The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-05
ARTICLE VII.
Educational Department.

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Educational Department.
SEC. 10. The government of the Common
Schools OF the city shal! be vested in q Board
| OF Education, to consist OF nine nlefniess TO
be called School Directors and who shall re-
ceIve no compensation. One Scbool Director
silsiIl oe elected from each ware. Their terms
OF ONCE shall be four Years OF the members
| OF the Soard OF Education first elected under
Ihls Charter, the members from the second
tourth, sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
/ their o5hce for four wears and tLe members
/ from the First, Third Fifth Seventh ana
Ninth Wards shall hold their o.3ice for only
SNo years AT each election thereafter, MEM
! GERS OF the Board OF Education shall be elected
TO succeed those whose terms are about 10
/ eXtlie. no person snail De eligible 10 the
ofacc % school Director, unless he is Mt the
| time OF his election qualified aiector of the
! W2r1 rom which ne is elected
! SFc II /. TIE Board OF Education Shall
meet on the ilrlt Monday after the inst day OF
| january next after the election OF Us mem
| Defs mai nave been Officially de-ialed, and
/ O. game by eleciing ore of their nu.aber
FieslCeilt, whose tefn 81 Office, rs President,
| sIiaIl oe Two years. The board sh3lI Iloid reg
MAR lllt eln2s III least once IL eGch month, and
/ III sucn times as Saal DC determined by its
| rules. 9pc;Eli meetings may DC called al any
| IlHie py tae tfss Gent, any three OF sle mem
! DerS. or t;y the superintendent. TX faeiaocrs
/ 81 Tie podfd sslGIi constitute a quorum Tor the
| tfiCGS3c.lGn OF business, ana Che atfilInatiYe
wore 81 i've members sinai! be necessary 10
! pas any measure, bIi smaller number may
! at@oarii 1toIn ,llne - TIM The board may
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! Yeas and nays shlil be taken When Ce.nandeI
! py any n5u Der ;tuti entered OF tie records OF
! tl'e DosttG. : records shtit be open lopuolic
| Inspection. the Mayer shall HI all vacancies
occurring in tie board anu. the next regular
mum C pal election. a meetings. OF the board
small I e public. All elections held by it small
SIC. H.. The powers and duties of the
board OF Education are as fellows
flfst-Io establish aad maintain common
scuoois, winch shall include hgn, grammar.
primary ana kindergae ten departments; TO
! G. q lse, or consolidate the same; to manage
an control the school property; to establish
! boundaries the. eff
Sacond-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
ets IahlJois ana such persons rs may beneces-
sary 10 carry mo effect tie powers and Gu les
OF tIe board, ana t. tx, sitter, Il ow and order
/ palG their Sai2F.cS or CONDENSATION ana 10
I Withheld, for cooi and sufficient c.1sr the
whole or any part OF jbe salary or ~. ., 8 ol
any pers2i. or persons employed rs @EorcSaiu
Ihefc shall b IN annual eltction fer tcachers
itb sUca ttne IS the board may uet. rune;
/ ptoNldeC, however, that no Clecti0u or az
! p2ihtlneiit o. any teacher. janitur or other
! np.oys saaI constitute Il contract either as
to tde duration OF the o fice Or as to tue
amos nj ot sa;try or co II peuS5l.1on 10 be paid
Dt.t ClIe GO1fd siati always have the power to
DISMISS any or all teachers, jani 0rS or other
! enipiolei, ana 10 alter the amount OF salary
or compensation.
Third-Io make, establish ana enforce all
! necessary and proper rules and regulations
tor the government and progrts; OF the com
]
| charges against any person il ne enploy of
/ the uepartmc nj. and for carrying into e.iec.
81 he laws relating 10 e1UcatIon; Il 80 to sst;lg-
! llsh and Regulate the grade OF schools aIu &c
truiae wat textbooks in ADDITION to those
! Published b. the state, coarse OF study and
! mo lie of instruction sh Ill be used IL Sad
! SCHOOLS; buG any textbook determined upon
! by the board shall not be CHANGED Within a
period Of iolr years after its adoption.
f0urCl-To pro tide iOf the school Depa t
| rlent all necessary supplies, and incur Sdcn
Other incidental expenses as may be necessary
| Tor lae welfare oil the department.
