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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-02
CHAPTER IT.
Police Commissinnars

SECTION 1. The Police Denartmen+ shall be under the management of Q Board of Police Commissioners consist ing of four members who shall he an 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 he 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 he successors in office of the Police Commissioners holding office in inc 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. 4. The Police Commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number President. who shall hold such office for one year. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The sessions of the Board
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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 a member of the Board of Education. without the right to vote. He shall re- celVe an annual salary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. 7. The Superintendent shall ap- point four Deputy Superintendents. The number of such deputies shall not De increased until the average daily at tendance shall have reached forty-five thousand, when the Superintendent snail appoint one additional deputy, and thereafter he shall appoint one deputy for each additional eight thousand ,hildren 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. D. In addition to the duties im- posed by the general laws of the State. it shall be the duty of the Superin- tendent:
 1. 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 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
 8. 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 cost thereon, the Board or Education 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 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 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 ".
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 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. G. 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. 2. 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 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 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- pil, who in the fiscal year immediately prior thereto actually attended the schools entitled to participate in the apportionment thereof.
 Sec. 2. The Supervisors at the time and in the manner of levying and col lecting other city and county taxes SIldll IcNy dlld cause lO Dc COllSCleQ lOl 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. 8. In case of extreme emergency great calamity SIlCh as 0iSa Sfer 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 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-
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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 a year and determine their standing and classification To recommend rules for the promotion of pupils from grade to grade, from school to school, 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 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:
 l.. 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.
 D. A Clty certlncale, STdunIndI 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 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.
 2. 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.
 3. For immoral or unprofess1onal conduct, profanity, fntemperance, or evident unfitness for teaching, to recommend to the Board of Education the revocation of any certificates pre- viously granted by the Board.
 f. To recommend the granting of City certificates and the renewal thereof, in the manner provided for the granting and renewal of County cer- tificates by County Boards of Educa- ton in section seventeen hundred and seventy-five of the Political Code.
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CHAPTER III.
Powers of the Board.

SECTION l. The Board or Rohce Commissioners shall have power:
 1. To appoint, promote, suspend, dls- rate or dismiss any: member ot the A De- partment in the manner herelnal'er provided.
 2. To prescribe, rules and regulations for the government, discipline. equlp- 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 ot sucn rules and regulations. All Sucn ruleS and regulations must be. reasonable. g. To grant permits to any person desiring to engage in the sale or hquor in less quantity than one quartr ana to grant permits to. any person engaged III the business of selling. liquor to De drunk on the premises, and to revoke any such permit when 1t shall appear to the Beard that the business or the person to whom such permit was gwen Is conducted in a diSorderly or lm- proper manner. Without such permit none of such persons shall engage m the business of selling liquor II 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 IL IS proposed. to revoke, shall be entitled to be heard before the Board in person, or through. counsel, and to have, rree of charge all. reasonable facilities at the hearing. Such permits shall not pe 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 Dy the Board must be in writing, signed 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 i've days before the time set for the hearing of the complaint.
 4, At it's discretion, upon the petf- tion 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 ana regulations of the Board.
 :. To provide for the care, restltu- 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 or such property as shall consist ot im- clements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing used III the commission of crime.
 6. To appoint Police Matrons for the 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 of ff- teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The President may convene the Board for special meetings. The Secretary of the Board shall be the off, cial custodian of all records and official documents of the Board.
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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. ?. 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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shall be public, except that executive sessions may be held whenever deemed proper by the Board The Board shall meet at least once week III the rooms of the Police Department, or in case of nublfc 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 therein
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CHAPTER VII.

Public Library and Reading Rooms.
 SECTION l. 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 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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CHAPTER v..

Subordinate Officers. SECTION 1. Subordinate officers of
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-12
The Bear and the Wheelmen. Eight in the middle of the track "

 black boar about four feet high and six feet long We had never seen Bruin before outside Of the Zoo or ia the cage of a perambulatIng menagerie. So we were Interested, and the interest took the shape of a tighucss across the s,.l. ,.S you feel ., iIrn easy anu happy go-lucky in your mind. The bear was interested in us, and evidently glad to see us. He gave grunt, slowly wagged his head, and began to advance. At first we thought of amusing him by rem species when we were younger and less callous of heart. Yet we cooked our revOlvers in case there should be any disputing the fact, though we knew a bullet from a slX-ShoOter would have as much effect upon the hide of bear as a peashooter would have in wound ing an elephant.
 Now, don't fire until he's within arms reach; then drive into his eyes or open mouth" That was the arrange ment.
 We halted ready for action. So did our friend the enemy, and we saw he was scanning us with scOrnful eyes. He moved to get a side view. Hes funking it; he's frightened" we said. with lowered voice. By way of an swer the bear came on four strides at trot, and up went the revolvers.
 Don't shoot, don't shoot, till he's nearer"
 Bruin heSitated. He was consider ing. He was something of philosO- pher, and evidently thought. They are only a couple of. lanky. fieshless cy- clists; what would be the good of kill ing them"
 On which sage reflection he turned about and sauntered up the mountain Side.-Travel.
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The Er Of PenCc.

Great Britain is now building eighty nine war vessels; France Is a close sec ond, with eighty-three; Russia is now working on thirty-nine peacemakers, Italy on thirteen and Germany on nine teen, but the late large. appropriation for the German navy wIII greatly en- large the Kaiser's operations. Explo- stve bullets have been long excluded from civilized warfare as barbarous. but sensitive Britain is chuckling over a new missile designed to convert heather Afridis and Africans from the error of their ways, which simply means murder, expanding from a clean, round hole at the point of entrance to apragged chasm three or four inches in diameter,
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IincoIn,s "selfishness."

Mr. Lincoln once remarked to fellow passenger on the old time mud wagon coach on the corduroy road which ante dated railroads that all men were prompted by selfishness in doing good or evil. His fellow passenger was an- tagonizing his position, when they were passing over a corduroy bridge that spanned slough. As they crossed this bridge and the mud wagon was shaking like Sucker with chills, they espied an old raZorbacked sow CD the bank of the slough, making a terrible noise be- cause her pigs had got into the slough and were unable to get out and in dan ger of drowning As the old coach be- gan to climb the hillside MT. Lincoln called out, Driver, can't you stop just moment?' The driver replied, If the other feller don't object. The ''other feller"-who was no less a parsonage than at that time Colonel E. D. Baker, the gallant general who gave his life in defense of Old Glory at Ball Bluff-did not object, when Mir Lincoln jumped out, ran back to the slough and began to lift the little pigs out of the mud and water and place them on the bank
 When he returned, Colonel Baker re- marked, "Now. Abe, where does selfish ness come i'll on this little episode!' Why, bless you soul. Ed, that was the very essence of selfsbness 1 would have had no peace of mind all day had 1 gone on and left that suffering old sow