The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21
Notice to School Patrons.

III Is recommended tudt Tue cudrteT
of the Colfax High School for Males and
Females be amended and re-adopted so
as to read as follows:
Charter for High school and College.
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
malee," 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,
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 (1a) 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. III school
law)
ART. 3-TRUsTEEs AND ORGANIZATION.
The Colfax High School and College
shall be presided over and controlled by
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 bi-anEually on the first
Saturday 10 June. At the first election
in June, 1898. three trustees shall be
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 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 and D 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.
Should vacancies occur in said board by
death, resignation or otherwise, said va
cancy shall be filled 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; aud should there be nc
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 a secretar,
: and treasurer, combining the two offices
in one person or electing them separately
who may be members of the board or not
: as a majority of the board may deem pfud
o emit. The treasurer shall be required to Civ
boud III such sum Hs the trustees ma.
: determine to be commensurate with hi
: responsibility.
!, Four members OF the Board shall con
stitute quorum for the transaction o
+ any and all business, and in case OF tn
4 absence Of the president or secretary a
any of the meetings, the members pres
y ent shall elect a president or secretar
8 pro tenn, to act for said meeting, ana u
h case of the permanent vacancy OF any oil
. flee in said board they shall have tb
Z power to elect his successor for the I'M
q expired term of his Office, at any regula
meeting of the board, or at a specia
meeting called for the purpose Sal
e board shall have the right to purchase
n own and accept title to property, to hol
the same in trust for the benefit Of tn
U public school fund, to collect money, t
d contract and build, to sue and be suec
\ and to manage and control all propert
belonging to said Colfax High Schot
.e and College They shall annually eles
o a principal to take charge OF said Schot
g and College, upon such terms and cor
- tracts as the Trustees and Principal ma
agree upon. The Principal so electe
#, shall employ his own assistant teacher
subject to the approval and ratificatio
ie of the board of trustees. The truste'
re shall have tho right to fix theItimes
n their meetings and to adopt such ruiz
" and bylaws as they may deem proper.
+ ARTICLE 5-TERMs, TUITION, ETC.
III The terms Of the school shall consi
of of 8, Q. or 10 scholastic months of twen'
70 days each, the same to be divided in
- two sessions of 4, 5, or months, as Il
board may determine. the first session
ID commence on the LIST or ID Monday
:. September each year. The tuition fe
y to be graded as follows:
IL Primary department, per month. 81
n Preparatory 2
10 Collegiate s. 2
Music 3
'o ARTICLE 6--DIscIPIINE AND AUTHoRrI
he Tn an matters Of Discipline and cover
IT, ment in the Colfax High School and &,