The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-06
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Approved May 22.1s95.
CHAPTER CCLxvIr
A Supplement to an act entitled IAN act
to establish a system of public in
struction" (Revision), approved March
tw~enty-seventh one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy four.
l. And be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey, That any district acting under a
contained in charter of any city, town or
other municipality. may be relieved from
the provisions and limitations Of such
Of tie provisions of the. act which to
which this act is a supplement, and the
of said district at any meeting of such
voters called for that purpose, as pro-
yided in section two of this act.
2. And be it enacted, That whatever
the board. of education of any such dis
trict shall by resolution decide to SUBJ
nit the question of the adoption of the
act to which this is a supplement to. the
of the district clerk to post notices Civ
ing the time, place and object of he's said
t ealling Of + s spe mdn schoooi f0y meetin lgr ~ 81
the act to which this is a supplement-
and if at such meeting a majority Of the
legal voters present shall vote to xdcpt
Is a supplement, thereafter said district
shall be governed solely by the gyngTaI
thereto Instead Of the special as, and
the said board of education shall forth
with file a certificate Wiz the county
mfnation of said meeting and said dis
trict shall remain and be a separate
school district until consolidation with
an adjoining district as hereinafter pro-
vided.
8. And be 1t enacted, That each city,
borough and incorporated town, acting
under the provisions of this act, which
be tween the ages of five and eighteen
years, hall be a school district, separately
and distinct from the township school
district; but each city. borough and in
c~orporated town acting under the pro-
visions of this act, which contains less
than four hundred children between the
ages of five and eighteen years, shall be
a part of the township school district
in which said city, borough or incor-
porated town is situated nothing in this
abolishing any school district now legal
ly. constituted, Notwithstanding such dis
trict contains less than four hundred
eighteen years. but each of said dis
tricts shall remain and be a separate
adjoining district as hereinafter pro-
vided; provided, further. that this section
h not apply to any district acting
boundaries are fixed by Special act in
cooperating said district; and further
provided, that nothing in this section
Sildl dpOly 10 any city, DOTOuSu VI III
~eorporated town or proposed city. bor-
ough or Incorporated town where pro-
ceedings are now pending for the in
corporation of the same.
4. And be it enacted, That whenever
any school district desires to consolid-
ate with an adjoining school district, the
board Of education of said district shall
the county in which said districts are
situated to appoint e time when meet
~ districts - PROPOSED to be consolidated -
shall be held, and it shall be the duty
of said county superintendent, upon re-
education Of each of the districts Of
eaeh aG board a 81 e d saadl oe ree sae ne'y SAID ID
ratification to direct the dictrict clerk
to post notices calling a special meeting
purpose of voting on the question of the
Consolidation of said district, which meet
ing shall be called in the same manner
shall be held on the day designated by
the county superintendent, at such hour
board Of education: and it shall be the
duty of the chairman of said meeting
to file with the county sugerinteadent
meeting, certificate, signed by himself
and attested by the secretary Of said
consolidation, and if the county super
intendent ascertains. from said certificate
l1dI liz lOtdl VI cas- IA
of said districts in favor of c~Zlsalidation,
exceeds the total lumber OF votes east
f AGAINST daeIar sne that samf fbte II fnari s af n dist petg
shall constitute one district, and he shall
Immediately notify each of the boards OF
education of the result of said election.
5. And be It enacted, That the board of
education of each district consolidated in
the manner provided in the preceding
section shall, upon receipt, O. the noiess
consolidation select by lot o of its
members to serve as members Of the
9 99ara 81 an eduf tae eight members SO Sc
lected shall select the ninth member OF
SAID board from among the remaining
presenting that portion Of the console
dated district which contain the great
est number of children between the agesl
ed from the last proceeding school censusf
and the members of the board OF educa-i
ton so selected shall constitute the boardl
of education of the consolidated d.strtct.{
and shall continue in office until the\
next nnual meeting for the election OF
members of boards OF education; am at
shall be elected as provided for the elec-
ton of members of boards of educa-
the act to which this is a supple
ment, and the terms of office. OF
the remaining members OF the boards or
education of each of said districts so
consolidated shall thereupons cease and
determine; provided, hat If the board OF
education of one of the districts so con-
solidated shall consist of butthree menu
beers. all of said members shall be mem
bers of the board of education of the
consolidated district, and six members of
said board shall be chosen from the
board of education of the other district
SO consolidated; and provided, further,
that If each of said sboards of education
consist of three. members. said boards
shall constitute the board of education OF
the consolidated untid the next annual
meeting for the election of members of
boards of education.
6. And be it enacted, That all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March "a 1894