Section 18-201
§ 18-201 Summer camps for children. a. The board of estimate, within
the amounts appropriated therefor, is authorized to establish camps in
spaces provided therefor in parks adjacent to the city under the
jurisdiction and control of the state council of parks, recreation and
historic preservation. Such camps shall be used to furnish free
instruction and maintenance of children between the ages of six and
sixteen years and shall be under the jurisdiction of such agency as may
be designated by the board.
b. Such agency shall provide opportunity for children to receive
instruction which shall not exceed ten hours per week in camp
sanitation, elementary hygiene, first aid to the injured, life saving,
swimming and physical training and such other similar subjects as it may
deem proper. Such agency shall prescribe rules and regulations for
admission to such camps and the conduct and discipline thereof.
c. Such camps shall be operated between July first and August
thirty-first of each year. Children shall be entitled to free
instruction and maintenance in any such camp for a period of only two
weeks during any one year.
d. Such agency shall make an annual report to the mayor on or before
the fifteenth day of February of matters relating to carrying out the
provisions of this section.
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