The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-28
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

Educational Department.
SEC. 10. The government of the Common
SCHOOLS OF tie city shall be vested in q Board
OF Educlllon, 10 consist OF nine members to
De called School Directors, and who Shall re-
ceiNe no compensation. One School Director
sIittii De elected from each ware. Their terms
OF o.ilce shall be four years. OF the members
VI the board OF Education first elected under
lhlS Charter, the members from the second.
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards Shall! hold
sllelr Office Tor four years, and the members
from the First, Third. Fifth, SeS entli and
Ninth Wards shall hold their o.hce for only
two years. A each election thereafter, mem
ners oil the Board ofEducation shall be elected
expire. NO person shall he eligible To the
ofhce OF school Director, unless he is at the
lllile OF MS election qualified eiector Of the
Wari from which he is elected
SEC. III. The Board OF Education shall
meet on the first Monday after the INST day of
January next after the election OF Its meme
Defs snail nave been officially declared, and
o. game by electing one of their number
ffcsluent whose term OF ONCE, as President
snail be Two years. The board shall hold reg
ular meetings at least once i'm elch month and
at such times as shall be determined by its
rules. Special meetings may be called at any
time by the President any three of the mem
oerS, or 10y the superintendent. SIX mem bers
/ OF the board snail constitute quorum for the
transaction OF business, and the Affirmative
woe OF ave members shall be Necessary 10
! pass any measure. but q smaller number NAV
tGloufll from time To time. The board may
determine the rules Of its proceedings and the
| yeas and nays shall be taken when demanded
by any member ana entered on the records OF
Tue poard Its records shall be open 10 public
inspection. The Mayor shall ill all vacancies
occurring In the board, until the next regular
mum C pal election. All meetings of the board
snail be public. All elections held by il shall
be viva Voce
SEC. liz. The powers and duties of the
Board OF Education are as follows:
tlrst-To establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include high, grammar,
primary and kindergarten departments. to
Change, or consolidate the same; 10 manage
anu control the school property; to establish
school districts. and To nix and alter the
boundaries thereof.
second-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
ers, JanltofS and such persons as may be neces-
sary 10 carry into effect the powers and duties
| OF the board and to fix, alter allow and order
p aia their salaries or compensation, and to
withhold, Tor good and sufficient cause the
Whoie or any part of the salary or Wa ses OF
any person or persons employed as aforesaid
Ihere snail be an annual election for teachers
Ut sucn tline as the board may determine,
provided, however, that no election or APP
polntment OF any teacher, janitOr or other
elhpioye snail constitute a contract either as
10 the duration OF the Office or as to the
amount oil salary or com penSaJlon 10 be paid
but the board shall always have the power TO
DISMISS any or ali teachers, JAM ors or other
employees, and To alter the amount of salary
or com penSatiOn.
Third-To make, establish and enforce all
necessary ana proper rules and regulations
lor the government and progress of the com
mon schools and for the investigation of
charges against any person in the employ of
the departure Mt, and for carrying into effect
The laws relating to education; also To estao-
llSh and regulate the grade of schools ana de-
terlnlne what textbooks (in addition TO those
published b. the State course of study and
mo lie of instruction shlu be used IN sad
schools; but any textbook determined upon
by the board shall not be changed within a
period OF four years alter its adoption.
Fourth-To provide for the school Depart
Inent 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 lighthouses, and to furnish them with
proper school furniture, APP parltus ana appli-
auces.
SiXth-To purchase, sell or exchange school
lots, and to take charge OF any ana all real
estate and personal property that may have
been acquired, or may hereafter be acuuir for
the use and benefit of the common schools of
the city; and To make, in the name of the city
conYeyances OF property belonging to the city
ana . SOLD oy the Board OF Education; provided
That no real estate shall be bought, sold, or
exchanged without the consent OF the Board
OF Trustees, evidenced by ordinance: and Dro-
vided further that the proceeds of any such
sale or exchange OF real estate snail be es-
ciusively applied TO the purchase OF other lots
or the erection OF schooihouses for the use OF
this department.
Seventh-Io appoint School Census Mar
shalS on or before the first Gay 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
aud to prosecute and defend all actions at law
or IN equity, necessary TO recover and main
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. and for GOOD Cause to
reject any such demand. or TO allow the same
III whole or in part, and to compel the attend
ance of witnesses before the board, or anv
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.
EleNenth-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 a daily newspaper pub
lish2d IN said city. such personal property as
shall no longer lie required by the deoart
ment. All moneys realized from such sales
shall be paid into the treasury to the credit Of
the School Fund.
Thrteenth-To receive and manage prop
erty or money acquired by devise be4uest, 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-Po 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 hrst day Of July in each year to the
County Superintendent of Scaools in the
manner and form and the blanks pre-
scribed by the State superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Seventeenth-To make n report whenever
fatn a.
ofPubic 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 and examine carefully into
its management, condition and wants.
Nineteenth-It shall be the duty of the board
to prescribe II course or study that will Fl 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 SCI o0l course.
Twenteth--Tne 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.
Twenty-first-And generally to do and rer-
form such otner acts as may be required by
general law applicable TO the city, anu as may
be necessary and proper 10 carry into force
and eject the powers conferred on said board
and to Increase the efficiency of the common
schools in the CITY.
SEC. lib. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer snail keep City School Fund into
which 81 all 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 share of any appor-
tionment OF the State school moneys, and the
clty'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 cia M payable out of the City
Scnool Fund until after such claim shall have
been audited and allowed by the Board of
Education.
SEC ia The BOARD of Educetion eboII
annually, on or before the first Monday in
August, make and report to the Board of