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relative to sewerage or drainage, upon the amount of damage to be paid to such owners for the purpose of such improvement and for the perpetual use of said real estate for said purpose.
 Sec. s. The Board may, when au- thoriZed by ordinance of the Supervis- ors passed by not less than fourteeen affirmative votes, construct such sew CTS, reservoirs and pumping works as may be necessary to carry out the gen. eral system of sewerage for the City and County.
 Sec. g. When, upon the recommenda- ton of the Board of Public Works, the Supervisors shall determine upon any improvement for the purpose of sewer age and drainage which necessltates the acquisition or condemnation of pri- vate property, and the Board is unable to agree with the owner thereon, upon the amount of compensation or dam ages to be paid therefor, or when such owner Is in any way incapable of mak- ing any agreement in reference thereto, and in all cases in which the Board shall deem it most expedient. it shall. when authorized by the Supervisors ex- pressed by ordinance, have the right 10 cause said property to. be condemned, and to institute proceedings TOT the condemnation of such property, or TOT the ascertainment of such damages In the manner, so far as may be appllca- ble which is provided in this Article Tor the condemnation of real estate when necessary for the opening of any new street.
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ARTICLE VII,
ARTICLE VII. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRA
 RES.
CHAPTER I.
The Board of Education.


 SECTION 1. The School Department shall be under the control and manage ment of a Board of Education com posed of four School Directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and who shall give their entire time to the duties of their office They shall each receive an annual salary of three thou sand dollars They shall not be less than thirty years of age and must have been residents of the City and County for at least five years prior to their ap- pointment The Board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same politi- cal party. The term of office of the Df- rectors shall be four years. Those first appointed shall 70 classify themselves by lot that they shall respectively go out of office at the expiration of one, two, three and four years.
 Sec. 2. The Board shall organize by electing one of it's number President. who shall serve for one year and until his successor is elected. The Board may elect a Secretary who shall not be a member of the Board, and who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 8. The Board shall meet at least once a week and at such other times as l it may determine. It shall establish rules for its proceedings; but the con 1 current vote of the majority of It's members shall be necessary to transact | business. In every instance where a power is exercised under this Article by l the Board the vote thereon shall be | taken by ayes and noes and entered in the minutes of the Board.
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ARTICLE VIII.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER I
Organization.

SECTION 1. The Police Department shall consist of a Board of Police Com missioners, a Chief of Police, a Police Force, and of such clerks and em- ployes as shall be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Article.
 Sec. 2. All members of the Police De- partment shall hold office during good behavior, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth relating to pro- motions, suspensions, dismissals and disratements.
 Sec. 8. No person shall become a member of the Department unless he shall be citizen of the United States, of good character for honesty and so- briety, able to read and write the Eng fish language, and a resident of the City and County for at least five years next preceding his appointment. Every appointee to the Department shall not be less than twenty-one nor more than thirty-five years of age, must possess the physical qualifications required for recruits of the United States Army, and before his appoint ment must pass a satisfactory medical examination under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Police Commissioners In making appointments of members of the Department, the Board shall never regard the political or religious preferences or affiliations of any can- didate
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CHAPTER IT.
Police Commissioners.

SECTION 1. The Police Department shall be under the management Of a Board of Police Commissioners consist ing of four members who shall be ap- pointed by the Mayor, and each of whom shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars. No person shall be appointed such Commissioner who shall not have been an elector of the City and County for at least five years next preceding his appointment.
 Sec. 2. The Board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same political party The term of office of the Com missioners shall be four years. Those first appointed shall so classify them selves by lot that they shall respec- lively go out of office at the expiration of one, two. three and four years.
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall be successors in office of the Police Commissioners holding office in the City and County at the time this Charter shall go into effect by virtue Of appointment under any statute or law of this State.
 Sec. f. The Police Commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number President, who shall hold such office for one year. The Board shall appoint Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars The sessions of the Board
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CHAPTER W.
Sewers and Drainage.

