The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-09
Ordinance No. 22.

AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH Al SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDE
 FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER
 LIKE PURPOSES FOR sKAG-
 WAY. ALASKA.
 Bo 1t ordained by the Common Council of tho City of sl<agway. t.
 SECTION i. ..a
 Thcrc shall bo public school malntain- cd In and for the City of skagway con stltuting a school district embracing the territory within the exterior boundaries of tho incorporated City of skagway. salI public school to be known and designat- cd as tho public school of Skagway. Alaska
 SECTION II. W. | Tho supervision and management of the Skagway public school shall be vested In threo school directors as provided by sec ton aa of chapter 2l. of tho Civil Code for tho district of Alaska. Said board of school directors shall be elected at the time and In the manner as the Common Council Of the City of Skagway. and special elections may bc called as pro vidod by ordinance for the holding Of special elections for Common Council men. to m vacancies In the office of School Directors. The Board of School Directors shall meet and organize with tn ten days after their election and at said meeting shall. by n majority vote Of an the directors elected, elected one of their members as president of the of all the directors elected. elect one ono of their members as secretary, and shall file with the City Treasurer and City Clerk certificate signed by said board. setting forth the names of the members of said board of school dircc- tors SO elected as president and seore- tary.
 SECTION TIT. The Board of School Directors. In ad dltion to the general powers given them by Section se of Chapter q of the Civil Code for tho District of Alaska, shall have power to make. establish and en. force all necessary and proper rules and regulations not in conflict with the laws of the District of Alaska for the govern ment and management of said public schools and teachers thereof and pupils therein. and shall have power to pur chase. receive. lease and hold in fec In trust for the City of Skagway any and all real estate and personal property that may have been acquired or may hereafter be acquired for the use and benefit of the public schools of the City of Skagway. provided that. no real estate shall be bought. sold or exchanged. nor any expenditures Incurred for the construction of school houses, or other Improvements. without the approval of the Common Council of the City of Skag- way.
 SECTION ".
 Tho City Treasurer shall be cx-oillcio treasurer of the school money and school funds and it shall be his duty immedl- atcly upon receiving any moneys on ac- count of Skagway public school fund from the clerk of the United states Dis trict Court for the District of Alaska. Division No. I. as provided in Section aG. Chapter 2i. Civil Code for the District of Alaska. or from any other source. to nos
 
 of the money SO received. and the city clerk shall thcreupon charge the said treasurer and credit said school fund with such amount so received.
 SECTION V.
 Tho City Clerk shall bc eX-ofllcio clerk of the board Of school directors and shall draw all warrants on the school fund as hereinafter provided. and shall keep a strict account with the treasurer of said school fund. charging said treasurer ~.th an moneys received from any source whatever on account Of said school fund and crcdltlng him with all warrants drawn against said fund, and he shidi make a monthly detailed statement to the Common Council of tho financial condi- ton of said school fund and for what purpose any money Of said school fund has been paid since the preceding month. The Clerk shall receive as compensation for services rendered In this capacity. payable out of the school fund. sum per month to be fixed by resolution of the Common Council.
 SECTION VT.
 Every claim payable out of the school fund shall be itcmlzcd. and shall bc yer filed by the oath of the claimant, to the effcct that the samc K true and correct. and that no part thereof has been paid. lt shall bc filed with the said board ano approved by a majority of the members thereof and a certificate of such approval shall bc endorsed thereon signed ny th" chairman Of said board. wheroupon the City Clerk shall draw a warrant on the treasurer of said school fund for the pay | mcnt thereof. which warrant shall be signed by the president of said board of school directors. and shall specify for what purpose tho same Is drawn: pro- vIdcd. that said board of school dlrcc- tors arc not authorized to cxpend for in- | cidcntal and monthly current expenses for the maintainance of the public school sum greater than that fixed from time | to time by resolution of the council for each and every quarter consisting Of three months, during the school year. hd tho treasurer of said school fund is prj | hiblted from paying on said warrants q | sum greater than the amount SO nSed per quarter excepting as hereinafter pro | vided provided. a certified copy of sail resolution fixing the quarterly sum to bc expended. shall bc delivered to the city | treasurer on or before the first Of each such quarter. And for the purpose of asccrtalning what incidental or quarterly current eN- nenscs for the maintnlnancc of public |