The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-20
proved March 81, 1890.
CHAPTER CyTH

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Approved March 81, 1890.
CHAPTER CYII.
An act to increase the efficiency of the
public school system of the state BY
providing for additional free scholar
ships at the state agricultural col
lege.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly Of the State Of New
Jersey, That in order that students in the
schools In all parts of the state may re-
ceive the stimulus afforded by the OPP
portnnlty to pursue the courses of study
III the state agricultural college, and III
order to enaDie said state agricultural
college to furnish instruction gratuitously
to students, residents OF this state in its
several courses of study, as special
courses of advanced study IN the pubic
school system of this state; there shall be
sent TO the said college students to the
number OF one each year from each as
sem5ly district in this state, to be selected
and designated as hereinafter provided
who Shall receive grRtuitons instruction
III any or III all the prescribed branches
of study in any of the courses of study of
said state college, under the general
powers OF supervision aud control pos
sessed by the board OF visitors of said
state college; said students SO received
shall be residents of this state, ana shall
be admitted into said state college upon
the terms and subject to the rules and
discipline which shall apply to all other
free students of said state college: and if
there should be more than ole suitably
prepared applicant from the same assem-
bly, district in the same year, such audi
tional applicants may, il the discretion
of the board of visitors Of the said state
agricultural college, be received on any
vacant scholarships OF any other assem-
bly, districts until such districts shall re-
quire such scholarships, after notice has
been served on the superintendent of edu-
cation OF the county in which such vacant
assembly districts are situated.
2. Aud be it enacted. That sud students
Shall be selected as follows: a eompeti-
tive examination, under the direction of
the city superintendents and the county
superintendent OF education, in each
county, shall be held at the county court
house III each county OF the state, upon
the first Saturday in June in each year,
aud the necessary travelling expenses of
said examiners not otherwise provided for
by law, on the approval of the
president and secretary of the board
OF visitors of the said state agfi-
cultural college. shall be paid by said
State college; students who apply for ex-
animation shall be examined upon such
subjects as may be designated by the
faculty of said college and the state
board of education; and the said city and
county supsrintendents shall report to
the president OF such college and to the
state superintendent OF public instruc-
ton the names of all such students ex-
afnined as in their opinion are suitably
prepared 10 enter said college, with their
estimate of the order of excellence in
scholarship shown by said students at
such preliminary examination; cerLiti-
Gates of appointment TO the state agri-
cultural college shall be issued by the
state superintendent Of public inStrue-
ton to all IT such students as are SO
found to be qualified TO enter said col
lege; and in case the vacant scholarships
shall not be sufficient TO receive all such
successful candidates, preference in an
pointing TO vacant scholarships shall be
given to successful candidates in the or
der Of the excellence Of their examine
ton as certified by said superintendents;
and in general the regulations and pro-
visions governing the conduct OF such
examinations, and the appointment of
said students to said scholarships Shall
be subject TO the control of said board of
visitors of said college.
3. And be it enacted, Thateach student
so appointed and admitted to said college
shall be regarded as holding a state
scholarship, and for each scholarship SO
held there shall be paid. as hereinafter
provided, on the first day OF November in
each year, to the treasurer of said college,
tile same sum of money as the said co.,
lege is entitled to receive for each scholar
ship established in said college under the
existing agricultural college fund; pro
vided, that such payment shall be made
only out of the income of the fund for the
support Of public free schools remaining
after appropriations heretofore made pay
able OF said income are met.
A. And be it enacted, That in order to
ascertain the number Of scholarships for
which payment shall be made as afore-
said, the president OF said college shall in
the month of October in each year make
his certificate in writing, setting forth
the names of the students so as aforesaid
appointed and then in attendance at said
college, the assembly districts from which
they were appointed and the classes
in college to which they belong, or the
special courses OF study which they were
pursuing, which certificate, when APP
proved by the president of the boarl of
visitors of the state agricultural college,
shall be plenary evidence of the number
of scholarships for which payment shall
be made, and ON filing the same with the
comptroller of the state he shall draw his
warrant upon the treasurer of the school
fund for the sum of money to which tn e
said college may accordingly be entitled.
and the said treasurer sha II thereupon
pay the same as aforesaid.
g. And be IL enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately. and snail be
subject to amendment, alteration and re-
peal at the discretion of the legislature.
Passed March 81, 1892
CHAPTER elk.
An Act amending an act entitled IAN
act for the relief OF persons who have
lost their deeds ana other instruments
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