N.Y. Education Law § 4901: New York nautical school may be established and maintained

§ 4901. New York nautical school may be established and maintained.

The board of education of the city of New York, in its discretion, may

provide and maintain a nautical school in such city for the education

and training of pupils in the science and practice of navigation; may

furnish accommodations for such school and make all needful rules and

regulations therefor, and for the number and compensation of instructors

and others employed therein; may prescribe the government and discipline

thereof and the terms and conditions upon which pupils shall be received

and instructed therein and discharged therefrom and provide in all

things for the good management of such nautical school. Such board

shall have power to purchase the books, apparatus, stationery and other

things necessary or expedient to enable such school to be properly and

successfully conducted; and may cause such school or the pupils, or part

of the pupils thereof, to go on board vessels in the harbor of New York

and take cruises in or from such harbor for the purpose of obtaining a

practical knowledge in navigation and of the duties of mariners. Such

board is hereby authorized to apply to the United States government for

the requisite use of vessels and supplies for the purposes above

mentioned.