Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-18
INSURANCE ON
SCHOOLS STILL
BEING HELD UP
Counsel Rules That 1t Is Not
Mandatory to Place 1t With
Municipal Commission.
ISSUE MAY BE SETTLED
AT A SPECIAL MEETING
Board Members Puzzled and
Insurance Underwriters
Uncertain.

The manner in which the school in
suranee proposition will be finally
settled and to whom it will be
awarded is still as much 2 problem
as ever for city officials ar1 topic for
discussion among fire insurance un-
derwriters. An opinion given by
Charles NJ. Myers. counsel to the
Board of Education. at a special
meeting of the committee on finance
and legislation, held yesterday after
noon, is in part responsible for this
state of affairs.
Mr.. Myers, in his opinion, holds that
1t is not mandatory upon the Board
Of Education to place its fire insur-
4n-e with the Municipal Insurance
Fund Commission. For some weeks
the School Board and insurance fund
commissioners have been haggling
over the question of rates, and
whether the former body could or
could not place the insurance with
outside fire insurance companies. The
commission holds to the view that 1t
is mandatory upon the Board of Edu-
1t.
So far as the Board of Education is
concerned Mr.. Myers opinion settles
The question, namely, that the School
Board may place the insurance where
The commissioners deem best. Some
of the bids, among the thirty-two sub
rnitted by outside companies and
agents, are considerably lower than
The average These rates are also
lower than the rate submitted by the
Insurance Fund Commission, but the
latter has refused to bulge from the
rate of 1925 set by Atlee Brown, the
Insurance expert.
Following the reading of the coun-
sells opinion by Secretary Robert d.
Argue, which was accepted and Or
lered filed, Edgar r. Brown, 9. men,
Der of the board, moved that the in
surance be awarded to the lowest bid
der. This insurance expires on Jan
nary 20. Mr., Brown was prevailed
upon to Withdraw his motion, and
George NJ Denny submitted the fol-
lowing motion:
Further Inquiries TO he SsSs.
BE it moved that the clloirrnai1 =
the committee on finance and legisla-
lion be authorized to make further
INQUIRIES dS Ill MS JuoShiV uC hioJ
deem advisable, with view to enable
the board to determine the most
advantageous terms and conditions
Under which the school insurance may
De effected"
This motion was unanimously
adopted and the matter will be
brought up for further discussion at
and adjourned meeting of the com
,nittee on finance and legislation, TO
Dc held tomorrow night at o'clock.
AZ its conclusion special meeting
nf the committee on buildings,
grounds and supplies will be held.
At the meeting tomorrow night
Frank II. Sommer, chairman OF the
committee on finance and legislation.
will make his report. The awards
yill probably be made at that time
and at once ratified by the board,
which will likely hold special meet
ing for that purpose. 1t is under
;tood that the insurance will have to
% settled not later than tomorrow
night, because the following day
Thursday the binders issued by the
insurance fund commissioners for
rorty-five days expire on that date.
These binders were issued by the In
Slrance fund commission when the
insurance expired on the school build
irsgs on December last. The lnsur-
ance fund commission has carried
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