The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-16

Charter for High school and College
Adopted June 4, 1893.
ARrIcIE NAME, DURATION AND
DoMICIL.
This school shall be known and is
hereby chartered and Incorporated nm
der the name and style ct "Colfax high
School and College for Males and re,
males" for continuous succession and
unlimited duration. It's 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,
ia the proper person upon whom citation
or other legal process should be served.
ARTICLE 2--LocArlos AND oBJEcr.
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. tSee sec. III school
law
ART. 3--TRUsTEEs AND ORGANIZATION.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be presided over and controlled by
a board OF seven 90 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 to hold Office f6'r four years, and
J four trustees shall be elected to hold Tor
two wears; and every two years thereaf-
ter three or four trustees Gas the case
: NAV bel shall be elected to hold for four
wears: and for the purpose OF electlng
SAID trustees an election shall be held in
the High School and College building or
upon the grounds of the same, between
q the hours Of 3 and 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
1 of public school age, shall have the right
q to vote; prouided, that all trustees duly
elected shall hold Office and act as surn
until their successors have been elected
+ Should vacancies occur in said board ny
i death, resignation or otherwise, said va
capcy shall be filed by special election
e held under the order OF the president
!. after twenty days notice. date, place and
. time OF holding the election to he givef
= in said notice; aud should there be ne
Of president the secretary of the board 0
N trustees shall order said election. Tit
said trustees shall serve without remun
y Grafton.
IL ARTICLE 4-DUTIEs AND POWERS OF
rel 1RUsTEES.
The Board OF trustees OF this Higl
School and College shall meet and organ
u ize within thirty days after their election
r. by selecting one of their number as pres
NJ ident. Also they shall elect secretar
- aud treasurer, combining the two Office
ID in one person or electlng them separatei,
Nv who may be members of the board or mo-
= asa majority of the board may deem prut
rs ent. The treasurer shall be required to Civ
dis bond In such sum as the trustees ma
,d determine to be commensurate with 81
!. responsibility.
Is Four members OF the Board shall COZ
nd stitute quorum for the transaction
T. any and all business. and in case OF tt
~ absence of the president or secretary
he any of the meetings, the members pre-
W. emit shall elect president or secrefai
PRO tenn, to act for said meeting. and
iie case OF the permanent vacancy OF any Q
to Ace in said board they shall have Il
On power to elect his successor for the n
expired term of his office, at any regul
leu meeting OF the board, or at a speci
meeting called for the purpose. Sa
board shall have the right to purchas
oh own and accept title to property. to- ho
81 81 the same in trust for the benefit OF u
y public school fund, to collect money,
"a contract and build, to sue and be sue
Cor and to manage and control all proper
, & belonging to said Colfax High Schc
and College. They shall annually ele
principal to take charge OF said Schc
:, and College, upon such terms and &C
lille tracts as the Trustees and Principal m
asst agree upon. The Principal so elect
49, shall employ his own assistant teache
wy subject to the approval and ratiiicati
ad. of the board of trustees. The trusft
md shall have the right to fix the times
their meetings and to adopt such ru
and bylaws as they may deem proper
ARTICLE 5--TERMs. TUITION, ETC.
nus The terms OF the school shall cons
his of 8, 8, or 10 scholastic months OF twei
NE days each, the same to be divided i
ri two sessions OF 4, 8, or months, as
~ ~ board may determine. the first session
md commence on the LIST or I'd Monday
BY September each year. The tuition I
to be graded az follows:
,,srs Primary department, per month. 81
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