UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW LIBRARY Afew Jersey jScl^ool I or any board of trustees or other school officers, to with- 77 and 92, pp. ' hold from any officer or district, or teacher, that part ol l$\ ' '""' the state appropriation derived from the revenue of the state, until such officer, district or teacher shall have complied with the provisions of this act and its supple- ments relating to his, its or their duties, and with all the 6 SCHOOL LAW. [See SPC.-77, page 28..] Blanks and forms, how fur- nished. To decide dis- putes. To collect liiMika and up paratus, To preserve school docu- ments. 1 >ffice seal. rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof by the state board of education ; he shall forbid the payment of said part of the state appropriation to any district in which the school or schools have not been kept according to law, or in which a public school has not been kept for at least five [nine] months during the year next preced- ing the demand for payment. 12. He shall prepare, and cause to be printed, suitable forms for making all reports and conducting all neces- sary proceedings under the school laws of this state, and shall transmit them to the local school officers and teachers; he shall cause all school laws to be printed in pamphlet form, and shall annex thereto forms for making reports and conducting school business. 1& He shall decide, subject to appeal to the state board of education, and without cost to the parties, all contro- versies or disputes that may arise under the school laws of the state or under the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board of education ; the facts of which con- troversies or disputes shall be made known to him by written statements by the parties thereto, verified by oath or affirmation, if required, and accompanied by certified copies of all documents necessary to a full understanding of the question in dispute ; and his decision shall be bind- ing until a different decision shall be given by the state board of education. 14. He shall preserve in his ofiice such school books, apparatus, maps, charts, works on education, plans for school buildings, and other articles of interest to school officers or teachers, as may be secured without expense to the state. 15. He shall file all school reports of this state and of other states which may be sent to his ofiice, and shall keep a record of all the acts connected with his official duties, and preserve copies of all the decisions given by him. 16. He shall provide a seal, with suitable device, for SCHOOL LAW. use in his office, bv which all his official acts' and deci- sions may be authenticated. 17. He shall report to the state board of education, at Annual report, its annual meeting in December of each year, a statement of the condition of the public schools and of all the educa- tional institutions receiving support from the state, which report shall contain full statistical tables of all items con- nected with the cause of education that may be of interest to the school officers or people of the state, together with such plans and suggestions for the improvement of the schools and the advancement of public instruction in the state as he shall deem expedient. 18. He shall, at the expiration of his term of office, Deliver proper- t • • «* ■ i i n ty to successor. deliver to his successor his official seal, together With all property, books and documents, maps, records, reports and other papers belonging to his office, or which may have been received by him for the use of his office. 18a. He shall (unless the state board of education shall, Power of with- for good cause shown, otherwise direct,) have power, and moneys. °[See it shall be his duty, to direct and cause the county collec- 77°and 9-2, pp. ' tor of any county to withhold from any county superin- j^,] ' 28 aud tendent any portion of his salary until he has fully com- plied with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, or any of its supplements, relating to his duties ; and (unless the state board of education shall, for good cause shown, otherwise direct,) it shall be his duty to direct and cause the county superintendent of any county, or any board of trustees or school officers, to with- hold from any officer, or district, or teacher, that part of the state appropriation derived from the revenue of the state, until such officer, district or teacher shall have complied with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, or any of its supplements, relating to his, its or their duties, and with all the rules and regulations made in pursuance of any of these acts by the state board of education ; and by and with the advice and consent of the state board of education, he shall have power, and it SCHOOL LAW. shall be his duty, to suspend or revoke the license of any teacher when the county superintendent shall make for- mal report that such teacher does not possess the attain- ments or qualifications which are essential to his office, or that the school, or department of a school, under the charge of such teacher, is suffering from his or her incom- petency, or from his or her failure or inability to govern or instruct the children who are under his or her care. C. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. County super- 19. The state board of education shall appoint for each lntendent, how ., , . , . , . . „ appointed. county one person, as provided m the fourth provision of section two, of suitable attainments, as the county super- intendent of the public schools for that county, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board, not to exceed Proviso. f] ie t e rm of three years ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent his reappointment. Appointment 19a. The state board of education shall appoint the to be approved . , . , ... by board of county superintendents of the several counties in the state, subject to the approval of the board of chosen free- holders of the several counties ; but in all cases where a month elapses and no action is taken by any board of chosen freeholders approving or disapproving, then the appointments made by the state board shall be valid without such approval. Salary of Coun- 20. The yearly salary of the county superintendent ty Superintend- J J J J r out. [Seesee. shall be at the rate of ten cents for each child in the county between the ages of five and eighteen, as ascer- tained from the last annual report of the state superin- tendent, which salary shall be paid by the county collec- Proviso. tor, on the warrant of the state superintendent ; provided, that the salary shall in no case be less than five hundred dollars, nor more than twelve hundred dollars ; and pro- Proviso. vided, that in case any city shall have a city superintend- ent of schools, who is not also the county superintendent, the children belonging to such city shall not be counted SCHOOL LAW. 9 in determining the salary of the county superintendent, and the supervision of the schools oi said city, which would otherwise belong to the county superintendent, shall devolve upon the city superintendent. 20a. In order to enable county superintendents of Expense* of schools to discharge their duties with greater efficiency; intendents. they shall receive annually, in addition to the salary now allowed them, such sums as they may need to pay the actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties, which sums shall be paid by the col- lector of the county, on the order of the state superin- tendent of public instruction ; provided, that no such order Proviso, shall be given in favor of any county superintendent until such county superintendent shall have furnished the state board of education a certified statement under oath, by items, of the expenses he has incurred, and that, during the year for which such order is drawn, he has performed faithfully all the duties imposed by the school law and by the regulations of the state board of educa- tion ; and jrrovided further, that in no case shall the ex- proviso, penses aforesaid exceed three hundred dollars annually ; and after the passage of this act the salaries received by Salary, the county superintendents shall be determined by the school census report for the year eighteen hundred and seventy. 21. The county superintendent shall apportion annu- Apportionment by County Su- eriu.tend.pnt. ally among the several townships of his county, and to the city or cities therein, not included in said townships, gf® 3^ 81 ' B under the direction of the board of chosen freeholders, the school moneys belonging to said county, in the ratio of the number of children between the ages of five and eighteen, as ascertained by the last preceding annual repori of the state superintendent of public instruction. 22. Pie shall further apportion among the several Apportionment school districts of each township the state appropriation P erfntendent. U to which they are entitled, together with the township JJJJ^ 81 ' appropriation, in the ratio of the number of children 10 SCHOOL LAW. between the ages of five and eighteen, as reported by the district clerk. County Super 23. He shall issue orders on the county collector in interulent to . J issue orders, favor of each township collector and of each city trea- page 30.] ' surer, for that portion of the state appropriation to which said township or city is entitled ; and shall file with each township collector and the clerk of each school district in any township, a copy of the apportionment of the town- ship school funds made by him for said township, within twenty days after making said apportionment. License teach- 24. He shall examine and license teachers, fix the ers. and change . . . .,.. ,.., , . ,.. district bounds, boundaries oi school districts, divide and unite districts, form new districts, provide for graded schools, and dis- charge other duties of general supervision and superin- tendence over the public schools of the county, in accord- ance with the regulations prescribed from time to time by the state board of education ; but no school district shall hereafter be formed which shall contain less than seventy-five children between five and eighteen years of age ; and each incorporated city or town shall hereafter constitute but one school district for all school purposes, and such consolidated district shall hold all the property, and be liable for all the lawful debts of the district so consolidated. Appointment of 25. He shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to appoint trustees for any district which, for any cause, fails to elect at the regular time ; to appoint trustees to fill vacancies ; to appoint the first trustees for any new Proviso. district ; provided, however, that when a new district is organized, such of the trustees of the old district as reside within the limits of the new one shall be trustees of the new one, and the vacancy in the old district shall be filled by his appointment. Power of with- 26. He shall have power to withhold that part of the moneys. [See state appropriation derived from the revenue of the state, 77 C aDd92!p , p 8a f rom an y district in which the inhabitants fail to provide 36^ 28 a su ^able school building and outhouses, or in which the SCHOOL LAW. 11 existing buildings shall be pronounced by him and a majority of the trustees unfit for use ; and for that pur- pose he may serve a notice on the township collector to withhold the payment of the same from such district. 27. It shall be the duty of the countv superintendent, Appointment . . " . . of Btudents for at sucli time and place as the state superintendent may Agricultural appoint, to examine such candidates for state scholarships at the agricultural college, as may present themselves, and the candidates shall be subjected to such examina- tion as the faculty of the said college and the state super- intendent shall prescribe; and the candidates who shall receive certificates of appointment to the agricultural college in any one county, shall be those who obtain, on such examination, the highest average for scholarship ; end the number of certificates thus granted shall in no case exceed the number of state scholarships to which such county is entitled. 28. In all controversies arising under the school law To give advice the opinion and advice of the county superintendent shall first be sought, and from him appeal may be made, if necessary, to the state superintendent of public instruc- tion. 29. The county and city superintendents shall together state Associa- constitute an association, to be called " The State Associ- superintend- ation of School Superintendents," which association shall eut8 ' meet annually, at such times and places as the state board of education may appoint, and at such other times as they may agree upon. 30. Each county superintendent, and each city super- Annual report intendent, on or before the first of October of each year, city Supenn" shall make an annual report to the state superintendent, tendent8 - in the manner and form prescribed by him ; which report shall specifically set forth any and all such facts within his purview as touch and describe the location and capacity of each school healthfully to accommodate the pupils in attendance, to the end that a full observation may be deduced, favorable or otherwise, as to an ample 12 SCHOOL LAW. supply of sittings, suitability of conveniences, eligibility of position, attention to ventilation, and as to all such other pertinent subjects as may clearly and fully exhibit the sanitary condition of the public schools under his official inspection. D. — SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Trustees, when 31. An annual meeting for the election of school trus- e'i' tees shall be held in each district on the first Monday in September of each year, at the district school house, if there be one, and, if there be none, at a place to be desig- nated by the district clerk, who shall post notices thereof, specifying the da}', time, object and place of such meet- ing, in at least three public places in the district, one of which shall be at the school house, if there be one, at least five da}^ previous to the time of meeting ; the voters shall be legal voters of the district, and a plurality of votes shall elect ; and no person shall be eligible to the office of trustee unless he is a resident in the district ; and further, no person shall be eligible to the office of school trustee unless he or she can read or write ; but women who are residents in the district, and over the age of twenty-one years, shall also be eligible to the office of school trustee, and may hold such office, and perform the duties of the same, when duly elected by the legal voters of the district. Meetings of 31a. The township boards of trustees of the several boards'. P townships of this state shall meet semi-annually, at such times and places as the county superintendent may ap- point. TermofTrus- 32. In all districts, in which elections have been pre- viously held, one trustee shall be elected for the term of three years, and if there are vacancies to be filled a suffi- cient number shall be elected to fill them for the unex- pired terms. 