The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-09
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

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SEC, 10. The government of the Common
schools OF the city shall be vested in Board
OF EDUCATION, to consist of nine members, TO
| De called School Directors, and who shall re-
| celye no compensation. One School Director
snail be elected from each wara Their terms
ol ONCE snail be four years. OF the members
1 OF the Board of Education first elected under
tnls Cnarter. the members from the Second,
fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
sileit once iof four years, and the members
rom the First, Third Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth Wards shall hold their once for only
! Two years. A each election thereafter. mem
bers of the Board OF Education shall be elected
! 10 succeed those whose terms about 10
! expire. NO person shall be eligible To the
once OF school Director, unless he is at the
time of his election a qualified elec.ot Of the
| ward from whica he is elected
sec. III. The Board of Education shall
meet on the nrst Monday after the first day OF
January next after the election of It's mem
! Ders shall have been oficially declared, and
/ OF game by electing one of their number
snali De two years. The board shall hold reg
ullr meetings AT least once in e lch month, and
at such times as shall be determined by it's
| IultS, opecltl meetings may be called at any
time by the President any three OF the mem
! bers, or by the superintendent SIX mem bers
OF tie board shall constitute quorum Tor the
transaction or business, and the Affirmative
vote OF tive members shall be Necessary to
pass any measure, but q smaller number may
aolourn from time To time. The board may
! determine the rules of its proceedings. and the
! yeas ana nays shall be taken when Cemande1
| Dy any member and entered on the records of
| the boarG. It's records shall De opcn 10 public
| Inspection. The Mayor shall FIJI all vacancies
! occurring in the board, until the next regular
| mum C Pal election. All meetings of the board
sntli re pubnc. All elections held by it shall
be viva voce.
SEC: ~. The powers and duties of the
Eoard oil Education are as follows:
flfSt--Io establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include high grammar
primary ana kindergarten departments; to
@ alge, or consolidate the same; to manage
f fhaA
scnooi districts, and 10 nX and alter the
| boundaries thereof
Second-ro employ, pay and dismiss teach
| ers, JahltorS and such persons as may be neceS-
sary 10 carry into effect the powers and duJies
OF the board, and to fix, alter, allow and order
pald their salaries or compensation, and to
] withhold, for good and SUFFICIENT cause, the
! Wnole or any part OF the salary or WAGES of
any person or persons employed as aforesaid
1here shall be an annual election Tor teachers
at such time as the board may determine;
! provided, however, that no election or ap-
! polntment OF any teacher. janitor or other
| employe shall constitute a contract either as
TO the duration of the Office or as to the
amount of salary or compensation 10 Ice paid
out the board shall always have the power to
dismiss any or ali teachers iani orS or other
employees, and TO alter the amount of salary
| or compensation.
| Third-Io make, establish and enforce all
| necessary and proper rules and reou lationS
! tor the government and progress OF the com
mon schools and fer The Investigation of
charges against any person in the employ of
! the laws relating to education; tl;o to estab-
llSh and regulate the grade of schools ana de-
t@rmine wnat textbooks lin ADDITION TO those
published b. the State. coarse OF study and
mo1e OF instruction shll he used IN sad
schools; but any textbook determined upon
! by the board shall not be changed within q
period of ioar years alter its adoption.
Fourth-To provide for the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
other Incidental expenses rs may be necessary
Tor the welfare OF the department
Fifth-To build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
/ vide schooihouses, and to furnish them with
| proper school furniture, apparatus and appli-
| ances.
Sixth--To purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots, and 10 take charge OF any ana all real
| estate and personal property that may have
| been acquired, or may hereafter be acquired for
| the 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 Dy the Board OF Education; provided
| that no real estate shall be bought, sold or
exchanged without tue consent of the Board
of Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pro-
ytued further, that the proceeds of any Such
sale or exchange of real estate shall be ex-
| cluSively applied to the purchase OF other lots
or the erection of schoolhouses for the use of
| this department.
Seventh-1o appoint School Census Mar
| shals on or before the first day of May of each
| year, whose duties snail be as prescribed by
general law.
Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
any and all property acquired or claimed for
the use anu benefit of The school Department,
and to prosecute and defend all actions at law
or IN equity, necessary to recover and MAN.
| tain the full enjoyment and possession of said
| property, ana to require the services of the
| City Attorney in all such actions
| Ninth-To examine every demand payable
| out OF the school fund, anu for good cause to
! reject any such demand, or to allow the same
! in whole or in part, and to compel the attend
| ance of witnesses before the board or any
committee thereof, in any matter under IN
| vestigation.
Tenth-.To discharge all legal membranes
now existing, or which may hereafter exist,
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Eleeenth-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
and TO suspend or expel pupils for miscon-
] duct.
| Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
auction upon not less than five days notice
! by publication in q daily newspaper pub
! lished IN said city, such personal property as
shall no longer lie required by the depart
ment: All moneys realized from such sales
shall be paid into the treasury to the ere lit of
! the School Fund.
Thirtcentu-To receive and manage pron-
| 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.
Fifteenth-To furnish books for the children
| of parents unable to furnish them. The books
50 furnished shall belong to the city, and
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! close of each term.
Sixteenth-To make an annual report on or
before the llrst day of July in each year to the
| County Superintendent of Schools in the
| manner and form and on the blanks pre-
! scribed by the State superintendent of Public
/ instruction.
| Seyenteenth--To make a report whenever
required directly tothe State superintendent
I OF Public instruction of the textbooks used in
| the city schools.
| Eighteenth = Each member of the board
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| once in each term and examine carefully into
! It's management, condition and wants,
Nineteenth shall be the duty OF the board
| to prescribe course or study that will fit 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-hrst-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 TO carry into force
ana erect the powers conferred on said board,
ana TO increase the efficiency of the common
| schools IN the city.
| SEC lis. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer shalt keep a City School Fund into
Wtlch Shall be paid all moneys appropriated
| 10 III under any law providing city school
moneys; all moneys received from the State
! on account of the citys share of any appor-
tioniaent OF the State school moneys, and the
| Guys porbon or all county moneys collected
or sci apart for school purposes, and neither
the Board OF Trustees nor City Auditor shall
alioW any cia M 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 the first Monday in
August, make and report to the Board of
trustees statement in detail of the receipts