Free textbooks may be furnished pupils.
Memphis Charter, art. 81, § 1036
in effectSec. 1036. - Free textbooks may be furnished pupils.
Incorporated boards of education of public schools in cities or taxing districts having a population of 130,000 or more according to the Federal Census of 1910, or any subsequent Federal Census, are hereby vested with authority and power forthwith to install, establish and maintain for the public schools of said cities or taxing districts a system whereby textbooks for the use of pupils or students in said public schools of such cities or taxing districts are provided by the said boards of education and furnished free of charge to the pupils or students attending the public schools of said City; and said boards of education are hereby authorized and empowered to install and establish said system of providing free textbooks for pupils of the public schools of said cities or taxing districts in such manner or means as said boards of education may deem expedient, economical, reasonable, and for the best interests of the inhabitants of said cities or taxing districts and the pupils attending the public schools therein situated; and said boards of education are hereby vested with power and authority to promulgate and enforce for the maintenance of said free textbook system such rules and regulations as may seem for the best interests of the inhabitants of said cities or taxing districts and the pupils attending the schools situated therein.
(Priv. Acts 1917, ch. 480, § 1)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART81CHBOEDMESC_DIVIINGE_S1036FRTEMABEFUPUFetched: 10/28/2026