§ 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.