Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-26
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MoN-y
The Committee Of the Vilng. u,.,r,.
Wake claim upon the Town nir,,
ar. Tor Repayment Of SHE.

The Committee OF the NillngH UI.frJ,,.
Wake a claim upon the Town ni,,,,
or. Tor Repayment Of sI3t5.
The prudential committee Of th.. ...,.
school district has presented The ,..n.'
of ,be town school district a dru.H H..
the payment to this district Of al.. SILK
of the public school money, wl
claimed has been paid to the town ..,.,
durjng the last two years contrary .. u..
provisions Of the statute The ,r.r,4.
mon which this claim was made ar. r,.
sented in the following letter. alH-....i
TO /. F. Adams, chairman Of tl- g.,A,,
hoard. by Clarke G. Fits, attornps l.-g'
board. II. II. Wheeler. Chairman of n.
town directors, and d. p. Webster cb,,
man Of the board of selectmen, have tao,
duly notified that this demand h4. b4a,
made.
Dear Sir.-At your request 1 have .n...,.,.,-.
the matter Of th distribution Of pun -
Tor school purposes by the selecttnpn ~ l-.,'l
boro for the last two or three years UrI--' A..
30 Of 1855 selectmen were directed .1 Ig'i.
public school moneys in the treasury Of tI- ~.
among the school districts in the town 10 ,-z ~
loving manner. If the sum thereof -yaaa5.s
s3GD1 $500 thereof TO b. divided among t..- ....i
districts 10 the town equally the r. ain l4r tt4
Of to be divided among the districts u th. ,og,
in proportion to the aggregate attent4ar- Of my
pils during the preceding school year Z ~ ~
tinued to be the law until Aug. /. l-e5 7n-p ~.
Vermont Statutes came into force s.r w..
date the provision as TO dividing the son ~, as"
portion OF the school moneys, equally arl1,tty
districts was dropped from the statutes and sts
that time the division Of public school ror-ysF
directed in section sfS Of the Vermont ..s,3,i
which provides that, The selectmen 0f 4 fTr,
having within It's limits district incorpg-sfa5 -
a special act Of the General Assemble hal. a..
nually, 10 the month OF April, divide t1- pjf,
school moneys in the treasury OF such town A..
the share Of the district incorporated by .r.9,'
act shall bear such proportion b The ubG.
amount Of public moneys as the aRgrpga'es,
tendance in such district bears 10 the at.4n1a,
Of the whole town So The public money. fIr-r.-
referred TO 10 such statute are the pr t-4-. =
the u per cent state school tax. TIL Interest,
ington fund In another chapter Of the .tst,r.
provision is made for division Of the Ter a.,
state school tax which division is to b. msdeE
August or September Of each year. but the ma,
ner Of such division Is directed 10 be a., ip14
statute above quoted.
UDon an ms pecton OF the records in The .ev,
clerks Office find that in September, rs ~
amount Of the per cent state school TAX ann.
toned BrattleOoro was Sl004 90. which vas 9I74
ed by the selectmen in the following manner I.
the Incorporated district No. 2 500 q. :. -.
town school district. $500 As Upon The rssi.I
the proportion Of aggregate atten1Anc- linda.
division should have been as follows: % the IN
district, SIS D; TO the Incorporated ds,re
$50 -. and that there Is due the lucorpors,.,
district the sum Of S30429 on account Of -,
male in said distribution.
find that on April 90 1896, the selec.n4r4
Brattleboro made division OF the public 80.
money which consisted Of the u per cen, "a.
school tax one-half Of interest on Tinted S,s,s,
deposit aud the proceeds Of the Huntington ts,s
amounting in all to $685. A. Of which IN
the s-lectmen awarded TO the incnrpo-ste35-
trict. Si5l7 a6, to the town district. S,s5. s. T,
on the basis Of the proportion Of aggr-s r. Z.
tendance fnd the division should have ben .
follows: To the Incorporated district 4-.s..t
the town district Sl335 10. and that ,t4-- is b.
the Incorporated district the sum Of sssEa
account Of the error IN said distribution
md that in September lso8 th- s-I-a----
made dIyisiun Of the per cent state sc1.a. az
the amount 20 b. divided being Sll64 Il vi
the srl-ctmen awarded to the incorp5ra.-t Ill
trict. Si75Oj, and 10 the town dis rI.t So,
pom the basis Of the proportion Of a. Er-.a'-st
tendance fnd the division should have -.
as follows; To the incorporated district Ss-.r
70 the town district S2l6 - and that tH--- q. H.
the incorporated district the sum Of S.-x
account OF the error in said distribution aud "a.
there is due TO the incorporated district TIE ia.
sum Of Sl3lj, on account Of errors in the d.st-.1
ton Of the public school moneys since A8Els..
CLARKE C FITS
Il is understood that Judge Wheeer. Of
the town board, holds that the distribute,
of the public money was made as eQuatr
as possible by agreement with Z. W. Sto!.
dard, who, during his life, acted as couns
for the village board. The statutes gov.
erning the distribution of this money ar
not entirely clear in their terms, and The
situation was complicated by the passaa
of special act relating to the Brattlebon
village district by the Legislature Of lSN
The action of The present school board i
based upon the provisions of section I, q
the Vermont Statutes.