CHAPTER XXXI.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Sec. 568. Board of school trustees—election and term.
The School Board of the city of Charlottesville shall be composed
of twelve members, three from each of the four wards of
the city, whose terms of office shall be for three years; one member
to be elected from each ward at the regular meeting of the
Council in September of each year, and their terms of office shall
begin immediately upon qualification and continue until their successors
shall have been elected and qualified. If, for any reason,
the Council should not elect at the regular meeting in September,
as above provided, said election, when held, shall be for the unexpired
term.
Sec. 569. Same—duties.
The Board of School Trustees shall have the care, management
and control of the public school property of the city, as provided
by the laws of the State.
Sec. 570. Same—report.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Board of School Trustees
annually, on or before the 15th day of August of each year, to
submit to the Council a written report, containing an itemized account
of their expenditures for the past school year and an itemized
estimate of their necessary expenses and probable receipts,
exclusive of Council appropriations, for the succeeding school
year; but no appropriation for the support or maintenance of the
public free schools in the city shall be made by the Council, until
the Board of School Trustees shall have complied with the requirements
of this section.
