Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-21

said county board of education shall
order the board of trustees of said
school district to hold an election at
some place within the district, after
giving notice of the time and place
thereof for at least two weeks in some
newspaper published within the county
and by posting notice thereof in at
least three public places within such
school district for such length of time,
unless there be no newspaper published
within the county, in which event the
posting of the notices as above shall
suffice, at which said election only such
electors as return real or personal
property for taxation and who exhibit
their tax receipts and registration GER
tifcates as required in general elections,
shall be allowed to vote. At said
election the board of trustees shall act
as mana 'ers and the election shall be
conducted as is provided by law for
the conduct of general elections. AT
said election each elector favoring the
proposed levy shall cast ballot con-
tanning the word Eyes" printed or
written thereon, and each elector op'
posed to said levy shall cast q ballot
containing the word "no" printed
or written thereon. That within ten
days after such election, if majority
of those voting shall vote for such
levy, the board oftrustees shall furnish
the county auditor with statement Of
the amount so levied, and the auditor
shall enter the same in the tax dupli.
Gates and he shall annually, each year
thereafter, enter said amount in the
tax duplicates until the same is in.
creased, decreased or repealed by said
taxpayers at an election called for
that purpose, and he is notified that
the same has been increased, decreased
or repealed, and if increased or de.
creased he shall annually enter it as
before, which election shall be called
and notice given in the same way and
manner as is herein provided for the
calling of meetings to make the levy
and the giving of the notice that it has
been made, and the county treasurer
shall collect the same as other county
aud state taxes. Such levy shall be u
lien on the property in such school
district, which shall be subject thereto
in case of default of payment. That
said tax so collected shall be paid by
the county treasurer upon warrants
drawn by the board of trustees coun-
tersigned by the county superinten-
dent of education: Provided, That
any surplus of such levy remaining in
the hands of the county treasurer at
the expiration of any fiscal year shall
BE paid out as other school funds of
the district. Each taxpayer, when he
pays any tax for school purposes vot
ed under the provision OF this section,
shall have the right to designate to
which school in said school district
be wishes the money paid by him to
20, and the treasurer shall keep note
of such designation and the money be
applied as thus designated. When no
designation is made by the taxpayer
at the time of such payment, the mon
ey shall be expended as other school
funds in such district: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to change the manner
now provided by law for the collection
and paying out Of special taxes in any
school district now established by any
special act of the general assembly
and organized Hereunder.