The Jersey City news., 1902-04-25
DODGE TROUBLE.
Directors Of Education De-
eide to Act Under Both
School Laws.
ORGANIZE UNDER new
Board OF Estimate Appointed
and Mr.. Lewis Elected
Vice President.

The Board of School Estimate is made
| up of President Ringle and Commissioner
| Brock Of the Board of Finance. Directors
Coyle and Egbert Of the Board of Educa-
tion and Mayor Fagan.
These gentlemen, except Mayor Pagan,
were appointed last evening; the finance
! Commissioners at special meeting OF
! their Board, and the others at a regular
| meeting OF the Educational Board. Mayor
Fagan is a member of the Board BY
! reason of his official position.
/ The Board of School Estimate was
created by the General School Law in
Section 75 Article of Chapter Ss, which
provides:
In every school district tho Board
of Education shall appoint two OF its
members. and the Common Council,
Board of Finance or other body in
such city having the power to make
appropriations OF money raised by
taxes In said city. shall appoint two
CT its members, which persons so APP
pointed. together with the Mayor or
other chief executive officer of the
city. shall constitute board to be
known as the Board Of School Esti-
mate of said school district; said ap-
pointments shall be made annually
during the month of January; the Sec
retary of the Board OF Education
shall be t-.a secretary Of the Board
of School Estimate, but shall receive
no compensation as such.
James Wiseman, who has been clerk of
the Board of Education for years. was
appointed secretary. His present salary
will be continued.
The Board Of Education is now a cor
poration aside from the corporation of
the city. Section s4 of the same article
and chapter says
A board of education created under
the provisions of this article shall be
body corporate.
Hereafter the Board will be known as
The Board of Education of the City of
Jersey City, in the County of Hudson
AS an official s2al is required. President
Ward at last nights meeting appointed
Directors Ramsey, Ridgway and Lyon a
committee to devise and recommend a
seal.
! President Ward gave the Board a short
report of the private conference held al
! the Board of Finance Office Wednesday.
| He said that it was decided to go ahead
and act literally under the new law and
also as far as possible under the old law
He spoke Of the necessity of appointing
| members to act on the Board of School
Estimate and when Director Moran re
minded him that the law said the appoint
ments should be made in January he re-
| piled that the advice of the citys coun-
sci was that 1t waa best to appoint now.
1t was decided to ask the citys law Off
GERS to act in the same capacities for the
| newly corporated Board of Education at
no salary.
| The new state OF affairs makes the
| Board of Education Independent of the
/ city save so far as money is concerned
! It will receive money for its expenses as
| heretofore.
Under the old law the estimate for the
| ensuing years appropriation had to be
| made uo and forwarded OF the Board OF
| Finance on or before May l. Under the
new law it is to be made up by the Board
| on or before May Is, and forwarded tc
each member of the Board of School EST.
mate.
! Before June this Board is to make ar
estimate of the appropriation and forward
it to the Board of Finance. It has now
| been decided to act in this particular un-
| der the old as well as under the new law
In order to do this a special meeting has
| been called for next Tuesday, April 2S
/ when the Committee on Finance is to re.
| port its estimate of the necessary appro-
/ priation. This will be adopted by the
/ Board and sent to the Board of Finance
| The same sum will later be sent to the
| Board of School Estimate. This viii be
1 approved by that Board and sent to tho
! Board of Finance. The Board of Finance
will accept and approve both. Then, II
| the courts should take any action on the
| matter the appropriation will stand nc
matter what decision is reached.
| All moneys appropriated to the Board
| Of Education or in any way required by
| it will be under its exclusive control. II
| will be turned over to City Treasurer Ely
| who is the custodian of school funds un-
| der the liw. The money win be paid out
by warrant drawn and approved by the
1 President and Secretary of the Board
| The Board may sue and be sued, pur-
| chase, sell, take or condemn lands fol
| school purchases, just as the city does
1 now for public purposes. All rights tc
lands or property of any kind now used
| for school purposes will be vested in the
q Board.
The law provides for a vice-president
| and on motion of Director Moran, last
night. Director William Lewis was unan-
| imously elected.
Director Ridgway's motion that the
rules of the Old Board be adopted as the
rules of the new corporation were
adopted.
Director Lewis Of the Committee or
Finance reported a balance of s4s2s5.4t
! from the claims fund. and on his motion
1t was decided to order a warrant drawn
on the City Treasurer for this sum tc
his own account to be transferred into
the general fund.
warrant was also ordered drawn fol
s2fe. a balance which is to go to the aid
/ Of school libraries. This sum win be dis
trtbuted among the various public schools
Charles H. Robe was awarded the con
/ tract for the painting of School No. 2s
He bid sl.52s There We're four other bids
Seven bids for furniture for the same
school were received, but the contrac,
was not awarded.
Leaves OF absence were granted tc
Miss Sarah Gallon of No. I, Mss Mary
Mcdowell of the High School, and Miss