Charter of the City of Dallas Page: 41
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the absence of the president and vice-president, any one of the inem-
bers may be chosen to preside.
3. The Board of Education shall have power, when money for that
purpose is available from the general fund, or is voted therefor by
special tax, to establish and maintain a system of kindergartens in con-
nection with the public schools.
4. Whenever the amount involved in any purchase or sale of prop-
erty proposed to be made by the Board of Education shall equal or ex-
ceed the sum of one thousand dollars, it shall be the duty of said board
to certify its action with respect to said matter to the Board of Com-
missioners, and said board shall have the power to veto and nullify
said action within five days after being notified thereof, but to become
effective such veto must be supported by and receive the votes of four
members of said board and such action must be taken within five days
after notice in writing of the terms 1f such proposal shall have been
filed by the Board of Education with the Board of Commissioners.
ARTICLE VI.
,ruE PARK BOARD.
1. Within thirty days after the 1st day of April, .1908, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, and on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1909, and
biennially thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint four qualified voters of
the City of Dallas, subject to confirmation by the Moard of Connnis-
sioners, who shall, with the Mayor, constitute the Park Board of said
city, and who shall serve for a period of two years and until their
successors are appointed and qualified. Said Park Board shall have ex-
clusive jurisdiction over the control, management and maintenance of
the public parks of the City of Dallas with power to acquire in the
name of the city land for park purposes, except as herein otherwise
provided.
2. All funds appropriated and set asido for public parks, whether
derived from appropriations made by the Board of Commissioners, or
from tax levies, or from any other source whatsoever shall be deposited
with the City Treasurer to the credit of tlhPark fund, and paid out
only upon order of said Park Board after same shall have been audited
by the City Auditor.
3. Thy Park Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it may
deem best for the management of the pub parks of the city, and shall
elect one of its members president of the Park Board.
The said Park Board shall render to the 19ard of Commissioners quar-
terly reports for the quarters ending the last- day of September, Decem-
ber, March and June, or as soon after the end of each quarter as prac-
ticable, showing in detail all the transactions of said board for that
quarter.
4. The Board of Commissioners vhen levying the taxes for each fiscal
year shall levy an ad valorem tax of one-tenth of one per cent of the
assessed value of all real and personal property in the city not exempt
from taxation by the Constitution and laws of the State for the use
and benefit of the park fund. Said tax, when collected, shall be deposited
with the City Treasurer to the credit of the park fund, and said sum.
together with all sums received from other sources, shall be held by the
City Treasurer subject to the order and disbursement of the Park Board-~J.
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Texas. Legislature. Charter of the City of Dallas, legislative document, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth610709/m1/47/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.