Mode of electing overseers. Annual elec tion. First election. Overseers to be elected under this law. CHAPTER LXXI. AN ACT relative to the election of overseers of the highways in the township of Blairstown, in the county of Warren, and the townships of New Providence and Union, in the county of Essex. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the qualified voters of each road district in the township of Blairstown, in the county of Warren, and the townships of New Providence and Union, in the county of Essex, be and they are hereby authorized to elect overseers of the highways for said districts. 2. And be it enacted, That such election shall be held in each district on the Saturday next preceding the second Monday in April annually, at such time and place and upon such notice as shall be determined upon at the previous annual meeting in each road district respectively, and it shall be the duty of the town clerk of the said township to give the notice so determined upon as aforesaid. 3. And be it enacted, That the first election shall be held on the Saturday preceding the second Monday of April next, at such time and place as shall be designated by the town clerks. of said townships, notice whereof shall be given by an advertisement for five days previous thereto in some public place in each district. 4. And be it enacted, That no overseer or overseers shall be elected in said townships except under the authority of this law. Approved March 6, 1856. CAPTER LXXII. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled " An act to incorporate the New No taxes to 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the be levied on State of New Jersey, That no state, county, city, ward, township property. or other public assessments, taxes or charges whatsoever, shall at any time be levied or imposed upon the said society, or upon the stocks, estates, lands or tenements which have become or may become vested in them by virtue of the act by which they were incorporated, so long as said society shall appropriate and use the whole of their income to promote the objects set forth in the said act of incorporation; provided al- Proviso ways, that the yearly income of the said real or personal estate, or both, do not at any one time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. Approved March 6, 1856. CHAPTER LXXIII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Stay of exe cution may vacation. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the. State of New Jersey, That in all cases of appeal from a judg be ordered in ment rendered in any court for the trial of small causes, any judge of the court of common pleas to which said appeal shall be taken, upon filing with such judge a sufficient appeal bond, or upon satisfactory proof to such judge that a legal and suffi cient appeal bond has been filed before the justice from whose judgment such appeal is taken, and other requirements of the law complied with, shall have power in vacation to order a stay of the execution which may have been issued by the justice, until the said court of common pleas shall make some further order thereon, a rule to which effect shall be entered in the minutes of the said court, and a copy thereof certified by the clerk, shall be served on the constable in whose hands the execution may be. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1856. Board of education incorporated. CHAPTER LXXIV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled " An act to incorporate the city of Paterson," approved March nineteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey That there shall be elected in each of the wards of said city, at the charter election yearly and every year, three school commissioners, who shall be residents of their respective wards and entitled to vote therein, and who shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday after their election, and continue therein one year, and until their successors are elected in their stead; and the said school commissioners, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of " the Board of Education of the city of Paterson," and shall be vested with all the powers and privileges appertaining to corporate bodies, necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. aldermen bonds. 2. And be it enacted, That the school committeemen of the Mayor and several wards of the city of Paterson shall, on or before the may issue twentieth day of March next, convey and transfer to "the mayor and aldermen of the city of Paterson," all their respective corporate property, both real and personal; and the said "the mayor and aldermen of the city of Paterson," shall thereupon assume and become liable to pay all the just corporate debts and liabilities of the said school committeemen respectively; and the said "the mayor and aldermen of the city of Paterson," shall provide for the payment of said debt, and of such other debts and liabilities as may hereinafter be incurred by said city for real or personal property to be used for school purposes, by issuing bonds to secure the payment thereof, with interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, under the common seal, and signed by the mayor of said city; provided, that said bonds shall be redeemable at a period of Proviso. time not more than twenty-five years from the issuing thereof; and provided further, that the whole indebtedness of said city Provise. for school purposes, whether by bond or otherwise, shall not at any time exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. 3. And be it enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall yearly and every year until the said bonds shall be wholly redeemed and paid off, order and cause to be assessed and collected by tax at the time and in the manner that other taxes in said city are assessed and collected, a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, as the same falls due, and to pay and discharge the principal by the time the same shall be payable; and all such moneys so to be raised are hereby inviolably pledged to pay the interest and principal of said bonds. 4. And be it enacted, That the said board of education shall meet in said city within ten days after the charter election in each and every year, and shall appoint a secretary from their own number, and shall elect by ballot a resident of said city, who is entitled to vote therein, to be superintendent of public schools, who shall be president of said board, and who shall be the executive officer of said board, but shall have no vote there Assessment to be made for interest of bonds. officers of board of edu cation. Proceedings to be published. Quota of school fund. Money to be raised for poses. in, and who shall continue in office for one year and until his successor shall be elected, unless sooner removed by said board; and the said board of education and the said superintendent subject to their direction, shall have the control, regulation and management of the public schools of said city; and it shall be their further duty to visit every public school in said city at least once in every quarter, to advise and consult with the teachers, and cause the results of such visits to be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose by said board; and the said superintendent shall make a report in writing, and transmit the same to the state superintendent of public schools, on or before the fifteenth day of December in each year, of the state and condition of the public schools in said city, the number of scholars taught therein, the length of time the schools are kept open during the year, and such other matters as may be by law required of him; and for his services he shall be entitled to receive one dollar for every day actually employed in the duties of his office, to be paid in the same manner as the other expenses of said schools shall be paid. 5. And be it enacted, That the secretary of said board shall keep a record of their proceedings, which from time to time shall be published in one or more of the newspapers of said city; and all questions involving the payment of money or creating any liability therefor shall be taken by yeas and nays, which shall also be recorded by the secretary. 6. And be it enacted, That the said city shall be entitled to a full quota of the moneys appropriated by the trustees of the school fund to the county of Passaic, which when received shall be deposited with the city treasurer to the credit of the board of education......... 7. And be it enacted, That the said mayor and aldermen school pur shall on or before the first day of May yearly and every year, in addition to the sum to be raised for the payment of the debt and interest incurred for school purposes, appropriate from the city treasury a sum of money sufficient for the purpose of organizing and maintaining the public schools of said city, which sum in the aggregate shall not exceed ten dollars nor be less than seven dollars per scholar on the average number reported by the board of education as attending the |