SECTION l. The Board of Public Works shall devise a general system of drainage, which shall embrace all matters relative to the thorough, sys- tematic and effectual drainage of the City and County, and shall from time to time make to the Supervisors such recommendations upon the subject of sewerage and drainage as 1t may deem proper.
 Sec 2. The Board shall prescribe the location, form and material to be used in the construction, reconstruction and repairing of all public sewers, man holes, sinks, drains, cesspools, and all other appurtenances belonging to the drainage system, and of every private drain or sewer emptying into a public sewer, and determine the place and manner of the connection.
 Sec. g. The Board shall recommend to the Supervisors rules and regula- tions concerning the public and private sewers and drains in the City and County, and upon recommendation of said Board, the Supervisors are author ized to pass an ordinance establishing the same and prescribing the penalties for any violation thereof.
 Sec. f. No person shall connect with, or open or penetrate any. public sewer or drain without first obtaining a per- init in writing from said Board, and complying with the rules and regula- tions of the Board in reference thereto.
 Sec. 5. The Board may also recom- mend to the Supervisors the construc- tion of such canals, sewers, tunnels. ditches, drains, embankments, reser- voirs, pumping works, machinery and other works necessary for the proper and effectual drainage of the City and County together with plans for con- meeting the same with sewers and pri- vate drains already constructed or thereafter to be constructed.
 Sec. 6. The Supervisors may, upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Works, by ordinance passed by not less than fourteen affirmative votes authorize the purchase of any personal property or the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of any real estate which may be necessary for the con struction of any sewer or the making ot any improvement provided for in this Chapter.
 Sec. '. The Board may, with the like approval of the Supervisors, agree with the owners of any real estate, upon which 1t is deemed desirable to con EtENct any sswer. or other imRgQyement
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board of Education

SECTION l. In addition to the powers conferred by the general laws of the State, the Board of Education shall have power:
 l. To establish and maintain public schools as provided in this Article, and to change, modify, consolidate or dis continue the same as the public well fare may require.
 g. To employ such teachers and per- sons as may be necessary to carry into effect its powers and duties: to fix, alter and approve their salaries and compensation, and to withhold for good and sufficient cause the whole or any part of the wages, salary or compensa- tion of any person or persons employed as aforesaid; and to promote, transfer and dismiss teachers; but no teacher in the department at the time of the adoption of this Charter, or who shall be hereafter appointed, shall be dis missed from the department, except for insubordination, immoral or unpro- fessional conduct. or evident unf1tness for teaching. All promotions of teachers shall be based solely on merit and suc- cessful teaching. Nothing in this sec- tion shall be construed to prevent the Board from removing teachers holding only. special certificates or serving a probationary term. Charges against
  Superintendent after due investigation, and shall be finally passed upon by the Board after giving the accused teacher due hearing.
 B. To grant, to renew and, for the causes mentioned in section one, sub division two, of this Chapter, to re- yoke, teachers certificates.
 A. To establish and enforce all nec- essary rules and regulations for the ovad nin schools and for carrying into effect the school system; to remedy truancy; to compel the attendance at school of children between the ages of six and l fourteen years who may be found idle in public places during school hours. 1 5. To investigate charges against any person connected with or in the employ of the School Department, and i to take testimony in such investiga- tions.
 6. To receive, to take on lease and tc hold in trust for the City and County any real estate belonging to or claimed by the School Department. To hold 1T trust all personal property that may have been or may hereafter be ac. quired by the School Department.
 '. On or before the first day in Apri | Marshals, and notify the Superintend ent of Common ,hools of such appoint rnerts Any Census Marshal found in competent may be discharged by .th, Superintendent of Common Schools Should the Board fail or neglect tc fl the vacancy so caused within three day, thereafter by the appointment of a per son competent to perform the duties O. Census Marshal, such vacancy may b. filled by the Superintendent of Com D,on Schools.
 l s. To sue in the name of the City ant
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CHAPTER V.
Harbors and Wharves.

SECTION 1. All the Wharves. Water Front and Harbor of San Francisco which now belong or may hereafter be- long to the City and County, or over which 1t may at any time lawfully ex- ercise jurisdiction and control. shall be under the management and control ot the Supervisors. All said wharves shall be built and repaired by the Board of Public Works, after proceedings had as provided in this Article for the im- provement or repair of public build ings. .,
 Sec. 3. The Supervisors shall by ordi- nance fix and regulate the tolls TOT wharfage and dockage, and shall pro- vide for the collection of the same, ex- cept where the wharves are under the jurisdiction of the Board of State liar bor Commissioners, or may provide that no charges, tolls, dockage or wharfage be imposed or collected. The Supervisors shall not have power to dispose of any wharf. but they may lease any wharf for term not exceed ing two years.
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CHAPTER VI.
School Houses and Lots.

