The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-28
HUDSON At TRENTON.
Freeholders Oppose Prison
Made Goods and School
Directors Watch
Two Bills.

TRENTON, Feb. Is, 1899 coun-
ty and Jersey City were we'll represented
in the halls Of legislation last evening
The legislative committee of the Board
of F~reeholders, consisting of Director NC
Nally and Freeholders Clements, Kenny,
| Fallon, Heating, of Hoboken; MCGEE, OF
| Bayonne; and Riordan, of Harrison, WITT
| Clerk John Noonan, were here bright and
| early. They came to look after the House
bill which forbids the sale in this State
of goods or articles manufactured in
State prison or reformatories. Hudson
county does an extensive business IN
| crushed stone, which is quarried out OF
the rock at Snake Hill and prepared for
| the market by convicts. The Freeholders
are afraid that the bill if it becomes q
law will put an end to the industry and
they were here to see what the rance
are of having an amendment attached
to the bill which will enable the county
to continue this work.
The measure has passed the House and
is now over in the Senate, and to that
body the committee devoted its time.
The outlook for their success is not over
bright, still the committee feels en-
| couraged by their visit.
The Jersey City delegation consisted of
| Superintendent of Schools Snyder and
Directors higgins, M%ulvaney and Broder-
lex of the Board of Education. Two bills
interested them. One was introduced by
Mr.. Wood of Trenton, and provides that
1. Whenever the board of education,
or other body having charge OF the
public schools in any township, town,
L. - y 4 Ctata choll hu
resolution adopted by the votes of a
majority of the members thereof, de-
clare that additional school
dations are needed in any township,
town. borough or city, a copy of such
resolution, certified under the hands OF
the president or chairman, and secre-
tary or clerk of such board or body,
shall be forthwith transmitted to the
common council, board of aldermen
or other governing body of such town
ship, town. borough or city, and there
upon it shall be lawful for such COM
mon council, board of aldermen or
other governing body, by resolution,
to order an appropriation of a specilc
sum, as hereinafter mentioned, that IS
to say: in all townships, towns, bor-
oughs or cities having, by the census
last preceding the adoption of SUCH
resolution, a population of not more
thar thirty thousand, a sum not ex-
ceeding the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars; in all townships, towns, b~oroughs
or cities having. Dy SUCH CGISuS. d
population exceeding thirty thousand
and not exceeding one hundred thou
sand. a sum not exceeding the sum of
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars; and in all townships, towns, Dor
oughs and cities having, sby such
census, a population exceeding one
hundred thousand, a sum not exceed
ing the sum of three hundred thou
and dollars, for the purchase OF lands
and the erection thereon of a suitable
school building; and upOn the adop-
ton of such resolution by such COM
mon council, board of aldermen or
other governing body, it shall be law
full for such common council board
of aldermen or other governing BODY
to issue bonds in the corporate name
of such township, town, borough or
city for the amount so appropriated;
the bonds so to be issued shall be
designated "school bonds,' and shall
be of such denominations as said COM
mon council, board of aldermen or
other governing body shall deem
proper, and shall be made payable in
not less than twenty nor more than
thirty years; shall bear interest at a
rate not greater than four per centum
per annum, payable s~emi-annually,, and
may be registered or oupon bonds, or
may be registered and coupon bonds
combined, at the option of the COM
mon council, board of aldermen or
other governing body of such own
ship, town. borough or city; and there
shall be raised by tax in each year the
interest on the whole amount of the
bonds so issued, together with at least
three per centum per annum for the
purposes of a sinking fund, to be paid
to the commissioners of the sinking
fund of said townships, towns, bor-
oughs or cities for the purpose of
meeting the said bonds when they may
become due.
Although this measure was originally
intended to allow Trenton to build the
High School, whose career was checked
last year by the decision of the Supreme
| Court, declaring the act under which the
| commissioners was acting unconstitu-
| tional, it was thought to be broad enough
to cover any city in the State that wish
to avail itself of its provisions. When
the Jersey City delegation came to study
| the bill they found that it did not au-
thorize the Jersey City Board of Finance
no force as far as jersey City was con-
cerned. The committee will endeavo to
nave the measure amended so as to rem
edy this defect.
The other measure which the Jersey
City educators were interested in was
MI. CAROLS emergency bill. This is the
measure which allows the authorities of
rary loan bonds, to meet emergencies
such as an extraordinary fall of ice and
snow, dangerous breaks in sewers, cases
of pestilence and the like. Under this
measure the Education Board think
comes School No. 20, the building of
the Greenville district; but they are not
certain in the matter, and the measure
will be submitted to competent authority
and if any amendment is necessary one
will be made broad enough to take in
Jersey City.