Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-07-25

Such other funds as may be pro-
vided by legislative enactment.
Section 1911. The interest acru-
ing on SAID fund, together with rental
and other revenues derived therefrom
from lands and other property
devoted to the common school fund,
shall be exclusively applied to the
cnrrent use OF the common school.
All schools maintained or supported
wholly or i'm part by the public funds
shall he forever free from Sectarian
control or influence. All losses to
such permanent fund which shall be
occasioned by defalcation, misman-
agement, or fraud of the agent or
officer controlling or managing the
same, shall be audited by the authori
| ties of the state. The amount so
audited shall be permanent funded
| debt against the state in favor OF the
particular fund sustaining such a
| loss, upon which not less than six
per cent annual interest shall be paid.
Section 1912. I'm addition to the
provisions for the support of the
common schools hereinbefore pro-
vided, it shall he the duty OF the
county commissioners OF each county
| in the state to levy an annual tax,
which levy shall be made at the same
time and in the manner provided by
law for the levy OF taxes for county
purposes, and said levy shall not be
less than three mills on dollar of
the assessed vvlue OF all taxable prop
erty, real and personal, within the
county. Which tax shall be collected
| by the county treasurer at the same
time and in the same manner as state
and county taxes are collected. For
the further support OF the common
schools there shall be also set apart
by the county treasurer all moneys
paid into the county treasury arising
from all fines for violations OF law.
Such moneys shall be forthwith paid
into the county treasury by the
officer receiving the same. and be
added to the yearly school fund raised
by taxation in each county and
divided in the same manner.
Section 1943. The board of trus-
tees OF any district may
Then follows, in the printed bill,
the continuation of the sentence, cat
any time when in their Judgment,
and so on.
"My theory" said Superintendent
| Steere, sis that the passage omitted
was a full sheet of type written mat
ter, which was somehow lost. 1t is
about the right length for such a
page, and the peculiar form seems to
bear out that idea"
The public has nothing to do but
make the best of bad job. There
are three possible ways of getting
over the difficulty. One of them is
rather impracticable. They are;
First, to hold special elections in
every district under provision per-
mitting such procedure; second, for
the county commissioners to levy a
tax for general purposes sufficient to
include the school expenses, and
collect it, afterward setting 1T aside,
under a provision which permits
them to make levy to pay the
Salaries and other expenses OF the
county," third, for the county com
missioners to proceed as under the
old law, assuming the authority, to
MAKE scnOOl levy.
The last plan has been declared
hazardous because it afforded al
opportunity for some taxpayer to
appeal TO the courts when an attempt
is made to inforce the collection.
The entire question was referred to
Attorney General Haskell late yester'
, day afternoon. He said last night
that he had not decided which OF th'
two remaining plans was best.
"The law provides" he told thu
Independent, that the trustees may
levy a special tax. 1t says, the board
of trustees may submit to th'
qualified electors Of the school district
when in their judgement it is deemed
advisable, the question whether
tax not to exceed 10 mills on each
&. dollar OF the taxable property OF th'
district shall be raised to furnisl
additional school facilities
, That provision" the attorne,
: general continued, "would ampl,
cover the ground, for the reason tha
10 mills is a wide margin. The pre-
sent levy tor school purposes TO
, Lewis and Clark county is but A.
/ mills, and there are but three othe
9 counties in the state where the lev.