The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-11
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

Educational 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
be called School Directors and who shall re-
celVe no compensation. One School Director
snaIi De elected from each ward. Their terms
OF Office shall be four years. OF the members
OF the Board of Education first elected under
TINS Charter, the members from the Second,
fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
their office for four wears and the members
from the First, Third, Fifth, Seventh and
Nlnth Wards shall hold their Office for only
Two years. AT each election thereafter, mem
Ders Oh the Board of Education shall be elected
10 succeed those whose terms are about to
| expire. NO person shall be eligible TO the
once OF School Director, unless he is at the
time OF his election qualified eector of the
ward rom which he is elected.
SEC. III. The Board OF Education shall
meet on the nrst Monday after the inst day of
January next after the election of It's mem
bers shall have been officially declared, and
o. game by electng one of their number
PRESIDENT whose term of Office, as President
snail be two years. The board Shall hold reg
ular meetings at least once in each month, and
at sucn times as shall be determined by its
rules: Special meetings may be called at any
tlme by the President any three of the mem
pers. or by the Superintendent. SIX mem oers
OF Inc board shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business, and the Affirmative
| vote of five members Shall be necessary 10
| pass any measure, but a smaller number may
adjourn from time 10 time. The board may
yeas ana nays shall be taken when demande
| by any member and entered on the records of
the board. It's records shall be open to public
| Inspection. The Mayor shall I'LL all vacancies
| occurring in the board, until the next regular
mum pal election. All meetings of the board
shali oe public. All elections held by it Shall
SEC. 112. The powers and duties OF the
Board OF Education are as follows:
Flrst-To establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include high grammar
| primary and kindergarten departments: to
Grange, or consolidate the same; to manage
ana control the school property; to establish
| boundaries thereof.
Second-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
efs, Janltors and Sucn persons as may be neceS-
| sary 10 carry into effect the powers and duties
| OF the board and to fix, alter, allow and order
| paid their salaries or compensation 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.
| There shall be an annual election for teachers
at sucn Tune as the board may determine;
provided, however, that no election or APP
| p1lntment of any teacher, janiLor or other
| employe shall constitute u contract either as
| 10 the duration OF the Office as TO the
amount OF salary or compensation to be Ho{f4.
| put the board shall always have the po:k ITO
| dismiss any or ali teachers. janitors or ouher
| employees, and to alter the amount of salary
! or compensation.
Third-To make, establish and enforce all
! necessary and proper rules and regula lions
Tor the government and progress of the COM
! charges against any person in the employ of
| the department. and for carrying into effect
! the laws relating to education; also to ostab-
! lish ana regulate the grade of schools ana de-
! tarnine what textbooks lin addition 10 those
! published b. 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 IL
| period OF four years after its adoption.
Fourth-Io provide for the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
other incidental expenses as may be necessary
! 1or the welfare of the department.
| tifth-To build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
| vide schoolhouses, and to furnish them with
| proper school furniture, apparatus and appli-
| anccS.
sixth-To> purchase, sell or exchange school
| lots and to 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,
conYeyances of property belonging to the city
and sold by 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 pro-
| vided further, that the proceeds of any such
! sale or exchange of real estate shall be ex-
| clusively applied to the purchase OF other lots
| or the erection OF scnoolhouses for the use of
| this department
| Seventh-lo 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 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
| 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
| 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 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 daily newspaper pub
| lished in said city, such personal property as
| 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-
| tiOnal character.
Fifteenth-To furnish books for the children
| of parents unable to furnish them. The books
so 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 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 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.
| Ntneteenth-It shall be the duty OF the board
| to prescribe course or study that will fit 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 for 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-hrSt-And generally to do and PER-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, and 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 shall be paid ali moneys appropriated
TO 1t under any law providing city school
moneys; all moneys received from the State
on account of the city's 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 claim 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 report to the Board of
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