SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF BOSTON. 76. The school committee of the city of Boston shall consist of the mayor of the city, the president of the common council, and of seventy-two other persons,1 six of whom shall be chosen in each ward, and who shall be inhabitants of the wards in which they are chosen; two of said members to be chosen by the inhabitants of the several wards at their annual election of municipal officers, who shall hold their office for three years from the second Monday in January, next ensuing after their election. 77. The persons so chosen, as members of the school committee, shall meet and organize on the second Monday of January, at such hour as the mayor may appoint. They may choose a secretary and such subordinate officers as they may deem expedient, and shall define their duties, and fix their respective salaries. 78. The said committee shall have the care and management of the public schools, and may elect all such instructors as they may deem proper, and remove the same whenever they consider it expedient. And generally they shall have all the powers, in relation to the care and management of the public schools, which the selectmen of towns or school committees are authorized by the laws of this commonwealth to exercise. 79. By a resolve approved April 27, 1869, the governor was authorized to issue to the city of Boston such arms for the use of the English high and Latin schools in said city as, in his judgment, may be so distributed without detriment to the militia service; provided, the city of Boston shall be held responsible for the return in good order and condition of said arms whenever his excellency the governor, shall so direct. ORDINANCE.2 SCHOOL COMMITTEE. SECTION 1. The school committee are authorized to elect all such instructors as they may deem proper for the public schools, and contract with and cities in said county for the support of public schools. See ante, p. 154, § 12. For some account of the local school funds of Boston, see appendix to auditor's annual report. 1 Since the annexation of Roxbury and Dorchester this number is increased to ninety-six. 2 An ordinance relating to public schools, passed December 18, 1855. Dec. 18, 1855. May choose secre- School committee to present estimate public schools to auditor, &c. Ibid. them, and determine the amount of their respective salaries; they are also authorized to dismiss and remove any instructor from said schools, when they deem it proper and expedient, and generally, they shall have all the powers in relation to the care and management of the public schools, which the selectmen of towns or school committees are authorized by the laws of the commonwealth to exercise; they may choose a secretary, superintendent, and such subordinate officers as they may deem expedient, and shall define their duties, and fix their respective salaries. SECT. 2. The school committee shall present of expenses of the to the auditor, on or before the first day of February in each year, an estimate in writing of the expenses of the public schools for the next financial year, stating the amount required for salaries, for incidental expenses, and for the alteration, repairs, and erection of school-houses. To apportion salaries of instructors. Ibid. To be judges of the SECT. 3. Said committee shall not fix the salaries of the teachers in the public schools at such rates that the aggregate amount of all said salaries shall, in any financial year, exceed the sum named for that purpose in their estimate. SECT. 4. The said committee shall be the original judges of the expediency and necessity of having additional or improved accommodations for any public school within the limits of the city; and whenever, in their opinion, a schoolhouse is required, or material alterations are needed, they shall send a communication to the city council, stating the locality and the nature of the further provisions for schools which are wanted; and no school-house shall be located, erected, or materially altered, until the school committee shall have been consulted on the proposed locality and plans, except by order of the city council. TRUANTS.1 To be consulted before any school house is located or erected, &c. Dec. 18, 1855. fined. SECT. 5. Any of the persons described in Truants, &c. to the first section of the "act concerning truant May 25, 1867. children and absentees from school," passed on the thirtieth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, upon conviction of any offence described in said act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. SECT. 6. The house for the employment and reformation of juvenile offenders is hereby assigned and provided as the institution of instruction, house of reformation, or suitable situation mentioned in the second section of said act. SECOND-HAND ARTICLES. STATUTES. 1. Cities, &c., may make ordinances regulating the purchase and sale of second-hand articles, old junk, metals, &c. 2. Conditions of the traffic in 3. Penalty for violation of ordi- 1 An ordinance concerning truant children and absentees from school, passed May 25, 1867. Approved by superior court (Brigham, J.), June 7, 1867. See p. 557, ante. Cities, &c., may make ordinances regulating the purchase and sale of second-hand arti cles. 1862, c. 205, § 1. Conditions of the traffic in second hand articles to be 1. Every city and town may provide by ordinance or by-law, that every keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals, or second-hand articles within their respective limits, shall keep a book, in which shall be written at the time of every purchase of any such article, a description of the article or articles purchased, the name, age, and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when such purchase was made; that such book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the mayor and aldermen of the city, or the selectmen of the town, in which such shop is located, and to any person by them respectively authorized to make such inspection; that every keeper of such shop shall put in some suitable and conspicuous place on his shop, a sign, having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters; that such shops, and all articles of merchandise therein, may be examined by the mayor and aldermen of any city, or the selectmen of any town, or by any person by them respectively authorized to make such examination, at all times; and that no keeper of such shop shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles aforesaid, of any minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such; and that no article purchased or received shall be sold until a period of at least one week from the date of its purchase or receipt, shall have elapsed. Every city and town may also prescribe, in like manner, the hours in which such shops shall be closed, and that no keeper thereof shall make purchase of any of the articles aforesaid during such hours. 2. Every rule, regulation, and restriction which shall be made by any city or town, in accordance with the provisions of this act, in regard to the keeping of, and traffic in, the articles aforesaid, shall be incorporated in every license granted in such city or incorporated in town for dealing in the said articles. 3. Any person who shall violate either of the rules, regulations, or restrictions contained in his license, as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence. ORDINANCE.1 SECTION 1. No person shall be a dealer in, or keeper of a shop for, the purchase, sale, or barter, of junk, old metals, or second-hand articles, in this city, unless he is duly licensed therefor by the board of aldermen. in SECT. 2. Every person dealing in said articles or keeping such a shop, shall keep a book, which he shall record, at the time of every purchase by him of either of the articles mentioned in the preceding section, a description of the article so purchased, the name, age, and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when, he so received it; and that book shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the mayor, or either of the aldermen, or of any person by said board of aldermen authorized to make such examination. SECT. 3. No keeper of such shop shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles aforesaid of any minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such; and no article purchased by such shopkeeper shall be sold by him until a period of at least one week 1 An ordinance passed August 12, 1862, and amended December 6, 1862. license. Penalty for viola tions of ordinance. bid. §3. |