The herald., 1898-10-27
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

TO require the services or the CITY AttOr-
ney therefor free of charge in all such
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
thereto; and in pursuance of this pro-
vision the board shall, on or before the
fifteenth day of July of each year. SUBJ
nit in writing to the City Council a care
full estimate of the whole amount OF
money to be received from the state ana
county and the amount required from
the city for the above purposes, which
estimate, in addition to the amount re-
quste for special purposes. shall. in
clude an item known as the Building
| Fund, to be at the disposition of the
board for the erection of such new school
buildings and school rooms the in
creasing 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 fix the
per cent. of taxes necessary to be levied
1 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 shah be signed by the Pres
the Auditor Every demand shall have
endorsed upon ii 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 sal
airy therefrorn shall receive a demand for
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 sanic manner as other
demands. The salary rolls so audited
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.
| Q0 To receive and manage property
| or money acquired by beQuest or dona-
ten. in trust for the benefit of any
| school, educa t!onal purposes or school IL
| braries; to, carry into eifHct the terms
of any bequest not in conflict with the
general laws or this charter. and to sell
such personal property shall no longer
be required for the use of the schools.
| All moneys realized from such sales shall
be paid al once into the treasury OF the
City of Los Angeles to the credit Of the
City School Fund.
l6 To discharge all legal incumbran-
ces now existing or which may hereafter
| exist on any school property.
90 To prohibit any child under six
| frp at h.a Ito
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-
| ployment to be made or to be filled or
| 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.
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
| 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
oticially 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
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
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 board OF educa-
ton such investigation and declaration
of vacancy shall be made by the Mayor.
Sec. 175. The Board of Education shall
on or before the thirteth 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
hxed yearly salary, to ne 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 the board may
deem proper, with a graded schedule of
salaries from tho 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 of
Los Angeles. Vacancies in principal
ships shall be filed only by teachers
from the maximum class.
Sec. 176. The board shall annually, be-
fore the first day of July, make list OF
the supplies estimated to be required by
the school department for the coming
fiscal year, stating in clear and explicit
terms the quantity and kind OF articles
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. III The city School Superintend-
ont shall be a professional teacher chosen
for his attainments in public school
and educational matters. He shall have
a seat in the Board Of Education and the