land or premises which may be vacated and thus become the property of the front owner on said street, lane or avenue, in awarding benefits or damages to the property benefited or damaged by said alteration or location of said street, lane or avenue so changed, and the lands so made, to become the property of the said front owners, shall be held by said front owners in fee, and the said map and grade commissioners shall file a description of the lands so vacated in the office of the county clerk of Hudson county, which said description shall be deemed and taken to be a deed of conveyance to the said property owners, and this shall apply to all alterations heretofore made or hereafter to be made. 82. And be it enacted, That no certiorari shall be had or maintained to set aside any assessment for taxes heretofore made in said city for the year eighteen hundred and sixtynine, by reason of any failure on the part of the mayor and board of councilmen to assess and collect the school poll tax mentioned in section forty-four of this act, and the tax assessment heretofore made in said city shall be as valid and effectual in all respects as if said school poll tax had been levied and collected as required by the charter of said city of Bayonne. No writ of cer orari allowed to set assessment of taxes for year teen hun dred and sixty-nine. into contract freeholders to 83. And be it enacted, That the mayor and council of May enter the city of Bayonne are hereby authorized to enter into a with board of contract with the board of chosen freeholders of the county build stone of Hudson, agreeing to pay the expenses of erecting a proper pier, &c. stone pier or abutment for a bridge crossing the Morris canal from Greenville to the city of Bayonne, and the money to pay for said pier or abutment shall be raised by a general tax on all the taxable property in the city of Bayonne, by an ordinance to be passed for that purpose. build bridges. 84. And be it enacted, That the council shall have power Power to to build bridges or the abutment or any portion thereof, or enter into contract, agreeing to pay the whole or any portion. of the expense of such erection, and to raise the money therefor by taxation upon all the taxable property in the city of Bayonne. 85. And be it enacted, That all the city and ward officers officers to of the city of Bayonne, now holding office, shall continue in continue. office and have all the powers and authority now vested in them by law until the expiration of their term of office, except so far as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Bonds to be mayor, and 86. And be it enacted, That all bonds issued as aforesaid size by the shall be signed by the mayor of the city and by the city record kept. clerk, under the corporate seal of said city; the clerk shall keep a record of all bonds issued or disposed of, and copies of such record shall be made by him and delivered to the city treasurer; all moneys received from the sale, or otherwise, upon said bonds, shall be paid to the city treasurer, who shall pay out the same in the manner that other moneys are paid out in said city. Conveyances by the city. Awards for damages due owners. Improve in streets to be paid by general tax. 87. And be it enacted, That whenever it shall be necessary for said city to make any conveyance of real estate, said conveyance shall be signed and executed under the sea! of the city, by the mayor and by the city clerk, and the latter shall keep an accurate record of such conveyances. 88. And be it enacted, That in all cases where an award for damages done, or land taken in the opening of any street, road or avenue in said city, is now due to any property owner, and property of such owner is also assessed for benefits arising from said opening, that then, and in that case, the counsel may offset one against the other, in the way and manner set forth in section fifty-nine of this act. 89. And be it enacted, That the council may at any time, ments made by resolution, direct any street improvement to be made in any street, road or avenue in said city, where they direct, by resolution, that the city is to pay for the same by general tax, and when the expenditure therefor shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, and in such case all the requisites of the city charter in case of improvements by ordinances may be dispensed with by said council, and they may proceed immediately to complete and finish said improve Chicago relief fund. School trns tees, powers and duties. ments. 90. And be it enacted, That the action of the mayor and council of said city, in paying the sum of one thousand dollars to the "Chicago Relief Fund," be, and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed. TITLE VIII. BOARD OF EDUCATION. 91. And be it enacted, That the school trustees of said city shall constitute and be called "The Board of Education of the City of Bayonne ;" they shall annually elect a president from their own body, and in his absence a president pro tempore, appoint the times and place of meeting, and determine the rules of their own proceedings, they shall also appoint a secretary, who shall keep a journal of their proceedings and perform such other duties as the board may prescribe; a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and no resolution or order of the board shall be adopted unless with the consent of a majority of the whole board; the president of the board shall have power to call special meetings whenever he shall deem it expedient; that said board shall prepare and transmit to the city council, on or before the first day of June in each year, an estimate of the amount of moneys necessary for the support of public schools in said city during the year, which estimate shall specify particularly, under the several heads of repairs of school houses, salaries of teachers, school books, school furniture and school libraries, stoves and fuel, and incidental expenses, as nearly as may be, the several sums required for each branch of expenditures, and all