33. In new districts acting under trustees appointed by tees SCHOOL LAW. 13 the county superintendent, three trustees shall be elected Trustee* for 1 • 1 i -new districts. for one, two and three years, respectively ; the term ol office of any trustee which would otherwise expire in April of any year, shall expire on the first Monday in September of the same year. 34. Each board of trustees shall, within ten davs after District cierk, how elected. the annual election, meet at the school house, or at some other convenient place, and proceed to elect one of their number clerk of the board, who shall be known and referred to as " district clerk ;" and on their failure to do so the county superintendent shall appoint said clerk. 35. He shall record, in a suitable book, all proceed- Duties of Dis- i tnc * Clerk. ings of the board, and of the annual school meetings, and of special school meetings, and pay out, by orders on the township collectors, in the manner prescribed by law, all school moneys of the district received from the -state, township or district; he shall keep a correct and detailed account of all expenditures of school moneys in his dis- trict, and report the same to the county superintendent, and also to the township committee; at each annual school meeting he shall present his record book and his accounts for public inspection, and shall make a state- ment of the financial condition of the district and of the action of the trustees. 36. He shall take annually, in the month of August, School census. between the first and twentieth day of said month, an exact census of all children residing in the district between the ages of five and eighteen, not including the children who may be inmates of poorhouses, asylums or almshouses, and shall specify the names and ages of such children, and the names of their parents or guardians (all children who may be absent from home, attending col- leges, boarding schools, and private seminaries of learn- ing, shall be included in the census list of the city; town or district in which their parents or guardians reside, and not be taken by the district clerk of the city, town or dis- trict where they may be attending such institutions of 14 SCHOOL LAW. learning) ; and that he shall make a full report thereof, Oathoraffir- verified by him under oath or affirmation, that the same sec!'99,' page 6 i s correct and true, on the blanks furnished for that pur- 37 •] pose, to the county superintendent, on or before the first day of September next after his appointment, and keep a copy of the same for the use of the school trustees, and shall receive for his services such compensation as the board of trustees may allow. Fuel and sup- 37. He shall keep the school buildings in repair ; he shall provide the necessary fuel, and obtain for the schools such supplies of crayons for blackboards, for the use of the pupils, as are necessary in carrying out the course of study prescribed therein ; which repairs and supplies shall be paid for out of the moneys raised by the district. Name and 38. Every school district shall be known bv the name immber of die- , . . 1 . . , acta and number assigned to it by the county superintendent* in accordance with the general regulations of the state board of education, and the trustees thereof shall be a body corporate, to be called and known by the name of " The Trustees of School District Number , in the County of ," and shall be capable of suing and being sued in all courts and places whatever, and of pur- chasing, holding and convejnng real and personal pro- perty for the use and benefit of the schools of such dis- trict, and may have a corporate seal. Powers of 39. The board of trustees of any school district shall have power, and it shall be their duty : I. To employ and dismiss teachers, janitors, mechanics and laborers, and to fix, alter, allow and order paid their salaries and compensations ; II. To make and enforce rules and regulations, not in conflict with the general regulations of the state board of education, for the government of schools, pupils and teachers ; III. To erect, enlarge, repair or improve school build- ings, and purchase, lease, mortgage or sell school lots or school houses; to borrow money with or without mort- Truslees. SCHOOL LAW. 15 gage, and to raise money by taxation for any such pur- pose, or to pay debts incurred therefor, or for the current expenses of any schools ; provided, that for any such acts Proviso, they shall have the previous authority of a vote of the district ; IV. To rent, furnish and repair school buildings, and keep the same insured ; V. To purchase personal property, and to receive, lease and hold in fee, in trust for their district, any and all real or personal property, for the benefit of the schools thereof; VI. To enforce the regulations prescribed by the state board of education, and, in connection with the county superintendent, to prescribe the course of study to be pur- sued, and a uniform series of text-books to be used in the achool or schools under their charge ; VII. To suspend or expel pupils from school ; VIII. To provide books for indigent children ; IX. To require all pupils to be furnished with suitable books, as a condition of membership in the school ; X. To require every teacher to keep a state school register ; XL To call a special meeting of the legal voters of the district at any time when, in the judgment of said trus- tees, the interests of the school may require it, which meeting shall be called in the manner provided in section eighty-[six] of this act for calling the annual district meet- ing, and no business shall be transacted at such special meeting except such as has been set forth in the notices by which said meeting was called ; XII. To permit a school house to be used for other than school purposes when a majority of the trustees present shall so agree, at a meeting regularly called for that purpose ; XIII. To make an annual report, on or before the first of September, to the county superintendent, in the man- 16 SCHOOL LAW. ner and form prescribed by the state superintendent of public instruction. Meetings of 40. The district trustees of each township shall together Boards of ^ constitute an association, to be called "The Township st"'Vi'^ page 6 Board of Trustees;" said board shall meet at such times and places as the county superintendent may appoint, for the purpose of hearing from him communications and suggestions in regard to the management of the schools, and of submitting to him questions for advice or opinion relating to the same. E. TEACHERS. school register, /j.;^ Every teacher of a public school shall keep a school how kept. ^ r x register in the manner provided therefor, and no salary shall be paid to such teacher until said register is exhib- ited to the district clerk or other officer authorized to make payment, and until said officer finds, by examina- tion, that the register has been properly kept for the time for which salary is demanded, and enters upon the regis- ter a certificate to that effect. School register 42. Every teacher who shall leave a school before the trict'cierk. 13 close of the school year shall, at the time of leaving, make to the county superintendent a report of the school for all that portion of the current school year that the school has been in his or her charge, and shall, at the same time, give a duplicate of said report, and surrender the school register to the district clerk ; and any teacher who may be teaching any school at the close of the school year shall, in his or her annual report, include all the statis- tics from the school register for the entire school year, notwithstanding any previous report for a part of the year; no school money shall be paid to any teacher for the last month of his or her services, until the report herein required shall have been made and received, and Proviso. the register exhibited ; provided, that in graded schools, in which there are more teachers than one, the principal SCHOOL LAW. 17 teacher alone shall be responsible for the school report and register. 43. No teacher shall be entitled to any salary unless Teachers cer- such teacher shall be the holder of a proper teacher's cer- tificate in full force and effect. 44. In every contract, whether written or verbal, be- School mouth tween any teacher and board of trustees, a school month shall be construed and taken to be twenty school days, or four weeks of five school days each ; and no teacher shall be required to teach school on Christmas day, the first day of January, the fourth day of July, and such days of fasting or thanksgiving as may be appointed by the president of the United States or the governor of this state ; and no deduction from the teacher's time or wages shall be made by reason of the fact that a school day happens to be one of the days referred to in this section ; any contract made in violation of this section shall have no force or effect as against the teacher. 45. Every teacher shall have power to hold every pupil Teacher's au- accountable, in school, for any disorderly conduct on the \>up\\l ° way to or from school, or on the play grounds of the school, or during recess, and to suspend from school any pupil for good cause; provided, that such suspension shall Proviso. be reported by the teacher to the trustees as soon as prac- ticable ; and if such action is not sustained by them, the teacher may appeal to the county superintendent, whose decision shall be final. 46. In case of the dismissal of any teacher before the Dismissal of expiration of any contract entered into between such teachci ' teacher and trustees, the teacher shall have the right of appeal to the county superintendent, and if the county superintendent shall decide that the removal was made without good cause, said teacher shall be entitled to com- pensation for the full time for which the contract was made; but it shall be optional with the trustees whether he or she shall or shall not teach for the unexpired term. 2 18 SCHOOL LAW. F. — PUPILS. Pupils to sub- 47. The pupils of the public schools shall comply with of teacher. the regulations established in pursuance of law for the government of such schools ; shall pursue the course of study and use the series of text-books prescribed by the trustees and county superintendent, and shall submit to the authority of the teachers ; continued and wilful dis- obedience, or open defiance of the authority of the teacher, the use of habitual profanity or obscene language, shall constitute good cause for suspension or expulsion from school ; any pupil who shall in any way cut, deface or otherwise injure any school house, fences or outbuildings thereof, shall be liable to suspension and punishment, and the parents of such pupil shall be liable for damages to the amount of injury, on complaint of the teacher, the amount to be determined by the trustees, and collected by the district clerk, by an action in debt therefor, in any court having jurisdiction, in his name as district clerk, together with the costs of said action. G. — BOARDS OF EXAMINERS. state Board of 48. There shall be a state board of examiners, consist- Esaminers. ^^ ^ ^_ e s tate superintendent of public instruction and the principal of the state normal school; they shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to hold examinations of teachers, and to grant state certificates, or revoke the same, under such rules and regulations as the state board of education may prescribe ; and a certificate thus granted shall entitle the holder, without further examination, to teach in any part of the state, so long as the certificate remains valid by the terms thereof, and in any school not of a higher grade than that for which the certificate represents him as qualified. County Boards 49. There shall be in each county a county board of of Examiners. exam j nerSj w hi c h shall be composed of the county super- SCHOOL LAW. 19 intendent, who shall, ex officio, be chairman, and of a number of teachers, not to exceed three, to be appointed by hirn, who shall hold office for one year from the time of their respective appointments; but no person shall be appointed as county examiner unless he holds either a state or a first grade county certificate ; the county super. intendent shall fill vacancies that occur from absence or other causes, but if he cannot find any teacher in his county qualified, under the provisions of this section, willing to serve, he shall conduct the examination him- self; the board shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the chairman, and shall hold a session at least as often as once in every three months, and at the place and during the session of any teachers' institute held in the count} r ; each member of the board except the county superintendent, shall be paid for his services, in addition to his traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding three dollars for each session of said board, to be paid by the county collector on the order of the county superintendent; provided, that this compensation shall be Proviso, paid only for the regular quarterly examinations; and that whenever said board shall hold sessions at any other time, no compensation shall be allowed from the county ; but in cases of such special examinations, said board may charge each applicant an examination fee not exceeding- two dollars ; the county board of examiners shall have power to conduct examinations and to grant certificates of different grades, in accordance with the general regu- lations on the subject prescribed by the state board of education, and the highest grade of certificate thus granted shall entitle the holder, without further examination, to teach in any part of the state so long as this certificate remains valid, and in any school not of a higher grade than that for which the certificate represents the holder as qualified ; any county certificate lower than the high- est grade will only entitle the holder to teach a school of 20 SCHOOL LAW. a corresponding grade in the county, for which such cer- tificate was granted. City Boards of 50. In every city having a board of education governed by special laws, there shall be a city board of examiners, to consist of such members as said board of education of that city may appoint; said examiners shall have power, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the city board of education, to grant certificates of qualification, which shall be valid for all schools of that city ; and no teacher shall be employed in any of the schools of that city unless possessing such certificate, or a state certificate, nor in any school of a higher grade than that for which said certificate represents the holder to be qualified ; any city board of examiners may recognize the certificates of any other city, and, without examination, issue to the holders certificates of a corresponding grade. h. — SCHOOLS. State Normal School. Normal School. 51. There shall be a normal school, or seminary, for the training and education of teachers in the art of in- structing and governing the common schools of this state, the object of which normal school or seminary shall be the training and education of its pupils in such branches of knowledge, and such methods of teaching and govern- ing, as will qualify them for teachers of our common schools. Trustees how 52. There shall be a board of trustees of said normal school, to consist of two trustees from each congressional district ; the trustees already appointed shall continue in office severally for the terms for which they have been appointed, namely, seven whose terms expire in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and seven whose terms expire in eighteen hundred and seventy-five; and annually thereafter, in the place of those whose terms are about to SCHOOL LAW. 21 expire, the governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint, one trustee of said school from each congressional district, to hold office severally for the term of two years and until their successors are appointed, so that there shall always be two trustees from each congressional district ; and in case of any vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, a suc- cessor for the unexpired term shall in like manner be appointed ; the state superintendent of public instruction shall be, ex officio, a member of said board of trustees. 