Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-17
THE SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.

Our remarks, in a late issue, on the
proposed election to take the sense OF the
voters of this district in regarito raising,
byspecial taxation, as choo,-building fund,
were based on what had been told US was
the law governing the case. Now, the
statute is before rs, and we are convinced
we were in error in saying an affirmative
vote, under the election notice as pub
lished by order of the Board of Trustees
would not bind the property holders for
over so cents on the 500 of taxable prop
erty in the district. We believe, under
the law and notice, an affirmative vote
would bind the property holders to raise
the full amount of $4,000, if, in doing
SO, it should be necessary to levy tax OF
one per cent. on all the property in the
district taxable for educational purposes
We are unequivocally in favor Of raising
an ample fund for the construction of a
new shoolhouse, but have no disposition
to mislsad voters. Under section 80 Of
the school law We cannot see how an al
trmatiye vote could be otherwise con-
strued than as authorizing the raising of
the $50, 900, lei the per eentage be as
high as it might 1t reads as follows;
The Board Of Trustees of any school
district may, when in their judgement II
is advisable, call an election, and sub
nit to the qualified electors of the dist
riot. the question whether tax shall be
raised to furnish additional school facili-
ties for said district, or to keep any school
or schools in such district open for a
longer period than the ordinary funds
will allow, or for building an additional
school house or houses, or for any two or
all of these purposes. Such election
shall be called by posting notices in three
of the most public places in the district,
for twenty days, and also, if there be a
newspaper in the county, by advertise
ment therein once a week for three
weeks Said notice shall contain the
time and place of holding the election,
the amount OF money proposed to be
raised, and the purpose or purposes for
which it is intended to be used. The
Trustees shall appoint three judges to
conduct the election, and it shall be held
in all other respects as nearly as praeti-
cable in conformity with the General
Election Law At such election the BAL
lot shall contain the words Tax, Yes,
or Tax, No" If a majority of the
votes cast are TAX, Yes" the officers
of the election shall certify the fact to
the County Commissioners, together
with a statement of the amount of money
proposed to be raised, who shall ascer-
tain the necessary percentage on the
property Of said district as shown by the
last assessment made thereof after equal
ization, to raise the amount of money
voted, and shall add it to the next
county tax to be collected on the prop
erty aforesaid, andl the same shall be
paid into the County Treasury as a spe-
cial deposit in favor OF said school dis
trict, to be drawn in the same manner
as other school moneys"
The election next Saturday, if not con-
elusive, may result in another being
called, which shall more nearly conform
in the proposition submitted to the
wishes of the majority of the citizens, 4
negative vote will by no means be a final
defeat of the movement fog more ads-
qUato All c-adi.able school accom,nodl-
tons in Phoebe But Jet the friends Of
education make as strong a showing a;
possible.