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Thirteenth-To prohibit any child under six years of age from attending the public schools. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco :
First-To furnish all necessary supplies, or make regulations for furnishing supplies for the several schools under their care; but when such supplies are furnished by the Board of Education, they shall be obtained by contract-proposals for which shall be advertised for the period of at least two weeks.
Second-To make and transmit between the fifteenth day of January and the first day of February, in each year, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, a report in writing, bearing date on the thirty-first day of December next preceding, stating the whole number of schools within
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their jurisdiction, the length of time they shall have been kept open, the number of pupils taught in each school, the whole amount of money drawn from the treasury for the purposes of education during the year ending at the date of the report, distinguishing the amounts received from the General Fund of the State, and from all other and what sources, the manner in which such moneys shall have been expended, and such other information as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction may, from time to time require, in relation to public school education in the City and County of San Francisco ; and the report which said Board of Education is hereby required to make, shall be held and taken to be a full compliance with every law requiring a report from said Board relative to the schools in said city, or any matter connected therewith.
Third-To provide evening schools for those whose ages or vocations are such as to prevent attendance at the day schools established by law, in such school houses or other build- ings used for school purposes, and in such other places in said city, as said Board may, from time to time, deem expedient, and also a Normal School or schools for the instruction of those who desire to become teachers, which school shall be attended by such of the teachers in the public schools as the Board of Education, by general regulations, shall direct, under penalty of forfeiture of their situations as teachers, for failure to attend said Normal School as required, which forfeiture shall be declared by the Board of Education.
Fourth-To require the principal teachers of each school to enter in books, to be furnished by the Board, the names, ages, and residences of the pupils attending the school, the name of the parent or guardian of each pupil, the days on which the pupils shall have respectively attended, and the aggregate attendance of each during the year ; also the days on which each school shall have been visited by the City Superintendent of Schools, or his Assistant, and the members of the Board of Education, or any of them, which entries shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the principal teacher in such school; also to require the principal teacher of each school, prior to the first day of January of each year, to make to said Board of Education a report in writing, bearing date the thirty-first day of December, which report shall state the whole number of scholars over six and under twenty-one years of age, who shall have been taught free of expense to such scholars in their schools, during the year ending with the date of the report, which number shall be ascertained by adding to the number of children on the register at the commencetnent of the year, the number admitted during the year, not having previously attended any public school during that year ; also the average number that has actually attended such school during the year, to be ascertained by keeping an exact account of the number of pupils present at each session, or half day of the school, which, being added together and divided by four hundred and thirty, or if less than a year, by the number of school sessions, shall be considered the average attendance, which average shall be sworn or affirmed to by the principal teacher of the school ; also a particular account of the state of the school, and of the property and affairs of the school, and the titles of all books used, with such other information as the Board of Education shall require.
Fifth-To provide by general rules and regulations, a proper classification of studies, scholars, and salaries, in such manner that the system of instruction pursued in the public schools, and the salaries paid to teachers, shall be, as nearly as practicable, uniform throughout the city.
SEc. 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and County of San Francisco :
First-To visit and examine every school under the charge of the Board of Education, as often as once in every six months, to inquire into all matters relating to the government, course of instruction, books, studies, discipline, and conduct of such schools, and the condition of the school houses, and the schools generally, and to counsel with and advise the teachers in relation to their duties, the proper studies, discipline, and conduct of the pupils, the course of instruction to be pursued, and the books of elementary instruction to be used, and to examine, ascertain, and report to the Board of Education, whether the provisions of the Act in relation to religious sectarian teaching and books have been violated in any of the schools, and to make a monthly report to the Board of Education, stating which of the schools have been visited by him, and adding such comments in respect to the matters here specified as he may deem advisable.
