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

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| Educational Department.
SEC. no. The government of the Common
schools OF the city shall be vested in Board
OF Euucatlon, TO consist of nine members, to
/ be called School Directors and who shall re-
ceive no compensation. One School Director
shall be elected from each ware. Their terms
o! once Shall be four years. OF the members
VI Iie BOARD OF Education first elected under
this Charter, the members from the second
EoGfth. Sixth and Eighth Wards Shall hold
| eneir once Tor four years, and the members
rom the First, Third, Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth Wards shall hold their once FOR only
| two years. At each election thereafter, mem
! oers o. the board OF Education shall be elected
| expire. no person shall be eligible to the
ofhce OF School Director, unless he is at the
tiile o. ms election a qualified eiecior Of the
war from which he is elected.
oEt. III. TIE Board OF Education Shall
meet on the nrst Monday after the fifst day OF
iahuary next after the election OF It's mem
oerS mai have been officially declared, and
0iganil e by electing one of their number
| fftsiuent, whose Term ot ONCE, as President,
snali De two years. The board shall hold reg
uliir Hleet,n2s at least once in e lch month, and
! at such times as SHAH be delerninei by its
| RAJ s. SEe3ia! meetings may be called at any
! time by tiIe President any three OF the mem
heTs. Or by the sup, rnteDdeHt SIX mem GERS
Oh TIE board snail constitute Il auoruin for tile
| transaction OF business, and the Affirmative
vote OF tive members shall be Necessary 10
pass any measure. but a small r number may
adjourn rom tine 70 time. the board may
| determine the rules Off proceedings. and the
yeas ana nays shall lie taken when enandei
by any m 9fi.oer tau entered on the records OF
| tne uoara. It's records shall be open 10 public
| inspection. The Mayor shall fill all vacancies
occurring IN The board, until the next regular
nun, c pal election. All meetings OF the board
shall lie public. All elections held 10y it stall
be viva NOcc.
SEC. liz. The powers and duties of the
Board OF Education are AS fJlIows:
/ fifst-In establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include hign grammar
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CT a age, or consolidate the same; To manage
anu control the school property; to establish
scnooi districts. and TO Tx and alter the
boundaries theieof.
S2coad-To employ, Pay and dismiss teach
ers, Janitors and such persons as may be neces-
sary 10 carry into effect ne powers and u les
OF the board, and t. Ilx, alter al low aild order
| paid their saarie5 o. condensation and to
| withhold, for so III and sufficient caIse, the
ThOie or any par5 OF the salary o. Wa.tS OF
any person or i1er> ms employed IS afofesaId.
| There shall bca 1anuat election lor teachers
AT sticil Time as lac toafd may determine;
p-oNlo4d, however, that no election APP
| polntnent Of any t"acher janiJor other
elnpioye snail constitute q con .ract either as
20 the duration OF the ice or Us To the
aino2nt o: saliafy or com peuSaI on 20 ke paid
Dut the Board shall always have the power to
dismiss any or all teachers. lani ors or o5nar
employees, and to alter the amount OF salary
or compensation.
Third-ro MAKE, establish and enforce all
| necessary ana proper rules and regu.at ions
! tor the government ana progress of the con,
mon schools and Tor the INVESTIGATION of
charges against amy person in the employ OF
me department, and for carrying into effect
| The laws ra.atiug to education also TO tsta j.
iiih and regulate the grade OF schools ana de-
termine waat textbooks lin addition TO those
published BY the State, Irse of study and
mole OF instruction 81 al be used III nd
Scnocls; bur any textbook determined upon
by the BOARD shall not be changed within u
period Of iodr years alter It's adoption.
/ Hourth-IO provide for the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
Other Incidental expenses Us may be necessary
| Tor lie welfare oi the department.
Flfth-ro build alter, repair rent and pro-
vide soh0oihouses. and to furnish them with
proper school furniture, apparatus anu appli-
atnceS.
sixtn-To purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots. aud to take charge OF any and al 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 solo Dy the Board OF EduCat. Oh: provided
that no real estate shall be bought sold or
exchanged without the consent of the Board
OF Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pIo-
I Vlded fur5her, that the proceeds of any sucn
sale or exchange Of real estate shall be ex-
clusively applied to the purchase OF other lots.
or the erection of schoolhouSeS lor the use OF
this department.
I Seventh-1o appoint School Census Mar-
shais on or before the first day OF May of each
year, whose duties shall be as prescribed by
general law.
Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
any and all property acquired or claimed for
TIE USE anu Delleilt OF Inc SCAOOl Department.
| ana To prosecute and defend all actions at law
| or in equity, necessary to recover and main
IAN the full enjoyment and possession of said
property, ana to require the services of the
city Attorney IN all such actions.
Nlnth-To examine every demand payable
out of the school fund.- and for good cluse 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 thereon, in any matter under IN
Tenth-To discharge all legal membranes
now existing, or which may hereafter exist.
upon any school property.
Ele yenth-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,
ana TO suspend or expel pupils for miscoa-
duct.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
auction upon hot less than five da u.s. notice
Dy publication IN a daily newspaper pub
| llshed in SAID city, such personal property as
shall no longer be required by the depart
| rnent: Ali moneys realized from scch sales
shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of
the School Fund.
Thirteentn-To receive and manage prop
erty or money acquired by DEVISE beauest, or
donation in trust for the benefit of any
school, educational purpose, school prop
erty.
Fourteenth-To exclude from the schools
and school Libraries all books, publications
or papers OF sectarian, partisan or denomina-
tlOnal character.
Fifteenth-To furnish books for the children
OF parents unable to furnish them. The books
50 furnished shall belong to the city, and
shall be returned to the Superintendent at the
close of each term.
| Sixteenth-To make an annual report on or
before the rrst 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.
Seventeenth-To make a report whenever
required directly to the State Superinten dent
OF Public Instruction of the textbooks used in
the city schools.
Eighteenth Each member of the board
snail visit every school in the city at least
once In each term and examine carefully into
its management, condition and wants.
Nineteenth 1T shall be the duty Of the board
to prescribe a course or study that will TT 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.
| ments tor 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-nrSt-And generally TO do and per-
| form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, anu as may
be necessary and proper to carry into force
| and effect the powers conferred on said board
and to increase the efficiency of the common
! schools in the city.
| SEC. lis. The City Auditor and City Treas
| urer shall keep City School Fund into
which stall be paid all moneys appropriated
| to 1T unoer any law providing city school
Hioheyss all moneys receiNeu from the state
on account OF the city share of any appor-
| tionnent 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 ella m payable out of the City
| school fund until after such claim shall have
| been audited anu 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 a statement in detail OF the receipts