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CHAPTER V.
School Tax Lew.

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 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- 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 snail levy ana cause to De COlleCteQ TOT 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. Tn case of extreme emergency 1ov tfxy oh o icn cfa Fro, 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 in this Charter, for'the repair and con- struction and furnishing of school houses in place of those so injured or destroyed. The Supervisors may, by ordinance, cause to be transferred to the Common School Fund, from moneys in any fund not otherwise appropriated, sufficient money to liquidate such ex- penditures. and provide for the same in the next tax levy of the City and Coun- tV.
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board of Educatio

Powers of the Board of Education.
 SECTION l. Tn 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.
 2. 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 unfitness for teaching. All promotions of teachers shall be based solely on merit and sue cessful teaching. Nothing in this sec tion shall be construed to prevent the Board from removing teachers holding only special certificates or serving a.
 
 teachers must be formally made by the Superintendent after due investigation. and shall be finally passed upon by the Board after giving the accused teacher due hearing.
 8. To grant, to renew and, for the causes mentioned in section one, sub division two, of this Chapter, to re- yoke, teachers certificates.
 4. To establish and enforce all nec- essary rules and regulations for the government and efficiency of the the school system; to remedy truancy; to compel the attendance at school of children between the ages of six and fourteen years who may be found idle in public places during school hours.
 5. To investigate charges against any person connected with or in the employ of the School Department, and to take testimony in such investga- tions.
 6. To receive, to take on lease and to hold in trust for the City and County any real estate belonging to or claimed by the School Department. To hold in trust all personal property that may have been or may hereafter be ac- ouired by the School Department.
 T. On or before the first day in April in each year, to appoint School Census MaTSndlS, diiu iiotily lHe CupeTlntenQ- ent of Common ,hools of such appoint nents. Any Census Marshal found in competent may be discharged by the Superintendent of Common Schools. Should the Board fail or neglect to fill the vacancy so caused within three days thereafter by the appointment of per son competent to perform the duties of Census Marshal, such vacancy may be filled by the Superintendent of Com r,on Schools.
 S. To sue in the name of the City and
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CHAPTER ".
Sewers and Drainage.

SECTION 1. 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 it 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 8. 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, entertainments, 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 of 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- .struct any sewer or other improvement
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CHAPTER W.
Superintendent of Schools.

SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and Coun- ty shall be by virtue of his office a member of the Board of Education, without the right to vote. He shall r@ ceive an annual salary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. g. The Superintendent shall ap- point four Deputy Superintendents. The number of such deputies shall not be increased until the average daily at- tendance shall have reached forty-five thousand, when the Superintendent shall appoint one additional deputy, and thereafter he shall appoint one 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 s. 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 f. 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. B. In addition to the duties i'm posed by the general laws of the State. it 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.
 2. To report to the Board of Educa- ton annually, on or before the twen- tieth day of August, and at such other times as the Board may require, all 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 and of other matters connected herewith, and to recommend such measures as he may deem necessary for the ad- vancement of education in the City and County, and for the care and improve-
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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 a requisition upon the Board of Public Works for plans and specifications and estimates for a 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 
 shall accept and take possession of 1t.
 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 and estimates of cost to the Board of Edu- cation for it's approval, and if approved as provided in section one of this Chap ter. the Board of Public Works shall 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 School Fund.
 Sec. 3. When 1t is necessary to pur- chase a lot for the use of the School Department, the price paid for such lot shall not exceed the market value of adjacent property of equal size and similarly situated. Any school build ing hereafter constructed shall have a clear space of at least ten feet around the same.
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board.