53. The said trustees shall receive no compensation for Compensation. their services, but the expenses necessarily incurred by them in the discharge of their duties shall be defrayed out of the funds hereinafter appropriated for the support of said school. 54. To the said board of trustees shall be committed Supervision of the control and use of the buildings and grounds owned l and used by the state for the use of the normal school, the application of the funds for the support thereof, the appointment of teachers and the power of removing the same, the power to prescribe the studies and exercises of the school and rules for its management ; to grant diplo- mas ; to appoint some suitable person treasurer of the board, and to frame and modify, at pleasure, such by-laws as they may deem necessa^ for their own government ; and they shall report annually to the legislature their own doings and the progress and condition of the school. 55. The number of pupils shall not exceed three for Number of each member of the senate and general assembly, and 1 '" 1 "" each county shall be entitled to fill three times as many seats in the school as it has representatives in the legisla- ture; the applicants shall give, on admission, a written declaration, signed with their own hands, that their objed in seeking admission to the school is to qualify themselves for the employment of public school teachers, and that it is their intention to engage in that employment in this state lor at least two years. 22 SCHOOL LAW. Scholarship fund. Proviso. Proviso. Pupils, how ad mitted. 55a. The applicants for admission to the normal school shall give, on admission, a written obligation, signed by their own hands, that their object in seeking admission to the school is to qualify themselves for the employment of public school teachers, and that it is their intention to engage in that employment in this state for at least two years, or refund to the state the cost of their tuition ; and, in addition to the annual sum appropriated to the sup- port of the normal school, there is hereby appropriated annually the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of the state in like manner, which shall constitute a scholarship fund, to be applied as follows : there shall be fifty scholarships of one hundred dollars each, two of which shall be allotted to each county, to be competed for by the pupils in the normal school from that county, and the remainder shall be open to free com- petition by pupils in the normal school from the state at large; the competitive examinations above mentioned shall be conducted by the principal of the state normal school and his assistants ; fyrovided, that scholarships shall be awarded to those pupils only who shall first enter into a satisfactory bond to the treasurer of the state, obligating themselves to teach in the public schools of this state for the term of five consecutive years, or to refund the amount paid them upon a failure to do so from any cause save continued sickness or death ; provided, that until such system of scholarships shall be perfected by the board of trustees of the state normal school, said scholar's life fund shall be paid toward and for such purposes connected with the state normal school and boarding house property belonging to the state as, in the judgment of said trustees, will be for the best interest of the state and the advantage of the cause of education. 56. At the opening of each term of the normal school, the principal, with his assistants, shall proceed to examine applicants, and to admit to the school such as appear to SCHOOL LAW. 23 be possessed of the proper qualification, to the number to which each county may be entitled. 57. In case any county is not fully represented, addi- 7*°*?$*?' tional candidates may be admitted from other counties, on sustaining the requisite examination. 58. The board of trustees shall appoint and procure the Teachers, how number of teachers which may be necessaiy to carry out, appoin L in the best and highest sense, the purposes and designs of this act, and shall furnish for the use of the pupils the necessary apparatus and text-books, so far as the funds hereafter to be named and appropriated for the support of the school will allow ; and the tuition in the normal school shall be gratuitous. 59. The board of trustees are authorized to maintain a Model School. model school, under permanent teachers, in which the pupils of the normal school shall have opportunity to observe and practice the modes of instruction and disci- pline inculcated in the normal school, and in which pupils may be prepared for the normal school. 60. For the support of the normal school, and to carry Appropriation. out the purpose and designs of this act, there is appropri- ated hereby the annual sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of the state upon the war- rant of the comptroller. 60a. The school year, so far as regards the state normal school year for school, shall hereafter terminate on the last day of June. Normal Sch ° o1 - Graded Schools. 61. Any two or more districts, by a majority vote of the Graded schools inhabitants at a meeting regularly called or advertised by ed. W the county superintendent, or superintendents of the counties or county in which said districts are situated, may cause to be established and maintained a graded school, which shall be entitled, according to the number of children in attendance, to its proper share of the state appropriation and of the township school taxes belonging 24 SCHOOL LAW. to the districts which have caused said graded school to be erected ; and a school thus established shall be gov- erned by a joint board, combined of the trustees of the combining districts, and subject to such regulations as they may prescribe. District Schools. Suitable school buildings re- quired. Time schools must be main- tained. [See sec. 77, patre 29.1 Proviso. School year. 62. The inhabitants of every school district shall be required to provide a suitable school building and out- houses for the accommodation of their children ; and in case such buildings are not provided, or those already in use sTiall be pronounced by the county superintendent and a majority of the trustees of said district, unfit for the purposes for which they are applied, such district shall be deprived of the benefit of that part of the state appropri- ation derived from the revenues of the state until suitable buildings shall be erected. 68. No school district shall be entitled to receive any part of the school appropriation which shall not have maintained a public school for at least five months during the then next preceding school year; provided, that any new district, or a district in which the school is discon- tinued on account of the repairing of an old or the erec- tion of a new school building, shall not be deprived of its full share of the public school funds on account of the restrictions of this section. 64. The school year shall begin on the first day of Sep- tember and end on the last day of August. I. — REVENUE AND APPORTIONMENT. Trustees of School Fund. State Appropriations. 65. The governor of this state, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of assembly, the attorney general, the secretary of state and the comptroller, and SCHOOL LAW. 25 their successors in office, be and they are hereby consti- tuted and appointed trustees of the fund for the support of public schools in this state, arising either from appro- priations heretofore made, or which may hereafter be made by law, or which may arise from the gift., grant, bequest or devise of any person or persons whatsoever, which trustees shall be known by the name, style and title of " The Trustees for the Support of Public Schools ;" provided, that it shall not be lawful for any teacher, trustee Proviso. or trustees to introduce into or have performed in any school receiving its proportion of the public money, any religious service, ceremony or forms whatsoever, except reading the Bible and repeating the Lord's Prayer. 66. The public stocks and moneys heretofore appropri- School fund, ated by law shall constitute the funds in the hands of thetuted. trustees appointed by the foregoing section of this act, and shall be held by the said trustees in trust, the interest and dividends arising therefrom to be applied by the said trustees, or a majority of them, for the support of public schools in this state, in the mode now prescribed or here- after to be prescribed by any act or acts of the legislature, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. 67. All moneys hereafter received from the sales and Money derived rentals of the land under water belonging to this state, iZds*fldded to shall be paid over to the trustees of the school funds and achoal fund- appropriated for the support of free public schools, and shall be held by them in trust for that purpose, and shall be invested by the treasurer of the state, under their direction, in the same manner as the funds now held by them are invested ; the same to constitute a part of the permanent school fund of the state, and the interest thereof to be applied to the support of public schools, in the mode which now is, c*r hereafter may be, directed by law, and to no other use or purpose whatever; and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. 68. All leases which shall hereafter be made of lands 26 SCHOOL LAW. Money derived belonging to the state, now or formerly lying under added to school water, or which have been made since the sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be trans- ferred to the trustees of the school fund of this state, and become a portion of the free school fund ; and that the annual income arising from said leases shall be distrib- uted by the said trustees for the support of free public schools, in the same manner that other moneys are now distributed for that purpose, investment of 69. The fund above mentioned, together with all the moneys which shall be received by the treasurer in pay- ment of the principal or interest of the bank or turnpike stock belonging to the fund for the support of free schools, all the taxes which may hereafter be received into the treasury from any of the banking and insurance compa- nies in this state, the capital stock of which now is, or hereafter may be, liable by law to be taxed, all appropri- ations to said funds made or to be made by any law of this state, and the amount of all gifts, grants, bequests or devises hereafter made by any person or persons to the said trustees for the purposes contemplated by this act, shall be invested by the treasurer of this state, under the direction of the said trustees, or a majority of them, in the bonds of the United States or of New Jersey, or in bonds secured by mortgage en land in New Jersey, the interest thereof to be applied to the support of the public schools, in the mode which now is or may hereafter be directed by law, and to no other use or purpose whatso- ever; an account of the management of the said fund shall be laid before the legislature with the annual state- ment of the treasurer's account; and no compensation shall be paid to said trustee or treasurer for any services performed in pursuance of the directions of this act; and all investments of money and property belonging to said fund now held or existing in the name of " The Trustees for the Support of Free Schools," are hereby and shall hereafter be vested in and held, and any proceedings or SCHOOL LAW. 27 action whatever relative thereto may be taken, had, made and maintained bv said trustees, in the name of the trus- tees for the support of public schools. 70. The treasurer of this state, under the direction of Loans for " The Trustees for the Support of Free Schools," is author- houses" ' ized to invest the fund for the support of public schools in this state, in addition to the securities mentioned in the preceding section of this act, in the bonds of the sev- eral school districts of this state, and in the bonds of any city or municipality of this state, legally issued for the purpose of building school houses, either b\ T authority of special acts of the legislature or by the consent of the inhabitants of the district, as hereafter herein provided for. 71. The treasurer of this state shall annually make and Report con- furnish to the board of trustees for the support of public ft!nd. ng 8 schools, on the first day of the stated annual meeting of the legislature, and at such other times as the majority of the said trustees shall require the same, a particular state- ment of the school fund, containing an account of the securities belonging to said fund, with the dates of invest- ment, their value, and the interest arising from each denomination of securities, together with an account of the moneys in the treasury belonging to said fund. 72. The secretary of state is hereby constituted and Secretary. appointed secretary of the said board of trustees, whose duty it shall be to record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, the proceedings of the said board, and the ac- counts to be furnished by the treasurer as hereinbefore stated. 73. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the school Appropriation ^ of wctiool fund fund of this state, on or before the first Monday of April to school, in every year, to appropriate out of the annual income for the support of the public schools the sum of forty thou- sand dollurs ; and if the annual income of said fund shall not have been received ih full, or shall be insufficient for that purpose, then the said trustees are hereby authorized 28 SCHOOL LAW. Appropriation, how paid. and empowered to draw for any sum necessary to make up the deficiency, by warrant, signed by the comptroller, upon the treasurer of the state, who is directed to pay the same; which sum, so drawn from the treasury aforesaid, shall be replaced by the annual income of said school fund so soon as the same shall be received. Appropriation 74. From the revenue of the state the sum of sixty nue to schools, thousand dollars per annum shall be appropriated, in addition to the sum of forty thousand dollars from the annual income of the school fund, as mentioned in the preceding section of this act. 75. The trustees of the school fund of this state shall have authority to divide the aforesaid sum of one hun- dred thousand dollars into two or more annual install- ments, which shall be paid by the state treasurer to the several county collectors, on the warrants of the state comptroller. 76. For the purpose of defraying the expenses of teach- ers' institutes, the procuring of teachers and lecturers for said institutes, and other necessary expenses of the same,' the state superintendent of public schools may draw upon the treasurer of this state for a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for any one institute, and the said amount may be paid annually thereafter, in like manner, to one teachers' institute in any county, or in any two or more adjoining counties of this state, the same to be paid by the treasurer out of the revenue of the state. Teachers' In- stitutes. Taxation. Two mill tax, how assessed and collected. 