The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-03-15

conditions in this building are about
the same as the First Ward school,
except this building has stairway
with an open well hole and has no in.
termediate landing as required by
law. This stairway should be torn
out and replaced by an approved
stairway. Otherwise the building
should be remodelled to meet the
recommendation made for the First
Ward school
Respectfully submitted,
Inspector of Buildings.
Relative to the proposition of re.
modelling or erecting new buildings
we quote from the following from the
School Laws of 1911
Article VI, Sec. 50. Whenever
city board of education shall decide
that it is necessary to raise money
for the purchase of lands for school
purposes, or for erecting, enlarging,
repairing or furnishing sohoolhouse
or schoolhouses, it shall prepare and
deliver to each member of the Board
of School Estimate of such school
district statement of the amount OF
money estimated to be necessary for
such purpose or purposes, said Board
| of School Estimate shall fix and de-
termine the amount necessary for
such purpose or purposes, and shall
make two certificates of such amount,
one of which certificates shall be de-
livered to the said Board of educa-
ton and the other to the common
council, board of finance or other
body in the city having the power to
make appropriations of money raised
by tax in such city said common coun-
Gil, board of finance or other body
may appropriate such sum or sums
for such purpose or purposes in the
same manner as other appropriations
are made by Ii and said sums shall
be raised assessed, levied and col
lected at the same time and in the
same manner as moneys appropriated
for other purpose in such city are
raised, assessed, levied and collected;
or said common council board of
finance or other body may appropriate
and borrow such sum or sums for
the purpose or purposes aforesaid
and may secure the repayment of the
sum or sums SO borrowed, together
With interest thereon at rate not to
exceed five percentum per annum, by
the issue of bonds In the corporate
name of such city; bonds SO issued
shall be designated school bonds"
may be registered or coupon or both,
of such denominations as the COM
mon council, board of finance or other
board may determine, and shall be
made payable in not more than fifty
years from the date thereof. they
shall be sold at public or private sale
and not for less than par and accrued
interest, and such city shall in its
annual tax levy raise money sufficient
to pay the interest on said bonds, to-
gether with at least one per centum
per annum of the principal thereof,
to provide sinking fund for the re-
tiremeDt of said bonds at maturity;
or In lieu of providing sinking fund
for the retirement of said bonds at
maturity, the bonds may be so issued
that a stated equitable amount of
them Tin valued having regard to
other school bonds already issued,
| shall become payable In each year,
| beginning not more than ten years
from date Of the earliest issue and
| ending In not less than forty years
| from such date and in such case there
| shall be raised by tax in each year
| such sum of money as may be neces-
| sary to pay the interest on all out
| standing bonds and the principal of
| such bonds as may mature during
| that year, the proceeds of the sale of
such bonds shall be deposited with
| the custodian of school moneys of
such school district and shall be paid
ont only on the warrants or orders
OF the Board of Education, provided
that the total amount of bonds for
the purposes named in this section,
including bonds heretofore issued
for such purposes and not redeemed,
shall not exceed at any one time a
sum equal to three per centum OF the
taxable valuation of the real and per-
sonal property in such city; provided
further, that If the charter of the city
shall limit the amount Of indebted
ness in such city or shall by it's
terms prevent the carrying out OF the
provisions of this section, said char
ter provisions shall be hereafter held
not to apply to the issuing of bonds
under the provisions of this section.
Article X, Sec. 142. Each school
district shall provide suitable school
facilities and accommodation for all
children residing in the district and
desiring to attend the public schools
therein Such facilities and aceommo-
dations shall include proper school
buildings together with furniture and
equipment, convenience of access
thereto, and course of study suited to
the ages and attainments of all pupils
between the ages of five and twenty
years. Such facilities and accommo-
dations may be provided either In
schools within the district convenient
Of access to the pupils or as provided
in Sections III, 118 and 1l9 of the
act of which this act Is an amend
ment, Whenever any school district
shall fail to provide such facilities or
accommodations, the County Superin-
tendent of Schools shall transmit to
the custodian Of the school moneys of
the school district an order directing
him to withhold from such district
all moneys in his hands, or which
shall thereafter come into his hands,
to the credit of such school district
received from the State appropria-
| ton or from the State school tax un-
| til such suitable facilities or accom-
| modations shall be provided, and shall
| notify the Board of Education of such
| district of his action with the reasons
| therefor Such order shall not take
| effect until approved in writing by
the Commissioner of Education, and
| said approval shall state when said
order shall take effect
| The following a decision under Sec
| ton 76 of the School Law that when
the Board of School Estimate has
fixed and determined the amount
necessary for the purchase of land
and erection of shoolhouse, it Is
mandatory upon the body having the
power to make appropriations of
money raised by tax, to cause the
amount to be raised by tax, or to bor-
row the same and secure its repay
ment by the issue of bonds
| The next meeting of the Board will
be held In the Council Room, Wednes-
day evening, March 18Th, 1912, at 8
| O'Clock.
WILLIAM KACHLINE,
Secretary,
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Unclaimed Letters.