Second-To make annually to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, at such times as said officer may direct, a report in writing, containing a statement of the whole number of schools within said city and county, and a certified copy of the reports of the Board of Edu- cation to the Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, with such additional information as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction may require.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco, on or before the third Monday of March in each year, to report to the Board of Supervisors of said city and county, an estimate of the amount of money which will be re- quired during the year for the purpose of meeting the current annual expenses of public in- struction in said city and county, specifying the amount required for supplies furnished to pupils, for purchasing and procuring sites, for leasing rooms or buildings, for erecting build-
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ings, and for furnishing, fitting up, altering, enlarging, and repairing the buildings and premi- ses under their charge, for the support of schools, which shall have been organized since the last annual apportionment by the Board, for salaries of teachers, janitors, clerks, and other employés of the Board, and for such further sum or sums as may be necessary for any of the purposes authorized by this Act ; but the aggregate amount so reported shall not exceed the sum of thirty-five dollars for each pupil who shall have actually attended and been taught in the preceding year in the schools entitled to participate in the apportionment. The number of pupils who shall be considered as having attended the schools during any one year shall be ascertained by adding together the number of children, between the ages of six and twenty- one years, present at each session of not less than three hours each, and dividing the sum by four hundred and thirty ; and if any school shall have been organized since the last annual apportionment, the attendance shall be ascertained by dividing by a number corresponding to the actual number of sessions of not less than three hours each, held since the organization of such school.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of said City and County of San Francisco, to examine without delay the estimate received from the Board of Education, and if deemed reasonable and in accordance with law, said Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and required to levy and cause to be collected, at the time and in the manner of levying State and other city and county taxes, the amount of taxation so determined and reported by the Board of Education.
SEC. 6. If the estimate of the said Board of Education seem unreasonable to the Board of Supervisors, the said Board of Supervisors shall, within ten days after receiving such estimate, return the same to the Board of Education with the objections of the said Board of Super- visors in writing. The Board of Education shall immediately proceed to consider such objec- tions ; and in case of further disagreement between the said Boards, the matter in dispute shall be referred to the Mayor, Auditor, and Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, whose decision shall be final, and shall be carried into effect by the Board of Supervisors.
SEC. 7. All moneys received or collected on account of public education in the City and County of San Francisco, shall be deposited in the City Treasury, and be known as the School Fund. Payments from said fund shall only be made by the Treasurer of the said city and county, upon drafts drawn on him by the Board of Education, signed by the President and the Superintendent of Common Schools, and countersigned by the Auditor of said city and county; and all drafts shall be made payable to the person or persons entitled to receive the same.
SEC. 8. If the school moneys received and collected shall, during any year, exceed the necessary and legal expenses of the Public Schools, the Board of Education shall authorize the payment only of such sum or sums as shall be sufficient to provide for such expenses, and any deficiency in the sums so received and collected to meet the necessary and legal expenses of public education in the said schools shall be supplied by the Board of Supervisors of said city and county, and they are hereby authorized and directed to raise by loan or otherwise in anticipation of the annual tax, such sum or sums as shall be necessary to meet such deficiency, and the Board of Education shall in all such cases certify to the Board of Supervisors the cause of such deficiency, and that the same was unavoidable, and unless such certificate shall be made, the said Board of Supervisors may refuse to meet such deficiency. But the Board of Education shall not be authorized to call upon the Board of Supervisors in any year for any money or moneys for the purpose of purchasing sites, buildings, altering, repairing, or fitting up school houses, in excess of the estimates for these purposes in pursuance of section seventh of this Act, except in cases of destruction of, or injury to, the buildings by fire, or other unforeseen calamity.
SEC. 9. The Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco are hereby authorized to establish in some central locality of said city, a school, to which shall be admit- ted only those pupils who shall have been found upon satisfactory examination and trial too depraved to be permitted to associate longer with the pupils of other schools; but such pupil or pupils may be restored to any school under charge of said Board, upon satisfactory evidence of a thorough reformation of conduct.
SEC. 10. The Clerk of the Board of Education shall have charge of the rooms, books, papers, and documents of the Board, and shall in addition to his duties as Secretary of the Board, perform such other clerical duties as may be required by its members or committees.