77. For the purpose of maintaining free public schools there shall be assessed, levied and collected annually on the inhabitants of this state, and upon the taxable real and personal property therein, as exhibited by the last abstracts of ratables from the several counties, made out by the several boards of assessors, and filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, a state school tax of SCHOOL LAW. 29 two mills on each dollar of valuation contained in said abstracts, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner in which other state taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and shall be in lieu of all township school taxes imposed by this act ; but if the moneys received by any township from the tax imposed by this act shall not be sufficient to maintain free schools for at least nine months in each year, then School nine the inhabitants thereof shall raise by township tax such additional amount as they may need for that purpose, in Township the same manner as such taxes have heretofore been 8 ' raised ; and if the inhabitants of any township, at their annual town meeting, shall not provide for the raising of such necessary additional amount, then the county super- intendent of the county wherein such township is situ- ated shall, unless the state board of education shall, for good cause shown, otherwise direct, withhold from such township all that part of the state appropriation derived from the revenue of this state, and shall apportion and distribute the same among such of the townships in said county as shall have complied with the requirements of this act. 78. It shall be the duty of the comptroller aforesaid to Tax apportiou- apportiou the said tax, and at the rate aforesaid, among trailer and P A8. the several counties in proportion to the amount of tax-' able real and personal estate of said counties respectively, as shown by the abstracts respectively, as aforesaid ; and it shall be his further duty to transmit, on or before the first day of May of each year, to the county collector of each county, a statement of the amount of said tax appor- tioned to said county, and said county collector shall lay said statement before the board of assessors of the town- ships and wards within his county, at their next annual meeting to apportion the taxes among said townships and wards, and said assessors shall thereupon proceed to apportion said school taxes as other taxes are apportioned, and to assess the same according to law. eessors. 30 SCHOOL LAW. State tax, when paid. State Su perin tendent to ap- portion to counties. Proviso. Proviso County Super- intendents to apportion to townships and districts. Proviso. 79. It shall be the duty of the county collectors of the several counties of this state to pay to the treasurer of this state the quotas clue from their respective counties of the taxes imposed by this act, on or before the first day of January, annually, next ensuing the assessment thereof. 80. It shall be the duty of the state superintendent of public instruction, under the direction of the trustees of the school fund, on or before the first day of January of each and every year, to apportion the moneys received from the tax imposed by this act, among the several counties of this state, in proportion to the number of children included in the last published school census of the said counties respectively; provided, that all the children residing in fractional districts, situated in two or more adjoining counties, shall be included in the census of that county in which the fraction containing the school house is situated ; and it shall be his further duty, on or before the tenth day of January of each and every year, to draw orders on the comptroller of tlie treasury, and in favor of the county collectors, for the payment of the money thus apportioned, and the said county collectors shall apply for and be entitled to receive the moneys thus apportioned as soon as the orders for the same are re- ceived ; and provided further, that no portion of said moneys shall be apportioned to or be used for the support of sectarian schools. 81. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of each county to apportion to the several townships of his countv, and to the towns and cities therein not in- eluded in said township, and also to the several school districts, the state school money, together with the interest of the surplus revenue belonging to said county, and such other moneys as may be raised for school purposes, upon the basis of the last published school census; provided, that all the children residing in fractional districts sit- uated in two or more adjoining townships, shall, be included in the census of that township in which the SCHOOL LAW. . 81 fraction containing the school-house is situated; and pro- Proviso. vided also, that no districts, except those which have less than fortv-five children, shall receive less than three hundred and fifty dollars ; and it shall be his further duty, on or before the tenth day of February of each and every year, to draw orders on the county collector, and in favor of the township collectors and city treasurers of his county, for the payment of said moneys so apportioned, and said collectors and treasurers shall apply for and be entitled to receive the same as soon as such orders are received. 82. The state comptroller, annually, after having state Snperin- received from the state superintendent of public instruc-OTderain^vor tion a statement of the apportionment of the state appro- fectore Ilty Co ' priation among the several counties, shall draw his war- rant on the state treasurer in favor of the county collector of any county for the portions to which said county is entitled, whenever such county collector shall present an order for the same drawn by the state superintendent of public instruction in favor of such county. 83. The county collector of each county shall receive county Super- and hold in trust that part of the state appropriation JlSwoSlraSi belonging to his county, and shall pav out the same to fay°rofTown- , 8nl P Collectors. the collectors of the several townships, and to the city treasurer of the cities of his county, only on the orders of the county superintendent; provided, that in townships Proviso. where there are less than two hundred children between the ages of five and eighteen, the inhabitants may raise such a sum per child as will be sufficient to maintain their schools. 84. It shall be the duty of the township collector ofTownship Coi- each township to receive and hold in trust all school-school moneys moneys belonging to the township or to any of the dis- lntru8t ' tricts thereof, whether received from the state appropria- tion, from township or district tax, or from other sources, and to pay out the same only on the orders of the district clerks of the several districts of his township, which order 32 . SCHOOL LAW shall specify the object for which it is given, and shall be signed by at least one other trustee beside said clerk, and shall be made payable to the order of and be indorsed by the person entitled to receive it, and he shall, on the order of the township committee, pay over any balance of school funds remaining in his hands, to his successor To keep nc- in office, and he shall procure a suitable book, in which school* moneys, he shall keep a separate account with each school district in his township, crediting each with the amounts appor- tioned to it by the county superintendent, and the amount raised by tax in the district, and charging each with the orders paid for said district, and he shall pre- Reportto sent his accounts to be examined and settled by the Committee and township committee at the close of the year, a copy of to County Su- -yvhicli settlement, certified bv the committee, showing the penntendent. J o amounts received, the amounts expended by him for school purposes during the year (and the balance remain- ing in his hands) ; he shall transmit said copy within ten days to the county superintendent, and another copy of the same he shall file with the clerk of the township, and as compensation for such service the township collector Compensation, shall be entitled to receive three-fourths of one per centum on all school funds received and paid out by him, for such purposes during the year, to be paid by the township committee from the funds of the township. Fractional dis- 85. All school-moneys belonging to fractional districts shall be held, subject to the order of the trustees, by the collector of that township in which the fraction contain- ing the school-house is situated. Cities and dis- 86. In addition to the tax imposed by the seventy - schooi m tax ralSe seventh section of this act, each city and school district may raise by tax such other sums of mone} 7 as they may need for school purposes, in the following manner, unless otherwise authorized by any special act applicable to such city school district : The legal voters of such district are hereby authorized and required to meet on the Tuesday of the week follow- SCHOOL LAW. 33 ing the annual town meeting, for the purpose of deter- Annual district mining what additional school tax, if any, shall be levied dering school upon the district ; said meeting shall be held at some con- ax venient public place within the district, and notice thereof, setting forth the time, place, and object of such meeting and the amount of money desired to be raised, shall be given by the district clerk, and set up in at least three public places within the district, ten days before the day of meeting ; and the said inhabitants so met, shall have power, by the consent of a majority of those present, to authorize the trustees of said district to purchase land for school purposes, to build, enlarge, or repair a school- house or school-houses, and to borrow money therefor, or to sell or mortgage a school-house or school-houses, and to raise by taxation for these purposes, or to pay a debt of the district incurred for such purposes, and for the current expenses of the school or schools, such sum of money as a majority of the inhabitants so assembled shall agree to ; and in case any money shall be ordered, by a vote of a majority of said meeting, to be raised by taxa- tion, the district clerk shall make out and sign a certifi- cate thereof, under oath or affirmation, that the same is correct and true, and deliver the same to the assessor or assessors of the township or townships in which said dis- trict is situate, and to the county superintendent, which said assessor or assessors shall assess on the inhabitants of said school district and their estates, and the taxable property 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 said money shall be assessed, levied, and i collected at the time and in the manner that other town- ship moneys are assessed, levied, and collected; and it shall he the duty of the collector or collectors of the township or townships in which said district is situate, to pay over all moneys by him or them received, which shall have been assessed by virtue of such a vote of a 3 34 SCHOOL LAW. district meeting as aforesaid, on the order of the district clerk of said district, to be used for the purposes directed Proviso. by the district meeting so held as aforesaid ; provided, that whenever any district school meeting shall be held as aforesaid, or at the call of the trustees, as provided in the eleventh division of the thirty-ninth section of this act, it shall not be lawful for such meeting to order a greater sum of money to be raised by district tax than shall have been mentioned and designated in the notice of such meeting set up in the manner required by law; and pro- Proviso. vided further, that whenever in the judgment of the trus- tees of any district it shall be necessary to levy a district tax for school purposes, the district clerk thereof shall not set up the notices directed to be given as aforesaid. Districts may 87. It shall be lawful for the inhabitants of each dis- trict, when met in conformity to the provisions of the preceding section of this act, and the inhabitants so met shall have power, by the consent of a majority of those present, to authorize the trustees^ for the purpose of build- ing a school-house or school-houses in such district, to issue the bonds of the district in the corporate name of such district, in such sums and in such amounts, and payable at such times as the said inhabitants so met may direct, with interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable half-yearly, which bonds shall be signed by the trustees of such district and attested by the clerk, under the seal of the district, and the bonds so issued shall be a lien upon the property of the said district. Bonds a Hen 88. The bonds of the several school districts of this upon districts. ^^ heretofore r hereafter legally issued for the pur- pose of building school-houses, shall be a lien upon the real and personal estates of the inhabitants of the said districts, as well as the property of the said districts ; and the property of the inhabitants as well as the property of the districts, shall be liable for the payment of the same; Proviso. provided, such bonds are seven per centum bonds, and the interest is payable semi-annually, and coupons shall be SCHOOL LAW. 35 attached thereto ; and that in all cases copies of all papers and proceedings authorizing the issuing of such bonds shall be submitted to the attorney -general for his approval of the legality of the same, who shall receive such com- pensation for the examination of the same as shall be fixed by the trustees for the support ,of public schools, which sum shall be paid by the districts seeking such loan. 89. Whenever any district shall order and authorize Assessments the issue of bonds, for the purpose aforesaid, it shall bej££H? nt8 the duty of the district clerk of such district, each and every year, to issue the warrant of the district, signed by the trustees, and attested by the clerk under the seal of the district, to the assessor or assessors of the township or townships in which such district is situate, directing him to assess upon the inhabitants of said school district, and their estates and the taxable property therein, an amount sufficient to pay the bond or bonds of the district ma- turing in such year, together with the interest accruing upon the whole issue of the unpaid bonds of such district, which warrant so issued as aforesaid, shall be executed in the same way and manner as is provided by the eighty- sixth section of this act. 90. The several townships in this state are authorized interest of sur and required to appropriate the interest of the surplus lipp^rkted revenue received by them, and from other funds not t0 * ( ' hools - raised by tax, such sums for the support of the public- schools as they shall order and direct at their annual town meetings, in addition to the amount received from the state appropriation and the amount which they raise by tax. J. — MISCELLANEOUS. 