The Jersey City news., 1892-06-16

sureties in place of those withdrawing as
aforesaid, and if he fails or neglects 50 to
do the council may declare his off1ce va
cant. and may fill such vacancy IN the
manner hereinafter prescribed for nIiipg
vacancies; provided, however. tha1
in case any town, borouGh OF Town
ship adopting this act shall have been
previously divided into wards the MEM
bers of the council, committee or govern
ing body thereof shall respectively con-
tinue in office and serve out the terms LOT
which they were elected, representing
therein the wards i'll which they sha!l re-
spectively reside, and no member OF the
council shall be elected from any ward
until it's representation therein shall have
been reduced to less than two members.
6. And be it enacted, That section six
teen of said act be and the same hereby Is
amended so that the same shall read as
follows
herein otherwise provided at the first
town election held under this act one
member of the council from each ward
shall be elected for one year, and one
member for two years, and one member
of the board Of education shall be elected
for one year, and one memoer LOT Two
wears. and one member for three years;
and the electors voting at such election
shall designate ON their ballots the terms
for which the several candidates for said
offices shall be elected; and thereafter
annually member of the council shall
be chosen from each ward for two years,
and q member OF the board or edu-
cation for threa years.
Z, And be it enacted, That section forty
two of said act be and the same hereby is
amended SO as to read as follows:
40. And be IT enacted, That the town
council shall meet annually for orgapiza-
tion on the first day of May unless that
4 aho n ho SnN6nu n which
case they shall meet on the day preceding;
the couD Dcilman-at-large shall be the chair
man and shall preside at all meetings of
the council; in his absence the council
may elect one of their member as chair
| man for the time being; they shall appoint
| the times of meeting, determine and es-
| tablish the rules of their own proceed
| ings, and pass ordinances, bylaws and
| resolutions pertaining to the purposes and
! objects of the corporation and necessary
and proper for carrying out the provls-
ions of this acc.
| eighty-two of said act be and the same
| hereby is amended so that the same shall
| read as follows:
| 49, Aud be it enacted. That all the pro-
perty, real and personal, of the several
| school districts existing within the limits
of any town, borough or township, be-
| fore its Incorporation under the proVi-
| sons of this act. shall, upon such 1ncor-
! poration, become and be the property of
such incorporated town, and shall be held
| in its corporate name, and the several
| obligations, contracts and debts of said
| previously existing school district shall be
assumed by and hall become and be the
obligations, contracts and debts of said in
| corDorated tows; and that the board of edu-
cation shall possess and exercise all the
| powers and perform all The duties by law
vested in or imposed upon the trustees of
| school districts; they shall organize an
nu; lily by choosing a chairman and u
clerk. and may es ablish schools and pro-
| vide for their government, and shall keep
all school property in good repair; they
shall define and fix the duties and COM
| pensauon of their clerk. who shall also
| perform all duties enjoined by law on
district clerks; provided, that DO
property shall be bought or build
ing erected by the said board unless a
ma jority of the voters of the town
voting at an annual town meeting shall
have voted an appropriation for that pur-
pose; in case any appropriation for the
purchase of land and the erection of a
| school building shall be voted by the cleo
tors of the town at any town election, the
| council shall issue bonds in the corporate
name of the town fer the amount of such
appropriation in such denominations a
they Shalt deem proper; such bonds shal
| be designated school bonds, " shall bear