The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29

County for lots, lands and piope'csS cS,oeJ longing to or claimed oy tns Sefa,,a DepaTtfilent Te prosecute oaesdlr. nnu gs all actions at law or special pIp'esat t.,s CT suits in equity conee "aing ,ue icn1o ment and possession Cf such iots. lssnas and property: To require the se, iooo of the City Attorney In all ae, at ti,a suits and proceedings by or asai"'
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 g. To establish regulations Lc, live disbursement of all moneys oeioiiss to the School Department 9f u ,,re un Common School Fund, anu to sSSu strict accountability In the eApen epa a,v thereof; to provide for the p9oiiips poS ,e ment, on not later than the iii.n uGy every month, of all salaries due anu ai- lowed officers, teachers and other eni- ployees of the School Department. roi this purpose the Auditor shall annually segregate so much Of the Coinliioh @ School Fund as shall not e1ceSo l"en ty-eight dollars for each pupil na S,;o craze daily attendance 1n the uuiic Schools of the City and County dufing the preceding fiscal year. me amour ti1t so segregated shall not be applieo eo liie payment of any demand against sucn Common School Fund during any nscai year other than for salaries, uhlil aii salaries for that fiscal year nave been fully paid or provided for. The Board shall ascertain and transmit to the Au- ditor on or before the first Monday In April of each year an estimate or ihe amount required fer such segregauon within such limit ct twenty-eishl eei- lars
 1o All demands payable cut ct ths Common School Fund shail be 4led with the Secretary of the Beard ef Ed- uoation. and after they have been ap- proved by the Beard. they shall bs signed by the President ef the Heara and the Superintendent and sent to the Auditor. Every demand shall have en- dersed upon 1t certificate, signed by the Secretary, of its approval by the Board of Education. showing the date thereof, and the law authoriz- ing 1t by title.. date and section: the School Department entitled to salary therefrom shall receive warrant for the amount due and ap- proved by the Board. signed by the President and Secretary thereof. The entire monthly salary roll of the De- pertinent shnl1 be made up by the Sec retary of the Board, and after being duly audited by the Finance Committee thereof and approved by a majority of all the members of the Board, shall be endorsed in the same manner as other demands. The salary roll so audited. approved and endorsed, shall be imme- diately transmitted to the Auditor not later than the third day of every month for comparison with the individual sal ary warrants issued in the manner above provided: but payments shall be made only on the individual warrants issued in accordance herewith.
 Il. To lease to the highest responsi- ble bidder, for the benefit of the Com mon School Fund, for a term not ex- ceeding twenty years, any real property of the School Department not required for school purposes; but no lease shall be made except after advertisement for bids for at least fifteen days in the ofn- cial newspaper and by an affirmative vote of at least three members of the Board approved by an ordinance of the Supervisors.
 12. To receive and manage property or money acquired by bequest or dona- ton in trust for the benefit of any school, educational purpose or school library; to carry into effect the terms 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 use in the schools. All moneys realized by such sales shall be at once paid into the treasury to the credit of the Common School Fund.
 Sec. ?. The Board shall annually, be- fore the first day of May, make list of supplies estimated to be required by the School Department for the ensuing f1s- cal year, stating In clear and explicit 
 needed and how and when they shall be delivered, and shall invite proposals for furnishing the same by advertising therefor for at least ten days in the official newspaper.
 The provisions of Article IT, Chapter III, of this Charter, in regard to the ad- vertising for proposals, the affidavit and security accompanying the same. the presentation and opening of propo- sals, the awarding of contracts and the security for the performance thereof. shall, so far as the same can be made applicable, apply to all proposals and contracts made awarded or entered School Department. Any contract made in violation of any provision of this Article shall be void.
 Sec. 8. The Board shall, during each year, transmit to the Supervisors a re- port in writing for the preceding fiscal year, stating the number of schools within its Jurisdiction, the length of time they have been kept open, the number of pupils taught in each school. the average daily attendance of pu- pills in all the public schools, the number, names and salaries of teach CTS, the dates of their appointments and the character of the certificates held by them, the amount of money drawn from the treasury by the De- partment during the year. distinguish ing the State fund from all others, the purpose for which such money has been expended, with particulars and such other information as may be required by the State Superintendent, the Super visors or the Mayor.
 Sec. 4. The Board shall, between the first and twenty-first days of May of each year, adopt schedule of salaries for the next ensuing fiscal year for teachers and all employees of the School Department.