The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-20
THE SCHOOL LAW AMENDMENTS
The Important Changes Made by
the Legislature.

Following are the provisions of the
act amending An Act Providing for the
Establishment and Support of District
Schools, and for other purposes, ap-
proved February Goth, 1885," as passed
by the late Legislature, and which re-
ceived the approval of The Governor:
SECTION BE It enacted By the Cover
nor and Legislative assembly of the Terri
torn of Utah: That an act providing
for the establishment and support of
district schools, and for other purposes,
approved February Goth, 1880. be
amended by inserting after the fifth
section, the following, to be numbered
6 7, s. and 8 respectively, and that sec
tons and 8 of said act be numbered
10 and II respectively.
SEC. 6.-The County Assessors and
Collectors of the several counties OF the
Territory are hereby constituted the
assessors and collectors of district
school taxes, each of whom shall receive
such compensation and shall give bonds
in such a sum as shall be determined by
the county court of his county for the
efficient and proper performance OF the
duties enjoined upon him by the several
provisions of this act.
SEC. 7.-All school taxes, whether
levied by trustees or by special meet
ing called for that purpose, shall be
computed from the valuations of the
county assessment roll, and shall be
levied during the month OF April, 1886.
and during the month of December OF
each year, thereafter, and with
in ten days after any such meet
ing shall have been held, the school
trustees shall make a certified
statement of the per cent. of the taxes
so levied to the County Clerk and to the
County Assessor. The County As
SCISSOR shall assess therefor at the same
time and in the same manner that he
assesses for Territorial and county
taxes, and he shall give to district
school taxpayers the same notices as
are required by law to be given TO
taxpayers of Territorial and county
taxes.
Sec. Sat the time of computing the
tax in the county assessment roll, the
County Clerk shall compute the district
school taxes of the several districts of
the county in which school taxes have
been levied. The County Court shall
sit as board of equalization of district
school taxes, and shall equalize in the
same manner as now provided by law
for equalizing Territorial and county
taxes.
SEC. All school taxes levied and
assessed under the provisions OF this
act shall attach to and become lien on
the property assessed from the date OF
assessment. They shall become due
and delinquent at the same time, and
shall be collected in The same manner
as Territorial and county taxes.
Sec. 2.-That section 6 of said act be
amended by striking out the words IAN
assessor and collector" in line 2 of said
section.
SEC. 3.-That section of said act, as
amended by section 2 of the act of
March 18th, 1884, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 4.-That section 8 of said act, as
amended by section 3 of the act of
March 18th, 1884, be repealed and the
following inserted in lieu thereof, 10
stand as section II:
Sec. 1.-THE collector shall, on the
first of each month, or oftener if re-
quired, Pave over to the trustees all
money collected by him for district
school purposes; and on or before the
3Ist day of December of each year,
shall make final settlement with. said
trustees, paying the full amount of all
school taxes due, whether collected by
him or not. School trustees receipts
shall be received by the collector in
payment of district school taxes.