Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-01
lool Estimate and

to the Board of School Estimate and
accepted. Il
Under the law, the endorsement y
of the Board of School Estimate 0f{
any project is mandatory and n1uGo
be conformed with in some wsy Al n
other by the aldermanic board upoYrx
whom the method of raising mouey &
depends. Although the Board a.
School Estimate passed resolutions
proposing the carrying out OF botylss
requests and submitted them to the
Board of Aldermen, this action, tt fnSs
claimed by the city attorney. IL net
in propersform without having been
put up to the people for a refereuxs
dunn first and is explained to the
mayor in the following letter from
the city attorney: NJ
"June 80. 1891. q
Hon. w. c. Wilson, Mayor, IL
"City Hall, City.
MY Dear Mayor:-My attentions
has been called to the meeting held
by the Board of School Estimate OIL
June %. Upon investigation + dn63
that there appears to be an attemp4k
to fix the amount necessary for thu 4
addition to the high school and tlex
erection of new school at HaliS
avenue. ss
I'm my opinion the action takenN'
was not in proper form and am
therefore making a new resolutions
for the $4,000. II
"As to the new school. take IT,
from the newspaper reports that it5l|
was the intention to have the mat
ter referred to the Board OF Alder3
men to be taken up by them for VI
referendum at the next election.
and that if the public voted for it@
that the school board of estimate
would then be in favor Of apprc$
priating said moneys.
Il have therefore, in accordance
with said information, also pre
pared a resolution which can bq
ferred to the council. I wouc ~
quest that special meeting bsN
ed for the purpose Of revokir
action which may have been
at the said meeting and IL - -
ling the proper resolutions
The, school board o1 EIiEAA
should have before it certified SrA
of resolutions adopted by Board Asf
Education requesting said none4&
before the school board Of estimate
can proceed further.
Respectfully yours, M
LEO GOLDBERGER,
CITY Attorney. 's
Upon the adjournment of the
meeting, the school authorities got,
in imm ediate touch with State Cons
missioner of Education Enright, who
said that. by law. not only Is the
action taken by the Board OF School
Estimate this morning. illegal. but
the calling of special meeting az
this body without the request of thcA
Board of Education is entirely ille2a
gal.
According to law, the resolutions
presented by the Board of Education
have been formally accepted, anotn%A
er set of resolutions formally passe41
to be submitted to the Board 81, x
dermen. and the matter closed an
as the Board of School Estimate
concerned unless further consider
ton is requested by the Board &ES
Education which in this instandssl
has not been the case. . ss aas1
The local school authorities alAdS
looked UP the matter In the book
of school legislation and found the
laws to conform exactly with Coma
missioner Enright's report. At thu
rate the meeting this morning wA4
illegal. another meeting next Tues
day will be Illegal and the reSolu
tions already passed by the Board Df
school Estimate, requesting the a4~s
dermanic board to raise funds fdf
the two new buildings. will have fo;
stand. ~ n ~ q
Following are the resolutiohq
which the city attorney clairns CAM
not be accepted and which contain
the original request of the Board
of Education for the new school
and high school addition:
AT a regular meeting OF tha
Board of Education OF Perth Ams
boy. held June 2. 1921, the Follows
ing was offered by Mr.. Main ana
adopted:
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