SECTION 1. When any locality in the City and County is unprovided with sufficient school accommodations, the Board of Education may, by reso- lution, make requisition upon the Board of Public Works for plans and specifications and estimates for new school house, specifying the number of class rooms needed, the location of the proposed school house, the date on which it should be completed, the amount of money in the School Fund available for the purpose, and such other information as will enable the Board of Public Works to prepare the necessary plans, specifications and esti- mates of cost for such school house.
 If such plans, specifications and eSti- mates are approved by the Board of Education, they shall be endorsed Approved with the date of such ap- proval, by the President and Secretary thereof, and returned to the Board of Public Works, which shall proceed without delay to have such school house constructed and completed in ac- cordance herewith.
 When such school house is complet- ed, the Board of Public Works shall notify the Board of Education to ex- anime the same, and if it has been built in accordance with the plans and specifications and within the estimated COSt IIcTcOl, Iuc DOdIu Ol shall accept and take possession of it.
 Sec. 2. When an school house. build ing, fence or other property belonging to, or connected with, or under the control of, the Board of Education needs repairing, altering or improv- | ing, the Board shall notify the Board of Public Works, specifying in general terms the work to be done The Board of Public Works shall cause the same to be done forth with, If the cost thereof shall not ex- ceed two hundred and fifty dollars: otherwise the Board of Public Works shall submit plans. specifications anc estimates of cost to the Board of Edu- cation for its approval, and if approved as provided in section one of this Chap ter. the Board of Public Works shal cause the same to be done. and if done in accordance with the plans and speci fications, and within such estimate, the same shall be accepted and shall be paid for out of the Common Schoo | Fund.
 Sec. 8. When 1t is necessary to pur chase a lot for the use of the Schoo Department, the price paid for such lo shall not exceed the market value O adjacent property of equal size ant similarly situated. Any school build ing hereafter constructed shall have clear space of at least ten feet, around the same.
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CHAPTER ".
Superintendent of Schools.

SECTION l. The Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and Coun- ty shall be by virtue of his office member of the Board of Education, without the right to vote. He shall re- ceive an annual salary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. ?. The Superintendent shall ap- point four Deputy Superintendents The number of such deputies shall not be increased until the average daily att tendance shall have reached forty-five thousand, when the Superintendent shall appoint one additional deputy, and thereafter he shall appoint one deputy for each additional eight thousand children in average daily attendance. If from any cause a vacancy occurs in the office of Deputy Superintendent, such vacancy shall be filled by the Superintendent
 Sec. 3. Of the Deputy Superin- tendents first appointed, the Superin- tendent shall appoint two for two years and two for four years. All Deputy Superintendents subsequently appointed shall hold office for four years.
 Sec. 4. Such deputies must have had at least ten years successful experi- ence as teachers, and shall have been residents of the City and County at least five years preceding their ap- pointment.
 Sec. 5. In addition to the duties i'm posed by the general laws of the State 1t shall be the duty of the Superin- | tendent:
 l. To observe and enforce all rules and regulations of the Board of Educa- tion and to see that no religious or sec tarian books or teachings are allowed in the schools.
 ?. To report to the Board of Educa- tion annually. on or before the twen- tieth day of August, and at such othe, times as the Board may require, al matters pertaining to the condition and progress of the public schools of the City and County during the fiscal year with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
 3. To inform the Board of the con. dition of the schools, schoolhouses ant of other matters connected herewith and to recommend such measures al he may deem necessary for the ad vancement of education in the City ant County, and for the care and improve
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CHAPTER V.
School Tax Levy.

SECTION 1. The Board of Education shall, on or before the first Monday of April in each year, report to the Super visors an estimate of the amount which shall be required during the ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of meeting the current annual expenses of public instruction in the City and County. specifying the amount required for sup plies to be furnished pupils, including text books for indigent children; for purchasing and procuring sites; for leasing rooms or erecting buildings; for furnishing, fitting up, altering, enlarg- ing and repairing buildings; for the support of schools organized since the last annual apportionment; for the sal ary of the School Directors, Superinten- dent, Deputy Superintendents, and all other persons employed in the School Department, and for other expenditures necessary for the administration of the Public School System; but the aggre- gate amount so reported for any one year shall not exceed the sum of thirty two dollars and fifty cents for each pu- pill, who in the fiscal year immediately prior thereto actually attended the schools entitled to participate in the apportionment thereof.
 Sec g. The Supervisors at the time and in the manner of levying and col lecting other city and county taxes shall levy and cause to be collected for the Common School Fund a tax which added to the regular revenue derived from other sources, shall produce an amount of money which shall not ex- ceed thirty-two dollars and fifty cents for each pupil in attendance during the preceding fiscal year, as ascertained and reported by the Board of Educa- tion.
 Sec 3. In case of extreme emergency or okeat calamity, such as disaster from fire, riot earthquake or public enemy the Board of Education may, with the approval of the Mayor and Supervisors incur extraordinary expenditures in ex cess of the annual limit provided for il this Charter, foH the repair and con struction and furnishing of schoo houses in place of those so injured ol destroyed The Supervisors may, b! ordinance, cause to be transferred tt the Common School Fund, from nsoney in any fund not otherwise appropriated sufficient money to liquidate such ex penditures, and provide for the same fl the next tax levy of the City and Coun
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board.

