SEC. 115

BOARD OF EDUCATION

with overlooking the yards and playgrounds of the g ment and classes, and the care of the rooms and toil women teachers. Exceptions to this rule may be m Committee on Care of Buildings.

7. No janitor or assistant who cannot speak and re shall be employed.

8. Personal illness on the part of a janitor sufficie pacitate him from service, and all absences from dut immediately reported by the principal of the school to visor of Janitors, together with the name of the person

cate shall be acknowledged in writing by said Supervisor. A janitor thus leaving his building in charge of another shall be held responsible for that person's acts.

12. In the event of there being at any time a case of contagious or infectious disease in the family of a janitor, he shall at once report the fact in writing to the principal of the school and also to the Supervisor of Janitors, with a written statement from an attending physician stating the nature of the disease, and whether or not the patient is isolated, what other precautions have been taken, and whether it will be safe for the janitor to perform his duties in the school building.

13. A janitor shall report at the office of the Supervisor of Janitors, at least once each month, the condition of the heating, ventilating, electric light and power plants in the building under his charge, and sign his name in the register kept for that purpose.

14. Any janitor, janitor-engineer, cleaner or other employee under the supervision and control of the Committee on Care of Buildings, intending to resign his position, shall give said Committee at least ten days' notice of his intention to so resign, under a penalty, for a failure to comply with this by-law, of a deduction of ten days' pay from his salary. (As amended November 25, 1903.)

15. No janitor or janitor-engineer in the public schools shall employ any helper who is under the age of eighteen years. (This subdivision was adopted October 25, 1905.)

SEC. 116. 1. The janitor of a school building shall devote his entire time to the care of the building in his charge, and, except as herein otherwise provided, shall personally be present in such building each day from 8 A. M to 5 P. M., and from 8 A. M. to 12 M. on Saturdays, and during such other times as the building is in actual use, unless excused by the Committee on Care of Buildings, the principal, or the Supervisor of Janitors. He shall also visit and inspect the building at least once on each Sunday and holiday. (As amended April 14, 1909.)

2. He shall report in person to the senior principal of the

building at the beginning of each daily session; and shall at all times, including lunch hours and recesses, be ready to render immediate personal assistance in cases of emergency. Upon furnishing a substitute acceptable to the principal, a janitor may be permitted to absent himself from the school premises between the hours of 1 P. M. and 2 P. M. (As amended April 14, 1909.)

3. He shall take every possible care and precaution for the safety and preservation of the building and school property. He shall see that the equipment for extinguishing fire is in constant readiness for use. (As amended April 14, 1909.)

4. He shall receive, if required, all mail matter for the principals, teachers, and school officers, and on school days immediately and personally deliver the same to the principal.

5. He shall report to the principal any instance of the use of any piano before 8.45 A. M., or after the close of the school session, and by whom the same was used.

6. He shall prevent any unauthorized person from entering the building or meddling with any part thereof or with property therein.

7. No dogs or fowls shall be kept on any part of any school premises, and smoking shall not be allowed in any school building at any time.

8. The janitor shall have all the gates or doors leading from the street to the buildings and yards open on all school days at 8.30 A. M., and on stormy days at 8.15 A. M., and close them thirty minutes after the close of the school session, unless otherwise directed by the senior principal. All exits shall be left unfastened on the inside during school hours. The doors to the main entrance shall be left unfastened from 8 A. M. until thirty minutes after the close of the school session on all school days.

9. He shall visit every room, watercloset, passage, stairway, yard, etc., on the school premises before securing the exits at the close of each school day.

10. He shall display the United States National colors upon (or near) the school building on all designated legal holidays from sun

rise to sunset and on each school day, raising the flag at 8.30 a. M. and lowering the same at the close of the school session, and at such other times as the Board of Education may direct, and shall keep and maintain the flags in good order and repair. No flag other than the United States National colors shall be so displayed at any time. Special orders in regard to display of flags shall be given by the President of the Board of Education. The colors on Decoration Day shall be displayed at half-mast.

11. He shall regularly wind and regulate the clocks throughout the school building, and report to the principal if any are out of order.

12. He shall keep a sufficient supply of toilet paper in every watercloset on the school premises.

13. He shall report in writing immediately to the principal and the Superintendent of School Buildings any damage done to school property and, in case of fire or other great disaster to school premises, shall immediately notify the Superintendent of School Buildings.

14. He shall notify in writing the Superintendent of School Buildings whenever any contractor begins work at the school in his charge.

15. He shall make small repairs to the heating apparatus, locks, doors, furniture, etc., and if adjustable furniture is used make such adjustments in the height thereof as may be required. All wornout and leaking washers shall be replaced from time to time as occasion may require.

16. He shall replace all broken glass and sash cords of the windows with new as often as they may be broken; new glass and sash cords to be obtained from the Superintendent of School Supplies, subject to such rules and regulations as the Committee on Supplies may prescribe.

17. He shall examine all work being done upon the premises in his charge, and report immediately to the Deputy Superintendent of School Buildings for the Borough any observation of defective

materials or bad workmanship, any overcharge for time and materials, or any failure to comply with specifications.

18. He shall disconnect electric light and power current from the school building at the service switch upon leaving the school building each night. Record must be taken and kept, with dates, of the gas and electric meter readings on the first day of each month, of all gas and electric meter readings when made by the gas and electric companies, and of the readings of all gas and electric meters when installed and when removed, and report of the same shall be made in writing to the Auditor of the Board of Education.

19. He shall keep, in a book provided for the purpose, a correct list of all movable articles of furniture, fittings, etc., exclusive of those furnished under the list of supplies, and add thereto all articles, such as desks, seats, radiators, etc., which for any reason are removed from their places and left unsecured or disconnected. He shall also enter in said book a complete and accurate list of all articles of furniture, including pianos and radiators, that are in use in any part of the school building.

20. He shall see that no articles are removed from the school building by any person except on a written order from the Superintendent of School Buildings or the Deputy Superintendent of School Buildings for the Borough. He shall see that all such deliveries and the receipt of new furniture, pianos, radiators, etc. are immediately entered in the book specified in subdivision 19. All entries must be made in ink; no erasure of any word or figure shall be made other than by simply drawing a pen through the word or figure, but not so as to destroy the legibility of the same. The inventory book must be kept in a careful manner and in a clean condition, and must be submitted to the inspector assigned to the district in which the school is situated, for verification and approval, by the 15th of each month.

21. He shall at the end of each school year receive from the principal all school supplies in the building, also all keys, and give a receipt for the same; and he shall be held responsible for