The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-01
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

1 ahAI1LE WIKI
Educational Department.
SEC. no. The government of the Common
schools OF the city Shall be vested in a Board
! OF Education, 10 consist OF nine members. 10
oe called School Directors, and who snail re-
cSlIe no compensation. one school Director
snail De elected from each ward Their terms
| OF Office snail be four years OF the members
| oI the Board OF Education first elected under
ms Charter, the members from the second.
rouFtn, Sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
Lhelr ONCE for four years, and the members
rom the FIRST, Third, Fifth, Seventh and
Nilth wards shall hold their once Tor only
Two Years. Az each election thereafter, MEM
/ oers OF the Board of Education shall be elected
20 succeed those whose terms are about 10
| expire. No person shall be eligible to the
ONCE of School Director unless he is at the
| llme OF his election qualified elector OF the
WSrI rom which he is elected.
ohC. II. TIE Board OF Education shall
meet on the hrSt Monday after the first tiav OF
| January next after the election OF It's mem
pers snalL have been officially declared, and
o. game by electing one of their number
Ifesldent, whose term OF Office, as President
snail be Two years. The board Shall hold reg
uiaf meetings az least once in each month, and
AZ suct Times as shall be determined by its
rults; special meetings may be called at any
time by the President any three OF the mem
! GERS. or by the Superintendent. SIX members
| % tue board shall constitute n quorum for the
! transaction of business, and the affirmative
vote % ave members Shall be Necessary 10
! pass any measure, but a small y number may
| aOlottill from TIME 10 Time. Ire board may
determine the rules gifts proceedings, and tine
| yeas and nays shall he taken when demanded
/ ny any melnDe and entered on the records OF
| the BOARD. It's records shall be open TO public
inspection. The Mayor shall MI all vacancies
! occurring IN the board, until the next regular
munlcl pal election. All meetings OF the board
s s.a De pubic All elections held by it snail
SEC, liz. The powers and duties of the
BOARD OF Education are as follows:
! tlfst-io establish and maintain common
| schools, which shall include high grammar
primary and kindergarten departments; to
Grange, or consolidate the same; to manage
anu control the school property; to establish
Scnooi districts and to fix and alter the
| boundaries thereof
Second-Io employ, pay and dismiss teach
ers, JanltoTs and such persons as may be neces-
sary to carry into effect the powers and duties
! OF the board, and to Fix, alter, allow and order
pald their salaries or compensation, aad to
| W!thhold, Tor good and sufficient cause the
Whoie or any part OF the salary or wages OF
! any person or persons employed as aforesaid.
| Ihere small be an annual election for teachers
| AZ Such time as the board NAV determine:
| provided, however, that no election or ap-
po1ntlneut OF any teacher. janitOr or other
| employe snail constitute contract either as
| 10 Jhe duration of the Office or as to tue
| amount OF salary or compensation TO be paid,
| but the board shall always have the power to
ulsmIss any or ali teachers, janitorS or other
employees, ana To alter the amount of salary
| or compensation.
| Third-To make, establish and enforce all
| necessary and proper rules and regulations
| mon schools and for the investigation of
charges against any person in the employ of
the department, and for carrying into effect
/ the laws relating to education; al 50 to CStaO-
! fish and regulate the grade of schools anG de
termine what textbooks (in addition to those
| published by the State, course OF study and
| mode of instruction shall be used IN said
| schools; but any textbook determined upon
| By the board shall not be changed within a
| period or Tour years after its adoption.
! Fourtn-Io provide Tor the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
otner incidental EXPENSES as may be necessary
Tor the welfare OF the department.
| Fifth-To build, alter, repair, rent and pro-
vide sthoolhouses and TO furnish them with
| proper school furniture, apparatus ana appli-
anceS.
Sixtn-Fo purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots aad 70 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; proUtded.
/ 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-
clustvely applied to the purchase OF other lots,
| or the erection of schooihouses for the use OF
| this department.
Seventh-Io 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
| 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
| lain the full enjoyment and possession of said
! property, and to require the services of the
| City Attorney in ali such actions.
| Ninth-To examine every demand PAYABLE
out OF the school fund, and 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
upon any school property.
| Eleyenth-To prohibit any child under six
years OF age from attending the common
| schools, provided i'll 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 rot less than five days notice
| by publication III a daily newspaper pub
| llshed III 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 credit of
| the School Fund.
Thirteenth-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-
| tionai 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 first day OF July in each year to the
! County Superintendent of Schools i'll 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 to the State Superinten dent
| OF Pubic instruction OF the textbooks used i'll
! the city schools.
shall visit every school ia the city at least
| once IN each term and examine carefully into
| It's management, condition and wants.
Nfneteenth-It shall be TIE duty of the board
/ to prescribe course or study that viii 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.
Twentieth-The board may provide depart
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.
IWenty-irSt-And generally TO do and Eer-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, and as may
pc necessary anG proper 10 carry into force
and elect the powers conferred on SAID board,
and TO Increase the efficiency OF the common
schools IN the city.
SEC 113. The City Auditor and City Treas
uIer snail keep a City School Fund into
Whlca Stall be paid all moneys Appropriated
to 1t unuer any law providing city school
moneys; all moneys received from the State
OF account OF tie cltys 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 ella m payable oIt OF the City
School fund Until after such claim shall have
been audited ana allowed BY the Board of
Education.
SEC. ia. The Board of Edncation shall
annually, on or before the first Monday in
August. make and renort To the board of