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pervising principal head of any
department. teachers or any other
subordinate to the superintendent OF
schools shall be made by the board
OF education. except upon the written
recommendation of the superintend-
ent of schools.
The board shall determine all
questions of general policy relating
to the schools. shall appoint the ex-
ecutive officers hereinafter provided
for, define their duties and direct
expenditures All expenditures of
shall be made and accounted for as
now provided by law under the di-
rection and control of the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia
The board shall appoint all teachers
in a manner hereinafter prescribed
and AL other employees provided for
in this act.
The board of education shall an
nual1y on the first day of October
transmit to the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia an estimate IN
detail of the amount of money re-
quired for the public schools for the
ensuing year. and said Commissioners
shall transmit the same in their an
nCai estimate Of appropriations Tor
the District of Columbia, with such
recomm endations as they may deem
proper.
The hoard of education. appointed
in accordance with the provisions OF
such act of June 90. 1906. is hereby
abolished as of the date of the en-
actment of this amendatory act.
The chairman of the Senate and
House committees of the District OF
Columbia under the provisions of TINS
amendatory act are authorized and
directed to cause a complete survey
to he made of the public schools OF
the District of Columbia in order TO
arII he
port to Congress. new buildings.
grounds, including Fairgrounds ana
equipment, deemed necessary. and
such changes in educational methods,
administrative affairs and other es-
sential details as are advisable ana
there is hereby appropriated the sum
of $4,000 or as much thereon as
may be necessary to be expended and
to be accounted for under the su-
pervision of said chairman. one-half
of which shall be disbursed by the
secretary of the Senate and one-half
by the clerk of the House.
Unusual, Says Senator Jones.
Senator Jones of Washington. in op-
posing the amendment to the appro-
priation bill. said the proceeding was
a very unusual one and that he ques-
toned the right of the Senate 10 sus-
pend the rules. as had been done. eS-
peClally before the Dill III
was under consideration.
The Vice President has ruled sew
eral times that a special order cannot
be made by unanimous consent, ne
said. with reference TO bill that
was not under consideration at the
time the request was made.
Il assume that the senator from
knew ] was going to make
a point or order against this amend
ment ! advised the committee on ap-
TO that effect this morn
ing. During the day l met the SEN
ator from Vermont tSenator dining,
HAND and advised him that l expected
TO make Il point of order against IT.
intended to speak to the senator
from Mississippi, but he was very
busy
Senator Smoot here interrupted to
say that when Senator HARRISON mace
his request for unanimous consent 1t
was 50 unusual that he. Mr.. Smoof,
had questioned it. He said II he had
known that Senator Jones ob1ecteo
to the amendment he (Mr- Snnoot)
certainly would have objected when
the request was made =
Reads From senate Rules.
Senator Jones then fead from the
Senate rules as follows: H.
NO motion to suspend, modify or!
amend any rule, or anf part thereof,
shall be in order excSXG on one days
notice in writing. spe dfying precisely
that rule or part proposed to be sus-
pended. modified or amended, and the
purpose thereof
"Of course, the rules also state as
follows, said Senator Jones. Any
rule may be suspended without notice
by the unanimous consent or the
Senatei except as otherwise proXided
in clause 1, rule r.
Yet l submit it is contrary to the
Nivir of Nc ryrla n
practice of the Senate and contrary
to the rules of fairness, that when
steps out another senator
shall ask unanimous consent that the
rules be suspended and If unanimous
is asked it should be asked
while the bin is under consfdera tfon.
Il recognize the situation here; but
question very seriously whether
this amendment will remedy condi-
tions. ! think it ought to have very
ca reful consideration by the regular
District committee Of the Senate.
Mr.. Harrison Defends Course.
In reply Senator Harrison said:
What the senator from Mississippi
did is not unusual / took advantage
of the rules of the Senate in order to
have a provision considered by the
Senate that is of very great interest
TO the people of Washington. If the
rules were ever followed, they were
followed in this instance. This pro-
vision should be considered. l re-
sorted to this method in order to make
it applicable to this bill, because OF
pecI liar conditions existing in the
school situation here.
Five members of the select commit
tee, after two months of consideration
of this proposition, unanimously agreed
that the President should name the
school board, and that it should be COM
posed of six members, and that the Sem
ate should confirm it, changing the
present law. taking away from the
judges of the District the right to name,
and reducing the number to six We
were together on the proposition and yet
the senator from Washington. who per-
haps has not read the testimony, says
it should be changed"
In conclusion Senator Harrison sub
mitted that the point of order was not
we'll taken and that it should be over
ruled. Senator Jones said he would not
discuss the report of the select commit
in which the Senate was proceeding.
Overrules Point Of Order.
In passing on the point of order SEN
ator Frelinghuysen said: THE pres
ent occupant of the chair will not un-
dertake to pass on whether it Is
good or bad practice. The fact re-
mains that the Senate did give unani-
nous consent to suspend the rule on
this amendment. The chair is of the
opinion that the point of order is not
well taken and it is therefore over
ruled
In the discussion of the amendment.