The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11

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Street, Chicago.
Charter for High school and College.
ADOPTED June 4. 1898.
ARTICLE NAME, DURATION AND
DOMICIL.
This school shall be known and is
hereby chartered and incorporated un-
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 its 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-LocATIoN AND OBJECT.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be located in the town OF Colfax,
Louisiana, or within one half ~ mile of
its 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. 13l school
law.)
ART. 3-TRUsTEEs AND ORGANIZATION.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be presided over and controlled by
board of seven (T 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
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elected to hold Office for four years, and
four trustees shall be elected to hold for
two years; and every two years thereaf-
ter three or four trustees las the case
may be) shall be elected to hold for four
years; and for the purpose OF electing
| SAID trustees an election shall be held in
the High School and College building or
upon the grounds of the same, between
the hours of 3 and o'clock in the after
noon of said first Saturdays in June, at
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; pr0vided, that all trustees duly
elected shall hold Office and act IS such
until their successors have been elected.
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death, resignation or otherwise, said va
cancy shall he filed by 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 no
president the secretary of the board of
| trustees shall order said election. The
| said trustees shall serve without remun-
Grafton.
ARTICLE 4-DUTIEs AND POWERS OF
TRUSTEES.
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 as pres
ident. 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-
ent The treasurer shall be required to give
bond IN such sum as the trustees may
determine to be commensurate with his
responsibility.
Four members OF the Board shall con
stitute a 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 pres
ent shall elect a president or secretary
pro tenn, to act for said meeting. and in
case of the permanent vacancy OF any of
fee in said board they shall have the
power to elect his successor for the un-
expired term of his office, at any regular
meeting of the board, or at special
meeting called for the purpose. Said
board shall have the right to purchase
own and accept title 10 property, to hold
the same in trust for the benefit of the
public school fund. to collect money, tt
contract and build, to sue and be sued
and to manage and control all propert,
belonging to said Colfax High Schoo
and College. They shall annually cleo
, principal to take charge OF said Schoo
, and College, upon such terms and con
, tracts as the Trustees and Principal may
, agree upon. The Principal SO elected
, shall employ his own assistant teachers
, subject to the approval and ratification
OF the board of trustees. The trustees
shall have the right to fix the times o
! their meetings and to adopt such rule
, and bylaws as they may deem proper.
ARrI,LE 5-TERMs, TUITION, ETC.
The terms of the school shall consis
of 8, 8, or 10 scholastic months of twent,
days each, the same to be divided int
two sessions of 4, 5, or months, as tn
board may determine, the first session t
commence on the LIST or ID Monday o
September each year. The tuition fee
to be graded as follows:
Primary department. per month. 81 5
Preparatory 20
Collegiate 2 s
Music 5
ARTICLE 6--DIsCIPLIrE AND AUTHoRIT,
In all matters of discipline and govern
ment in the Colfax High School and Co