91. Not more than twenty dollars annually, of the Twenty dollars school-moneys received by any school district, except t01 " u " U !,k such as may be raised within the district, shall be used 36 SCHOOL LAW. for any other purpose than the payment of teachers' sala- ries and for purchasing fuel. Power of with 92. In case any school district or city shall use any of money. [See the school-money apportioned to it for any other than 2G am" 77, 'pp. a public school purposes, such district or city shall forfeit 5^7, 10 and out ^ ^ e nex t annual apportionment a sum equal to twice the amount thus used ; and it shall be the dutv of the county superintendent to reapportion the money thus forfeited among the other districts and cities of his proviso. county ; provided, the state superintendent may remit such penalty for cause. Penalty tor 93. i n case f the failure of any district clerk or city failure by Dis- J trict cierk to superintendent to send his annual report to the county superintendent of his count}' in the form prescribed on or before the first of September, such county superintendent sh all make up his report for such district or city from the last published report of the state superintendent; in making up such report, however, he shall deduct one- Prov'mo. fifth from the school census; provided, however, that all such cases of delay or negligence shall be reported to the state superintendent of public instruction, whose duty it shall be to investigate the same, and to restore the num- ber deducted from the school census in all cases, when he receives satisfactory reasons for such delay or negligence. Tuition fees 04. After the expiration of the present school year it shall not be lawful to charge tuition fees for the support of public schools in this state, but that all such schools shall be free to all persons over five and under eighteen years of age residing within the district, so long as such schools can be thus maintained with the public school funds. Library appro 95. The treasurer of the state, upon the order of the state superintendent of education, is hereby authorized and directed to pay over the sum of twenty dollars out of any money that may be in the public treasury to every school district, which shall raise by subscription a like sum for the same purpose, to establish within such dis- SCHOOL LAW. 37 trict a school library, and to procure philosophical and chemical apparatus, and the further sum of ten dollars annually, upon a like order, to the said districts, upon condition that they shall have raised by subscription a like sum for such year, for the purposes aforesaid. 96. The selection of books and apparatus shall be ap- Selection of Y books. proved by the school trustees of such district. •97. The school trustees of each district shall make Rule*. proper rules and regulations for the management, use, and safe keeping of such libraries. 98. No teacher shall be permitted to inflict corporal Corporal pun- 1 L ishnient forbid- punishment upon any child in any school in this state. Jen. 99. The county superintendent shall have power to County Super- administer all necessary oaths or affirmations to district tborized to nd- clerks and other school officers, for which he shall receive mn no compensation. 100. All acts and parts of acts of a general character Repealer. on the subject of public schools and of the normal school and its appropriations passed before the twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, are hereby declared to be repealed. Approved March 27th, 1874. A Supplement to the act entitled "An Act relative to the attendance of children at School," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sev- enty-four. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly ofchiidren shall tlie State of New Jersey, That every parent, guardian or twelve ^eeka other person having control and charge of any child be- 1,° teinBtruct- tween the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall caus< ■ ;.' i i ii ; ' ( ! . !'^' Ml lor guch child to attend some public or private school, at least twelve weeks in each year, six weeks at least of :;s SCHOOL LAW. which attendance shall be consecutive ; or to be instructed at home at least twelve weeks in each year, in the branches of education commonly taught in the public schools, unless the physical or mental condition of the child is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Penalty for 2. And be it enacted, That any person failing to comply ance C ° mp * with the provisions of this act shall, on written notice of such failure from- the district clerk of the school district, or the person designated by the board of education of the city where such offense has occurred, forfeit for the first offense, and pay to the township collector or city treas- urer, the sum of two dollars ; and after such first offense, shall, for each succeeding offense in the same year, forfeit and pay to the township collector or city treasurer, the sum of three dollars for each and every week, not exceed- ing twelve weeks in any one year, during which they, after written notice as aforesaid, shall have failed to com- ply with the provisions of this act. Duties of the 3. And be it enacted-, That it shall be the duty of the of e [eh school district clerk of each school district, and of some person distner. j n eac h c jty to be selected by the city board of education; to report to the township collector of the township or city treasurer of the city where the offense has occurred, the names of all parents, guardians or other persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this act; and the officer to whom such report is made, shall proceed to collect the penalties imposed by this act, # in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the county in which such city, town, township or school district may be situated ; the said pen- alties, when paid, to be added to the public school money of said school district in which the offense occurred ; Proviso. provided, this law shall not be operative in those school districts of the state where there are not sufficient accom- modations to seat the children compelled to attend school under the provisions of this act. Repealer. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts SCHOOL LAW. 39 inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 9, 1875. A Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to establish a system of public instruction," approved March twenty- first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Whereas, it is required by section eighty of the act to Preamble. which this is a supplement, that all district school taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected at the time and in the manner that other township taxes are assessed, levied and collected : and whereas, by section thirty of the act entitled "A further supplement to the act concerning taxes," approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, it is provided that the several assessors and collectors of the townships and wards of this state shall be entitled to receive twelve cents, and no more, for each name on their respective duplicates for assessing, levying and collecting all the taxes by them assessed and collected ; provided, that no Proviso, name occurring on the duplicate more than once be counted more than as one man ; therefore, 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of Compensation the State of New Jersey, That the several assessors and col- and CoHectors. lectors of the townships and wards of this state shall be entitled to receive five cents and no more for each name for assessing, levying and collecting district school taxes. 2. And be it enacted, That in the cities and towns of this Compensation, state, where boards of education are established under 5ies P and m their charters or by special acts, when the assessors or ^° j 8 ^f elu- persons appointed by the board of education, are required ^-''j,; 1 to take the census of children within the school age, the said assessors or persons appointed by the board of edu- 40 SCHOOL LAW. cation shall be allowed at the rate of five cents per name for taking said census, to be paid by the board of educa- tion of said city or town. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect im- mediately. Approved April 8, 1875. A Supplement to the act entitled " An Act to establish a system of public instruction," approved March twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Trustees for the 1- Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of Shook may the Sfate °f New Jersey, That the " Trustees for the support purchase and f public schools" be and they are herebv authorized and hold lauds and r t J J premises sold empowered to bid for and purchase any lands and prem- to satisfy r sr j e claim, held by ises exposed to sale under the order and decree of any court, for the payment and satisfaction of any mortgage encumbrance thereon held by the said trustees, and to take and hold the title to the lands and premises so pur- chased in and by their official name, style and title, and as part of the assets of the school fund of New Jersey ; Proviso. provided, that said trustees shall not bid a higher price for such lands and premises than shall be sufficient to save the amount due upon their said mortgage encum- brance and costs, the taxed costs attending such proceed- ings and sale, if any, to be paid by the treasurer of this state out of the state funds, on warrant of the comptroller and not out of the school fund. May sell and 2. And be it enacted, That the said "Trustees for the lands and " support of public schools," be and they are hereby em- purchased powered and directed to sell and convey to any purchaser any lands and premises by them acquired under the provisions of this act, at such time, for such prices and on such terms of payment as the governor of this state SCHOOL LAW. 41 for the time being shall, in writing under his hand, approve, and the consideration received therefor shall be assets of the school fund of this state. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect im- mediately. Approved April 9, 1875. lis- Ax Act concerning Disorderly Persons. (Revision.) 7. Any person who shall enter the buildings or go Persona injur- upon the lands belonging to any public school district of Mrtvor'dis"^ this state or used and occupied for school purposes by a'Sud^ed^ '* any public school in this state, and shall break, injure orderly. or deface such building or any part thereof, or the fences or outhouses belonging to or connected with such build- ing or lands, or shall disturb the exercises of such public school, or molest or give annoyance to the children at- tending such school, or any teacher therein, shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person, and may be apprehended in the manner hereafter described in this act, and taken before any justice of the peace of the county where such person may be apprehended ; and it shall be the duty of the said justice to commit such disorderly person, when convicted before him by the con- fession of the offender, or by the oath or affirmation of one or more witness or witnesses, to the county jail of Penalty. such county, there to be kept at hard labor for any term not exceeding thirty days. Approved April 9, 1875. Blanks and Forms FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. BLANKS .AJSTD FOBMS FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS The following Forms have been prepared for the use of all officers having duties to discharge under the School Law. If generally used, it is believed they will contribute much toward securing uniformity and correctness in the transaction of finan- cial and general school business. With the exception of a few of the most important, those in which particular care and fullness are required, the greatest conciseness and brevity have been aimed at. The literal use of these Forms is in no case essential to the validity of a school instrument. Any Form may be used which clearly expresses the objects designed, or the intention of the parties interested, and conforms in all respects to the require- ments of the law, but as those annexed have been prepared with strict reference to these necessary conditions, their use is recom- mended. The blank spaces are to be filled to meet the varying circumstances in each case. These Forms have been submitted to, and approved by, the State Board of Education. ELLIS A. APGAR, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Sec'y of the State Board. No. 1. — Order for County Superintendent's Salary. No. . Office of State Superintendent, 1 Trenton, N. J., , IS . J To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of , County Superintendent of — County, rrro Dollars, being the amount of salary due to , 18- § . , State Superintendent. \o. 2. — Order for County Superintendent's Expenses. No. . Department of Public Instruction, Trenton, N. J., , 18 . To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of , County Superintendent of County, fo5 Dollars, being the amount due for expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties from , 18—, to , 18 . g . , State Superintendent. Note. — The amount for expenses cannot exceed $300. 4S BLANKS AND FORMS. No. 3. — Order on Comptroller for the State Appropriation of $100,000. No. . Department of Public Instruction, \ Trenton, N. J., , 18 . J To the Comptroller of the State of New Jersey : Pay to the order of the Collector of County, yq~ Dollars, being the amount apportioned for the support of Public Schools in said County, out of the State Appropriation of $100,000, for the year 18 . S . , State Superintendent. No. 4. — Order on the Comptroller for the Two Mill State Appropriation. No. . Department of Public Instruction, \ Trenton, N. J., , 18 . / To the Comptroller of the State of New Jersey : Pay to the order of the Collector of County, foo Dollars, being the amount apportioned for the support of Public Schools in said County, out of the State School Tax, for the vear 18 . $ . , State Superintendent. No. 5. — Order on County Collector for State Appropriation of $100,000. No. Office of County Superintendent, , N. J., , 18 . To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of the Collector of Township, j^To Dollars, being the amount apportioned out of the State Appropri- ation of $100,000, for the support of Public Schools in said County, for the year 18 . $ . , County Superintendent. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 49 No. 6. — Order on County Collector for the Two Mill State Appropria- tion. No. . Office of County Superintendent, , N. J, , 18 . To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of the Collector of Township, ln0 Dollars, being the amount apportioned out of the State School Tax for the support of Public Schools in said County, for the year 18 . S . , County Superintendent. No. 7. — Order on County Collector for the Interest of Surplus Revenue. No. . Office of County Superintendent, 1 , N.J., ,18 . / To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of the Collector of Township, r^ Dollars, being the amount apportioned out of the Interest of the Surplus Revenue, for the support of Public"Schools in said County for the year 18 . £ . , County Superintendent. No. 8. — Order for County Examiner's Salary. No. . Office of County Superintendent, ) , N. J., , 1 8 . / To the Collector of County : Pay to the order of , County Examiner, , „ g Dollars, being the amount due him for services rendered at the session of the Board of County Examiners, and for travel- ing expenses, in accordance with section 49 of the School Law. £ . , County Superintendent 4 50 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 9. — Application for State Aid to Establish a School Library. , N. J., , 18 . To the State Superintendent of Public Instruction : Sir: — We, the undersigned, Trustees of School District No. , of the Township of , County of , State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that there has been raised in our District, by subscription, the sum of Dollars, for the pur- pose of establishing a School Library within our District, in accordance with the provisions of Section 95 of the Revised School Law. And we therefore request you to send an order for the amount due us from the State in accordance with the further provisions of said act. -, D. C. Trustee*. Note. — The first appropriation is twenty dollars, and subsequent ones ten dollars. No. 10. — Order for Library Appropriation. Xo. . Department op Public Instruction, \ Trenton, N. J., , 18 . J To the Comptroller of the State of New Jersey : It having been certified to me that the sum of Dollars has been raised by subscription in District No. , of the County of , State of New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of Section 95 of the Revised School Law, therefore you will pay to the order of , District Clerk of said Dis- trict, the sum of Dollars, to be used only for the purposes specified in said act. $ . , State Superintendent. