By-laws of the Board of Education of the City of New York and By-laws of the ...

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BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO APPOINT CERTAIN OFFICERS, CLERKS, ETC., AND

FIX THEIR SALARIES

Section 1067. The said board of education shall have power to appoint a secretary of the board; a superintendent of school buildings, who shall be an architect of experience and good standing, and whose term of office shall be for six years; a superintendent of school supplies whose term of office shall be for six years; a city superintendent of schools for the term of six years; a supervisor of lectures for the term of six years; and one or more auditors. The said board may appoint a chief clerk and such other officers, clerks, or subordinates as it may deem necessary for its administrative duties, and as are provided for by the proper appropriation. The city superintendent of schools, any associate city superintendent, any district superintendent, the supervisor of lectures, any member of the board of examiners, the secretary of the board of education, the superintendent of school buildings, the superintendent of school supplies, the auditor or auditors, and any other officers, clerks or subordinates of the board, may, any or either of them, be removed for cause at any time by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the board of education, and may be suspended by the board of education pending the trial of charges. The said board shall fix and regulate within the proper appropriation the salaries or compensation of the city superintendent of schools, of the associate city superintendents and the district superintendents, and of members of the board of examiners.

ID.; POWER TO ENACT BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS

Section 1068. The board of education shall have power, subject to the provisions of law and of this act, to enact by-laws, rules and regulations for the proper execution of all duties devolved upon the board, its members and committees and upon the several local school boards; for the transaction of all business pertaining to the same, for defining the duties of the city superintendent of schools, the superintendent of school buildings, the superintendent of school supplies, of its auditor or auditors, its clerks and subordinates; for regulating the manner of making disbursements from any of the funds apportioned to any borough for school purposes, for the proper execution of all powers vested in it by law, and for the promotion of the welfare and best interests of the public schools and public school system of the city in the matters committed to its care. Until the board of education shall act under the provisions of this section the by-laws, rules and regulations of the board of education and of the several borough school boards in force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and two, shall remain in full force and effect so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act and are applicable.

BOARD OF EDUCATION SUCCEEDS TO SPECIFIC POWERS HERETOFORE EXERCISED BY BOROUGH BOARDS

*Section 1069. The board of education shall, in addition to the other powers herein expressly conferred, have power:

1. To establish and conduct elementary schools, kindergartens, manual training schools, trade schools, truant schools, evening schools and vacation schools.

2. To maintain free lectures and courses of instruction for the people of The City of New York.

3. To provide special classes, whose sessions shall be held at such times in the day or evening as said board may determine, for the purpose of giving instruction in the English language to persons who cannot use that language readily, and whose vocations are such as to prevent their attending the elementary or other schools in the school system.

4. To provide one or more high schools and training schools or classes for teachers, as it may from time to time determine, and as the appropriations may permit. The said training schools or classes shall be under the control of the board of education and of the city superintendent of schools to the extent that may be necessary to secure compliance with chapter one thousand and thirty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

5. To establish and conduct playgrounds in connection with the public schools.

6. To establish new schools and discontinue or consolidate any of the schools of the system.

7. To enter into a contract or contracts, from time to time, subject, however, to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment, with any street railway company, operating in The City of New York, for the transportation of school children to and from any public school in The City of New York at special rates not to exceed one-half the usual or customary rate of fares charged by such street railway companies, and to pay for such transportation out of the special school fund. The board of estimate and apportionment is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate and include in the annual budget such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for the purpose of this act.

* As amended by Chapter 542, Laws of 1904.

ID.; SECRETARY; DUTIES; SECRETARY AND CHIEF CLERK MAY ADMINISTER

OATHS

Section 1070. The secretary 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 duties as may be required by its members or committees. The secretary and the chief clerk of said board are authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits in all matters appertaining to the schools in The City of New York, and for that purpose shall possess all the powers of a commissioner of deeds, but shall not be entitled to any of the fees or emoluments thereof.

ID.; PROVIDE FOR BRANCHES, ETC., IN BOROUGHS

Section 1071. The board of education shall make provision for the organization in the various boroughs of such branches as they may deem necessary in the bureaus of the superintendents of school buildings and of school supplies, and shall make such provisions by its by-laws as will secure prompt and efficient service for the selection and acquisition of sites, the planning and erection of new buildings for school purposes, and for the alteration and repair of existing buildings, and for the regulation of the purchase and distribution of school books and supplies, and for the execution and carrying into effect of all matters and things, authority for which shall have been granted by the board, and for the preservation of all school records. Subject to such by-laws, the superintendent of school buildings shall be the executive officer of the board in respect to all matters relating to the bureau of buildings, or in respect to which he is charged with duties under the provisions of this act. He shall advertise for bids for the erection, alteration or repair of any building to be used for educational purposes in The City of New York which has been authorized by the board of education.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS; OATH AND SECURITY BY; SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS OF BOARD; VACANCY IN OFFICE

Section 1072. The superintendent of school buildings shall take and subscribe before the secretary or the chief clerk of the board of education, the oath prescribed by the constitution of this state, and give such security for the faithful performance of the duties of his office as the board of education may direct; and the bureau under his charge shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board may establish, one of which shall prohibit the performance by him of any work, on any other of this section the by-laws, rules and regulations of the board of education and of the several borough school boards in force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and two, shall remain in full force and effect so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act and are applicable.