SEC. 11. In all cases where the erection of a building, fitting up thereof, and the fitting up of any hired building, or repairing any building belonging to the Department, shall exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, the same shall be done by contract awarded to the lowest respon- sible bidder, proposals for which contract shall be advertised for two weeks previous to deciding upon the estimates thereon ; but the Board of Education may reject any or all pro- posals should they deem such action for the public good.
SEC. 12. Whenever, owing to any nuisance in the immediate vicinity of any school, or other unfavorable circumstances, or to the small attendance of pupils, or other sufficient reason, it shall appear to the Board of Education necessary and proper to discontinue such school, they may after thirty days' notice given to the Board of Supervisors, of their intention to
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abandon the building and site for school purposes, withdraw entirely from the control of said property, which shall then be used or disposed of as a part of the general property of the city and county. In the event of the same being sold, the proceeds shall go into the School Fund of the City and County of San Francisco ; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize the sale of any such building or lot.
SEC. 13. Every person in the employ of the Board of Education, and every officer or teacher of a school, who shall willfully sign a false report to the Board of Education, shall for each offense forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars, and shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor ; and every such person or officer who shall willfully misapply any of the public funds committed to his care shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement.
SEC. 14. No school shall receive any portion of the school moneys, in which the religious doctrines or tenets of any particular christain or other.religious sect shall be taught, inculcated, or practised, or in which any book or books containing compositions favorable or prejudicial to the particular doctrines or tenets of any particular christian or other religious sect is used.
SEC. 15. The following shall be substantially the form of oath or affirmation to be made by
the teacher: A. B., of the City and County of San Francisco, teacher of - school, being duly sworn [or affirmed], declares and says that to the best of his [or her] knowledge and belief, the average number of children actually residents of the City and County of San Francisco, between the ages of six and twenty-one years, who attended said school from the - day of - - to the first day of January, -, was -; said average having been obtained by adding together the number of pupils present each half day, and dividing the sum by four hundred and thirty [or by the total number of half school days during the year].
SEC. 16. The Clerk of the Board of Education is hereby authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits in all matters appertaining to the schools in the City and County of San Francisco.
SEC. 17. No person receiving a salary from the Board of Education shall be interested in any contract, payments under which are to be made in whole or in part of the moneys derived from the School Fund, or raised by taxation for the support of the Public Schools.
SEC. 18. The Public Schools in the City and County of San Francisco shall be classified as High, Grammar, Primary, Evening, and Normal schools.
SEC. 19. The members of the Board of Education of the City and County of San Fran- cisco shall be elected by vote of the electors of the entire city and county, and from the city and county at large, without reference to their residence.
SEC. 20. The Mayor, Auditor, and Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco are hereby authorized and required to issue school bonds from time to time, in such sums as may be required for school purposes, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Such bonds shall be signed by the Mayor, Auditor, and Treasurer of the said city and county, and shall be payable in ten years from the first day of June, one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-two. Such bonds shall draw interest at the rate of seven percentum per an- num, from the date of their issuance, which interest shall be payable semi-annually, on the first days of June and December, in the City and County of San Francisco. The coupons attached to said bonds shall be signed by the said Treasurer.
SEC. 21. The principal and interest of the said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of America, and the faith and credit of the City and County of San Francisco are hereby pledged for the redemption of said bonds, and the payment of the principal and interest in said gold coin of the United States of America, as set forth in this Act.
SEC. 22. As soon as said bonds are issued, the Treasurer of said city and county is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the same to the highest bidder therefor for cash, in gold coin of the United States (after having first advertised the same for four weeks in two daily news- papers published in said city and county), and the proceeds thereof shall be immediately placed in the treasury of said city and county, and constitute a part of the School Fund. From the proceeds thus obtained and paid into the treasury, the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco are hereby authorized to liquidate any unpaid bills or claims in the current expenses of the Public Schools of said city and county, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one: provided, said bills or claims do not exceed in the aggregate the sum of twenty thousand dollars ; and the balance of such pro- ceeds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the sole purpose of meeting any deficiency that may arise in the current expenses of the schools, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two ; but no portion of the proceeds of this fund shall be used in the purchase of sites, for the erection or repairs of school buildings, nor in the fitting up of the same, and any balance then remaining on hand shall be carried forward and form part of the available funds for school purposes for the following year: pro- vided, the Mayor, Auditor, and Treasurer may reject any and all bids for said bonds as the public good may require.
