The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-25


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 I'M
der the name and style of "Colfax High
School and College for Males and Fee
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--LocATroN AND OBJECT.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be located in the town of Colfax,
Louisiana, or within one-haf % 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. 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 (7) Trustees residents
of the Colfax public school district, a
majority of whom shall be parents,
guardians or tutors of children within
the public school age. Said trustees
shall be elected bienpially on the first
| Saturday in June. At the first election
in June, 1898. three trustees shall be
elected to hold Office for four years, ind
four trustees shall be elected to hold for
two years; and every two years thereaf-
/oc he
may bel 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 8 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
of public school age, shall have the right
to vote; provided, that all trustees duly
elected shall hold Office and act as such
until their successors have been elected.
I Should vacancies occur in said board by
death, resignation or otherwise, said va
cancy shall be 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-DvrIEs AND POWERS OF
1RUsTEEs.
The Board OF trustees OF this High
School and College shall meet and organ
lie 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 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 TEN, 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 IN
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 to property, to hold
the same in trust for the benefit of the
public school fund, to collect money, to
contract and build, to sue and be sued,
l -
. belonging to said Colfax High School
q principal to take charge Of said School
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 oil
their meetings and to adopt such rules
and bylaws as they may deem proper.
ARTICLE 5--rERms, TUITION, ETC.
The terms Of the school shall consist
of 8, 8, or 10 scholastic months of twent,
days each, the same to be divided into
| two sessions OF 4, 5, or 6 months, as the
. board may determine, the first session t.
commence on the LIST or ID Monday o.
, September each year. The tuition feel
to be graded as follows:
Primary department. per month";. 81 q
Preparatory . 2 "
Collegiate /" 2 81
: Music . s. 3 81
ARTICLE DISCIPLINE AND AUTHORITY
In all matters OF discipliue and govern
/. menf In the (zolRax Hinh School and Col