The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-18
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seventh, one thousand eight hundred ant
seventy-four
Assembly of the State of New Jersey THAI
section twenty-three of an act entitled =" An
act TO establish a system of public instruc
tion tRevision1, approved March twenty
seventh, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four be and the same Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
% Be it enacted, That he shall issue orders
on the county collector in favor OF each
township collector GRAND receiver of taxes,
each city treasurer, for that portion of the
state appropriation to which said township
city, town or borough is entitled.
?. And be it enacted, That section twenty
four of said act be and is hereby amended SO
as to read as follows:
"a And be it enacted That he shall exam
inc and license teachers and discharge other
duties of general supervision and superin-
tendence over the public schools of the
county, in accordance with the regulations
prescribed from time to time by the state
board of education.
g. And be it enacted, That section twenty
five of said act be and is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
IS And be 1t enacted That he shall have power
and it shall be his duty, to appoint trustees for any
district which, for any cause, fails TO elect at the
regular tin and to appoint trustees to fill vacan-
ees provided the terms of office of trustees APP
pointed shall expire at the next regular election for
school trustees and that the trustees elected to fill
vacancies shall neglected for the unexpired tenn.
T. And be il enacted, That section thirty-one OF
said act be and is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
81 And be it enacted, That an annual meeting
for The election of school trustees shall be held in
each district, on the third Tuesday in March, at the
school house in such other convenient public
place within the district as may be selected by the
board OF education and notices thereof specifying
the day, time. object and place of such meeting
shall be posted school house within the dis.
trict and at such other public places as shall be
deemed necessary, at least ten days before the date
of such meetng provided, that not less than seven
notices shall be posted in each district and that
copy OF such notice shall be printed in such papers
published in the county as are designated for the
time being 10 print the pamphlet laws in the last
issue OF such papers printed prior to the third
Tuesday III March the voters shall be the legal
voters of the district and plurality of votes shall
elect and person shall be eligible to the office of
trustee unless he she is above twenty-one years
of age is q resident of the district and read and
write any district clerk who shall fail 10 post and
cause to be printed notices OF the election of trus
tees, required by this section, shall pay fine of
twenty dollars TO be recovered in an action of debt
in the court fer the trial o. small causes, by any
person resident of said school district
s. And be ii enacted, That section thirty
four of said act be and is hereby amended so
as TO read as follows:
a. And b& it enacted, That each board of
education Great ed under the provisions of
this act shall organize within ten days after
the annual election, by the election of one of
its members as president and one of its MEM
bers as trict clerk. and shall have the power
to fix the compensation of said clerk, and on
iis failure to organize the county superin-
tendent shall appoint such president and dis
trict clerk.
nine of said act be and is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
49, And be it enacted. That the board of
education shall have power, and 1t shall be
its duty:
l. To employ and dismiss teachers jauitors,
mechanics and laborers, and to fix, alter and
order paidtheir salaries and compensatione,
III. 10 make and enforce rules and regula-
lions. not IN conflict with the general regu-
lations of the state board of education, for
the government of schools, pupils and teach
ers;
iii. To erect. enlarge or improve schooi
buildings and grounds, and purchase, lease,
mortgage or sell school lots or school build,
ings; to borrow, with or without mortgage,
and to raise money by taxation for any such
purpose, or to pay debts incurred therefor or
for the current expenses of the schools; pro
vided, that flor any such acts they shall have
the previous authority of vote of the dis
trict;
~ To rent furnish and repair school
buildings and keep the same insured
V. TO purchase personal property, and TO
receive lease ana hold in fee. in trust for the
district. any and all real or personal property
for the benefit of the schools thereof
vi. To enforce the regulations prescribed
by the state board OF education, and, I'm con-
nection with the county superintendent. TO
prescribe the course of study TO be pursued
and uniform series of text books to be used
in the school or schools under their charge
VII. TO suspend or expel pupils from
VIII. To provide text books and other
necessary school supplies and loan the same
free TO all the pupils in the schools under
TX 10 call special meeting of the legal
voters OF the district at any time when, in
the judgment OF the trustees the interests
of this school may require ii, which meeting
shall be called in the manner provided in
section eighty six of this act, and no business
shall be transacted at such special meetings
except such as has been set forth in the no
tices by which said meeting was called;
X. TO call special meeting of the legal
voters of such dist riot whenever One-fourth
of such legal voters shall request them by
petition so TO do and in the notices calling
such special meeting shall be inserted the
SO far as the same are in conflict with the
school laws of this statei
for other than school purposes when ma
jority of the trustees shall consent thereto at
a regularly called meeting of the board of
education;
XII. 10 make an annual report on or be-
fore the first day of August, TO the county
superintendent in the manner and form pre-
4. And be it enacted, That section forty
seven of said act be and is hereby amended
SO as TO read as follows:
r. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
of maintaining free public schools there
shall be assessed, levied and collected annu-
ally, upon the taxable real and personal
property in this state. as exhibited by the
latest abstract of ratables from the several
counties. made out by the several boards OF
assessors and filed in the Office of the comp
troiIer of the treasury, a state school tax
equal to five dollars Tor each child In this state
between the ages OF hve and eighteen years, as
exhibited by the next preceding school CEN
sus which tax shall be assessed, levied and
collected at the same time and IN the same
manner in which other taxes are assessed,
levied and collected.
i. And be II enacted, That section eighty.
one OF said act be and is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
81. And be IL enacie ed That it shall be the
duty of the county superintendent OF each
county, on or before the fifteenth day of
May, to apportion annually, to the districts
of his county the state school moneys. to-
gether with the interest of the surplus reye-
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ing manner:
sum equal to two hundred dollars for each
teacher employed in the public schools or
such district for the full time for which the
schools IN such district were maintained dur
ing the year next preceding such apportion-
ment.
H. He shall apportion to each district one
half of the remainder of the school moneys
belonging to his county on the basis OF the ag-
gregate days attendance of all children en-
rolled in the school registers as ascertained
from the last published report of the state SUI
perintendent;
Ill He shall apportion TO each district the
remainder OF the school moneys belonging to
his county ON the basis of the last published
9. And be it enacted, That section eighty
three of said act be and the same Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
So And be it enacted, That the county col
lect0r of each county shall receive and hold in
trust that part of the state appropriation be-
longing to his county, and shall pay out the
same TO the collectors Of the several townships
and borOughs, and to the city treasurers OF ms
county, only on the orders of the county SUI
perintendent.
TO- And he it enacted, That section eghty-four OF
said act be and the same is hereby amended so as TO
read as follows:
a. and be II enacted That 1t shall be the duty OF
the township collector receive and hold in trust
ali school moneys belonging to the township
whether received from the state appropriation from
district tax or from other sources and TO pay out
the same only on the orders OF the district clerks,
each of which orders shall specify the object fyr
which it is given. and shall be signed by the presi-
dent OF the board of education and by The district
clerk and shall be made payabe TO the order OF and
be ndorsed by the perst entitled TO receive 1t, and
he shall pay over any balance OF school funds re,
manning in his hands TO his successor IN ONCE, ana
he shall IN the book provided for that purpose by
the state superintendent. keep record OF the sums
received and paid out by him. and he shall present
his accounts to be examined and settled by the
township committee at the close OF the school
wear CODY OF which settlement, certined
by the committee showing the amounts re-
ceived, the amounts expended by him for
school purposes during the year, and the
balance remaining in his hands, he shall
transmit within ten days to the county
superiptendent and shall file another copy
of the same with the district clerk; he shall