The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-13
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department..


Educational Department.
SEC. 10. The government of the Common
Schools OF the city shall be vested in q Board
OF Eaucatlon, TO consist OF nine members, to
be called School Directors and who shall re-
ceive no compensation. One School Director
snail be elected from each ward. Their terms
OF oiIlce shall be four years. OF the members
OF the Board OF Education first elected under
TINS Cilarter, the members from the second,
tourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
thelr once Tor four years, and tie members
| from the First, Third Fifth, Sel enth and
Ninth Wards shall hold their Office for only
| two years. At each election thereafter, mem
befs OF the Board of Education shall be elected
TO succeed those whose terms are about TO
expire. No person shall be eligible TO the
| office OF School Director, unless he is at the
| lllne OF his election a qualified elector OF The
| ward nom which he IS elected
SEC. III. The Board of Education shall
| meet on The drst Monday after the first day of
january next after the election of It's menu
| pefs snail have been oficiatiy declared, and
otganiZe by clectlng one OF their number
PRESIDENT, whose term OF Office, as President
snll be two years. The board Shall hold reg
/ ular meetings at least once in each MONTH and
/ at such times as shall be determined BY its
| rules: special meetings may be called at any
Tune by the President any three of the mem
| bers. or by the Superintendent SIX mem oers
i OF the board shall constitute quorum for the
| transaction of business, and the Affirmative
vote OF I'VE members shall be necessary TO
! pass any measure, but q smaller number may
| adjourn from time 10 time. The board may
/ determine the rules of its proceedings, and the
yeas and nays shall be taken when demanG ed
/ oy any member and entered on the records of
the board. Its records shall be open to public
| inspection. The Mayor shall I'll all vacancies
nccurring IN the board, until the next regular
sIlail be pubic. All elections held by il shall
| be viva Voce
SEC. liz. The powers and duties of the
BOARD OF Education are as follows:
| trSt-To establish and maintain common
SCHOOLS, which shall include high, grammar
| primary ana kindergarten departments; to
change, or consolidate the same; to manage
and control the school property; to establish
schooi districts. and to nix and alter the
| boundaries thereof.
Second-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
ers, JanitorS and such persons as NAV be neces-
sary 10 carry into effect the powers and duties
| OF the board, and to fix, alter, allow and order
| pald their salaries or compensation, and TO
Wlthhold, for good and sufficient cause the
| whole or any part OF the salary or wages of
any person or persons employed as aforesaid.
mere small De an annual election for teachers
at SUCH time as the board may determine:
! provided, however, that no election or ap-
polntment OF any teacher, janitor or other
enlpioye snail constitute u contract either as
! TO the duration of the Office or as to the
amount of salary or compensation To be paid,
put the board shall always have the power to
DISMISS any or ali teachers, ianitorS or other
employees, and TO alter the amount of salary
| or compensation.
Third-To make, establish and enforce all
necessary ana proper rules and regulations
| for the government and progress of the COM
mon schools and for the inyestiuatinn Of
charges against any person III the employ of
] the department, and for carrying into e Hect
| the laws relating TO education; also to estao-
| llSh and regulate the grade Of schools and de-
termtne what textbooks Din addition to those
published by the State, course of study and
mode of instruction sh I'll be used IN said
schools; but any textbook determined upon
| by the board shall not be changed within a.
| period OF four years after its adoption.
Fourth-To provide for the School Depart
lnent all necessary supplies, and incur such
! other Incidental expenses as may be necessary
Tor the welfare OF the department.
Fifth--To build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
vide SchoolhouSeS. and TO furnish them with
proper school furniture, apparatus and appli-
| anceS
Sixth-To purchase, sell or exchange school
/ lots and to take charge OF any and all real
| estate and personal property that may have
| been acquired, or may hereafter be acquired for
| the use and benefit of the common schools of
| the city; and TO make in the name OF the city,
conveyances of property belonging to the city
and sold by the Board OF Education: l1roUi1Ied
| that no real estate shall be bought, sold or
| exchanged without the consent of the Board
| OF Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pro-
Vided further. that the proceeds of any such
| sale or exchange Of real estate shall be ex-
| clusiyely applied TO the purchase oiother lots.
or the erection OF schoolhouses for the use Of
| this department.
Seventh-Io appoint School Census Mar
| shals on or before the first day of May of each
| general law.
Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
any and all property acquired or claimed for
| the use and benefit of the school Department.
and to prosecute and defend all actions at law
| or In equity, necessary TO recover and main
tain the fun enjoyment and possession of said
property, and to require the services of the
City Attorney in all such actions.
Ninth-To examine every demand payable
out of toe school fund, and for good cause TO
| reject any such demand, or to allow the same
| in whole or nn part, and to compel the attend
ance of witnesses before the board or any
committee thereof, in any matter under in
yestigation.
Tenth-To discharge all legal membranes
now existing, or which may hereafter exist
| upon any school property.
Eleventh-To prohibit any child under six
years of age from attending the common
| schools, provided in kindergarten classes
children of four years of age may be admitted,
| duct.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
auction upon not less than five days notice
| by publication in daily newspaper pub
1 lished in said city, such personal property as
| shall no longer be required by the deDart-
| ment: All moneys realized from such sales
/ the School Fund.
Thirteentn-To receive and manage prop
| erty or money acquired by devise bequest, or
| donation in trust for the benefit of any
| school, educational purpose, or school prop
! erty.
| Fourteenth-To exclude from the schools
and school libraries all books, publications
or papers of sectarian, partisan or denomina-
tional Character.
Fffteenth-To furnish books for the children
OF parents unable TO furnish them. The books
| so furnished shall belong to the city, and
| shall be returned to the Superintendent at the
| close of each term
| SiNteenth-To make an annual report on or
/ before the first day of July in each year TO the
| County Superintendent of Schools IN the
| manner ana form ana on the blanks pre-
| scribed by the State superintendent OF Public
Instruction.
| Seventeenth-To make report whenever
| required directly to the State Superintendent
n of -hfNo
/ the city schools.
Eighteenth Each member of the board
shall visit every school in the city at least
once in each term and examine carefully into
| It's management, condition and wants.
Nineteeath-It shall be the duty of the board
! to prescribe a course or study that will mt and
prepare the students therein TO enter any of
the departments of the University OF the state
of California. Such course shall be known as
the High school course.
Twentieth--The board may provide depart
ments for the training of pupils in the in
dustrial and mechanical arts, and domestic
and commercial avocations and shall have
power to furnish such departments with nee
essary tools, apparatus and appliances.
Twenty-drst-And generally to do and per-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, and as may
be necessary and proper 10 carry into force
and effect the powers conferred on said board,
| and to increase the efhciency of the common
schools in the city.
SEC. lis. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer shall keep q City School Fund into
which shall be paid all moneys appropriated
to it under any law providing city school
moneys; all moneys received from the State
| on account of the city's share of any appor-
tionment of the State school moneys, and the
city's portion of all county moneys collected
| or set apart for school purposes, and neither
the Board of Trustees nor City Auditor shall
allow any claim payable out of the City
School Fund until after such claim shall have
been audited and allowed by the Board Of
Education.
SEC. ia. The Board OF Education shall
annually, on or before tine first Monday in
August, make and report to the Board OF
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