The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-24
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department..

Euucat1OEal department..
SEC. 10. The government OF the Common
schools OF the city shall be vested in a Board
OF Educatlon, TO consist of nine members TO
De called school Directors, and who shall re-
ceiVe no compensation. One School Director
snail be elected from each waro. Their terms
81 81 on sna De four years OF the members
oI the board OF Education first elected under
TINS Charter, the mem bers from the second,
foufth, sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
their Office for four wears and the mem bers
from the First, Third. Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth Wards shall hold their Office for only
Two years. At each election thereafter, men,
beTS of the Board OF Education shall be elected
10 succeed those whose terms are about to
expire NO person shall be eligible 10 the
once OF school Director, unless he is st the
Tune of his election n qualified elector of the
ward from which he is elected
SEc. Ill. The Board of Education shall
meet on the first Monday after the first day of
january next after the election of Its mem
pefs snail nave been officially declared, and
organize by electing one of their number
Ifesldeht, whose term OF once, as President,
| Snail be two years. The board shall hold re9-
Mar meetings NJ least once in each month and
at such times as shall be determined byits
rules. special meetings may be called at any
tline oy the President any three of the mem
! psIs' OF Dy the superintendent. SIX members
| OF the board shall constitute a quorum for the
| transaction OF business, and the Affirmative
! vote OF i've members shall be necessary to
/ pass any measure, but q smaller number may
adlourn from time To time. The board may
determine the rules of its proceedings, and the
| yeas ana nays Stltil De taken Wnen Ceinan ue1
| Dy any member and entered on the records of
! the board. Its records shall be open 10 public
! inspection. The Mayor shall I'LL all vacancies
] occurring in the board until the next regular
municipal election. All meetings of the board
shaIi ce public. All elections held by it shall
| be viva vOce.
SEC. H. The powers and duties of the
BOARD or Education are as follows:
flfst-Io establish and maintain common
! schools, which shall include high, grammar,
| primary and kindergarten departments: to
| cOnSOll0nte N mo npn
! anu control the school property; to establish
school districts, and to nix and alter the
boundaries thereof.
SeconG-To EMPLOY nav and dismiss teoch-
| ers, Janltors and such persons as may be neces-
sary to carry into effect the powers and duties
OF the board, and to ii X, alter allow and order
| paid their salaries or conversation and to
! withhold, for good and sufficient cause the
| whole or any part OF the salary or wages of
| any person or persons employed as aforesaid
| mere shall be an annual election for teachers
i at SUCH time as the board may determine:
| provided, however, that no election or APP
| polntment of any teacher janitor or other
| empioye shall constitute contract either as
/ TO the duration OF the Office or as to the
amount or salary or compensation To be paid
| but the board shall always have the power to
dlsmlss any or all teachers. janitors or other
| employees, and to alter the amount of salary
| or compensation.
Third-To make, establish and enforce all
! necessary and proper rules and regulations
! Tor the government and progress OF the com
! mon schools and for the investigation of
SSS o9tlluSb any person IN the EMPLOY of
| The department., and for carrying into effect
/ Inc laws relating to education; also to estab-
| llSh ald regulate the grade OF schools and de
! Germlne what textbooks lin addition to those
published BY the State, course of study and
| mole of instruction shall be used IN said
schools; but any textbook determined upon
! By the board shall not be changed within q
| period of four years afterits adoption.
Fourth-ro provide for the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
otGer Incidental expenses as may be necessary
1 Tor the welfare OF The department.
| Flfth-IO build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
| vide schoolhouses, and 10 furnish them with
| proper school furniture apparatus ana appl-
| anceS.
sixth-To purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots ana 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 10 make, in the name Of the city,
| conVeyanceS OF property belonging to the city
and sold by the Board or Education: provided
| that no real estate shall be bought sold or
| exchanged without the consent Of the Board
| of Trustees, evidenced by ordinance: and pi O.
Vided further, that the proceeds of any such
| sale or exchange of real estate shall be ex-
clus1vely 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 shall be as prescribed by
general law.
| Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
| any ana all property acquired or claimed for
| biiS lioC DCltlIG vi Department.
and 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, and 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
/ 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 ell legal membranes
now existing, or which may hereafter exist.
| upon any school property.
EleVenth-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
i duct.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
auction upon not less than five days notice
by publication in a daily newspaper pub
| lished IN SAID city, such personal property as
shall no longer be required by the depart.
nent; All moneys realized from such sales
the School Fund -
Thirteentn-To receive and manage prop
erty or money acquired by devise, bequest, or
| aonatlon III trust for the benefit of any
erty.
Fourteenth-To exclude from the schools
| and school libraries all books, publications
or papers of Sectarian, partisan or denomina-
| tionai character.
| Fifteenth-ro furnish books for the children
va Pea Osilo uilttDic 10 Inc DOCKS
| 50 furnished shall belong to the CITY, and
snail be returned to the Superintendent at the
| close of each term.
Sixteenth-To make an annual report on or
! before the nrSt day of July in each wear to the
! County Superintendent OF Schools in the
| manner and form and on the blanks pre-
! Scrloed oy the State superintendent of Public
! instruction.
Seyenteenth-To make o report whenever
! required directly to the State superintendent
| OF Public 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 1t shall be the duty of the board
| to prescribe course or study that will tit al
| prepare Inc students therein to enter any Oh
| 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
i 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-nrst-And generally to do and Cer-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, anu as may
| be necessary anu 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. 113. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer Shall keep a City school Fund into
/ which shall be paid all moneys appropriated
| moneys: all moneys received from the State
! on account OF the citys 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 snail
allow any claim payable out of the City
| School Fund until after such claim shall have
/ been audited and allowed by the Board of
Education.
! SEC. III. The Board of Education shall
annually, on or before the first Monday in
| August, make and report to the Board of
] Trustees q statement in detail OF the receipts
| and expenditures for school purposes in the