CHAPTER LXV. AN ACT explanatory of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Newark Fire Department," passed March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and extended by supplement approved February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. WHEREAS, doubts have arisen as to the true construction Preamble. of the act of which this is explanatory, in relation to who were included in the provisions of said act; and whereas the original intention of those asking for said act of incorporation as shown by their constitution and by-laws then in force was to include exempt as well as active firemen in all the benefits of said act-therefore, in order to remove those doubts, of act ex exempt fire men entitled tatives. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Provisions. the State of New Jersey, That said act shall be so construed tended to as to embrace within the incorporation the exempt as well men. as the active firemen of said city, and both the exempt and active members of said department shall be entitled equally to all benefits arising under the provisions of the same. 2. And be it enacted, That the exempt firemen's association Exempt fireof said city shall be entitled to two representatives, with the to represen same powers and subject to the same provisions as the other representatives of said department as provided for in the second section of said act; the first election of said two representatives to be held on or before the third Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 3. And be it enacted, That in all elections hereafter to take Election of place under the provisions of said act for president, vicepresident, treasurer, secretary, collector, and trustees, said election shall be made from the whole body of firemen and such as have served the term prescribed by law to entitle them to an exemption from farther fire, jury, or military duty in time of peace. officers. children of 4. And be it enacted, That the widows and children of Widows and exempt firemen who are or who may hereafter become exempt fire men entitled indigent, shall be entitled to the same benefits that active to benefits. firemen or their families are now or may hereafter be enti tled to under the original act, or the constitution and bylaws regulating the same. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 26, 1858. Boundaries of district. CHAPTER LXVI. AN ACT to erect part of the township of Princeton, in the county of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Princeton, in the county of Mercer, embraced within the following boundaries, namely: the northern boundary, being the northern boundary of the borough of Princeton, the eastern boundary, being the eastern boundary of the borough of Princeton, and the same continued in the same direction south to the Delaware and Raritan canal, the southern boundary, being the Delaware and Raritan canal, and the western boundary, being the western boundary of the borough of Princeton, and the same continued in the same direction south to the Delaware and Raritan canal, be and the same is hereby erected into a permanent school district, and shall not be subject to alteration by the town superintendent of public schools for the township of Princeton. education. 2. And be it enacted, That the said district shall be under Board of the direction of a board, to be styled "The Board of Education," which shall consist of five members, three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and that Richard S. Field, James M. Macdonald, Oliver H. Bartine, John T. Duffield, and Martin Voorhees, shall compose the first board of education, and shall hold their office until the third Monday of April next. board of 3. And be it enacted, That the taxable inhabitants of said Election of district shall, at their annual meeting on the third Monday education. of April next, elect by a plurality of votes, five discreet and suitable persons, being residents and tax payers in said district, to be members of the said board of education, one to hold his office for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years; and on the third Monday of April in each and every year thereafter, one member of the said board shall be elected, to hold his office for five years; and in case of any vacancy in said board, the same shall be filled by the election of a member to hold for the unexpired term; provided, that the Proviso. board may fill a vacancy by choosing a member to hold his office until the next annual meeting: and for the more orderly conducting of said elections, it shall-be the duty of the said board of education to appoint three suitable persons inspectors of said election, within ten days preceding any such election. All such elections shall be by ballot, and notice in writing of the time and place of holding the same shall be given by the said board of education, a copy of which notice shall be set up in three of the most public places in said district, at least ten days previous thereto. board. 4. And be it enacted, That the said board of education Officers of shall elect annually one of their number for president, one for secretary, and one for treasurer. The treasurer shall execute a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, in such form and with such sureties as the said board shall approve. porated. 5. And be it enacted, That the said board of education, Board incorand their successors in office, shall be and the same are Duties and powers of board. 1 District meeting rize board to purchase land, &c. hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of "The Board of Education of Princeton, in the county of Mercer," and shall be capable of suing and being sued, of making and using a common seal, of taking and holding such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the purposes of this act, and of disposing of the same, and of taking, holding, and disposing of any other estate, real or personal, that may be devised, bequeathed, or given to them for the use of public schools in said district. 6. And be it enacted, That the said board of education shall have the entire control and management of all the public schools within the said district, and all the property belonging to the same; they shall keep the school buildings properly repaired and furnished, and select and employ suitable teachers, and fix their compensation: they shall require one of the members of said board to visit each school in said district, at least once in each week, to render 'such assistance to the teachers, and advice to the pupils, as they may deem necessary and to see that the rules and regulations are strictly enforced. 7. And be it enacted, That whenever in the opinion of the may autho said board of education it shall become necessary to purchase land whereon to erect a school house, or to build or enlarge a school house, or to expend in repairs a larger sum in any one year than one hundred dollars, or to pay existing debts, or to dispose of or mortgage a school house, or to raise by taxation additional money for the support of public schools in said district, it shall be the duty of the board to report the same to the annual district meeting, with the facts and circumstances showing such necessity; and it shall be lawful for the said meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of those present, to authorize the said board of education to purchase said land, or to build, enlarge, repair, sell, or mortgage a school house, and to raise by taxation such sums of money as may be necessary for any of these purposes, and also to raise by taxation such sums as may be necessary for the support of public schools, in addition to the money apportioned to said district; and in case any money shall be ordered, by a vote of two-thirds of said meeting, to be raised by taxation, it shall be the duty of the said board of education to make out a certificate thereof, signed by the president and secretary, and deliver the same to the assessor or assessors of the township of Princeton; which said assessor or assessors shall assess on the estates of the inhabitants of said district, and on all lands liable to be taxed therein, in the same manner as township taxes are assessed, such sum of money as shall have been ordered to be raised by the said meeting in the manner aforesaid, and shall pay over the said sum of money when raised, to the treasurer of the board of education, upon the order of said board signed by the president and secretary. perintend over money. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the school School susuperintendent of the township of Princeton to pay over to ent to pay the treasurer of the said board of education, upon the order of the board, signed by the president and secretary, all the moneys to which the said district shall be entitled, as soon as practicable after they have been received by him. colored chil provided. 9. And be it enacted, That there shall be provided and School for kept a public school or schools for the education of colored dren to be children resident within said district, subject in all things to the control of the said board of education, as the schools herein before provided for are subject. make out list of chil dren. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Board to board of education, within twenty days after their election, to make out a list of all the children capable of attending school, between the ages of five and eighteen years, within their said district, together with the names of the parents or guardians of such children, and to transmit the same to the town superintendent of the township of Princeton, in the same manner as the trustees of the several school districts in the state are by law required to do. make an 11. And be it enacted, That the said board of education Board to shall call an annual district meeting on the third Monday nual report. of April in each and every year, by a notice in writing of the time and place of such meeting, a copy of which shall be set up in three of the most public places in the said dis |
