Section 18-201. Summer camps for children


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  • 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.