Excerpt from Report of Committee on School Inquiry, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City of New York, 1911-1913, Vol. 3 The activities which are regarded by law as educational in character and are therefore placed in charge Of the Department of Education are for the most part set forth in section 1069 Of the charter, which provides as follows: Board of Education Succeeds to Specific Powers Heretofore Exercised by Borough Boards section 1069. The Board Of Education shall, in addition to the other powers herein expressly conferred, have power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.