The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-16

sureties in place of those withdrawing as
aforesaid, and if he fails or neglects SO TO
do the council may declare his ONCE va
cant, aud may fill such vacancy IN the
manner hereinafter prescribed for nlling
vacancies; provided, however. tnao
in case any town. borough or
ship adopting this act shall have been
previously divided into wards the menu
bers of the council, committee or govern
ing BODY thereof shall respectively con-
ttnue in office and serve out the terms for
which they were elected, representing
therein the wards i'll which they snal re-
suectiyely reside, and no member OF the
council shall be elected from any ward
until its representation therein shall have
heen 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 e as
follows
16, And be it enacted, That except as
herein otherwise provided at the first
town election held under this act n
member of the council from each ward
shall be elected for Il year. aud II
member for two years, and one member
OF the board Of education shall be elected
for one year. and one menne Ior Two
years. 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 a member of tho council Shall
be chosen from each wald for two years.
and q member OF the board OF edu-
cation for three years.
z, And be it enacted, That section forty
two of said act be aud the same hereby is
| amended so as to read as follows:
AZ. And be it enacted, That the town
| council shall meet annually for orgauiza-
tion on the first day of May unless that
J.,sL,,,l1 amman vD ho Gnnduv in which
| case they shall meet on the day preceding;
| the coupcilman-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 w proceed
ings. and pass ordinances, bylaws and
| resolutions pertaining to the purposes and
objecJs of the corporation and necessary
and proper for carrying out the provis-
ions of this act.
s. And be it enacted, That section
| eighty-two of said act be and the same
hereby is amended so that the same shall
read as follows:
50. And 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-
1 SlOuS VI tniS dCb, 6ualls dPOu otSh hCO
| 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 shall become and be the
obligations, contracts and debts of said iu-
corporated towk; and thatthe board ofedu-
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
nunlly by choosing a chairman and a
| clerk. and may es ablish schools and pro-
| vide for their government, and shal keep
all school property in good repair; they
shall define and fix the duties and com
p~ensatlon of their clerk. who shall also
perform all duties e%njoinen by law on
district clerks; provided, that 10
property shall be bought or build
ing erected by the said board unless a
majority 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 voteG by the cleo
tors of the town at any town election, the
council shall issue bonds in the corporate
name of the town for the amount CT such
appropriation in such denominations u
they shall deem proper; such bonds shall
be designated school bonds, " shall bear