The herald., 1898-10-31
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| to require the services Of the City Attor-
ney therefor free Of charge In all such

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cases.
| Q3) To determine annually the amount
OF money required for the support OF the
public schools and for carrying into ef-
feet all the provisions Of law In reference
vision the board shall, on or before the
! fifteenth day of July of each year. sub
init in writing to the City Council care.
full estimate of the whole amount Of
money to be received from the state and
county and the amount required from
the city for the above purposes, whicn
| estimate. in addition to the amount re-
quisite for special purposes. shall in
| Fund, to be at the disposition OF the
| board for the erection OF such new school
buildings and school rooms as the in
crsasing demands of the city may re-
quire, which item shall not exceed three
cents on each one hundred dollars OF val
| uation upon the assessment roll, and the
| City Council shall in each year fx the
| per cent. of taxes necessary to be levied
and collected to raise said amount for
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.
~
! 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 If certificate. signed by
| the Secretary, of its approval by the
Board of Education. showing the date
| thereof Every person in the employ OF
the school department entitled to a sal
4 airy therefrom shall receive demand for
the amount due. approved by the board
and signed by the President and 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
| ity of all the members OF the board, shall
be endorsed in the same manner as other
demands. The salary rolls so audited
approved and endorsed shall be transmit
ted TO the Auditor not later than 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-
| ton, in trust for the benefit of any
school. educational purposes or school II,
of any bequest not in conflict with the
general laws or this charter. and to sell
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 10 the credit of the
City School Fund.
d6) To discharge all legal incumbran-
ces now existing or which may hereafter
exist on any school property.
dO To prohibit any child under six
years of age from attending the public
schools.
Ns) And generally to do and perform
such other acts as may be necessary or
| proper to carry into force and effect the
crease the efficiency of the public schools
| of said city.
| Sec. 172. No member of the Board OF
| Educa ton SHALL during the term foI
which he shall have been elected or APP
ployment to be made or to be filled OF
confirmed by the Board of Education
| nor shall any member of the Board OF
Education be selected to M any vacancy
| that may occur in any office when such
vacancy is to be filed or confirmed by
| the Board of Education.
| Sec. 173. All contracts for supplies,
books, fuel. goods. material, stationery
merchandise. building repairing and ev-
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
exceed three hundred dollars, shall be
| manner provided by Article XIV OF this
charter; except that the Secretary OF
| he 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. IA Any officer or other person
officially connected with the school de-
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
| OF 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
| moneys derived from the school funds or
| 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
| upon declare such office or position va
cant; provided, that. however in the
case of a member of a board OF educa-
tion such investigation and declaration
of vacancy shall be made by the Mayor
| Sec. 175. The Board of Education shall
on or before the thirtieth day of June in
| each year fix a schedule of salaries 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 De paid in ter
equal monthly installments, subject to
such deductions for loss of time on ac-
count of sickness, resignation or leave ol
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 ol
salaries from the minimum to the 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 o.
Los Angeles Vacancies In principal
ships shall be filled only by teacher:
from the maximum class.
Sec. l76. The board shall annually. be
fore the first day of July, make list o
the supplies estimated to be required by
the school department for the comnt
fiscal year, stating in clear and explici
needed and how and when they shall b.
delivered and shall also. before the frs
day of July, invite proposals for furnis h
ing the same; which proposals and th
contracts for such supplies, shall b
made in accordance with Article XIV o
this charter.
Sec. III. The City School Superntend
ent shall be a professional teacher chose
FOR his attainments in public .schoo
ana educational matters. He shall hav
a seat in the Board of Education and tn
right to speak on all matters before tn