Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-28

as to be ready to pay the teachers Tor
work done in Sep, Oct, and Nov,
before the local district tax IS co!lec-
ted. 1t also enables each school board
to know, by Jan. Isl, just what Is due
the district. and it can act without vio-
lating sec. 1913.
The appOrtionment of state moneys
for this school year will be made as
soon as the appropriation bill passes,
and each child in the stale will receive
74s cents. This money should be ap-
piled to payment of teachers warrants,
for services rendered during this school
year. This money should be appor-
toned by the county clerk i'll April,
according to law, SO that all teachers
warrants may be paid before July the
first. AS the state apporlionment, Tor
this school year Is made in this month,
and the next apportionment will be
made in July, you can easily see that
you Will secure very small appor-
| tionment for next school year, there
fore, it will be well for all school dis
tricts that have money on hand" when
their school term closes, TO hold the
money on hand for next year, and not
waste it on a two or three months
spring school. 1t is the duty of the
annual meeting to provide for next
years school term, and not to vote on
spring school, for not one dollar OF
the money to the district after July the
first can be paid out on any teachers
warrant drawn prior to said first day
of July. 1t would be right and proper
for the county commissioner and clerk
of each county to explain this matter
to the people; dissuade them from run
ming spring schools; encourage them to
husband their resources, get out of
debt the first day Of next July-with
money in the treasury to their credit.
7. Sections 1882 and 715O have been
changed SO as to require the county
treasurer to settle with the county
clerk on or before the fifteenth of July.
This was done because necessity de-
OH or before june 30th, then settle
ment can be made; but with the school
year commencing July LIST, settle
ment could not be made in April that
would be of any benefit. Passed with
an emergency clause, therefore Is
now in force and will apply to the next
settlement under these sections.
5. Section 7125 has been amended to
read as follows:
"On the receipt Of the estimates Of
the various districts. the county clerk
shall proceed to assess the amount &c
returned Oh all taxable property, rea
and personal, in said districts, as
shown by the last annual assessment
for state and county purposes, lnclud-
ing all statements of merchants in eacf
, district, of the amount of goods, wares
) al merchandise owned by them ant
taxable for state and county purposes
P,'oridcd, the levy thus extended shal
not exceed in any one year as follows
. For building purposes, one per centun
. in districts formed of cities, towns ant
villages, and not more than sixty-fiv'
cents on the one hundred dollar
in other districts; for sink
. ing fund, forty cents on the one hun
! dred dollars valuation, and suffi
= cient amount to pay interest on bondet
! ! Indebtedness, all of which shall b
1 placed by the county clerk in sepa
rate tax book, to be known as tn
"School Tax Book" which shall b,
:, subdivided corresponding to the dis
= tricts in the county, and numbered
1 accordingly, aud he shall place in tn
proper subdivisions, first, list Of tn
names, alphabetically arranged, of a
l. persons owning any personal proper
= ty in the district, total value thereof
. and the amount of school tax assesse
: thereon; second, list of all the land
Z and town lots, numerically arranged
'. . with owners name, if known, the tots
,, value of each tract or town lot, and tn
e tax assessed theron; and the count
i clerk shall list the names of all pei
sons owning any personal property
who do not reside in any school dis
trict. and the value thereof; also lis
all the land and town lots i'll any terr
tory not organized into a school di
trict, and shall levy a tax of forty cen,
on the one hundred dollars yaluatio
:, on all such taxableproperty, said take
ii to be collected as other taxes and dis
tributed as provided in section 1922
l. Very Respectfully,
o w. E. COLEMAN, Supt.