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 51 No. 11. — Order on Township Collector for Teacher's Salary. No. . , N. J., , IS To , Township Collector for the Township of , County of , State of New Jersey : Pay to the order of , Teacher, , Dollars, being the amount of Salary due for teaching our Public School from , 18 , to , 18 . -, D. c. i Trustees of , District No. ) County of I hereby certify that , the Teacher in whose favor this order is drawn, is in possession of a Teacher's Certificate, in full force and effect, and that has properly kept the School Register as required by law, and that I have certified thereto in said Register. , District ( 'lerk Note. — Money raised by district tax can be used for such school purees as are specified at the meeting at which the money is ordered. All other school money, except twenty dollars annually which the law allows for incidental expenses, must be reserved for the payment of teacher's salary and fuel hills. Payments can only be made for the support of those schools that conform in all respects to the provisions of the School Law, and to # those teachers only who pos<. — certificates in full force and effect covering the time for which salary "is demanded, and who have kept the School Register in the manner prescrihed. The Collector should inrariably refuse to pay orders until he is satisfied that all these condition.- have been complied with. No. 12.-— Order on Township Collector for District ScJio(>f Tax raisi d for other purposes than lh> Payment of Teacher's Salary. To - , Township Collector for the Township of , i kmnty of , State of New Jersey : Pay to the order of , ^ Dollars, for [/?,< re state for what the money is to be paid] out of the funds raised by District School Tax in our District, now in your hands. , D. C.) Trustees of , > District No. , , J Count;/ of . 52 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 13. — Financial Report of District Clerk to County Superintendent. To , County Superintendent for Countj^: Sir : — I herewith submit the Financial Report of School Dis- trict No. , for the School Year ending August 31, 18 . RECEIPTS. Balance in hands of the Collector August 31st, 18 , $ Apportionment from State Appropriation, " Township School Tax, .... " Surplus Revenue, Amount, raised by District Tax, " received from other sources, Total Receipts, $ EXPENDITURES. Amount expended for Teachers' Wages, $ " Fuel, u u " Incidentals, " Building Scl " Repairing School House, " Building School House, Total Expenditures, $ Balance due the District, ..,.."$ I certify that the foregoing statement is correct in all respects. , District Clerk. No. 14. — Financial Report of District Clerk to Township Committee. To the Township Committee of Township : Sirs ; — [Form of Report same as No. 13.] FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 53 No. 15. — Financial Report of District Clerk to the People of the District. To the Inhabitants of School District No. : [Form of Report same as No. 13.] Note?. — The above report should be made at the annual school meeting held for the election of Trustees. No. 10. — Annual Report of Trustees to the District. To the Inhabitants of School District No. : In obedience to the requirements of the School Law, we beg leave to present our annual report for the past school year [here give the final report required of the Teacher in the School Register ; state what has been done by the Trustees during the year ; discuss school matters; mah suggestions, etc., etc.] All of which is respectfully submitted. , D. C) Trustees of , - School District , J No. . Dated , 18 . Note. — The above report should be made at the annual school meeting for the elec- tion of Trustees. No. 17. — Report of District Clerk to County Superintendent of the Amount of District School Tax Ordered to be Raised. To the County Superintendent of County: 8iB : — I hereby report to you, that at the annual (or a special, as the ease may be) meeting of the legal voters of School District No. , of the county of , held on the ■ day of , L8 , there was voted to be raised [write the amount in words] dollars, as District School Tax, for the purpose of [here •v ///, object for which the money is to be used.] , District Clerk. 54 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 18. — Report of Township Collector to County Superintendent of the Amount of Township School Tax Ordered to be Raised. T<> the County Superintendent of County: Sir: — I hereby report to you that the amount of School Tax voted to be raised in Township at the last annual town meeting, held on the day of , 18 , is [write the amount in words] Dollars per child [or Dollars, as tloe case may be~\. The Interest on Surplus Revenue to be apportioned to the Public Schools of this Township is Dollars. 1 >ated this day of , IS . , Township Collector. Note. — This report should be sent to the County Superintendent within five days after the town meeting. If the amount of interest on surplus revenue is not known at that time, a separate report should be made of that item as soon as the amount is ascer- tained. No. 10. — Report of County Clerk to County Superintendent of tJie Names and Post Office Addresses of the Township Collectors and City Tr. usurers. To the County Superintendent of County : Sir: — I hereby report to you the names and addresses of the newly elected Township Collectors [arid City Treasurers, if there be any] of this County, as follows : Names of Township or City. Names of Collectors and City Treasurers. Address. -, County Ch rk. 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In the first column the pupils are numhered as they are enrolled, and in the second their names are written, anil in the third their ages are recorded. In the hlank squares under the names of the days of the week, are recorded the attendance of the pupils. One diagonal line indicates that the pupil was present but one-half the day ; two diagonals crossing each other, that he was present the whole dav ; and the blank indicates absence. If the scholar does not enter the school at the beginning of the term, a horizontal line is drawn to the day of entering. If a scholar, for any cause, leaves the school before the close of the term, a similar line is drawn from the day of his leaving. Under the column headed " Number of days' attendance for two weeks," is to be recorded the number of days each pupil has been in attendance during the previous two weeks. In the blanks under the names of the branches taught, diagonal lines are drawn to indicate the several studies each scholar is pursuing, and the figures at the bottom of these columns show the number of pupils in each study. These columns should be added when the two pages of records are complete, and the sums should be written down as above indicated. At the end of every twelve weeks the teacher should ascertain the number of months each pupil has been in attendance, and indicate the same in the blanks of the column headed " Number of months' attendance for twelve weeks." By adding the number of days the pupil has been in attendance during that time, and dividing the sum by twenty, the quotient will be the number of months required. When the records for twelve weeks are complete, the Eegister should be signed by the Teacher and the District Clerk, in the spaces prepared for that purpose. No. 22. — Teacher's Report to the County Superintendent when Leaving a School before the end of the School Year. Report of the Teacher of Public School , in District No. , in the County of , for the portion of the School Year commencing September 1st, 18 , and ending , 18 . [The bodyjyf the Report same as No. 23.] To , County Superintendent for County : Being about to leave my present school, I respectfully present the above record and statements as my report for the expired portion of the present school year, as required by the laws of this State ; which report I hereby certify has been carefully made out from the records contained in the School Register. , Teacher. Note. — The law requires that a duplicate of the above report shall be made to the District Clerk. 58 BLANKS AND FORMS 'TS e -^ I "V. 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C 88 3= - r-i - ~ 3 I, •— r~ O /% - r- 1 >m 9 C 13 4> GO BLANKS AND FORMS No. 25. — Notice to County Superintendent of a Vacancy in Board of Trustees. To , County Superintendent : Sir : — You are hereby notified that a vacancy now exists in the Board of Trustees of School District No. , in the County of , through [here state the cause of the vacancy'] which you are requested to fill by appointment. Dated this day of , 18 . , District Clerk. Note. — The above notice should be sent to the County Superintendent as soon as the vacancy exists. If the office of District Clerk is vacant, the notice should be sent by one of the other Trustees. No. 26. — Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in a Board of Trustees. To The office of one of the Trustees of School District No. in the County of , having become vacant through failure of the District to elect according to law [or for any other reason], you are hereby appointed to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting for the election of Trustees in said District. Dated this dav of , 18 . , County Superintendent. No. 27. — Appointment of a District Clerk. To : The office of District Clerk of School District No. , in the County of , being vacant through failure of the Trustees to elect according to law [or for any other reason], you are hereby appointed to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting for the election of Trustees in said District. Dated this day of , 18 . , Cou id y Superintendent. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 61 28. — Appointment of Trustees for a New District. To : Having, on the day of , 18 , formed a new School District, to be known as School District No. , in the County of , comprising the following territory : [here insert the description of the District] you are hereby appointed Trustee [and District Clerk, if such is the fact,'] for said District until the next annual meeting for the election of Trustees. I have appointed as your associates, Messrs. and Dated this day of , 18- -, County Superintendent. Note. — Where two Districts are united they each become extinct and a new District is formed, and the Trustees of the extinct Districts cannot continue to act as Trustees of the new one, but an entire new Board must be appointed by the County Superin- tendent. No. 29. — Request for District Clerk to Call a Special School Meeting for Establishing a Graded School. To , District Clerk of School District No. , in the County of : Sir: — You are hereby requested to call a special meeting of the legal voters of your District, on the day of , 18 , at o'clock in the noon, for the purpose of acting upon the question of uniting with Districts Nos. and , etc., in establishing and maintaining a Graded School in accordance with the provisions of Section 61 of the School Law. Dated this day of , 1 8 . , County Superintendent. NOTE. — The above request is only to be given when„there is a known desire on the part of the inhabitants of the Districts thus notified to establish a Graded School. A i rate meeting should be held in each District proposing to unite. 62 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 30. — Notice for a Special District Meeting for Considering the Question of Establishing a Graded School. Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. , in the county of , that a special school meeting will be held at , on the day of , 18 , at o'clock in the noon, for the purpose of considering the question of uniting with Districts Nos. and , etc., in establishing and maintaining a Graded School, in accord- ance with the provisions of section 61 of the School Law. Dated this day of , 18 . , District Clerk. J8y order of , County Superintendent. Note. — The above notice must be made conspicuous in several places, and posted ten days previous to tbe time of the meeting. The Districts separately, in accord- ance with the provisions of section 86" can vote for, and cause to be assessed, a district tax for erecting the school building, or maintaining the school. No. 31. — Notice to County Superintendent, giving the result of the action of a School Meeting called for the purpose of Establishing a Graded School. To County Superintendent of County : Sir : — At a meeting of the legal voters of School District No. , in the county of , held on the day of , 18 , which was called pursuant to your order, the question of uniting with Districts Nos. and , for the purpose of establishing a Graded School, was decided in the ; voting in the affirmative and — ■ in the negative. Dated this day of , IS . , District Clerk. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 63 No. 32. — Order organizing a Union School District for the purpose of Establishing a Graded School. "Whereas, Districts now known as School Districts Nos. , and , in the County of , did, in accordance with the provisions of section 61 of the School Law, agree to unite, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a Graded School, at public meetings called, by order of the County Super- intendent, on the following days, to wit : School District No. on the day of , 18 ; School District No. on the day of , 18 ; and School District No. on the dav of , 18 . Therefore, it is hereby ordered and made known that said dis- tricts are united for the purposes set forth, to be known here- after by the name and title of . Given under my hand this day of 18 . , County Superintendent. Note. — One copy of the above order must be furnished to each Board of Trustees of the United District, and one copy retained by the County Superintendent. No. 33. — Order Organizing a Sclwol District. It is hereby ordered and determined that the following shall hereafter be the boundaries of school district, to be known as District Number , in the county of , State of New Jersey : beginning at [here describe the boundaries] Given under my hand this day of , 18 . , County Superintendent. Approved this day of , 18 . , Secretary of State Board. Note. — The above order should be made out in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the County Superintendent, in his office, and the other to be held by the Trustees. The State Board prescribes that a map of the district.