SECTION 1. The Board of Police Commissioners shall have power;
 l. To appoint, promote, suspeno, Qls- rate or dismiss any member or tne De- t partment in the manner herelna1ler provided.
 2. To prescribe rules and regulations for the government, discipline, equip ment and uniform of the Department and from time to time to alter or re peal the same, and to prescribe penal ties for the violations of any or sucn % rules and regulations. All Sucn ruleS and regulations must be reasonable
 8. To grant permits to any person desiring to engage in the sale or hQuor in less quantity than one quart, ana 10 grant permits to any person engaged III the business of selling liquor to pc drunk on the premises, and to revoke any such permit when 1t shall appear to the Board that the business of the person to whom such permit was given Is conducted in disorderly or tm- proper manner. Without such permit none of such persons shall engage in the business of selling liquor. If the Board refuse to grant such permit, or propose to revoke any permit that mas been granted, the person who Is re- fused such permit or whose permit 1t IS proposed to revoke, shall be entitled to be heard before the Board in person, or through counsel, and to have, free of charge, all reasonable facilities at the hearing. Such permits shall not be granted for more than three months at one time, and they shall distinctly state the name of the person to whom the same is given, and the description of the premises where such business IS to be carried on. Such permits snail at all times be subject to inspection by any member of the Department Com plaints to revoke permits granted oy rI hQ Tn writing. SlGneO by the person making the same ana flied with the Secretary of the Board; and a copy thereof certified by the Secretary must be served upon the party complained against at least tve days before the time set for the nearing of the complaint
 4. At its discretion, upon the petl- tion of any person, firm or corporation, to appoint, and at pleasure to remove, special police officers. Such ofncers shall be subject to all the rules ana regulations of the Board.
 5. To provide for the care, resctu- ton or sale at annual public auction or all unclaimed property that may come into the possession of the Property Clerk. and to direct the destruction or such property as shall consist or 1m- clements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing used ID the commission of crime.
 6. To appoint Police Matrons TOT a .ne care of female prisoners and to pro- vide rules and regulations for the gov ernment of the same.
 '. To appoint a Police Surgeon who shall receive an annual salary or hf- teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The President may convene the Roard for special meetings. The Secretary of the Board shall be the offi- cial custodian of all records and official documents of the Board.
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ment of the s,roperty of the School De- partment.
 f. To visit and examine with the as- sistance of his deputies all the schools at least twice a year and determine their standing and classification. To pupils from grade to grade, from school to schoolr and for the transfer and the graduation of pupils.
 5. To recommend to the Board the courses of studies; the textbooks and books for supplementary use in the public schools and the purchase of such apparatus, books, stationery and other in the schools
 6. To report to the Board once a, month upon the standing of schools ex- amined by him and his deputies.
 Sec. 6. The Superintendent and his deputies shall constitute the City Board of Examination, and shall have power:
 prescribe standard of proficiency, which will entitle the person examined to receive:
 a. A high school certificate, valid for six years, which shall authorize the holder to teach any primary, gram mar, or high school in the City and County.
 Q. A City certlncate, srAIuiadn. II grade, valid for six years. which shall authorize the holder to teach any primary or grammar school in the City and County.
 c. A City certificate, primary grade valid for two years, which shall au- thorize the holder to teach any primary school in the City and County. They shall report the result of the examlna, ton to the Board of Education. ana the Board shall thereupon issue to the successful candidates the certificates to which they shall be entitled.
 2. To recommend applicants TOT special certificates valid for period not to exceed six years, upon such special studies as may be authorized oy the Board of Education 3. For immoral or unprofesslonal conduct. profanity, intemperance, o1 evident unf1tness for teaching, to recommend to the Board of Education the revocation of any certificates pre- viously granted by the Board. 4. To recommend the granting ol City certificates and the renewal thereof, in the mannar provided for the granting and renewal of County cer- tif1cates by County Boards of Educa, tion in section seventeen hundred and seventy-f1ve of the Political Code.
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CHAPTER II.
Schools.

SECTION 1. The School Department shall comprise all the public schools of the City and County and shall include primary and grammar schools and may include evening, department. technical, cosmopolitan, high and normal schools
 Sec. 2 Adults shall be entitled to free instruction in the evening schools; but no child under fourteen years of age shall be admitted to such schools.