The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-08-06
SYNOPSIS OF
AMENDMENTS
New School Measures That Be-
came Laws During the
Last Session.
NIGHT SCHOOL FOR FOREIGNERS

Chapter 36-Provides for establish
ing Evening Schools for foreign-born
residents of the State, places general
supervision in the State Board of Edu-
cation and grants State aid for the
maintenance of such schools, the
amount of State aid to equal the
amount of local appropriation for such
schools with maximum limit OF five
Thousand dollars. ($5,00000.)
Chapter 65- Provides for School in
the State Prison under the control of
the prison officials. The course of
study and rules for certificates for
teachers to be approved by the State
Board of Education.
Chapter 69-Appropriates thirty
thousand dollars, $3.50, 600. 00), for Dor
mitory and laundry at Manual Train
ing and Industrial School for Colored
Youths.
Chapter 84-Provides that appro-
pirate exercises shall be held in the
Public Schools on Flag Day.
Chapter 86-Repeals Chapter 277 P.
L. 1906, which attempted to conSoli-
date as one school district, Neptune
Township and Borough of Bradley
Beach.
Chapter 118 Permits a school dis
trict to take school census not often
er than once in five years.
Chapter 119-Amends sections 85
and 81 of the School Law. 1t changes
| the time for organization of Boards OF
Education acting under Article VII.
| from "within ten days" after the third
Tuesday in March TO the first Monday
in April. 1t permits Board to re-
move a president or vice-preSident
who refuses to perform his duties 1t
changes the time for appointment of
the District Clerk from the date of Or
ganization of the Board to July 1st,
| 1907, and authorizes the Board to fix
the term of Office of the clerk and the
amount of bond TO be. given when a
bond is required. 1t legislates out of
office on July 1st, all clerks in office at
the time the act was approved.
Chapter 120-IncreaseS the annual
appropriation for the Manual Training
and Industrial School for Colored
Youths from five thousand, ($5, 100000
to twelve thousand, (S12, 100000 dol
lars.
Chapter 121-Amends teachers pen
/ sion law so as to include teachers in
state schools.
Chapter 122-Amends Section 1872 of
the School Law by adding paragraph
SIX" to the Section as amended in
1906. This paragraph provides that
there shall be apportioned to each dis
trict from the State School moneys,
seventy-tive per cent. of the amount
expended for transportation of pupils
to schools outside the district.
Chapter 123-Amends the title to
Article X. and Section 126. 1t makes
definite the kind of facilities and ac-
commodationS districts must furnish.
1t was passed to meet the objections
to the original Sections as stated by
the Court in the Frelinghuysen Case.
Chapter 124--Amends Section 80 of
the Grimes Act. BY the peculiar
wording of the original Section, a
member of a Board of Education in a
city school district was guiltyof mis-
demeanor if interested in any contract
with the Board of which he was a
member. A member of a Board in a
rural district was not affected by this
Section. The amendment makes The
Section apply to members OF all Boards.
Chapter 139-Is general revision of
the Teachers Retirement Fund law.
1t extends the time during which
teachers now employed in the State
may join the fund, or change member
ship under former acts to January lSt,
1909. 1t increases the annuitieS OF
members accepting its provisions froL1
:. 5-1Oths to cloths Of annual salary and
increases the maximum annuity from
100000 to $650.00.
| Chaptor 900 -Givoc t0 ROardS Of
Trustees of Industrial Schools III
second class cities, power to erect
buildings and issue bonds therefor.