American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-02-06

lieving that by SO doing it will mer
it and receive the sup, port of all
good citizens.
We have been made aware OF
much trouble and ammo vance expe-
rienced by our County Treasurer,
Mr.. J. I. Boyd. consequent upon
the demands Of the teachers of our
county schools to cash their war
rants, issued for services rendered
NJ teachers Of said schools. Now,
it is generally known that the entire
tax to the credit Of tho school fund,
in the several counties of this State,
is made payable entirely in curren-
ca, and SO it would seem to parties
unlnformed, that all orders on such
fund should be at once taken up by
the County Treasurer; and thus,
parties holding warrants against
the school fund are often disappoin-
ted that such are not paid ami tax
eli mp, when, really, though the fund
TO the credit OF school purposes in n
county, collected by the Sheriff in
currency, may be more than ample
to pay the ex .,ense incurred for such
school purposes, yet the County
Treasurer cannot cash any Auch
warrants until after the first day oil
May Of eact, year, ~ up to that
date he must wait for pro rata dis
tributlOu of the State school fund.
The county school funds have to De
reported annually to the State Aud
itor, who FeckOns the full returns as
one fund to the credit Of the State
educational expense, aud each coun-
ty il awarded an amount consistent
with its educable youth. The follow
ing extract from Sec. IL of Gan Act
TO amend the laws Of the State in
relation 10 public education," from
the code of 1873, MAKES clear the
foregoing:
Sec. II. Be it further enacted,
That for the purpose OF affortling
the advantage Of free education to
all the educ.;ble you'll, of this State.
there shall hereafter be, aid there
il hereby levied, ON the assessed
valuation of the taxable property
Of the State, "a tax Of four mills on
the dollar. and the same shall be
placed on the assessment: rolls, an
nualiy, in the same manner as he
assessment for general purposes pro-
videl tor IN section 1868, Revised
Co.le, to he paid and collected ONLY
in legal currency of the United
States, and set apart exclusively to
the payment OF teachers in the pub
lie schools, to he designated on the
assessment rolls as the Teachers
Fund. The State Superintendent
shall, on or before the first day of
January. annually, report to the
Auditor the number of educable
persons in each school district, and
said Auditor shall tiiereupon, by
the first Monday Of A ril. annually,
appOrtiOn such school revenue to
the several COUNTIES or school dis
tricfs, in due proportion of the
amount OF such revenue to such
enumeration. and submit certified
copy and report thereof to the State
Superintendent, who shall tbereup-
ON notify each County Superintend-
tnt OF the amount accruing to his
county. The Sheriff of each county
shall pay over to the Treasurer of
his sonnty, every mouth the amount
OF Teachers F1nG collected by him,
taking his receipt for the same. and
shall report the amount SD paid over
to the Auditor of Public Accounts
immediately thereafter, and said
fund, when 80 paid in, shall remain
IN the county treasury to the credit
of the Teachers Fund Of the State,
and he inviOlai,ly held to such credit
until the annual pro rata distriJm>
ton of the same has been made as
heIein provided and it shall be
the duty of the various County
TTeasurers, on the order of the
Auditor of Public Accounts, to pay
over, on or by the first day of May
in each year, to the State Treas
urer, any excess Of raid fdird that
may be ia has hands, to be distrib-
utcd AS Required iy law and i, the
event said amount Ot Teachers Fund
shall be less than the pro rata share
due said county, said Stale Treas
urer snail charge the same to- said
county, and the State Treasurer
shall Immediately forward to each
bounty so in arrears Of its pro r,sta,
iiIe balance due said county under
the general distribution laws OF the
State; PsOuided, Tax Assessors shall
rec+ivc mo commission on the
amount of school taxes herein as
sessed.