The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

uuire assess a tax Tor the amount voted TO be
raised. and make out a rate bill of the same
and any Justice of a county in which the whole
or part OF such district is situated, SHALL ON APP
pieatiOn make out a warrant directed to the
district collector. authorizing and requiring him
10 levy and collect such tax within the time linz
tied in such warrant, and pay the same TO the
treasurer Of the district.
SIC. 2O3. A district may by vote, at the meet
ing at which a tax is voted, direct the collector
to deduct per cent fixed by said vote from the
tax of a person who shall pay his tax before
day fixed by said vote. A collector shall make
no deduction in favor of person who does not
pay his tax before the day fixed
SEC. 20i. The collector of a tax from which
deduction may be had as above provided, shall
appoint "A day within the time limited, and
place within the district, when and where he
will attend to and receive such tax; and shall post
a notification thereof in three public places in
the district and publish the same in each
newspaper printed in the district, at least ten
days before the time appointed and shall attend
at the same time and place appointed to receive
payment of such tax.
SEC. 205. A district may by a two-thirds vote
instruct the prudential committee to omit, in
making up a tax-bill, the names of such persons
as are unable to pay their proportion of the tax;
and district may by two-thirds vote remit or
make abatement on tax-bil to an amount not
exceeding five per cent of the same.
SEC. BOG The officers of a school district,
except the collector, shall be a board for the
abatement of district taxes, and as such board
shall have the powers which the board for the
abatement of town taxes has IN the abatement
of town taxes. A majority OF such officers shall
constitute a quorum. The prudential committee,
on request of the collector, shall call meeting
of said board in the month of June in each year,
previous to the annual school meeting, by post,
ing notice therefor in three public places In said
district at least five days before such meeting.
SEC. POI. The district collector shall proceed
in the same manner and have the same pow
ers in levSing and collecting district taxes, as
town collectors in levying and collecting town
taxes and shall within the time limited collect
and nav the same to the district treasurer and
the prudential committee shall have the same
authority to enforce the collection and payment
of district taxes that town treasurers have to
enforce the collection and payment OF town
taxes.
SEC. POS. A district collector shall. on the
written request of one of the prudential commit
tee nav to the district treasurer all moneys be-
longing to the district collected by HIM up to
that time. and submit his Textbook and list to
said treasurer for inspection and computation
and il a collector shall neglect so to do for ten
days after receiving such request, he snail Tor
felt to the district one hundred dollars, TO be re-
covered in an action on this statute, and his Of
fee shall be vacant.
SEC. 2Og. When demand is made upon a
school district for the payment of an execution
issued against it, and the district has no avail
mittee shall forthwith assess, and have collected
a tax sufficient to pay such execution and the
charges and twelve per cent interest IN the same
manner as a tax voted by the district IS assessed
and collected.
H. UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY.
SEC. 30. The treasurer of the state shall re-
ceive moneys belonging to the United states u
be deposited with this state and give certificate
of deposit for the same according to law.
SEC, 2l1. Such moneys shall be apportloned
to the several towns organized and unorganlzed
and to the CORES, in proportion to the number oil
inhabitants in each. When a census Is taken
under the laws of Congress or of this state O
new apportonment shall be made. If upon
such new apportionment it appears that town
has more than its share, the treasurer OF the
state shall demand and recover from such town
such exceyS and if town has less thah lts
share he shall make up the deficiency to sucl
town. n
SEC. 90. The treasurer of the state shall
nav over to the trustees of the public money II
each town which has elected such trustees, pro
vided such trustees have executed the required
bond. the share of the deposit money appor
toned to such town.
SEC. 213. Such trustees shall receive sucl
towns share of the deposit money, and shall
give the treasurer of the state receipt therefor
similar to that given by said treasurer to the sec
rotary of the treasury of the United States anC
said trustees shall manage such money and re
town meeting.
SEC, 2l4, Such trustees before entering upoi
the duties of their office, shall execute bono
to the town, with at least three sufficient sure
ties in such sum as the selectmen direct con
ditiOned to the faithful performance of then
duties in loanng, managing, accounting for, ant
paying over, as may be required by law, thu
moneys placed in their charge under the provs
ions of this chapter. And if a trustee fails t.
execute such bond his office shall be vacant, anC
such vacancy may be filled as In other cases o
vacancies in town Offices
SEC. 2l5. The trustees of the public none!
may loan the same to the town, if the town at
meeting warned for that purpose authorizes tn,
selectmen to borrow it. If the money is no
loaned to the town, the trustees shall loan tn,
same with sufficient personal security, or OF
mortgage, as they may deem safe, made payabl,
to the respective towns at an interest of six PEI
cent annually. Such loans shall be made for
term not exceeding one year; and the money
may be collected at the expiration of the tern
and loHIed to other persons, or the loan may b.
extended to the same persons for an additiona
period The trustees shall annually, previous
to the first day of June, pay to the town treas
urer the income received from such moneys.
SEC. 2l6 The treasurer of the state shall
retain the share apportiOned to towns whel
have not elected trustees, and the shares OF nn
organized towns and cores, and shall annually
previous to the first day of June, pay to tn
treasurer of each organized town not electin
trustees and to the treasurers OF school district
in unOrganized towns and cores which hav
maintained schools for the required length o
time during the previous year the interest upO
the shares apportioned to such towns and CORES
And he shall divide the interest money of eae
unorganized town or gore among the school dis
tricts therein in the manner provided for tn
distribution of town school moneys among tn
several districts in towns.
SEC. 2l7. The treasurer of each town shal
give credit in his account of the school fund, TO
all sums received by him as income from tn
town share of the deposit money.
SEC 21S The income from the deposit none
received by each town shall be annually az
propriated to the support of schools in the town
But if town has other school funds, the incom
of which is sufficient to support schools in all tn
districts of such town for six months in eac
year, such town may appropriate the income re
ceyed from its share of such money to the SUI
port of schools or to any purpose.
SEC. 2l9. Towns which have received thei
portion of the deposit money shall be account
able for the same, or any part thereof, when re
quired by the treasurer of the state on requis
ton of the United States, or for the purpose Q
new appOrtonment, as towns are accountable
for state taxes.
SEC. 22O. If a town fails to comply with tn
provisions Of this chapter, relative to the mar
agement or disposition of United States money,
received by such town, it shall forfeit to tn
treasurer of the county, for the use of sue
county. a sum not exceeding double the amour
of the interest on such moneys.
SEC. 22l. The grand Jury shall inquire hO'
the towns have managed and disposed of tn
moneys so deposited with them, and the annuf
interest thereof; and if town has not con
piled with the provisions OF this chapter, Telaty
to such deposit money, they shall present to tn
court Acknowledgement therefor against the tow
and notice thereof shall be given to such tow
as is required in case of indictment for not T,
pairing highways.
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