SEC. 23. To secure the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, to raise yearly by
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taxation, in the same manner as other city and county taxes are levied and collected, a sum sufficient to pay the semi-annual interest on said bonds, and also to provide a Sinking Fund for the redemption of the same at maturity, as directed in section twenty-four of this Act.
SEC. 24. Whenever and as often as there shall be funds in the treasury of said city and county, to the credit of the Sinking Fund, provided in section twenty-three of this Act, amount- ing to ten thousand dollars, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said city and county to advertise from time to time, for thirty days, in two daily newspapers, published in said City and County of San Francisco, for proposals to surrender said bonds upon the best terms, not exceed- ing their par value, and report the same to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, who shall immediately thereafter, order paid the amount necessary to redeem the bonds so offered, and shall issue demands therefor in the usual form. The Auditor of said city and county is author- ized and required to audit and the Treasurer to pay the same, out of the Sinking Fund in his hands set apart therefore. And if such proposals to surrender bonds do not equal the amount of such Sinking Fund, then the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall have power to loan any balance remaining thereof, upon the security of any bonds of the City, or of the City and County of San Francisco, or of the State of California, or of securities of the United States, at the best rates of interest obtainable therefor, such interest when paid to be entered by the Treasurer to the credit of the Sinking Fund, for the redemption of said bonds.
SEC. 25. The money required hereafter to meet the interest and create the Sinking Fund for the bonds issued under the Act of the seventeenth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, also for the bonds issued under the Act of the nineteenth of February, eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be raised in the like manner as is provided for in section twenty-three of this Act, and the Sinking Fund applied in the like manner provided for in section twenty-four of this Act.
SUPPLEMENTAL X .- An Act to confer further Powers upon the City Board of Examination of the City and County of San Franciso, and the Board of Education, Auditor, and Treasurer of said City and County .- Approved February 27, 1874.
SECTION 1. Certificates entitling teachers in special branches to teach in the Public Schools may be issued by the City Board of Examination, without requiring applicants to pass exami- nation's in other branches.
SEC. 2. The President of the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco, the Superintendent of Public Schools of the City and County of San Francisco, and the Auditor of the City and County of San Francisco, are hereby authorized to sign warrants for the pay- ment of the salaries of Special Teachers in the School Department of San Francisco, who have performed services during the month of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-four, but whose warrants have not been signed by said officers in consequence of their certificates being defective under the law; and the Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized to pay such warrants when properly approved.
SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts, so far as they are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are, for the purposes of this Act, hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage.
SUPPLEMENTAL XI .- An Act to provide for the Establishment of Cosmopolitan Schools in the City and County of San Francisco .- Approved March 20, 1874.
SECTION 1. The Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco shall estab- lish and maintain Common Schools in said city and county, in which shall be taught the Ger- man and French languages in conjunction with studies in the English language. The number of such schools shall be not less than two Grammar and two Primary Schools ; they shall be designated as Cosmopolitan Schools, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by said Board of Education.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately from and after its passage.
SUPPLEMENTAL XII .- An Act to repeal an Act entitled " An Act in relation to the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco," approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy- two; also to confer Power on the Board of Education of said C'ity and County to pay any Deficit in the School Fund of eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three .- Ap- proved March 28, 1874.
SECTION 1. An Act entitled "An Act in relation to the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco," approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy- two, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. The Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized to pay any deficit in the School Department for the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and seventy-two and seventy-three, not to exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.
SUPPLEMENTAL XIII .- An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Fran- cisco to lease a School Lot in said City and County and to authorize the issuance of School Bonds for the purchase of Sites and the erection ofSchool Buildings in said City and County .- Approved March 30, 1874.
SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby
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