The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-08
NEWARK SCHOOL BILL.
Board Of Trade Will Try to
Secure AppointiVe Board
of Education.


NEWARK, Feb. s, 1S9s.-The Legislative
Committee of the Board of Trade will
soon consider a bill prepared by Joseph
Coult providing for an appointive Board
of Education of nine members. Here is
the bill in FULL
Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
l. That in cities of the first class, from
and after the first Wednesday in May
| next, after the passage of this act, Boards
of Education shall be composed of nine
members who shall be appointed and com
missioned by the Mayor or chief execu-
tive officer. They shall be residents in
the city for which they are appointed
and shall in all cases, except in case of
| the first appointment under this act, be
appointed for and shall serve for the
| term of three years.
| q The members of the said board so
| appointed shall be selected with reference
| to their fitness for this service from the
| members of the two dominant political
parties in such city; that is to say, from
| the two parties casting the highest num-
| ber of votes at the last charter or city
| election held therein, and not more than
| five members of such boards shall be
selected and appointed from members OF
either of the said political parties.
| 8. At the first appointment after the
passage Of this act, three members OF
said board shall be appointed and COM
missioned to serve for term of one year,
three for term of two years, and three
for term of three years, and thereafter
| three members of such board shall be ap-
| pointed annually.
/ A. In case of a vacancy occasioned
| by the death, removal, disability or resig-
nation of a member or from other cause
| the vacancy shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment, anc
the member appointed shall be selected
| from among the members of the sans
party from which the member whose
place is to be filled was taken; the ap
pointment in every case for the unexpiret
term only.
! s. The members of said board thus
appointed shall, before they enter upon
the discharge of their duties, each take
| and subscribe an oath before some Off
Ger duly qualified to administer oaths
that they will well, truly faithfully ane
impartially perform and discharge all the
duties of the Office to which they have
been appointed according to the best OF
their skill and ability; such oaths snail
be filed in the office of the City Clerk Of
the city in and for which such appoint
ments are made.
s. The terms of all persons now serv
ing as members of Boards of Education il
every such city, whether elected or ap
hpointed shall cease and determine on th'
said first Wednesday of May next, ant
the persons appointed under the pro
visions of this act in such cities shal
constitute the Boards of Education there
In respectively, and such boards shall b.
/ clothed with all the power and shall per
form all the duties which now or here
after are given to or imposed upon Boards
of Education in such cities.
T. All members of Boards of Eucatiol
in such cities shall serve without com
pensation.
s. Members of Boards of Educations s.
appointed may be removed by the Mayo
or chief executive officer in such city dur
ing their term of Office for cause bu
not without specific charges are mad
against them, and not until they hav
had an opportunity to be heard in thei
own defense, and no removal Shall
made except for cause.
g. This act shall take effect immediate
W. and all acts and parts OF acts In
| consistent with this act are hereby re
| pealed