- of the county shall be drawn by the County Superintendent, and sent to the Slate Superintendent, to be retained in bid office. 64 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 34. — Order Altering the Boundaries of a School District. It is hereby ordered and determined that the [liere describe the territory by sections and parts of sections], now a part of School Dis- trict No. , in the County of , is taken from said dis- trict and attached to and made a part of School District No. , in said County, for all school purposes whatsoever. This order will take effect on the day of , IS . Given under my hand this day of , 18 . -, County Superintendent. Approved this day of , 18- -, Secretary of State Board. No. 35. — Notice by County Superintendent to the District Clerks of Districts to be affected by proposed District changes. To , District Clerk of School District No. , in the County of : You are hereby notified that I will be present at , on the day of , 18 , at o'clock in the noon, to decide upon certain proposed alterations of the boundaries of your school district. The attendance of your Board of Trustees is requested. Dated this day of , 18 . , County Superintendent. No. 36. — Notice of Meeting of Township Board of Trustees. You are hereby notified that I will be present at , on the day of , 18 , at o'clock in the noon, to meet " The Township Board of Trustees " of township. The attendance of } r our Board of Trustees is requested. Dated this day of , 18- -, County Superintendent. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 65 c o Q o o CO • i— « "o o o 00 w IE O rji H p— i P For What Purpose. y is - ■— n do DO O ED U ft Ph 1— 1 O Balance of last year from State Appropriation — Surplus Revenue and Township School Tax Balance of last year from District School Tax Amount received from State II (i u it tt it a u " " " Township School Tax " '■ " District School Tax Total Balance and Receifits Unexpended Balance from State Appropriation — Surplus Revenue and Township School Tax Unexpended Balance from District School Tax Total Amount of Balance due District August 31, 1876 ft i - • _ s 1876. Aug. 31. u z S 7: 3 c CO OP o a a u a B O O u W w H O 5 66 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 38. — Notice to Toivnship Collector, directing him to withhold School Moneys from a Teacher. To the Township Collector of Township : Sir : — You are hereby directed to withhold all further pay- ment of salary to , a teacher now employed in School District No. , situated in your township, said teacher not being in possession of a certificate [or not having kept the School Register], as is required by the School Law. Dated this day of , 18 . , County Superintendent. No. 39. — Notice to Townshij) Collector directing him to withhold School Moneys from a District. To the Township Collector of Township : Sir : — You are hereby directed to withhold [here state the amount in words'] from the school moneys apportioned to School District No. , situated in your township, on account of said district, There state the reason why the money is withheld]. Dated this day of , 18 . 1 , County Superintendent. Note. — All moneys withheld must be reapportioned the next year among all the districts of the township. No. 40. — Notice of Meeting for Examination of Teachers. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the County Board of Examiners of County, for the examina- tion of candidates for teacher's certificates, at , on , the instant. Each applicant for a certificate should be present as early as o'clock, A. M. , County Superintendent, 18 . FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 67 No. 41. — Notice to Teacher Annulling his Certificate. To : Sir : — The certificate of qualification held by you as a Public School Teacher in the County of , issued on the day of , IS , is hereby annulled, for the reason that \_here state reason why certificate is annulled]. Dated this day of , IS . , County Superintendent. Note. — In capes where the teacher's offence is not flagrant, and the certificate an- nulled is freely surrendered on request of the Superintendent, none but the parties immediately concerned need be apprised of the transaction. But if the teacher refuses to deliver up his certificate, public notice of the annulment should be made in the papers. No. 42. — Notice to District Clerk informing him of the Annulment of Teacher's Certificate. To , District Clerk of School District No. , of the County of : Sir: — You are hereby notified that on the day of , 18 , I annulled the certificate of qualification held by -, a teacher in your district, for the reason that, iu my opinion, the said does not possess the requisite qualifications as a teacher in respect to [moral character, learning, or ability to teach, as the case may be]. Dated this day of , 18 . , County Superintendent. Note. — "When a teacher's certificate is annulled, a notice, similar to the above, should also he sent to the Collector of the township in which the teacher has been engaged. 68 BLANKS AND FORMS No. 43. — Notice by County Superintendent of Apportionment of School Moneys. Office of County Superintendent, ] , X. J., , 18 . / Apportionment of School Moneys for the County of , for the School Year commencing September 1, 18 . Amount of Two Mill Tax appropriated by the State, $ Additional State Appropriation, Interest of Surplus Revenue, Amount of Township School Tax, Amount of District School Tax, Number of Children according to Census of 18 , . TOWNSHIPS. 2 5 .-• ■5 = Z a » t .2 a P -13 °g = v. av • a v 1 c >- c 00 prr«j — is Two Mill Slate Appropriation. Additional >Hatc Appropriation. Interest of Sur- plus Kevenue. Township School Tax. District 8chool Tax. Total. Total i .... SUMMARY BY TOWNSHIPS. Total for the County.. -, County Superintendent. Note. — Copy of the above should be furnished the County Collector, each Town- ship Collector, and each District Clerk. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 69 No. 44. — Notice for Annual Meeting for the Election of Trustees. Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. , in the County of , that the annual school. meeting for the election of School Trustees will be held at , on Monday, the day of , 18 , at — *+• — o'clock M. Dated this day of , IS . , District Cleric. Note. — The above notice must be posted in three public places in the district, one of which shall be at the School House at least five days previous to the time of the meeting. The meeting must be held in the School House, if there is one. No. 45. — Notice for a Meeting of the District Board of Trustees. To— : You are hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. , on even- ing, , IS , at o'clock, in the school house. [date.'] , District ClerJ:. No. 46. — Notice by District Clerk to County Superintendent of the Election of Trustees. To , County Superintendent : Sir : — You are hereby notified that at the annual meeting in > H £ P : _ o o bo i 03 1 CO 03 s 3 O o 50 s O *3 "C T3 8 o EC _3 2 X c

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G< -o Eh o ti ■= .2 i? * •& a go c- 6o O CD _i C •- QC _o .5 ~ cS eS O Z "* ' S : 5 § a g s a C3 ^3 *» 3 Afl d £».S H t c &-H L ^ ( 3 5=5 5 w ^ * 1 <3 O ( ( 1 5 0) « K to c • *-H 5 K -2 — ' t^ « 1— I r , o <*> i i i < i 5 cd to S ^ = -2 i 1 -s e, is hereby ic Schools o ear from da evoked. a T- 3 H -Is — i « g T3 — >. u, 2 "2 « h 6 i— « i-— i ^ 1 < 4 3 »T — w i— ( c C 75 2 - § o JO i— 1 1 3 O .5 2 -5 o x V — < K g a £ =5 >-. o o g rt « = c C '„> ci ^ «H - J5 K c — 5 2 u « "5h -H O Eh --d a p c3 P 5, a H H ^ ^3 c z K : si O r- — « fi : '■? 3 — 25 : 2 b ! : a 2 i : 1 1 ! : •- a t ■c r5 C - 2 GO 1 e i t C I * : t 3 *— * >- Eh : 60 5 J 60 "S — < O ?• 60 r 4 — 5 CD > o 3 c X ? * O Oh W 7G BLANKS AND FORMS No. 56. — Teacher' 's State Certificate — First Grade. State of New Jersey, Department of Public Instruction, Superintendent's Office. STATE CERTIFICATE. First Grade. The eminent qualifications and distinguished success of , as a Teacher, having been established by thorough ex- amination and satisfactory testimonials, is hereby duly authorized to teach in any part of this State. Done at the City of Trenton, this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy , under the authority conferred by section 48 of the Revised School Law. , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. , Principal of the State Normal School. No. 57. — Teacher's State Certificate — Second Grade. State of New Jersey, Department of Public Instruction, Superintendent's Office. STATE CERTIFICATE. Second Grade. having presented satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and having passed the required examination, is hereby Licensed as a Teacher in the Public Schools of this State for the term of Seven Years from date, unless this certifi- cate is sooner revoked. Given under our hands and seal this dav of , IS . , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. , Principal of the State Normal School. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 77 No. 5S. — Teachers State Certificate — Third Qrade. State of New Jersey, Department of Public Instruction, Superintendent's Office. STATE CERTIFICATE. Third Grade. -, having presented satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and having passed the required examination, is hereby Licensed as a Teacher in the Public Schools of this State for the term of Five Years from date, unless this certifi- cate is sooner revoked. Given under our hands and seal this day of , 18 . , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. , Principal of the State Normal School. No. 59. — Certificate of County Superintendent in Appeals. Office of County Superintendent, , N. J., , 18 . To , State Superintendent of Public Instruction : Sir : — I transmit, herewith, a full and correct statement of the facts, and the documentary evidence presented to me, in the case of V8. , together with my decision thereon, from which appeal has been taken to the State department. I certify that the accompanying statement is correct to the bast of my knowledge and belief. , County Superintendent for County. Note. — The above certificate should be furnished by the County Superintendent iu cases of ai>pj. 86 FORMS AND BLANKS No. 74. — Form of a Deed of a School House Site. Know all men by these presents, that A. B., [and C. B., his wife, if married,'] in the township of , in the county of , in the State of New Jersey, party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of dollars, to them in hand paid by " The Trustees of School District No. , in the county of ," and State aforesaid, party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereb} r acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to the said party of the second part, and their assigns, the following described piece of land, namely : [here insert description of land.] Together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto be- longing : To have and to hold the same to the said party of the second part, and their assigns forever ; and the said party of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, bargain and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, and their assigns, that at the tim*e of the ensealing and delivery of these presents, they are well seized of the premises above conveyed, as of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in the law in fee simple, and that the said lands and premises are free from all incumbrances whatsoever ; and that the above bargained premises, in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part and their assigns, against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming, or to claim, the whole or any part thereof, the said party of the first part will forever warrant and defend. In witness whereof, the said A. B. and C. B., his wife, party of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this day of , A. D., 18 . SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED ^ A. B. [SEAL.] IN PRESENCE OF > C. B. [SEAL.] E. F. j Note. — Such deed should be duly acknowledged before a Judge, Commissioner of Deeds, Master in Chancery, or otber officer authorized by law to take such acknowl- edgment, and recorded in the office of the County Clerk. The bond and mortgage given by the Trustees to secure payment of part of purchase money may be in the usual forms, and for the execution of deeds, mortgages and bonds, each district should have a corporate seal. Notes given for borrowed money should be in the name of the district and signed by all the Trustees as such. FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 87 No. 75. — Form of Contract for Building a School House. Contract made and entered into between A. B., of the county '• of , State of New Jersey, and " The Trustees of School District No. , in the county of ," State of New Jersey. In consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of the further sum of dollars, to be paid as hereinafter specified, the said A. B. agrees to build a frame school house and to furnish the materials therefor, according to the plan and specification*, for the erection of said house hereto appended, at such point in said district as the said Trustees may designate. The said house is to be built of the best material, in a substantial, workmanlike manner ; and is to be completed and delivered to said Trustees, or their successors in office, free from any lien for work done or materials furnished, by the day of , 18 ; and in case the said house is not finished in the time herein specified, the said A. B. shall forfeit and pay to the said Trustees, or their successors in office, for the use of said district, the sum of dollars, and shall also be liable for all damages that may result to said district in consequence of such failure, and said Trustees may finish the building and charge the cost of the same to the said A. B. The said Trustees, or their successors in office, in behalf of said district, hereby agree to pay the said A. B. the sum of dollars when the foundation of said house is finished ; and the further sum of dollars when the building is ready for the roof; and the remaining sum of -dollars when the said house is finished and delivered, as herein stipulated. It is further agreed that this contract shall not be sub-let, transferred or assigned, without the consent of both parties. Witness our hands this day of , 18 . A. B., Contractor, C. D.. E. F. and G. H., Trustees. "SoTR. — In building a school house, it is all important to secure a plan of the building, with full specifications aa to its dimensions, style of architecture, number 88 BLANKS AND FORMS and size of the windows and doors, quality of the materials to be used ; what kind of roof; number of coats of paint; of what material the foundation shall be constructed ; ^ its depth below, and its height above the surface of the ground ; the number and style of chimneys and flues ; the provisions for ventilation ; the number of coats of plastering and style of finish, and all other items in detail that may be deemed neces- sary. The plan and specifications should be attached to the contract, and the whole filed with the District Clerk. Before the building is commenced, the contract shall be filed in the office if the County Clerk to prevent liens. 