11. The Board of Superintendents shall have power, by formal resolution, to consolidate classes, or to increase or decrease the number of classes in any school.

12. The Board of Superintendents shall determine the merit and fitness of principals and teachers in accordance with the provisions of Section 1091 of the Charter.

13. For all purposes affecting the merit and fitness of a principal or a teacher in any district the District Superintendent shall have a seat in the Board of Superintendents, with the right to vote.

14. The Board of Superintendents shall assign to the office of each District Superintendent such number of substitute teachers as it may deem necessary, not exceeding one for every thirty regular teachers under his supervision. Each substitute so assigned shall receive regular substitute's pay when employed in teaching, and fifty cents per day when reporting but not so employed. In assigning substitutes as herein provided the Board of Superintendents shall give preference to those who have rendered the longest and most efficient service as regular teachers or as substitutes. A list of such persons shall be kept on file in the office of the City Superintendent. The Board of Superintendents shall remove from such list the name of any person who shall, in its opinion, unreasonably refuse to accept or perform service when the same is offered. (As amended January 22, 1908.)

15. Licensed substitutes other than those specified in subdivision 14 shall be assigned by the Board of Superintendents to the office of each District Superintendent in numbers as nearly as possible proportionate to the number of regular teachers in his districts. Substitute teachers so assigned shall receive pay only when actually employed. (This subdivision was adopted January 22, 1908.)

16. The Board of Superintendents shall have power to assign elementary school teachers for a definite period to classes for the blind, classes for the deaf, and disciplinary classes. (This subdivision was adopted June 10, 1908.)

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS

SEC. 41. 1. The District Superintendents shall perform such service in connection with the duties of their office as the City Superintendent shall direct.

2. They shall be in the offices of the Local School Boards of the districts to which they are assigned at least one day each week, as the City Superintendent shall direct, from 3.30 till 5 P. M., and a statement of the office hours of the District Superintendent shall be posted in every school building in the districts to which he is assigned and in the offices of the appropriate Local School Boards.

3. They shall keep in the offices of the Local School Boards of the districts to which they are assigned: (a) a map of the school district showing the location of the schools therein, and the boundaries of the territories from which the pupils are to attend the several schools of the district; (b) the names of all principals and regular and special teachers and supervisors employed in the several schools of the district; (c) a list of substitutes available for service in the schools of the district; (d) copies of all reports on the schools and teachers of the district and of their reports to the Local School Boards; (e) copies of the course of study for the elementary schools and of all syllabuses issued by the Board of Superintendents; (f) lists of all books, supplies and apparatus approved by the Board of Education; (g) copies of such other documents as pertain to the instruction and work of the schools; (h) lists of text-books used in the several schools of the districts; (i) a record of complaints filed by parents, teachers or principals.

4. They shall attend all meetings of the Local School Boards of which they are members, unless excused. They shall report monthly to the Local School Boards of which they are members upon such matters relating to the schools as they shall deem necessary; they shall furnish to said Boards information upon such matters relating to the schools as said Boards shall request.

5. They shall make recommendations to the City Superintendent of Schools, when necessary, concerning the proper accommodation of all children of school age applying for admission to the schools of their respective districts.

6. They shall make recommendations to the City Superintendent concerning the consolidation and increase of classes, the promotion and transfer of teachers within their districts, and all other matters which in their judgment will promote the efficient and economical administration of their schools.

7. They shall endeavor to secure economy in the ordering and use of supplies, and shall report to the City Superintendent of Schools any case of extravagance or waste therein and any other matters in connection therewith that may seem to them advisable.

8. They shall, by all means in their power, encourage in their work the pupils, teachers and principals of the schools in their respective districts; improve the methods of instruction therein, and by counsel and advice endeavor to secure and maintain a high standard of education.

9. Subject to the approval of the City Superintendent of Schools, they shall have power, from time to time, to call together for conference and instruction any or all of the teachers and principals of the schools in their respective districts.

10. They shall inspect every school in their respective districts twice each year, and inquire into all matters prescribed by the existing by-laws relating to the government, course of study, discipline and conduct of such schools, and the condition of the schoolhouses and the schools generally. They shall visit every class of such schools as often as practicable, and shall examine the same when necessary; and the character of the instruction as to methods and discipline shall be recorded at least once in each school year, with all necessary explanations, and classes showing an unsatisfactory result shall be characterized as "deficient." The name of the teacher in charge and the grade of the class shall form a part of the record, as shall also the general condition of the school, as affected by the management of the principal or acting principal, and the work of such principal or acting principal, in respect to teachers and classes.

11. In visiting schools the District Superintendents shall give special attention to the classes of the teachers of least experience or success; and in the classes of teachers advanced to higher grades the instruction in new subjects shall be supervised with particular

care.

12. Whenever any class has been found to be in an unsatisfactory condition, it shall be visited again within six months. If, upon such visit, the class shall again be found to be deficient, the District Superintendent shall immediately report the fact to the City Superintendent of Schools. The same course shall be taken in the case of any principal or acting principal whose school is recorded "deficient" in general management. When any school or class shall be found deficient, and the removal of the principal or teacher is not recommended, the City Superintendent shall cause such school or class to be visited frequently for the purpose of improving the character of instruction or management of such school or class.

13. In case any principal, any Local School Board, or any member of the Board of Education shall request, in writing, the City Superintendent to examine any class which there is reason to believe is in an unsatisfactory condition, the City Superintendent shall cause such class to be examined with the least possible delay, and shall report the results to the member of the Board of Education, to the Local School Board, or to the principal requesting such examination. The same course shall be taken as to the general management of any school at the request of any member of the Board of Education, or at the request of the Local School Board for the district in which such school is located.

14. Whenever any school is visited for examination, it shall be the duty of the principal of said school to provide the visiting Superintendent with a written statement of such facts as the latter may deem requisite to enable him to form a correct estimate of the efficiency of the instruction imparted.

15. The results of examinations required by this section shall be immediately entered and kept on record in the office of the City Superintendent, and shall be open to the inspection of the members of the Board of Education, of the Local School Boards as to their respective districts, and of the principals as to their respective schools.

16. Whenever a school or class shall be recorded "deficient," a transcript of the record of such deficiency shall be sent without delay to the principal or teacher affected.

17. Whenever an examination of a school shall indicate that the instruction in any subject is not satisfactory, the City Superintendent of Schools shall notify the principal, and it shall be the special duty of said principal to help and encourage the teachers to improve the character of the instruction in the subjects indicated.

18. Each District Superintendent shall report to the Local School Board of any district to which he is assigned and to the City Superintendent of Schools any case of gross misconduct, insubordination, neglect of duty, or general inefficiency arising in such district on the part of any principal, teacher or other member of the educational staff within his jurisdiction, and charges shall be immediately preferred by the District Superintendent against such principal, teacher or other member of the educational staff. (As amended November 23, 1904.)

19. A District Superintendent shall have power to suspend a teacher in any school within his district for gross misconduct or insubordination, neglect of duty or general inefficiency, and shall forthwith report such suspension to the City Superintendent of Schools.

20. District Superintendents shall report on all other matters connected with the schools of their respective districts as the City Superintendent shall require.

21. Resignations of District Superintendents shall be made to the Board of Superintendents.

22. District Superintendents, after conference with the Directors of Special Branches, shall assign teachers of such special branches to their duties in the schools of the several districts to which they are assigned.

23. As often as twice a year and at the beginning of each school