Douglas Island news., 1915-12-22
Ordinance No. 54
ESTABLISHING SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND DEFINING
 Tre pOyvpRs AND DuTTrs


 FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND DEFINING
 ITs POWERS AND DUTIES
 The Town of Douglas does ordain as follows:
 SECTION I. A school district and public school shall be, and is hereby established, in and for the Town of Douglas; said school to be known as the Douglas Public School aud said district embracing all the territory within the exterior boundaries of the inc0r- porated Town of Douglas.
 SECTION 9. The supervision and manage ment of the Douglas Public Schools shall loo vested in a board of three (8 members, as provided in the twelfth sub-division of sec- ton b2l or Che Compiled Laws or Alaska, which said board shall consist of director, a treasurer and @ clerk, to be elected an- uually by Che vote of all adults who are citt- zenS of the United States or who have de- clared their intention Go become such and who are residents of the said school district The members of the present school board shall hold office for the terms of one two and three years respectively from the first Tuesday in April. 1915, and until their suc- cessOrs are elected and qualified; and one member of each board shall be elected each year thereafter and shall hold office for period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. The said election for the said members of the school board shall be held at the same time and m the same manner as elections are held for mem- bers of the common council. Each of said members before entering upon the duties of his office shall take an oath and subscribe the same in writing to honestly and faith fully discharge the duties of his office. In case a vacancy in the membership of said board occurs from death, resignation, removal or other cause, such vacancy may be filled by a special election, upon ten days. notice called by the remaining members of the board upon the petition ot live qualified voters.
 All money available and necessary for school purposes, except for the construction and equipment of school houses and the ac- quisitiou of sites for the same shall be eN- pended under the direction of snid board; and the treasurer of said board shall be the custodian of said money, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties, give O bond to the common council, with sufficient SuretieS, iu such sum as the conn mon council shall direct, and subject tO' it's approval, but not less than twice the amount that might come into his hands as such treasurer, conditioned that he will honestly aud faithfully disburse and account for all money that might come into his hands as such treasurer.
 SECTION 8. The school board, in addition to the powers defined in said twelfth sub division of section 62l of the Com lied laws of Alaska, shall have the power Go make, es- tablish and enforce all necessary aud proper rules and regulations not iu conflict with laws or the United States for the manage ment and government of said schools, the teachers thereof and the pupils therein; and they shall have the power to hire and employ dit necessary tedchefa 4liu aeSlStdutet tu pro, vide for heating and lighting the school house, and in geueral to do and perform everything necessary for the due mainteu- auce of a proper school.
 SECTION 4. The clerk of the school board shall draw all warrants on the school fund as hereinafter provided; and he shall keep strict account with the treasurer of said school fund and he shall make a monthly de- tailed statement to the common council of the condition of said school fund and the DurDOgo for which any moneys of said fund have been paid for the preceding month.
 SECTION 8. Every claim payable out of the school funds shall be itemized and shall be filed with the clerk of the board aud shall be approved by a majority of all the members of said board, which approval shall be en-