The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-02
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

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OF Education, 10 consist of nine members, to
DE called school Directors, and who shall re-
cGlEe no compensation. one Scaool Director
snail be elected from each waru Their terms
oi once snail he four years. OF the members
OF the Board of Education first elected under
! inns Charter, the members from the second,
folfth, sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
tiltit osace iof four years, and the members
rom the First, Third Fifth Seventh and
ANN wards shall hold their o-.icc for only
Two years. At each election thereafter mem
bels OF the Board OF Education shall be elected
10 succeed those whose terms are about to
expire. 80 person shall be eligible 10 tile
once Q! Scho 81 Director, unless ne is at the
Time Of las election a qualified clecto, of the
ward from which lie is elected.
-" i /. TIE Board OF Education Shall
! meet on tile first Monday after the INST day OF
January neNS after the election OF ltS mem
| befS hall have been Officially declared, and
] 9ganiZe by elccttng one of their number
! IreSioent, whose term 81 Office, ;tS President,
staIl De two years. The board shall hold reg
| ular meetings aJ least once in elch month, and
at Stch tunes as Shall be determine! 81 its
! rules. special meetings may be called at any
! Tune by tie President. any three OF the mem
| bers. or by the superintendent. SIX !ueaIoers
! OF tHe BOARD shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business, and The aitIrmative
! Fole of i've members shall be II Necessary %
( pass any measure, but smaller number may
auioufn from lime II time. rue board may
determine the rules Of its proceedings. and tte
! yeas and nays shall tie taken when &c Nande /
~ any member and entered on the record OF
| tle bodf,,. It's records shall tie open TO public
&c or StattI III All vacancies
/ occurring III tte board, until tie next regular
! mum C pal election. Ailmeetings of the boart;
sha.i e public. All elections held by it snail
! SEC. II. The powers and duties Of The
! bo5rd OF Education are as follows:
firSl-Io establish and maintain common
SCHOOLS, which shall include high. grammar
primary ana kindergarten departments: to
! G. alSe, or consolidate tne s2nle; 10 manage
| "huc9ntrol the school property; To establish
School districts, and to nix and alter the
| boundaries theleot
| S2eond-ro employ, pay ana dismiss teach
erNi JanltOrS ana such persons as may be necCs-
! sary 10 carry into effect the powers and duties
81 the board, an6 II itX, alter. allow and order
! PAID their salaries 0. compensation and 10
| withhold, for good and suticient cause the
! Whote or any part of the salary or Wa Z Uf
| any person or persons employed as aforesaid.
! There shall be an annual election ior teachers
! AT Such time as the board may determine:
! pfpEldeG, however, that no election or ;sp-
| Polhtlheht or any t2achcr. janitof or other
! eIap.oJe shall constitute 4 cOntTact either as
! 10 Inc duration OF he Office o" as to the
dhoHn O s5,ary or compensation h be pail.
/ Dut the board stall liWt IS have Che power to
! DISMISS AM OF all tcscnerS lani ors or other
einpioyes, ana to alter the amount OF salary
| or compensation.
| 1'hird-Io make, establish ana eaTorcc all
| Necessary and proper rules ana regulations
! Tor tle government ana pr,.ser6s; OF the com
! mon SCHOOLS and Tor the Investigation OF
/ charges against any person in the employ OF
! the deraf.lns Mt, ana for Carryn i.itO e zee.
/ the laws re,ajiag 10 education: i 80 totsta ).
/ lisl anu regulate the grade Of schools G9u &c
t,r,nlae WI Ut textbooks tin GdGii ju 10 those
! published b the State. 90 lrse OF stud and
mo &c OF destruction h vi he Used III ss,d
acAcLls; b2t any t2&t-i,Iun determined upon
! by the board small not toe changed within Il
! period Of 10 dr years altsr its Adoption.
| Eourlh-Io pro .ilse ior the schoDi Depart
! Tnent all necessary supplies. and incur such
] otEcr Incidental eNpeus Is as may be necessary
! 1or the welfare of the depar .ment.
fiith-To build. alter, repair, rent and pro-
| vide Lighthouses and 10 furnish them with
| proper school furniture, aD JdraJus ana appii-
! aBces
/ Sixtn-To purchase, sell or exchange school
! lots and to take charge OF any anu all real
| estate and personal property that may have
been acquired, or may hereafter be ACC reji for
| the use and benefit OF the common schools of
| the city; and II make. in the name of the city,
conVeyanccs Of property belonging TO the city
! ndsold by the Board o. Educa ion; py0Citjed,
! that no real estate sHal be bought. sold or
| exchanged without the consent Of the Board
! OF Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pl o.
| vided further, that the proceeds Of any such
! sale or exchange Uf real estate shall be eN-
cluslvc.y applied 10 the purchase OF OF! .er lots
! or the erection OF schooihouses Tor the use OF
! this department.
| Seventh-lo appoint School Census Mar
sllals on or before the first day Of May of each
! year. whose duties sha.l be as prescribed by
! general Jaw.
! Eighth-To sue in the name OF the city for
any and al property &C iQIred Or claimed for
the use anu benefit OF the school Department.
! and to prosecute and defend ali actions ut law
| or In equity, necessary 70 recover and mann
! tain the fu.l enjoyment ana possession of said
! properly, ana to require the services OF tae
city Attorney in all such actions.
Nlnth-To examine every demand PAYABLE
ont OF tae schooi tund, ana for good ctrse to
rejt c. any such amand, or to allow tue same
III whole or III part, ana TO compel the attend
| ancc OF witnesses bef1re the board or a,4y
| 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.
Gle enth-ro prohibit any child under six
] years OF age from attending ths common
| ,hoOlS, provided in kindergarten classes
| children OF four years OF age may he admitted
| ana 10 suspend or expel pupils for miscon-
| duct.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at,nphI;c
auction upon not less than five days notice
! by publication in a daily newspaper pub
! llshed IN sal city, such personal property as
shall no longer lie required by the degart-
ment. All moneys realized from such sales
snail be paid into the treasury 70 the credit Of
| The School Fund
! erty or money acquired by devise, beQuest, or
donation in trust for the benefit of any
! school, educational purpose, or school prop
! erty.
| kourteenth-To exclude from tie schools
and school libraries all books, publications
or papers OF 81 ctarian, partisan or denomina-
| tionaI character.
tifteenth-To furnish books for the children
of parents unable to furnish them. The books
50 furnished Shall belong to the city, and
! shall b. returned to the Superintendent ut the
| close OF each term.
! Sixteenth-To make an annual report on or
! before the ilrst 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.
! SeyenL oenth-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
! It's management, condition and wants.
! Nineteenth 1t shall be the duty OF the board
! to pres II be u course or study that will ht 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 ay0cationS and shall have
/ power to furnish such departments with nee
esSary teois, APP aratus and appliances.
| northumberland generally to do and err
| form SUCH other acts us may be required by
general law applicable TO the city, ana as may
| pc necessary and proper 10 carry INTO force
! and to increase the efficiency OF the common
/ schools in the city.
! SEC. lis. The City Auditor and City Treas
| urer shall keep a City School Fund into
! which shall be paid all moneys appropriated
! TO II under any law providing city school
/ moneys; all moneys received from the State
on account of the citys 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 oct of the City
i School Fund until after such Calm shall have
| been audited anu 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
/ Trustees a statement in detail OF the receipts
| and expenditures for school purposes in the
| city during the year then last past, and shall
at the same time make and furnish detailed
statement of the probable amount OF money
| that will be required during the current year.
and the nI1rnclst.s fnr which ii is required and