THE CITY OF NEW YORK INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS TO SEPTEMBER 22, 1909 MEETINGS MEETINGS-WHERE HELD SECTION 1. All meetings of the Board of Education shall be held at the Hall of the Board, corner of Park Avenue and Fiftyninth Street. STATED MEETINGS-WHEN HELD SEC. 2. Stated meetings shall be held on the first Monday in February, the second Wednesday in July, and the second and fourth Wednesdays in every month except July and August. Should the day so fixed be a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the day following. An adjourned stated meeting shall be deemed, for the transaction of all business, a stated meeting. (As amended April 5, 1905, and February 13, 1908.) SPECIAL MEETINGS-HOW CALLED SEC. 3. Special meetings shall be held on the call of the President or on the written request of ten members; provided, however, that notice of such meeting shall be given not less than twentyfour hours in advance, and shall state the special matter to be presented for consideration. No other matter shall be considered at such special meeting, except by the consent of two-thirds of the members present. HOUR OF MEETING SEC. 4. The hour of meeting shall be 4 o'clock in the afternoon, except when otherwise ordered by the Board. If a quorum be not present the meeting may be adjourned. NUMBER NECESSARY TO FORM A QUORUM SEC. 5. A majority of the whole number of the members of the Board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. OFFICERS SEC. 6. The officers of the Board shall be as follows: SEC. 7. The official term of the President and Vice-President shall continue from the first Monday in February of each year until the first Monday in February of the succeeding year, and until their successors are chosen. ELECTIONS OFFICERS-HOW ELECTED SEC. 8. All the officers of the Board shall be chosen by ballot. All elections by the Board shall be held at stated or special meetings by the vote of a majority of all the members of the Board. SEC. 9. No election to fill a vacancy in any of the offices of the Board named in Section 6 shall be had at any meeting of the Board unless notice shall have been given in the call for the meeting that such election will be moved. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to insert such notice in the call for the stated meeting next preceding the expiration of the term of any officer of the Board whose term is fixed by statute, by-law or resolution, or in the call for any stated meeting at the request of any member of the Board. This by-law shall apply to all elections of officers, whether for an entire term, or to fill a vacancy, or to fill a new office, except that it shall not apply to the meeting to be held on the first Monday in February in each year. (As amended February 28, 1906.) REMOVALS FROM OFFICE SEC. 10. No officer, clerk or subordinate shall be removed unless by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the Board, for cause. Pending the trial of charges, any officer, clerk or subordinate may be suspended by the vote of a majority of all the members of the Board, and any clerk or other subordinate may be suspended between the meetings of the Board by the President, except as otherwise provided in the Charter. (As amended November 22, 1905.) PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT 1 (page 7) SECTION 11, SUBDIVISION 2, AS AMENDED OCTOBER 13, 1909 2. The Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the Executive Committee, in the absence of the President. In case of the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-President shall, upon the request of the President, perform all of the duties and exercise all of the powers of the President during the period of such absence or disability; and in the event of the death of the President, or of his enforced absence or disability, the Vice-President shall perform all of said. duties and exercise all of said powers, pending action by the Board. sist of fifteen members and the President of the Board, and to OFFICERS SEC. 6. The officers of the Board shall be as follows: President. Vice-President. Secretary. Assistant Secretary. Superintendent of School Buildings. Superintendent of School Supplies. Auditor. Chief Clerk. City Superintendent of Schools. Supervisor of Lectures. TERMS OF SERVICE SEC. 7. The official term of the President and Vice-President Board whose term is fixed by statute, by-law or resolution, or in the call for any stated meeting at the request of any member of the Board. This by-law shall apply to all elections of officers, whether for an entire term, or to fill a vacancy, or to fill a new office, except that it shall not apply to the meeting to be held on the first Monday in February in each year. (As amended February 28, 1906.) REMOVALS FROM OFFICE SEC. 10. No officer, clerk or subordinate shall be removed unless by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the Board, for cause. Pending the trial of charges, any officer, clerk or subordinate may be suspended by the vote of a majority of all the members of the Board, and any clerk or other subordinate may be suspended between the meetings of the Board by the President, except as otherwise provided in the Charter. (As amended November 22, 1905.) PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT SEC. 11. 1. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Board, and shall be Chairman of the Executive Committee. All Standing and Special Committees shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise ordered by the Board. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all Committees, and entitled to vote at all meetings of Committees. He shall designate each member of the Board to be, ex officio, a member of one Local School Board. 2. The Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the Board in the absence of the President, and in the like absence shall perform such executive duties as may be authorized by resolution of the Board. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEC. 12. There shall be an Executive Committee for the care, government and management of the public school system, to consist of fifteen members and the President of the Board, and to |