St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-28
rant upon the city treasurer as provided in

RAM upon Inc city treasurer as provided in
| this act
Teachers appointed shall serve during the
! pleasure of the board, and shall not be sub
| Ject to an annual election.
When the board may find that new schools
| are required, they must make a report to the
common council, and if there are sufficient
funds available for the purpose the council
may by three fourths vote order the mayor
and the president of the board to select
| suitable site, and erect building in accord :
ance with the plans provided by the board o f
inspectors. All proposals for materials an d
building and furnishing must be advertised
for by the mayor and president Of the board
for at least three weeks, and awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, who shall be re-
CURED to give bonds that the contract will be
faithfully carrsed out.
Before the proposals are advertised, all
plans for said building shall be open to the
inspection Of all people in the Office of the
secretary OF the board of inspectors
All contracts for the purchase of SITES the
erection and furnishing of school buildings
shall be made between the contractor and the
city of St. Paul. the same being paid for out
OF the city treasury on a requisition upon the
city comptroller from the mayor and presi-
dent of the board.
All new buildings must be inspected in
course OF construction by building inspect
or appointed by the mayor and confirmed bv
the council
All property now in the possession of the
Doard or education as corporation is di-
vested from It, and vested in the city of ST.
Paul III trust for the uses of education SOLELY
forever
The expense Of the public schools in any
year must not exceed the amount appropri
ated and set apart by the common council,
ana the council is prohibited from making
greater tax levy Ill any one year for the sup
port OF the schools than two aid half mills
on the dollar or less than two mills on the
dollar, OF which amount the council may set
apart one-half mill on the dollar for the cree
tlon OF new school houses, or for creating a
fund for that purpose.
The board of inspectors shall have no
power to create any Indebtedness against the
city OF st. Paul in any manner whatever
untll the common council has by ordinance
ordained the expenditures for school pur-
poses, and must then not exceed the amount
so apportioned; and any violation of this
provision shall be Il miSdemeanor, and upon
CONVICTION any party so violating the law
shall be punished by Imprisonment i'll the
county jail for six months.
All school supplies shall be purchased by
a committee consisting Of the mayor, the
president of the common council and the
city treasurer who must be supplied by the
board of inspectors with an annual estimate
OF what is required for the schools. Said
supplies to be awarded by contract, after hav-
ing been bid for, to the lowest bidder
The city of ST. Paul is charged with the
payment of all bonds issued by the board of
education. as well as all legal outstanding
and floating liabilities, and is required to
make provisions for the payment of the
same. Any vote, act neglect or omission by
or on the part of any member of the board
or any officer thereof as in this act pre-
scribed or prohibited as the case may be,
shall be prima facia evidence that the same
was done with willful intent to evade the pro-
visions of this act; and upon the prosecution
of any person for the commission of any
offense in this act defined, it shall not be
necessary to prove the wlllful intent of the
person offending, and upon such prOsecu-
ton, upon the wrongful vote or act or omis-
sion being shown, the willTul intent shall be
presumed until the contrary appears.
The board of inspectors are mpowered to
make rules and provisions to compel the at
tendance at school of truant children, and
may require the police of the city to assist i'll
enforcing such rules.