Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-29
GATHERS SCHOOL
LAWS INTO BOOK
Asst. Education Commissioner
Belts Summarizes Statutes
Enacted During Year.
IFrom a stan Correspondence

| tFrom n STAN COrrespOndent.l
TRENTON. N. j.. April 29.--Assist-
ant Commissioner of Education J.
Bragnard Belts has issued a sum
mary of the laws passed by the re-
cent Legislature affecting the schools
of the State. In all there are eighteen
laws that either amend the present
statutes or are entirely new legisla-
ton.
Probably the most important law
enacted provides for the distribution
of the railroad tax to the schools on
September l. Where certiorari pro-
ceedings have been instituted by any
railroad to reduce the amount of the
tax the comptroller is permitted to
withhold such amount until the APP
peal has been decided by the courts.
II the State shall distribute to the
schools on September l more than Is
finally determined to be due, here
after comptroller and treasurer are
relieved of personal liability, and the
excess paid is to be deducted from
the amount distributed the following
year.
Some other laws are:
Senate No. 9-rhis amends section 81
of the school law. which provides the
method of issuing bonds for school pur-
poses In school districts other than city
districts.
Senate No 153-This act permits dis
trict which has heretofore issued, or
which may hereafter issue, notes for the
purchase of land or the erection of "A
schoolhouse to redeem such notes by the
issue of bonds.
Senate No. 175-This act permits school
II etri pfa m tbpir hiOh cphool nuDile
TO the State Model School, and pay for
their tuition in the same manner as If
they were sent to high school in an
other district
Senate No 197-This is a general re-
vision of the compulsory attendance law.
All children between the ages of and
IA years must attend school regularly,
unless their mental or bodily condition
is such as to prevent attendance. A
child between the ages of ii and 16 years
must attend school unless he regularly
attended school at least 1870 days during
the preceding year, is able to read In
diligently and write legibly simple SEN
fences in the English language. has COM
pleted course of study equal to i've
yearly grades in reading, writing, spell
ing, English language and geography; is
familiar with the fundamental operations
of arithmetic. including simple fractions;
has been granted an age. and schooling
certificate and Is regularly employed i'll
some useful occupation or service.
Any parent or guardian who fails to
comply with the provisions of the act
may be proceeded against as q disorderly
Pleas or before a city, town or borough
police justice or recorder The penalty
for the first offense is fine not exceed
ing S. and for each subsequent offense
fine not exceeding $25.
If the parent or guardian is unable to
control the child such child may be pro-
ceeded against in the court for the trial
of juvenile Offenders.
Senate No. 237 and Assembly No. 64-
These acts are similar in their provisions
and require that every teacher in pub
lie, private or parochial school shall de-
vote not less than thirty minutes every
two weeks in instructing the pupils as
to the ways and means of preventing ac-
cidents.
commissioners in a municipality which
has adopted the commission form of gov
eminent power to regulate the use OF
school houses for other than school pur-
poses, and to compel the erection of fire
escapes and exits.
Assembly No. 1l2-This act extends the
provisions of the employers liability law
To- school districts, but limits the COM
who receive an annual compensation of
81 200 or less.
Assembly No. 462-This act permits any
school district to establish a school or
department for vocational education
which fits for the trades, crafts and man
ufactnring pursuits, agriculture, and
household arts. Such schools or depart
ments may be conducted either as day,
part time or evening schools.
Assembly No. 666-This act states spe-
ciiically certain purposes for which
schoolhouse may be used with the con-
sent of the board of education. viz: Lee
lures and other entertainments, stations
of public libraries, social civic and rec
reational meetings, for polling places for
holding elections and for the registration
of voters and for political meetings. 1t
permits entertainments where an admis-
sion fee Is charged.
Assembly No. 669-This act permits the
State Board of Examiners to establish
summer schools for the purpose OF train
ing in the art of teaching, elementary
agriculture manual training. household
economics and such other subjects as
may be prescribed.