76. — Bond to be Issued for Loan from School Fund. No. $ . Know all men by these presents, that " The Trustees of School District Number , in the County of ," in the State of New Jersey, are justly indebted unto , or bearer, in the sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said , or bearer, on the day of , eighteen hundred and , at the Bank, , with interest therefor from the date hereof, at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first days of and , in every year, at , on the presentation of the annexed coupons as they severally become due. This is one of a series of coupon bonds issued by the Trustees of said School District, amounting in the aggregate to dollars, numbered from 1 to , both inclusive. Those num- bered from 1 to , both inclusive, are of the denomination of one thousand dollars each ; those numbered from to , both inclusive, are of the denomination of five hundred dollars each ; and those numbered from to , both inclusive, are of the denomination of one hundred dollars each. And all of said bonds have been issued for money borrowed by said Trustees for the purpose of building a school house in said School District, pursuant to the statute entitled "An Act to estab- lish a System of Public Instruction," approved March 27th, 1874, and by the consent of the inhabitants of said district lawfully given, at a meeting lawfully held on the Tuesday of the week FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 89 following the annual town meeting in the year eighteen hundred and . In witness whereof, on the day of , in the- year eighteen hundred and , this bond is signed [seal.] by the Trustees of said District, and attested by the Clerk, under the seal of the said District. Trustees. Attest : , District Clerk. Form of Coupon to be attached to the above Bond. School District No. , County of , N. J. School House Loan. Interest Warrant for dollars, payable at Bank, -. New Jersey, to bearer, 1st, 18 , for six months' interest on Bond No. , District Clerk. No. 77. — Application for Loan from School Fund. To " The Trustees for the Support of Public Schools " of the State of New Jersey : The " Trustees of School District Number , in the County of ," in the State of New Jersey, ask to borrow of " The Trustees for the Support of Public Schools," the sum of dollars, for the purpose of building a School House in the aforesaid District; and offer as security for said loan the coupon bonds of said district, to the amount, at par, of said loan. Said loan and bonds were authorized by the inhabitants of said District when met, upon due and legal notice for that purpose, on the Tuesday of the week following the annual town meeting, in the township in which said District is situate, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy . The principal of said loan is to bo repaid in installments of dollars a year; the first installment to bo paid on the day of , one 90 BLANKS AND FORMS thousand eight hundred and seventy , and then } r early thereafter, with interest from date, at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually ; said bonds to become due according to the terms aforesaid. Principal and interest payable at ; and the bonds hereby offered are of the denomination of $ each, and are numbered from one to , both inclusive. . We submit herewith a copy of the proceedings had at said meeting of said inhabitants, duly verified ; and a copy of the notice of said meeting, with an affidavit showing when and where said notice was put up. Dated , , N. J., , 18 . , D. C. "J Trustees of School District , > Number , in the , J County of , N. J. Note. — The above application should be sent to the Secretary of State, who is ex- officio Secretary of the Board of Trustees. No. 78. — Directions given to Candidates for Certificates before being Examined. 1. Write your name and the subject of the examination, dis- tinctly, at the top of each page. 2. You need not copy the questions upon the paper, but be careful to number each answer to correspond with the question. 3. Write only on one side of the paper, and do not write to the left of the red marginal line. 4. If unable to answer any question, write its proper number, and opposite the same write, " I cannot answer." 5. In answering questions in Arithmetic, Algebra, etc., give the work as well as the answer. 6. After beginning a set of questions, do not leave the room without the permission of the examiner in charge, until that ex- ercise is completed. 7. During the examination, avoid, with the utmost strictness, all communication with other candidates, with visitors, or with FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 91 any one else, except the examiners, whether by talking, signs, notes, or otherwise. Any violation of this rule will cause your exercise to be rejected. 8. Referring to text books, or to written or printed abstracts, or memoranda of any kind connected with the subject of ex- amination, or having such book, abstract or memoranda in your desk or about your person, will cause your exercise to be re- jected. 9. As soon as one exercise is finished, hand it to the examiner in attendance before beginning another. 10. Do not fold the paper containing your answers, and do not tear off any portion of the sheet that may remain after you have finished a set of questions, but leave the sheet whole as the paper will be preserved. 11. A special average will be given for correctness in Ortho- graphy and Composition, and for legibility, order, neatness and general appearance of the examination papers. 12. Be careful to preserve this card of directions and the questions. They will both be called for at the close of the ex- amination. No. 79. — Calendar for School Elections and Duties. 1. State Board of Education — Meets on the first Thursday in November, and on the last Thursdays of January and June, annually. 2. Trustees of the School Fund — Meet on the first Monday in April, annually, and at other times when called together by the Governor. 3. State Board of Examiners — Meets on the Mondays preceding the last Thursdays of January and June, annually. 4. County Boards of Examiners — Meet on the last Saturday of February, May, August and November, annually. 5. State Association of School Superintendents — Meets at such times as the State Board of Education appoints. 92 BLANKS AND FORMS 6. School Trustees — Elected on the first Monday in September, annually, and should meet on the first Monday of each month. 7. District Clerks — Elected within ten days after the annual meeting for the election of Trustees, annually. 8. Township Boards of Trustees — Meets semi-annually, at such times and places as the County Superintendent may appoint. 9. District Meetings for Voting District Tax — Held on the Tues- day of the week following Town Meeting, annually. 10. Report of the State Board of Education to the Governor — On or before the tenth of November, annually. 11. Report of the State Superintendent to the State Board of Edu- cation — On the first Thursday in November, annually. 12. Report of County Superintendents to the State Superintendent — On or before the first of September, annually. 13. Report of District Clerks to County Superintendent — On or before the first of August, annually. 14. Report of Teachers to Trustees — At the close of each quarter's teaching. 15. Monthly Reports by County Superintendents — To the State Superintendent on the first Monday of each month. 16. Financial Statemerd of Township Collector to Township Com- mittee and County Superintendent — On or before the first of August, annually. 17. Financial Statement of District Clerks to Townsliip Committee — On or before the first of August, annually. 18. Financial Statement of District Clerks to the County Sujierin- tendent — On or before the first of August, annually. 19. Assessor makes Returns to the Collector — Within fifteen days after the first Monday in September, annually. 20. Township and District School Taxes — Collected and due the Trustees by the first of December, annually. 21. District Census — Taken between the first and the twentieth days of July, annually. 22. Apportionment of State Appropriation to the Counties — Made by the State Superintendent, on or before the first Monday in April, anuually. 23. Apportionment of State Appropriation and Township School FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. 93 Taxes to the Districts — Made by the County Superintendent on or before the first of May, annually. 24. Copy of Apportionment — Made by the County Superintend- ent, and furnished to each Township Collector and District Clerk within twenty days after the apportionment is made. 25. State Appropriation — One hundred thousand dollars paid in November, and the two mill tax in the month of January fol- lowing. 26. Visitation of Schools — Each School visited by the County Superintendent twice every year. 27. Agricultural College — Candidates examined by the County Superintendents at the quarterly examination on the last Satur- day in August, annually. 28. School Holidays — Christmas day, first day of January, fourth day of July, and such days of fasting or thanksgiving as may be appointed by the President of the United States, or by the Governor of this State. 29. School Year — Commences on the first of September, and ends on the thirty-first of August. 30. Fiscal Year. — The school fiscal year of the State coincides with the school year. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE G^ovefument of $cl^ool Offi 24 How constituted, sections 66, 67 and 68 25 Investment of, sections 69 and 70 26 State Treasurer to make annual statement of, section 71 27 Secretary of State to be Secretary of Board of Trustees, section 72 27 Appropriation of $40,000 from school fund, section 73 27 Appropriation of $60,000 from the Treasury, section 74 28 State appropriation paid in instalments, section 75 28 Appropriation for Teachers' Institutes, section 76 28 State appropriation, how paid, section 80 30 County Collectors to receive and hold in trust the state appropria- tion, section 83 31 INDEX. 107 School Library — Page Appropriation for, section 95 36 Selection of books, section 9C 37 Rules prescribed, section 97 37 School Trust"* — When and how elected, section 31 12 Term of office, section 32 12 How elected in new districts, section 33 12 Election of District Clerk, section 34 13 District Clerk to keep accounts, section 35 13 District Clerk to make reports, section 35 12 District census of children, section 36 12 Repairs and supplies, section 37 14 Corporate name and powers of Trustees, section 36 14 Duties of School Trustees, section 39 14 Township Board of Trustees, section 40 16 State Association of School Superintendents, section 29 11 State Board of Education — How composed, section 1 3 Powers and duties, section 2 3 Compensation, section 3 4 To make annual report, section 4 - 4 State Superintendent — How elected, term of office and salary, section 5 4 Location of office, section G 4 To carry out the instruction of the State Board, section 7 4 Secretary of the Board ex officio, section 8 5 To have supervision of schools, section 9 5 To apportion State school moneys, section 10 5 To direct and cause school moneys to be withheld, section 11. — 5 To furnish school officers with blanks and forms, section 12 6 To decide disputes, section 13 6 To collect books and apparatus, section 14 G To preserve school documents, section 15 6 To provide a seal for liis office, section 1G 6 To make annual report, section 17 7 To deliver property of office to successor, section 18 7 Teaclicr — To keep school registers, section 41 16 To rei ort to County Superintendent, section 42 16 To report to District Clerk, section 12 1<> To hold a teacher's certificate, section 43 17 School month and holidays, section 44 17 To hold pupils accountable for their conduct, section 45 17 Dismissal of teachers, seotion 46 17 103 INDEX. Township Tax — Page Amount to be raised, section 77 29 Penalty for failure to raise, section 77 29 Interest of surplus revenue to be appropriated to schools, sec. 90. 35 Township Collector to receive and hold in trust all township school moneys, section 84 31 How public school moneys shall be used, sections 91 and 92 35 Two Mill School Tax — How assessed and collected, section 77 28 Apportionment for collection, section 78 29 When paid to State Treasurer, section 79 30 State Superintendent to apportion to counties, section 80 30 County Superintendent to apportion to townships and districts, section 81 30 Paid by State Treasurer to County Collectors, section 82 31 Paid by County Collectors to Township Collectors, section 83 31 SUPPLEMENTS. Compulsory Act — Time children must attend school, section 1 37 Penalty for non-attendance, section 2 38 District Clerk to report non-attendance, section 3 38 Township Collector to collect fines imposed, section 3 38 Compensation — To assessors and collectors, section 1 39 For taking the school census, section 2 39 Disorderly Persons — Penalty for injuring school property or disturbing the school 41 BLANKS AND FORMS. Forms for State Superintendent No. 1 . Order for County Superintendent's salary 47 2. Order for County Superintendent's expenses 47 3. Order on Comptroller for the State Appropriation of $100.000 48 4. Order on the Comptroller for the Two Mill State Appropriation 48 10. Order for Library Appropriation 5<) 56. Teacher's State Certificate — First Grade 76 57. Teacher's State Certificate — Second Grade 76 58. Teacher's State Certificate— Third Grade 77 INDEX. 109 Forms for County Superintendents. No. Page 3. Order on County Collector for State Appropriation of $100,000 48 6. Order on County Collector for the Two Mill State Appropriation ... 49 7. Order on County Collector for the Interest of Surplus Revenue 49 8. Order for County Examiner's salary 49 26. Appointment to fill a vacancy in a Board of Trustees .... 60 27. Appointment of a District Clerk 60 28. Appointment of Trustees for a new District 61 29. Request for District Clerk to call a special school meeting for estab- lishing a Graded School. 61 32. Order organizing a Union School District for the purpose of estab- lishing a Graded School 63 33. Order organizing a school district 63 34. Order altering the boundaries of a school district 64 35. Notice by County Superintendent to the District Clerks of districts to be affected by proposed district changes 64 38. Notice to Township Collector, directing him to withhold school mon- eys from a teacher 66 39. Notice to Township Collector, directing him to withhold school mon- ey s from a district (^6 40. Notice of meeting for examination of teachers 6(^ 36. Notice of meeting of Township Board of Trustees - 64 41. Notice to Teacher annulling his certificate .. 67 42. Notice to District Clerk, informing him of the annulment of Teacher's Certificate 67 43. Notice of the apportionment of school moneys by the County Super- intendent 68 53. Teacher'* County Certificate — First Grade 73 54. Teacher's County Certificate — Second Grade 74 55. Teacher's County Certificate — Third Grade 75 59. Certificate of County Superintendent in appeals 77 61. Form of certificate condemning a school house » 78 Forms for District Clerks. 13. Financial report of District Clerk to County Superintendent 5 14. Financial report of District Clerk to Township Committee 5 ir>. Financial report of District Clerk to the people of the District 5 17. Report of District Clerk to County Superintendent, of the amount of district sohool tax ordered to be raised 53 25. Notice to County Superintendent of a vacancy in Board of Trustees, 60 30. Notice for a special school meeting for considering the question of establishing a Graded School 62 31. Notice t