The Daily Tombstone., 1886-04-24
City MuIdoons Resolve Not to Pay the School
 Tax. The Collector to be Restrained From Collecting Ii.

ardson's office at 8 p. m. last evening,
 The committee appointed to inquire iato the disproportion between the tax voted at the recent election, and that levied by the Assessor, reported as follows:
 To the officers and members of the
 Taxpayers organization:
 Your committee respectfully report that they called upon the school trus- tees and found that the assessment roll had been properly turned over to them by the assessor.
 That tax of , of one per cent had been levied by the board for school purposes and expenses of assessing, collecting, etc.
 That School Tax Collector and As sessor Behan filed bond in the sum of $5O0O with the board, April 2nd. 1886, with Geo. G. Berry and Sol Israel az sureties.
 That the assessment roll as turned over by Assessor Bchan, amounted to $691, 900.
 That after deducting 15 per cent. as required by law for anticipated de- linquencies, there remains a balance of $5S7 $50 upon which to estimate tbe rate.
 Alter the reception and accepting of the report, it was on motion or dered that committee of three be appointed to take the necessary steps to enjoin the Collector from the col lection of the tax. Jos. Pascholy, H. A, Tweed and R. E. Gray were ap- pointed.
 The committee appointed at the previous meeting to ascertain when the next city taxes are due, reported that from the best information at tainable, the taxes for 1886 had been paid. The committee was continued to make additional inquiries into the natter; and Messrs. G. s. Bradshaw, A. J. Ritter and c. $. Clark added to the committee.
 The meeting then adjourned until April Both, at p. m.
 That the esti uated cost of assessing, collecting, blanks, printing, printing delinquent tax roll, etc, as estimated by the school trustees, was from S400 to $500.
 That 4 mills on the $587 $50 would have, if collected, realized the amount of $2,642, from which it would seem that there had been levy of 9 little over j mill or 50 cts per $100 in ex cess of the amount required to be raised
 The trustees justified their action GU the grounds ''that in view or the fact that the recounts accruing and 10 accrue during the present school term, | will reach the amount of %2.000. and considering the low salaries that the teachers receive, believe they acted wisely in levying the seeming excess of one-half mill, providing as it does against any possible loss to the teach CTS in having to discount their wal rants because of possible lack to pay them,
 Your committee also waited upon Collector J. H. Behan as to the differ epce in the amount of his tax roll and the amount given to this committee at the last meeting of its organization. MT. Behan assured us that he had carefully copied the last duplicate as sessment roll so far as it affected the property of this school district, and suggested as 2 solution of the great difference, that possibly the figures given US embrace all the property ol the Contention, Grand Central, Bos- ton M. & Nj. Co.,, Tombstone M. & NJ Co.,, Head Center mines and mill Huachuca Water Co., and others in the county without regard to- the location of the of the property, and that the difference between the total amounts Of the assessments of these corpora tions in the county and this schoo district is nearly $200,0QQ. County Treasurer A. J. Ritter stated thet the levy for the year 1885 was 3( | cts r1DO,, +bo g1OO fOr tI;s J;,,r;o4 .