The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-10
Official Proceedings Of the Grant
Parish School Board.
CoLrAx. La. April 4. 1897

were read and regularly approved.
The report of the committee to redis-
trict New Hope and Hargis districts was
received and adopted, which report is as
follows:
We your committee appointed to re-
district Hargis and New Hope districts
beg to report that We recommend that
the Hargls district remain as it is now
except that the east line be moved one
mile further east, and that it embrace
sections six, seven and eighteen.
College Hill district to commence on
the north line of the parish, one mile
east of the range line between ranges
four aud five, and run south to the south
fork of the Fourche mari, thence east
and down the Fourche mari to the OAR
tigo, thence up the D'Artigo to parish
line, thence west to place of beginning.
The New Hope district to begin at the
intersection of the Fourche mari and the
D'Artigo, and run up the Fourche mari
to the west line of sec. Is, thence south
to the southeast corner of sec. 18, thence
west one mile to range line, thence south
one mile, thence east to UArtigo thence
up D'Artigo to place of beginning.
We locate the lines as above, and also
We have located the Hargis school house
at the east side of j. N. Fletcher's place,
where the Montgomery and Prairie roads
cross said land. Respectfully. etc,
j. N. FLETCHER,
M. M. O'NEAL.
The report was unanimously adopted
and the comittee discharged.
The excuses of Miss Carrie Balance
and Mrs. l. T. Martin, for absence from
the institute in March, being unsatisfac-
tory to the board, action on them was
deferred to the next regular meeting Of
the board
1t was ordered that no transfers of
children from one district to another be
made at this meeting of the board.
BY j. H. Williams
Resolved, That the committee appoint
ed to examine the treasurer's books, with
a view of discovering the discrepancies in
the report, be granted further time, and
that the sum of fifteen dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, be
appropriated to employ an expert &C
countant to assist them, if the same be
necessary. That this committee be re-
quested to report at the next regular
meeting of the board. Adopted.
Talmon Chandler and r. s. Cameron
were appointed committee to call upon
j. r. Dunn and demand his bond rs pub
lie printer for the board and to report in
stanter which was done, and the bond
having been presented was approved by
the board and ordered fled with the Sec
rotary.
Liberty Chapel was established as a
second grade school.
VIM parish having failed to cooperate
with Grant parish in establishing Ebe-
neezer as line school, all action with
reference to the Dunn district was post
poned until the next regular meeting of
this board.
The Flagon school was granted to Miss
Annie Hadnot.
A school was granted at Union in ward
two and the money Of the Oak Grove
district was ordered appropriated there
in proportion to the number of children
who attend that school from the Oak
Grove district.
Olivia Madison presented diploma
from the Leland University in New Or
leans was granted first grade certificate
without examination.
G. w. Anderson, o. G. Smith and Nick
Smith were appointed as trustees of the
Bynum school.
The treasurer's report, az presented by
the treasurer, was referred TO the COM
mlttee appointed to investigate the treas
urer's books. The report is as follows:
E. Dunn account with school fund of
Grant parish for the quarter ending
April 3, 1897:
GENERAL FUND.
Amount in fund last report -. $3.50 SO
By 3OS polls qr.ending Jan /, 81 3O8 90
Is per ct. phi. revs, 74S %
Interest on school lands. 1853 90
Current school fund from State 1850 60
Total for quarter. ....... $3.50 80