SECTION l. The Board of Police Commissioners shall have power:
 l. To appoint, promote, suspend, dis rate or dismiss any member of the De- partment in the manner hereinafter 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 of such rules and regulations. All such rules and regulations must be reasonable.
 3. To grant permits to any person desiring to engage in the sale of liquor in less quantity than one quart, and to grant permits to any person engaged in the business of selling liquor to be drunk on the premises, and to revoke any such permit when it shall appear to the Board that the business of the person to whom such permit was given is conducted in a diSorderly or im- 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 has 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 or the premises where such business is to be carried on. Such permits shall at all times be subject to inspection by any member of the Department. Com plaints to revoke permits granted by the Board must be in writing, signed by the person making the same and filed with the Secretary of the Board; and a copy thereof certified by the Secretary must be served upon the party complained against at least five days before the time set for the hearing of the complaint.
 4. At its discretion, upon the peti- ton of any person, firm or corporation, to appoint, and at pleasure to remove, special police officers. Such officers shall be subject to all the rules and regulations of the Board.
 5. To provide for the care, restitu- tion 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 of such property as shall consist or 1m- plements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing used In the commission of crime.
 Q. 10 dppOlul I OllCC u1ebIA OA1S AOA sNAS care of female prisoners and to pro- vide rules and regulations for the gov- ernment of the same.
 z. To appoint a Police Surgeon who shall receive an annual salary or tif- teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The President may convene the Board 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 property of the School De

ment of the property of the School De partment.
 4. To visit and examine with the as- sistance of his deputies all the schools at least twice year and determine their standing and classification To recommend rules for the promotion of pupils from grade to grade. from 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 classroom supplies as may be required 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:
 1. To examine applicants, and to prescribe a 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.
 b. A City certificate, grammar grade, valid for six years, which shall authorize the holder to teach any primary or grammar school in the City and County.
 o. 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 examina- tion to the Board of Education. and the Board shall thereupon issue to the successful candidates the certificates to which they shall be entitled.
 g. To recommend applicants for special certificates valid for a period not to exceed six years, upon such special studies as may be authorized by the Board of Education.
 8. For immoral or unprofess1onal conduct, profanity. intemperance, or evident unf1tness for teaching. to recommend to the Board of Education the revocation of any certificates pre- viously granted by the Board.
 A. To recommend the granting of City certificates and the renewal thereof, in the manner provided for the granting and renewal of County cer- tif1cates by County Boards of Educa- tion in section seventeen hundred and seventy-five of the Political Code.
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CHAPTER IL
Schools.

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.
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CHAPTER VII.
Public Library and Reading Rooms

SECTION 1. The Public Library and Reading Rooms of the City and County shall be under the management of a
 Board of twelve Trustees, one of whom
 shall be the Mayor of the City and Coun- ty. who shall be a member of the Board by virtue of his office. The Board of Trustees of said Library and Reading Rooms in office at the time this Char
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shall be public, except that executive sessions may be held whenever deemed proper by the Board. The Board shall meet at least once a week in the rooms of the Police Department, or in case of public emergency at such place as the Board may select. The Secretary must keep minutes of it's proceedings; and in every case where a power is exer- cised by the Board under this Article the ayes and noes thereon shall be en- tered thArain.
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CHAPTER V.

Subordinate Officers. SECTION 1. Subordinate officers Of
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

TO the Presidency. Ne wonder
he feels at home surrounded by
such men. No wonder that he
did not deem it necessary to make
a campaign thisyear,
Mr., Reed is apparently the
same impersonation Of universal
benevolence wherever you find
him. Perhaps though he is a
shade m0reso at the Cumberland
Grub than elsewhere, except pos
sibly at Grand Beach. There he
meets friends and there he talk
freely. The bright and cheery
appointments Of the place suit
him well. He feels at home
there. Some way one never real
ly comprehonds how absolutely
and astonisningIy plain he is un-
til he is seen surrounded by pret
ty things.
But suppose Johnson had had
no Boswell. We should then on
ly have todaya faintandanythine
but complimentary idea of the
greatest tui,Ier this earth ever
knew Il Reed could but have
his Boswell! But then the trans
cendent biographer wouldn't be
necessary, or rather his like; any
coed Stenographer would do.
Reed says good things without
stopping to thinl1 that they ur2
good. He scatters his pearls Of
wi 100 rapidly; You have notime
to gather them up, The bright
eyes twinkle, the heavy faCcIights
up, there is q suggestion Ct Il
smile about the lips, and then
Reed is ready totalil. The bright
fellows Of the Cumberland Club
brighton his wit, and he is at his
best among them. Elsewhere he
g 7,,oro thO y-ar1y01, +ho7, 4IC toll~
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22
cr; at ha Cumberland Club he

