Iron County register., 1898-03-10


Pilot Knob, was in Ironton several days
last week giving entertainments with
a graphophone. Thursdays Globe
Democrat says: John Inner, a 19-
year-old farmer lad from Pilot Knob,
Mo-, is at the City Hospital, insane
about a graphophone. He says the
machine belongs to Bart Ellsman, OF
Pilot Knob, who paid so for it and
! 2000 cigars. He rented it of Ellsmau
for the purpose of going around and
giving exhibitions at different places.
! He came here from IrOhton, where he
claims he had great success. The Off
GERS at Union Station would not let him
perform there, he says, and cruelty
drove him out of the waiting room. He
has been stopping at 2913 Chouteau
avenue with his brother Joseph, who
works in the Missouri Pacific shops.
Inner talks nationally and intelligent
ly for while. and then suddenly
launches out into a meaningless jargon.
He thinks he gave $1,000 to be taken
care of at the hospital. He entertains
Keeper Whalen with descriptions of the
tragedies and comedies he has seen.
DR.. Sutter regards his insanity as
merely temporary"
By reference to the notice published
in this issue of the REGISTER it will be
seen that at the coming school cleo
ton, April 9TH, proposition will be
submitted to the voters to increase the
levy for school purposes in this dis
trict 10 cents on the hundred dollars
valuation. The present levy is forty
cents and if this proposition is carried
the levy will be fifty cents on the hun
dred dollars valuation. Owing to the
present crowded condition of the
schools the board deems the increase
necessity in order that there may be
sufficient funds to employ a fourth
teacher. The law provides, however,
that "only taxpayers can vote on the
proposition to increase the levy for
school purposes. At the coming
election there will be proposed and
considered: the election of two school
directors for three years; length of
school term in excess of seven months;
and increase of ten cents on levy for
school purposes. On the first two
propositions every voter in the dis
bl4CG Will OS SnGlIlCO W hOIG, UuG Ou
the question of an increase in the levy
only taxpayers will have a vote. Ia
this connection, at the suggestion of
President Newman of the School Board,
we reproduce Section S005 Revised
Statutes of Missouri:
Whenever it shall become necessary,
in the judgment of the board of direc-
tors of any school district, or boards
of trustees or boards of education of
any city, town or village in this State.
to increase the annual rate of taxation
for school purposes, or when any five
resident taxpayers of such district
shall petition such board, in writing,
that they desire an increase in the rate
of taxation, such board shall determine
the rate of taxation necessary to be
levied in such district within the max
imum rates prescribed by the consti-
tuition for such purposes, and shall
submit to the voters of said city, town.
village or other school district, aUh0
are taxpayers Of such city, tO1O2, Uiltagc
or other school district, at an election to
be by such board called and held for
that purpose, at the usual place of
holding elections for members of such |
board, whether the rate of taxation |
shall be increased as proposed by said |
board, due notice having been given |
as required by section S007; and if a |
majority of the voters who are tax
payers voting at such election shall |
vote in favor of such increase, the re-
suit of such vote, and the rate of tax
alton so voted in such district, shall be |
certified by the clerk or secretary of
such board or district to the clerk of |
the county court of the proper county, |
who shall, on the receipt thereof, pro-
ceed to assess and carry out the |
amount so returned on the tax-book on |
all the taxable property, real and per-
sonal, of such city, town or village, or
other school district, as shown by the |
last annual assessment for State and |
county purposes, including all state |
ments of merchants provided by law"
The law further provides that the |
term "tax-payers" as used in the fore
going section does not include those |
who merely pay poll tax. but that a
taxpayer is one who has been assess
ed and pays taxes on real or personal
property, or both.