The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-05-29
Official Proceedings of the Grant Par
ish School Board.

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ish School Board.
Colfax, La, May Is, 1915.
The Board of School Directors of the
Parish of Grant, La, met in Colfax,
La, on the above named date in special
session with ]. H. McNeely, A. w.
Stewart, E. A. Wall, N. S. Roberts
and M. E. jackson present. M. A.
Walker and /. ]. Rhinehart absent.
The president called the board to or
der and there being quorum present
the following business was transacted
by them, to-wit:
N. S. Roberts. school director of
ward six, appointed to conduct the
special election to be held in township
seven of said ward on the 18th day of
May, 1915, as per notice duly published
in the official journal of the Parish. of
Grant, La, and for the time required
by law, to take the sense of the legal
voters living in the said township as to
whether or not there shall be a sale
made of the merchantable timber on
the northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter, section sixteen, township
seven. north, range three west, Louis
lana meridian, being present and max
ing his returns of the said election
held, the said Board of School Direc-
tors of the Parish of Grant, La, pro-
ceeded to examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the results of the
said election to be as follows:
Two votes were cast in favor of the
sale Of the merchantable timber and
no votes against the sale of it, where
upon E. A. Wall offered the following
resolution, to-wit:
Whereas, notice having been made
and duly published for the past thirty
days in the Colfax Chronicle, the off,
cial journal of this body, that special
election would be held at Summerfeld
school house in township seven by N.
S. Roberts, school director of ward six,
to get the sense of the legal voters
living in the said township as to whether
or not they wished to sell all merchant
able timber on the northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter, section six
teen, township seven, north, range
three west, Louisiana meridian, and
Whereas, from the returns made to
this Board the said special election was
held according to law and due returns
made thereof, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Board of
School Directors of the Parish of Grant,
in special session convened, do and
hereby declare, the special election
carried, all parties participating in the
said election voting in favor of the said
proposition. to sell the timber OF the
land above described in the said town
ship and in the Parish of Grant and
State of Louisiana.
The motion made by Mr.. Wall for
the adoption of the above resolution
was duly seconded by Mr.. Roberts, and
it being placed before the Board by
the president and on roll call the fol-
lowing members voted in the affirma-
tive, J. H. McNeely, A. w. Stewart,
E. A. Wall, N. S. Roberts and M. E.
Jackson and the president announced
the resolution carried unanimously.
]. H. McNEELY,
J. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
A true copy of the original.
J. N. WARNER,
Secretary Board of School Directors,
Parish of Grant, Louisiana.
A request was made by the local
school board of the Verda school that
the Board of School Directors of the
Parish of Grant lease the old framed
school building west of the new school
building to the Methodist people of that
community to be used for place in
which to hold regular services.
On motion of E. A. Wall, duly Sec
onded by N. S. Roberts and carried
the request was granted.
The following resolution was offered
by A. w Stewart, who moved its adop-
ton, to-wit:
Whereas, we, the people of Grant
parish, were so unfortunate as to lose
by fire the school house at or near Zion
station in ward five, and for lack of
proper patronage it now seems almost
out Of the question for Us to maintain a
one room school any longer in that Sec
ton. and
Whereas, we now have pupils in that
community that can no longer have
educational advantages in the one room