The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

Charter for High School and College.
ADOPTED june =. 1898.
ARTICLE 1--NAME, DURATION AND
DOMICIL.
This school shall be known and is
hereby chartered and incorporated I'M
der the name and style of "Colfax High
School and College for Males and Fe
males" for continuous succession and
unlimited duration. Its domicil is fixed
at Colfax, Grant parish, Louisiana, and
the president of it's Board of Trustees, or
in his absence the secretary of the board,
is the proper person upon whom citation
or other legal process should be served.
ARTICLE 2-LocArIoN AND OBJECT.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be located in the town Of Colfax.
Louisiana, or within half % mile Of
it's corporate limits, and the object is to
establish high school and college under
the State public school law for graded
and high schools. (See sec. 131 school
law.)
ART. 3-TRusTEEs AND ORGANIZATION.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be presided over and controlled by
a board Of seven % Trustees, residents
of the Colfax public school district, .
majority of whom shall be parents,
guardians or tutors Of children within
the public school age. Said trustees
shall be elected biennially on the first
| Saturday in June. At the first election
in June, 1898. three trustees shall be
elected 10 hold Office for four years, and
four trustees shall be elected to hold for
two years; and every two years thereaf-
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may be) shall be elected to bold for fcnr
years; and for the purpose OF electiEg
| sand trustees an election shall be held in
the High School and College building Or
upon the grounds Of the same, between
the hours IT 3 and 5 o'clock in the after
| noon of said first Saturdays in June, at
which election all white legal voters re-
siding in the Colfax public school district
having children OF schoolable age, or be-
ing the guardians or tutors OF children
OF public school age, shall have the right
to vote: provided, that al trustees duly
elected shall hold Office and act az such
until their successors have been elected
Should vacancies occur in said board by
death, resignation or otherwise, said va.
cancy shall be filed by a special election
held under the order OF the president
after twenty days notice, date, place and
time Of holding the election to be given
in said notice; and should there be nc
president the secretary of the board oi
trustees shall order said election. The
said trustees shall serve without remun.
GRAFTON.
ARTICLE 4-DUTIEs AND POWERS OF
TRUSTEES.
4 The Board Of trustees of this High
School and College shall meet and organ
ize within thirty days after their election
by selecting one OF their number rs pres
lident. Also they shall elect secretary
and treasurer, combining the two Offices
in one person or electing them separately
who may be members Of the board or not
as majority of the board may deem prud
emit. The treasurer shall be required to GIVE
bond IN such sum ae the trustees may
determine to be commemorate with biz
responsibility.
Four members of the Board shall con
stitute quorum for the transaction o
| any and all business. and in case OF tn
absence Of the president or secretary a
any of the meetings, the members pres
, emit shall elect president or secretar.
pro TEN. to act for said meeting. and IL
case of the permanent vacancy OF any OF
fee in said board they shall have tn
power to elect his successor for the I'M
, expired term Of his office, at any regula
, meeting Of the board, or at specia
meeting called for the purpose. Sait
) board shall have the right to purchase
. own and accept title TO property, to hols
,. the Same in trust for the benefit OF tn
1 public school fund, to collect money, +
: contract md build, TO sue and be sued