be member of the board or not, ~
a majority OF the board may deem pru-
dent. Three members Of the board shall
constitute quorum for the transaction
OF any and all business, and In case OF
the absence Of the president or secretary
at any of the meetings, the members
present shall elect q president or secre-
tary pro tenn, to act for said meeting, and
in case of the permanent vacancy OF any
Office in said board they shall have the
power to elect his successor for the unex-
PRED term OF his office, at any regular
meeting of the board, or at a special
meeting called for the purpose. Said
board shall have the right to own and
accept title to property, manage and
control all property belonging to said
High School. They shall annually elect
q Principal to take charge OF Bald school,
upon such terms and contracts as the
trustees and principal shall agree upon
The principal 80 elected shall employ his
own assistant teachers, subject to the ap
proyal and ratification Of the board u
trustees. The trustees shall have the
night to fix the times Of their meetings
and to adopt such rules and bylaws o.
they may deem proper.
ARTICLE 5--TERMs, rurTIoSs ETC
. The terms OF this school shall consist
of ten scholastic months Of twenty day.
each, the same to divided into two ses
sion, of five months each, the first session
to commence on the second Monday o
September Of each year. The tuition
; fees to be graded as follows:
Primary department. per month. 81 8
, Preparatory e :. 2 q