The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-14
Official Proceedings of the Grant
Parish School Board.
COlfax, La, JULY z, 19Ol

beers present, except &. NJ. Brannon |
and j. NJ. Wardlow.
The minutes of the last meeting |
were adopted as read.
The superintendent read his quart |
erly report which was approved.
The following resolution was Of |
fered:
Resolved. That we, the Grant par
ish school board In regular session |
convened, authorize j. II. McNeely, !
president of said board, to accept |
the proposition made by the trustees |
of Vertla College Co., Ltd, to sell the |
property of said college. consisting
of certain lot of land situated in
the town of old Verda, with all the
buildings and improvements situat
ed thereon, as well rs one organ.
one piano. school library and a set
Of school furniture now In the build
ing. at eighteen hundred dollars, the
price named by the committee mp
pointed to appraise the college prop
erty, and to fix the terms of payment
mentioned by the said committee.
namely: One Thousand dollars So
00J) on Jnly 10, 1876, or as soon as deed
to said property Is signed by the said
j. II. McNeely. and the remainder.
eight hundred dollars (sS0O), to he
paid April 10, 1907.
The said j. II. McNeely is further
authorized and empowered to execute
q certain promissory note I'm favor of
the representa- tive or representatives
OF the trustees of VerGa College Co.,
Ltd, and to secure the said payment
of the said promissory Rote by ven
doris lien on said property.
On motion Of MIR. Nugent the resO-
luton was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Lang, one thous-
and dollars was loaned tn College
Hill district to make the first pay
ment on said property purchased.
On motion hoard adjourned until
1:30 for dinner.
Board reconvened at time men,
TONED.
A circular letter was read from the
parish board of Lafayette. asking for
n co-opera ton on the part of the par
ish board of Grant In organizing an
Association for School Directors of
the State.
On motion of Mr.. Stallings. the fol-
lowing resolution was offered and
carried:
Resolved. That we, the school d.
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ly endorse the action OF the school
directors Of Lafayette parish toward
the format ton of a State organization
for the Improvement of school direc-
tors of Louisiana. and stand ready
at all tines to render any assistance
we can towards the perfection of said
organization.
a request from people of Oak Grove
was read relative to the building OF
n school house near Oak Grove
church.
On motion of Mr.. Nugent. the
board approved of this request, and
the secretary was unauthorized to check
on treasurer to meet the payment of
building and equipping said house for
school purposes.
Inasmuch as there Is an unequal
distribution Of parish school funds
being made. due to the fact that some
of the sa wmill towns have gone down
and others have built up, thereby
cuusing some school districts to get
more funds than .hey are entitled to
and Others not AZ much as they
should have On motion OF Mr.. Stall
linys, it was decided to make the
enumeration of the Ell tire parish. and
the parties making the said enumera-
ton to he paid for their labor at
cents apiece for educable children.
On motion of Mr.. Lang, X. X.
Jetrr was to make IL for wards l. .
and Z, NJ. G. Nugent for wards 4 and
3. j. W. Barron for ward 8, and the
question Of selecting n man Tor ward
2 left to Messrs. Brannon, Gates and
Warner.
A motion by Mr.. Nugent. that the
commissioners. clerks and deputies
of school elections held during 1906 lie
paid, WAS carried. and secretary au-
thorized to pay them.
Clerk j. j. O'Quinn presented a
claim for Sl3 30for collecting a66 polls.
and another claim for 81 IS for re-
cording five deeds to school board,
aud on motion of Mr.. Lang. said
claims were allowed and secretary
authorized to pay the accounts.
Mr.. Barron moved the payment oil
II. q. GoOdwyn's account for print
ing matter for special elections held
this year. to the amount Of SllO 30.
Motion carried.
Mr.. Gates moved the payment oil
$50 So TO the retired board of Pollock
high School, for n deficit incurred In
running said school for the session
1866. Motion carried. and secretary
was authorized to pay said claim.
On motion of Mr.. Barron. j. L.
Simmons was reimbursed for s24, tn
ition paid by him for his children Mt
tending public school at Pollock dur.
ing the past session. :,
On motion of Mr.. Nugent, j. N.
Warner was allowed s14, balance due
on freight paid by him on school
desks placed In o. h. school house.
Mr.. Fletcher moved that $50, or ar
much thereof as may lie necessary
+. lie appropriated to place a library In
the school at Fish Greek. Motion
carried.
On motion of Mr.. Barron. the secre
tary was authorized to pay from the
contingent fund s47 20 for records o
treasurer's office.
On motion cf Mr.. Lang, the secre
tary was authorized To pay from
the funds of district 81 for what i'm
provements were necessary to put OF
school property at Verda before TIT
opening Of coming session ut schoo
at that place.
On motion of Mr.. Lang. s2s was
appropriated to pay for material Il
make desks and TO purchase heate
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