/ tilth-Io> build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
] vide sch )o!houses, and TO furnish them with
| proper school furniture, ap paratus ana appii-
| anceS.
sixtn-To purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots. aad 10 take charge OF any aad all real
! eS-at2 and personal property that may have
beenacqulred, or may hereafter be acquired, loc
| the use and benefit OF the common schools of
the city: and to make, in the name OF the city
conVeyan ces of property belonging to the city
and solo Dy the Board OF Eduoatiol; i1rooided
! that no real estate snail be bought. sold or
| exchanged without the consent of the Board
OF Trustees, evidenced by ordinance: and pro-
| vided Iurther, that the proceeds of any SUCH
sale or exchange OF real estate shall be eX-
clusvely applied to the purchase OF otter 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 shall be as prescribed by
| gen aral law.
Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
any ana all property acquired claimed for
| the use ana benefit of the school Department
and to prosecute and defend all actions at law
or III equity, necessary to recover and main
| tain the full 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 tue school fund, ana for good ctuse to
| reject any such demand, or TO allow tie same
| in whole or in part and TO compel The attend
| ance of witnesses before the board, or any
| committee thereof, il any matter under m
| vestigation.
1 20,
| now existing, or which may hereafter exist,
/ upon any school property.
| Ele enth-Io prohibit any caild under six
/ years of 2ge from attending the common
/ schools, proNiCed in kindergarten classes
! children OF four years of age may be admitted
| and to suspend or eXpel pupils for miscon-
! duet.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
! auction upon not less than tive DAYS notice
/ by publication in Il daily newspaper pub
lished iu said city, such personal properly ne
/ shall no longer lie required by the ttetSart-
/ lnent. All moneys realized from suca safes
Shali be PAID into the treasury TO the cred of
| the School Fund
Thirteentn-To receive and manage prom
erty or money acquired by devise, be1uest, or
donation in trust for the benefit of any
school, educational purpose, or school prop
! erty.
tourteenth-To exclude from the schools
| and school libraries all books. publications
| or papers OF sectarlan, partisan or denonina-
tional character.
Fifteenth-Io 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 rirst day OF July in each yessr TO the
! County superintendent OF Sc4ools in the
manner and form and on the blanks pre-
scrioed by the State superintendent Of Public
| Instruction.
Seventeenth--To make a report whenever
| required directly to the State superintendent
otPubtc Instruction OF the textbooks used in
/ The city schools
Eighteenth = Each member of the board
| shall visit every school in the city at least
! once IN each term ana examine carefully into
! It's n1anag eTnent, condition and wants.
Nineteenth 1t shall be the duty of the board
| to prescribe course or study that VIII TT and
prepare the students therein to enter amy OF
/ the departments Of the University of the state
! OF Gallon MIA. Such course shall be known as
| the High i5c4ool course.
| Twentieth-The hoard may provide depart
ments tor the training OF pupils in the in
dustriat and mechanical arts, and domestic
| and commercial aVocati0ns and shall have
power to furnish such departments with nee
eSSary tools, apparatus and appliances.
/ Twenty-frst-And generally to do and Ter-
! form such other acts as may be required by
| general law appli able TO the city, and as may
DE necessary and proper 10 carry into force
/ and effect the powers conferred on said board
| and to increase the efficiency of the common
| schools in the city.
SEC. ll3. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer shall Keep q City school Fund into
which shall be paid all moneys appro priated
70 10 dhdSr any law pfOYldlhg city Scnool
i moneys; all moneys received from the State
on account OF the city share of any appor-
4 tionment o. the Slate school moneys, and tine
| city's portion OF all county moneys collected
/ or set apart Tor 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 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 rpDOIt To the Board of
| Trustees statement in detail OF the receipts
] and eXpendiInras for school pilrpoSeS IN the