er; at .he Cumberland Club he
talks.
No one ever questioned that
Reed life has been a Tery pure
one. His talk is like his life. His
stolios and his every day talk
might be printed without danger
OF less cnirg the respect Of any
one for bin You could take Il
stenoGrapher's report Of Reeds
table talk homcwith youand read
1t by the tirscsidc or at the tea ta-
bic.
No matterwhat he may do. the
people ofhis own citywiIInot give
him other than the lad hand.
They are proud Of him. They
hope to see him President, sim
ply because they knoWthay would
not if in his place, and they don't
expect him to be any better than
they are themselves.
You all know Speaker Rcfd.
No, y0udont. NoaGIl tmo" Tom
Rced.-Scimitar.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22


can not worry Wen DC l2liofeU'
Inc facC JLla1 Jile bfoohlNh was
mt more IMAM AL Iho SniP9 CON-
binod ana suffered 1Ae only LOSS
OF lie; the statement" oI heaII#
all the Spanish captains FeSHt0-
ing the damage Done iheih o5
that snip: ana the discovery OIL
disastrous traces Oh Jhe bTooh-
NnS SheliS III nearly III lil''
Spanish ships prove Jl'aV 0Inlo5
Was very 1nuch III 'he H9hI' 'l'aV
ms ship was close enough 70 give
AND take a great oea' Oh tn9 pun
lShment. NO amount Oh oiHcliIL
or &reen-eyed caSulStFy can oo-
llterate tlle 1act I'laU II" "dSlh "'e
fight to good purpose ana tha'
Sampson Was entLroly o"' OF IT,
But, says the sampson chque'
the battle was " captain $ FlcIor9
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

The Paris peace commission
has blown in nGeveral hundred dol
lars in the last few days in trying
toarriyc atthediferonce between
rulinquieh and eyacuate.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

Property rights in Illinoismust
indeed be precarious, since its
Governor holds that property
owners can not import negroes
tor hire.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

IN the movement for TIE Iiber-
alton Of Dreyfus, the Jews have
"said nothing andsawea wood in
q manner that wouldplease Mark
Hanna.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

How easy to see what you
want to see. Memphis saw ice
days ago.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

Illinois haSAad very recentI.ya a
nanseating dose Of the negro,
Evidently in a moment Of absent
minde&ness she forgot chat she
fought, bled and diedsome toGiva
to the negro that privilege sheso
recently denied him.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22
ts1rH-rr~ sxsrxs-szzzzsaxzaal

The government is again en-
deavoring to prove that's all the
good Indians died from spanish
cruelty,
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

A Mrs. George killed a Mr..
Saxton because he was giving
his money to another woman, and
thererpon a wave OF sympathy
for The murderess begun sweep
ing over the country. It is all
wrong. She was untrue to her
husband and home. Hence she
is twice a murderess.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

Dewey S name will be present
Cd 10 one Of the presidential CON
ventions Which? When he
iinds time to tell to what party
lie belongs, then thequestion will
be answered. Up to date both
parties are claiming him.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

ia national quarantine will
stop that controversy between
the Cg!amercial and Scimitar let
us have it quickly.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22

The old lady. of England has
said to the old woman Of China
that she must make an Emperor
Of her nephew. Doubtless the
latter thinks if the former is in
favor Of the young ruling, she
ought to dc likewise for her son.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1898-10-22
OF course Governor McLaurin

Of course Governor McLaurin
did not remain at jackson dur
irg the opidemic, He had said
lat he would be Mississippi S
DsHt U. S. Senator, and he could
nu. run the risk Of running his
reputation as a prophet.