Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-04-09
New School Law.

A School Bill has passed both houses of the
Legislature, and only awaits the Governors sig
nature to become a law. Following are the sec
tions relating to taxation
SECTION l. An annual ad ra1orum tax of FIVE
cents on each one hundred dollars value of tax
able property throughout the State is hereby
levied, and directed to be collected and paid in
the same manner as other State taxes
quircd to be paid and said tax shall be called
and known as the State School Tax, and the
Board of Supervisors of the several counties
shall, annually, at the same time other taxes are
levied. add this to the other taxes, provided by
law to be levied and collected, and it shall be
annually collected at the same time end IN the
same manner as other State taxes ere collected
and if from any reason whatever, in any year
said taxes shall not be levied as herein required
by the Board of Supervisors the Auditor shall
enter them on the assessment roll required by
law for other taxes. All moneys derived from
the tax herein levied shall be paid into the State
School Fund and to be apportioned as other
moneys in the Fund.
SEC. I. When the State and county money
to which any district is entitled is not sufficient
to keep school open in such district for at least
FIVE months in each year, it is hereby made the
duty of the Trustees of such district to levy and
they shall levy direct tax upon the taxable
property in such district sufficient to raise an
county money TO which such district is entitled,
will keep school open five months and such
tax shall he assessed eQualized, and collected i'll
the manner prescribed for assessing, equalizing,
and collecting taxes voted for district school
houses excepting that the Trustees may appoint
the Assessor and Collector, and also excepting
that if a fractional part Of A cent is sufficient,
the whole cent need not he levied in lieu thereof;
the tax so levied shall include p sum sufficient
to nay the cost of and collection.
See. L.. Section sixty-three of the aforesaid
Act of April 9th, 1868, is hereby amended so as
to read as follows;
SEC. CO. The Board OF Supervisors of each
county shall annually, at the time Of levying
other county taxes, levy County School Tax
oqu ! to two dollars for each child between four
and eighteen years of age within the county
and the amount SO necessary shall be asceraned
as follows Fifteen per cent. shall be deducted
from the equalized value of the then last assess
meut roll and the per centaee the net amount
so found necessary raise a sum equal to two
dollars for each child between the ages of four
and eighteen in tire county rs per the then last
School Census, shall be the rate 10 be levied
pyopiIed that if any fraction of cent occurs, it
shall be taken a full cent and if any year the
Supervisors, from any cause, do not make the
levy, then the Auditor shall make the calcula-
ton and add the tax to the assessment roll as
is provided he shall do in cases when levy is
made by law and the rate is fixed. AM the
Board of Supervisors may annually levy greater
tax than that hereinbefore in this section re-
quired to be levied propided that if such greater
tax is raised, the whole amount levied shall not
exceed thirty cents On the one hundred dollars
valuation and the money raised under the pro-
visions of this section shall be used TO support
the public schools, provide school houses, and
to purchase Libraries, apparatus and furniture.