The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-07
CORRIGAN'S SCHOOL BILL.
The Parochial Appropriation
Scheme Launched in the
Assembly.
Special to The Jersey city Netcs.


TRENTON, March Z, 1S93.-The Rev.
Father Corrigan, of Hoboken, succeeded
last night in getting his bill providing
for the appropriation of a portion of the
school fund for parochial schools intro
duced in the House. He headed a dele
CATION of about fifteen priests, who, not
discouraged by their failure in the Senate
last Monday night, tackled the Assembly.
Father Corrigan explained hat he had
no hope Of getting his bill passed this
year; his object In having it introduced
was to have the matter thoroughly dis
cussed so that the sentiment of the people
OF the State upon the subject might be
ascerGained. In this way, he persuaded
Mr.. Coyle of Hudson to introduce the
bill, which is different from the former
one and may be summarized thus:-
Section one provides that in order to increase
the public schools accommodations, and to carry
out more fully the provisions of the constitu-
ton of the State, and to provide for the main
tenance of a thorough system of free public
schools, for the instruction of children in this
State, between the ages of five and eighteen
years, that whenever any private school incor-
lorated under the laws of this State, having a
yearly attendance of forty-lve or more pupils,
shall file in the office of the State superintendent
Of Public Instruction and in the office OF the
County Superintendent OF Schools, a certified
copy Of Incorporation, 1t shall be lawful for and
the duty of the County Superintendent of the
County from which application is made, to APP
point the President, Secretary and Treasurer of
the said corporation a Board OF School Trustees,
of which the Secretary shall act as CLERK, and
discharge the duties of district now required by
law.
Section two provides that said Board shall be
vested with all powers and privileges and sub
ject to all the penalties contained in the act
eutitied. "Au act to es. ablish o system of puo-
lie instruction, except such as not applicable to
said additional free public schools herein pro-
vided for.
Section three provides that no person en-
ployed as a teacher, unless he or she holds a
regu ar certificate, at the tins the engagement
is made, and any contract entered into between
any teacher and said Board, shall not be valid,
unless the teacher has fully complied with the
law.
Section four provides that the Clerk of said
Board Of Trustees shall make all the school re-
ports within the time now required by law, and
shall also make an additional report to the State
and County superintendent on or before the
first day Of April of each year. The name, age
and name of parents of pupils residing within
the city or school district in which said addition
al public free school is located, together with the
average yearly attendance.
Section five provides, that the Board of
Trustees shall maintain and furnish, for the use
of said additional free public schools, all suitab le
school buildings, with the necessary appliances,
now required by law, at the expense of said
corporation, free from all cost or expense to the
State, therefore, and to maintain said schools
free from all sectarian instruction.
Section six provides that these additional free
pubic ScnOOiS SnalI Dc unuer the lnSpectlOn OF
the County Superintendent in which said school
is located.
Section seven provides that the County Super
lntendent shall include said additional free pub
lie school in making his annual apportionment
of public schoolmoneys for the public schools of
the county.
Section eight provides that it shall be lawful
for the County Superintendent in making the
yearly apportionment of school moneys, to
assign to the said additional free public schools,
from the State money dus any city or district.
the same amount per child that it cost the State
in the preceding year for each child taught
within the school age.
Section nine provides that the County Col
lector is authorized to deduct from the State
school moneys, in which said additional free
public schools are located. the portion of the
State school moneys to which said additional
free public schools are entitled.
Section ten provides that the County Collector
shall be the custodian and hold in trust all such
moneys as are apportioned to said additional
public schools, to be paid out on order of the
County Superintendent.
. Sect ION eleven provides that upon the warrant
of the Board of T; ustees of said additional free
public schools, duly signed by the Clerk and at
least one other member of the Board the County
the County Collector in favor of the teachers of
said additional free public school and for legal
and incidental expenses.
Section twelve provides that the school orders
shall be endorsed by the persons entitled to re-
ceive such money.
Section thirteen provides that the County
Superintendent shall withhold the aforesaid
school orders on the County Collector whenever
the provisions of this act are not complied with,