moneys appropriated by said city council for the support of public schools, as well as other taxes or moneys devoted to that object, shall be expended by said board of education for the support of public schools in the city of Bayonne; that said board of education shall take charge of the public school houses in said city and shall cause all necessary repairs to be made to the same, and they are also empowered to establish schools of different grades adapted to the age and progress of pupils, including evening schools for apprentices, to select and employ teachers, to provide school books, furniture and school libraries, to purchase stoves and fuel and incur such incidental expenses for the maintenance of the schools as may be necessary, to adopt rules and regulations for the admission of pupils, the visitation and inspection of the schools, and the government and studies to be pursued therein, and the board of education shall have power to purchase real estate for school purposes, and to erect buildings thereon, when appropriations for those purposes are made by the mayor and council of said city, and the real estate so purchased shall be vested in said city of Bayonne; and all moneys so appropriated shall be expended All by the board of education, in compliance with the laws of the by state, and the said board shall, at the close of the fiscal year, prepare a report embracing the number of schools under their charge, specifying their grades, the number and names moneys to board of expended education. Duty of asses sors. of the teachers, the number of pupils on the roll, and the average attendance in each school, and a full and true account of the expenditures of said board during the year, under the respective heads of repairs to school houses, salaries of teachers, school books, furniture and libraries, stoves and fuel, and incidental expenses, and shall transmit the annual report to the city council, and a copy thereof to the county superintendent of common schools, and the treasurer of said city of Bayonne shall credit said board of education with the sum or sums of money appropriated for the support of public schools in said city, and it shall be the duty of said treasurer to enter on his book the sums so appropriated under the respective heads to which the same may be appropriated, and the treasurer of said city shall, to the extent of said appropriations, pay, on presentation, all drafts drawn upon him by order of said board of education and duly attested by the signatures of the president and secretary for the time being of said board, which drafts shall specify from which appropriation the same is to be paid; and all suits or proceedings brought against any person or persons or body corporate, for damages or injury to any school house or outbuilding, fences, trees or other improvements, or to any furniture or school books in any school under the charge of said board, shall be in the name of the treasurer of said city, and all damages received in such actions shall be paid in the city treasury, and shall be credited to the school fund of said city; and it shall be the duty of the assessors of the several wards of said city to make out a list of the children capable of attending school, between the ages of five and eighteen years, within each of the wards, specifying the age of each child, with their names and the names of their parents or guardians, and to transmit the same under proper certificate, on or before the fifteenth day of August annually, to the secretary of the board of education, and the sum of five dollars for every one hundred names of children contained in said lists, respectively, shall be allowed to the assessor duly making and transmitting the same; and the city of Bayonne shall be entitled to its just quota of the annual appropriation made by the state for the support of public schools, to be ascertained according to law, which shall from time to time be paid to the treasurer of said city, to be expended by the board of education for the support of public schools in said city. 92. And be it enacted, That whenever any street or avenue streets or ave nues. in said city, or any part of any street or avenue, has been or Dedication of shall hereafter be dedicated by the property owners to the public as a public highway, to be used as such, that then and in such case the council may, by a simple resolution, and without any further or other proceedings whatever, declare such street or avenue, or part thereof, open to the public as such. 93. And be it enacted, That "An Act to incorporate the Repealer. city of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson, and state of New Jersey," approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixtynine, and all supplements and amendments thereto, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately; but this repeal shall not affect any proceedings had or Repeal not to commenced under said charter and its supplements, nor any ings had, &c. rights or dues which the city of Bayonne or any person or corporation is or are entitled to by virtue thereof, except where this act otherwise specifically provides. Approved March 22, 1872. affect procee l CHAPTER CCCXI. An Act to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Montclair to elect Commissioners of Public Roads. ers of public 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the legal voters of the township Election of of Montclair, in the county of Essex, are hereby authorized commissionand empowered to elect, at their annual township elections, roads. and in the same manner as their other township officers are or shall be elected, five resident freeholders of said township, to be known under and by the name of "Commissioners of Public Roads," who shall continue in office for the term of one year, and who, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall severally take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the township clerk that they will faithfully and impartially execute their said office, which oath or affir |