The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-24
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1888

the Treasurer of this State, against said text
hook funds in his hands. and forward the
same TO the Superlntendent OF Public
Schools of this State, together with q
statement of the number aud kinds Of
books required; said Superintendent shall
thereupon deliver said CHECK TO said treasurer
aud take from him dur iicnte receipts the refor;
the treasurer, upon receipt Of such check. shall
deposit it to the credit OF SAID Text DOCK rund.
of this State; the superintendent of Public
Schools shall thereupon draw an ORDER upon the
nublisher OF said text books, delivering 10 him,
with said order, one OF the receips taken by him
from such State Treasurer, and directing him to
sen such books to the commissioner OF such
town, or Treasurer of such city so ordering the
same, by freight, or express, or NAL, as is most
convenient: The district clerk shall there
upon receive said text books from the
Commissioner of said town, or Treasurer OF
said city, giving him a receipt therefor, and
shall ascertain tue expense or the same, ana or
the cost of transportation. aud shall apporton
such expense of Transportation pro rata upon
the price of said books; said clerk Shall, upon
being paid such price OF each book by a pupil in
his district. deliver the same to such pupil, and
shall at once pay the moneys received therefrom
to the treasurer Of his said town or city, who
shall thereupon place such moneys to the credit
of his text book fund.- and thereafter the ad-
ditional text books required for use IN said
schools may be procured and distributed, from
time to time, in the manner aforesaid.
Another section provides that nothing
contained in the act shall be construed to
prevent the taxable Inhabitants OF any
school district from voting in favor of
buying the books as the property of the
district. The term public school is to
mean common school aud free school,
and the term clerk. clerk Of any Board OF
Education, as well as of IL school district.
THE SAME IDEA.
Mr.. Zeller and Mr.. Hugh Kelly have
each introduced a bill which seems to be
aimep at the same object. Mr.. Kelly's
measure is No. 1923, and ~provides:-
NIL T. ~ n.zk or,a.4sa Att Ia&
wherein it was necessary to expend moneys for
care and repair of buildings, the property OF
any such city, and used and occupied by any
department thereof. and more particularly the
safety and protection of fire apparatus, and
wherein the appropriation for sbch purpose,
whether general or special, was insufficient, aud
such fact was not manifest until after the repairs
were entirely completed, it shall be lawful for
the Beard having charge and control of the
finances of any such city to borrow. in antici-
patton of taxes next hereafter to be levied, such
sum of money. for the uses and purposes herein
expressed, as will be sufficient to liquidate all
claims on said account; provided, the amount so
borrowed shall not exceed the sum of three
thousand five hundred dollars.
Mr.. Zeller's bill is No. 1856, and provides
that
ing charge and control of repairing spublic
buildings shall huve heretofore made any neces-
sary or required repairs to any public build
ing or buildings in excess of any appropriation
or provision made or transferred to
any such Board for such purpose,
then in such case, and upon the Board
of such city having charge and control of
the finances therein being satisfied that such
repairs have been made, said financial board
shall make a s~ufficien appropriation for that
purpose to said board having charge and con-
troll of such repairs, and the claims for the same
shall thereupon be paid; the said financial
board shall have power to borrow such adj
loan bonds and to provide for the repayment
thereof in the tax levy next thereafter to be
made; provided, that such additional appropria-
ton shall not exceed the sum Of thirty-three
hundred dollars.