The herald., 1898-10-22
THE PaoroszD CITY cHAlrzR

ney therefor free Of charge In ali such
cases.
u0 To determine annually the amount
Of money required I'd for or the = support o. tne ne
feet all the provisions OF law IN reference
thereto; and in pursuance Of this pro, Sc
fifteenth day OF July OF each year. SUBJ
nit In writing TO the city Council care.
ful estimate Of the whole amount OF
money to he received from the state ana
county and the amount required from
estimate, In addition to the amount re-
quisite for special purposes, shall In
clude ain item known as the Building
Fund, to be at the disposition Of the
hoard for the erection OF such new school
buildings and school rooms as the in
crcasins. demands of the city may re-
quire, which item shall not exceed three
cents on each ono hundred dollars Of val
uation upon the assessment roll, and the
City Council shall in each year fix the
per cent. of taxes necessary to be levied
school purposes: provided. the amounts
to be thus levied. exclusive of the Build
Ing Fund. shall not be less than twenty
cents nor more than twenty-five cents on
each one hundred dollars of valuation
upon the assessment roll, and when col
lected 1t shall be paid into the school
fund.
| (l4l All QcH1nUS puydOle out VI tHc
school fund shall be filed with the Sec
retary of the Board of Education and,
after they have been approved by said
board, they shall be signed by the Presi-
the Auditor. Every demand shall have
| endorsed upon II n certificate. signed by
the Secretary, OF It's approval by the
Board of Education, showing the date
| thereof. Every person in the employ of
| the school department entitled to sal
airy therefrom shall receive a demand for
| the amount due. approved by the board
and signed by the President ana Secre-
tary thereof. The entire monthly salary
roll of the department shall be made up
by the Secretary Of the board and. after
being duly audited by the Finance Com
mittee thereof and approved by major.
| be endorsed in the sanic manner as other
demands. The salary rolls so audited.
approved and endorsed shall be transmit
ted to the Auditor not later than the
fourth day after the allowance of the
same by the board, with the individual
salary demands issued In the manner
above provided; but payment shall be
made only upon the Individual demands
| issued in accordance herewith.
! Q5) To receive and manage property
| or money acquired by bequest or dona-
tlon. in trust for the benefit of any
school, educa tional purposes or school IL
braries; to carry into effect the terms
of any bequest not in conflict with the
| Reneral laws VI tulS anu ~ SCH
such personal property as shall no longer
be required for the use of the schools.
All moneys realized from such sales shall
be paid at once into the treasury OF the
| City of Los Angeles to the credit OF the
| City School Fund.
| Qs) To discharge all legal incumbran-
ces now existing or which may hereafter
exist on any school property.
| 90 To prohibit any child under six
years of age from attending the public
schools.
| dS And generally to do and perform
such other acts as may be necessary or
proper TO carry into force and effect the
powers conferred on said board and In
crease the efficiency of the public schools
of said city.
| Sec 172. No member of the Board of
Education shall. during the term for
which he shall have been elected or ap-
pointed, be eligible to any office or en-
confirmed by the Board Of Education:
nor shall any member of the Board of
Education be selected to fill any. vacancy
that may occur in any office when such
vacancy is to be filled or confirmed by
the Board of Education.
Sec. 173. All contracts for supplies.
i books. fuel goods, material stationery,
| NltTCUdHulSe, DullulnS repairing anu eN-
cry other article and thing supplied to or
done for the public schools or any OF
them,. when the expenditure to be In
| Cured on account of such matter may
done or furnished by contract in the
manner provided by Article XIV of this
charter; except that the Secretary OF
the Board Of Education shall be substi-
| tuted for the Clerk of the Council and the
| Board Of Education for the Council as
| therein provided.
! Sec. III. Any officer or other person
| partment or drawing a salary from the
Board of Education, who, while con-
| nected Herewith or drawing such salary,
| upon investigation by the board shall be
| found to be interested in, either directly
or indirectly, or to have gained any ad-
vantage or benefit from any contract
payments under which have been or are
to be made in whole or In part from
raised by taxation or otherwise for the
! support of the public schools. shall for
felt his office or contract of employment
and the Board of Education shall there
cant; provided. that, however. in the
case of member of board OF educa-
tion such investigation and declaration
of vacancy shall be made by the Mayor.
Sec. 175. The Board of Education shall.
|
each year fix schedule of salar ries for
teachers and employees of the school de-
| paTtment, to take effect on the first day
| of July following and to remain in force
during one year. After the first year OF
| service in the schools of the City Of Los
Angeles teachers shall be employed at a
| fixed yearly salary, to be paid in ten
equal monthly installments, subject to
such deductions for loss of time on ac-
| count of sickness resignation or leave OF
absence as the board may determine.
For fair and proper adjustment of SAL
aries, teachers shall be classified accord
ing to experience and merit into such
number of classes as the board may
deem proper. with a graded schedule of
| salaries from the minimum to tho max
imum class. Promotions shall be made
only upon fitness and merit to be deter
| mined by the character of work actually
performed in the schools of the City OF
Los Angeles. Vacancies in principal
ships shall be filled only by teachers
| from the maximum class.
| Sec. 176. The board shall annually, be-
| fore the first day of July, make a list of
| the supplies estimated to be required by
the school department for the coming
| fiscal year, stating in clear and explicit
needed and how and when they shall be
delivered. and shall also before the first
day of July, invite proposals for furnish
| ing the same; which proposals and the
| contracts for such supplies, shall be
made in accordance with Article XIV of
| this charter.
Sec. IT, The City School Superintend-
ent shall be professional teacher chosen
for his attainments in public school
and educational matters. He shall have
a seat in the Board of Education and the