MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, AND RULES OF ORDER.

RULE 1. The stated meetings of the Board shall be held at the office of the Corporation, on the second Tuesday in each and every month, at eight o'clock P. M., from the first of April till the first of October, and at seven and a half o'clock P. M., the remainder of the year.

RULE 2. The President, or any three members of the Board, may call special meetings, by giving one week's notice in writing to the other members of the Board and stating the object of said call; and in all meetings of the Board a majority of the whole number elected shall constitute a quorum to do business, but any smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members. (See Charter, sec. 6.)

RULE 3. The President shall take the Chair precisely at the appointed hour, and immediately call the members to order. On the appearance of a quorum, the order of business of every meeting, except when otherwise specially directed, shall be as follows:

1-The reading of the record of last meeting.

2-The reading of all letters and communications.

3-Reports from Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney, Superintendent, and Bailiff.

4-Reports from Standing Committees.
5-Reports from Special Committees.
6-Business lying over.

7-New business.

8-The election of officers.

RULE 4. All special committees shall be called upon at each meeting for report by the President; and any special committee which shall fail to report for three consecutive meetings of the Board shall be considered discharged unless extension of time is granted it.

RULE 5. No person, other than a member or officer of the Board, shall, unless by permission, be allowed to make any communication to the Board, except in writing; and such permission

must be unanimous, upon any matter that properly belongs to a standing committee.

RULE 6. No motion shall be subject to debate until it has been seconded and stated by the chair. It shall be reduced to writing at the request of the President, or any other member.

RULE 7. When a question is before the Board, no motion shall be received, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, the previous question, to refer, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain time, or to amend; and the motions named shall take precedence in the order in which they ore here arranged; the first, second and third shall be decided without debate.

RULE 8. No motion or proposition shall be admitted as a substitute for the motion or resolution under debate; any member, however, may call for a division of the question, when the same, in the opinion of the President, admits of it.

RULE 9. On the call of two members, a majority of the Board may demand that the previous question shall be put, which shall be in this form: Shall the main question be now put? And, until it is decided, no further debate shall take place; and the vote shall be taken, first, on any amendments that may be pending' and next, on the final question.

RULE 10. The President shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board by any member. In such cases the question shall be: Shall the decision of the chair be sustained? And, until it is decided, all debate upon the pending question shall be suspended.

RULE 11. The reconsideration of a vote may be moved at the same meeting at which the vote was taken by any member who voted with the majority, but such motion shall be decided at that or the next regular meeting.

RULE 12. Every member present shall vote on all questions, unless excused by the Board.

RULE 13. The yeas and nays shall be called and entered on the record whenever demanded by two members of the Board. RULE 14. No member shall be allowed to give his vote on any question after the result has been announced by the chair, unless by unanimous consent.

RULE 15. When any member is about to speak on any question, he shall rise and address himself to the President, confine himself strictly to the point in debate, and avoid personalities.

RULE 16. No member shall speak more than five minutes, at any one time, on any motion under discussion, nor more than once until all other members choosing to speak shall have spoken, nor more than twice to the same question, without consent of the Board.

RULE 17. No member shall be interrupted whilst speaking, unless by a call to order, or to correct mistakes. If a member be called to order, he shall immedately take his seat until the point is decided by the chair.

RULE 18. No member shall leave the Board before the close of the session, without permission of the President.

RULE 19. None of the foregoing rules shall be repealed or altered unless a majority of all the Directors vote for the repeal or alteration; nor unless, upon motion made in writing for that purpose, at a previous meeting of the Board; but any rule may be dispensed with for a particular occasion on the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members present.

RULE 20. Every Standing Committee of the Board shall keep a record of its proceedings; and no report shall be presented to the Board unless acted upon and signed by a majority of the Committee.

RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GRADES BRANCHES OF STUDY.

RULE 1. The different grades of the schools shall be designated as District, High, Normal, and Polytechnic Evening Schools. There shall be four grades of District Schools, denominated respectively, first, second, third and fourth class. The first class shall admit pupils as high as the first grade. The second class shall admit pupils as high as the second grade. The third class class shall admit pupils as high as the third grade. The fourth class shall admit pupils as high as the fourth grade.

RULE 2. The branches and exercises taught in the District Schools shall be Reading, Spelling, Writing on Slates, Manual Drill, Vocal Music, Geography including Map Drawing, Mental and Written Arithmetic, Penmanship, English Grammar, History and Constitution of the United States, Composition, and Elocution.

TERMS AND SCHOOL SESSIONS.

RULE 3. The scholastic year shall commence the first Monday in September, and continue forty consecutive weeks, exclusive of the Christmas holidays, and be divided into four terms of ten weeks each.

RULE 4. There shall be two daily sessions in all the schools, except the High and Normal. The first session shall commence at 9 o'clock A M., and close at 12 M.; and the second shall commence at 12 o'clock P. M., and close at a quarter before 4 o'clock P. M., throughout the year.

RULE 5. During each morning session there shall be a recess of fifteen minutes, to be arranged as the Principal may think most judicious. In the afternoon there shall be no recess, except one of ten minutes for the primary children, who shall be carefully supervised by their teachers during said recess, and prevented from causing disturbance to the higher departments.

RULE 6. In the High and Normal Schools there shall be but one daily session, commencing at 9 o'clock A. M., and closing at 2 o'clock P. M., throughout the year. But from April 1st, the session may commence at 8 o'clock A. M. and close at 2 P. M., if so directed by the Teachers' Committee.

EXAMINATIONS.

RULE 7. A public examination of all the schools shall take place in the month of June, in each year; besides which, all the classes in the High and Normal Schools shall be examined in each branch of study when it is completed, and a written examination shall be held in the higher grade of the District Schools at the close of the second quarter of each scholastic year.

VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS

RULE 8. The schools shall have a vacation from the close of the scholastic year till the first Monday in September. They shall also be closed from the 25th of December to the 1st of January, inclusive; on all Thanksgiving or Fast days authorized by the State or General Government, and on all Saturdays throughout the year; but on no other day, unless by special permission of the Board.

TEACHERS.

RULE 9. The teachers elected at the close of the scholastic year shall hold their offices for one year, unless sooner removed by vote of a majority of the Board.

RULE 10. They are required to be at their respective rooms fifteen minutes before the time for opening each session, and any teacher failing to comply with this rule shall by reported by the Principal as tardy.

RULE 11. They shall open school punctually at the appointed time, devote themselves during school hours exclusively to the instruction of their pupils, maintain good order, and strictly adhere to the course of study and the use of the text-books prescribed by the Board.