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board which have been certified by the secretary and 

 approved by the president. The comptroller shall at all 

 times, upon request of the secretary, furnish to the 

 secretary all such information as may be necessary to 

 enable the secretary to keep a complete itemized 

 account of all receipts and disbursements and balance 

 on hand pertaining to the park and recreational fund 

 of said board. 



6. General park superintendent. Appointment, salary, 

 duties and bond. The general superintendent shall be a 

 person not a member of the board, and shall be elected 

 by the board, and shall hold office during the pleasure 

 of the board and at such salary as the board may fix. 

 The general superintendent shall not be elected unless 

 all members of the board are present at the time of 

 voting, or unless a majority of the board are present 

 and voting after all members of the board have been 

 notified that at said meeting a general superintendent 

 would be elected. The general superintendent, acting 

 under the president and members of the board, shall 

 have general management and supervision of all parks, 

 playgrounds and recreational activities. It shall be his 

 duty to see that his various departments are properly 

 and efficiently organized, and their various activities 

 coordinated and harmonized, and to this end he shall 

 have in a general way supervision of the work of all 

 of the departments and shall be responsible to the 

 president and to the board for the satisfactory and 

 economical administration and operation of all depart- 

 ments. He shall recommend to the board such rules 

 and regulations for the government of the different 

 departments as may be considered necessary and 

 proper. He shall be the general agent of the board in 

 matters respecting the upkeep, management, conduct, 

 development, improvement, equipment and mainte- 

 nance of parks, park areas, park boulevards, playgrounds, 

 recreational centers and storehouses pertaining thereto, 

 and shall employ, manage, control and discharge such 

 number of person^^s authorized by the board to be 

 employed as laborers and helpers connected with his 

 work, the wages of such employees first being deter- 

 mined by the board. The general superintendent shall 

 give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with 

 surety to be approved by the board if requested. 



7. Committees, standing and special. All standing and 

 special committees shall be appointed by the president, 

 and in case of the absence or disability of a member of a 

 committee, the president may appoint another member 

 to act temporarily in his or her place. The president 

 shall be ex officio member of all committees. The duties 

 of all committees shall be defined by resolutions of the 

 board and actions of the committees shall be advisory 

 and not executive. The reports of all committees shall 

 be made in writing, and shall be signed by a majority 

 of the members of the committee and shall be recorded 

 in the minutes of the board by the secretary. The 

 secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of every 



standing committee, which shall be kept at the office 

 of the board, and subject to the investigation of all 

 members of the board. 



8. Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the board 

 shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of 

 each month at 10 A.M. 



9. Special meetings. Special meetings of the board 

 shall be called by the president whenever he shall deem 

 it necessary, and shall be called by the secretary at the 

 request in writing of any two members of the board, 

 subject to be stated in call. Regular notices of all such 

 meetings shall be given the members of the board by 

 depositing same, properly addressed and stamped, in 

 the post office at least forty-eight hours before the 

 time of such meeting, or be personally served upon the 

 members at least three hours before such meeting. 



10. Place of meetings. All meetings of the board 

 shall be held in its offices in the city hall, providing, 

 however, that special meetings or adjourned meetings 

 may be held at any place within the city of Birming- 

 ham with the consent of at least three members of the 

 board. Three members of the board shall constitute a 

 quorum for the transaction of business. 



11. Reports and resolutions. All reports and resolu- 

 tions shall be in writing. 



12. Board acts by yea and nay vote. The yeas and 

 nays shall be taken upon passing any resolution, and 

 upon all proposals which create any liability, or for the 

 expenditure or appropriation of money, and in all cases 

 upon the request of any member of the board. 



13. Salaried officers and employees. Full-time service. 

 Disinterestedness in action of board. All salaried officers 

 or other persons in the employ of the board shall give 

 such proportion of their time and attention to their 

 duties as the board shall require. No officer or em- 

 ployee created by the board shall hold a salaried office 

 or have regular employment in any other business or 

 occupation. No officer or employee created by tht 

 board shall hold office or employment of appointment 

 under the city of Birmingham or any department of 

 the said city or any institution thereof, save only that 

 of the park and recreation board, nor shall any officer 

 or employee of the board be concerned in any contract 

 with the board of the said city, or any of its depart- 

 ments or institutions, either as a contractor, subcon- 

 tractor, or party directly or indirectly interested therein. 

 No salaried officer in the employ of the board shall 

 absent himself from duty without leave signed by the 

 president. 



14. Order of business. Unless otherwise ordered by 

 a vote of the majority of members present, the following 

 shall be the order of business at regular meetings of the 

 board: I. Calling the roll. 2. Reading minutes of pre- 

 vious meeting. 3. Reports of standing committees. 4. 

 Reports of general superintendent. 5. Reports of special 

 committees. 6. Report of secretary. 7. Unfinished busi- 

 ness. 8. Communications and new business. 



