The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
TAKES IN MORE TERRITORY.
Ten Sections Added to School District
No. I, from Nos. 8 and 43.
Act Passed by the Recent Session Of tho
Legislature Discrepancies Districts
No. and No. 43, Giving Part Of
Their Territory to No. L.

By an act of the recent session Of the
state legislature school district No. 6,
having its territory Just east Of Good
land, and district No. 43, south Of Good
land, were disorganized and part of
their territory added to district No. 1,
which embraces GOodlapd.
District No. gets from No. 6, sections
| 6. 9, 10, 16. q. %, east half of II, and east
half of %, in township 6, range %, seven
out Of the ten sections composing the
district. This new apportionment also
adds to district No. 1, from the territory
in 6, two and one-half miles Of railroad
on which the taxes are promptly paid,
and the valuation on it is 5000 per mile.
District No. a contributes sections
%, % and 30, in township 8, range 90,
three sections ont Of the eight composing
the district.
GoOdland thus gets, through the dis
organization of these two school districts,
ten sections Of land, which viii contri-
butte about 500 annually TO the
support Of the city schools
The valuation Of No. for 1902 y as
go, 755, and it may be fairly estimated
that Of this amount $4,000 Of taxable
property passes under the control Of Mol.
The valuation Of No. a for 1902 was
s1O,31O, and the valuation of the three
sections taken from No. 43 viii approx
mate 1000. So when it is summed up
the taxable property passing under the
control Of district No. from these out
lying districts will aggregate about So
600, and this, added to the original val
uation Of No. 1-S79, 3T2-puts the Good
land schools on a basis Of more than
100000 Of taxable property.
The three remaining sestiocs OF No.
and the five sections Of No. q viii be in
corporated into the neighboring school
districts, as the new law directs the
county superintendent to dispose Of the
remaining territory in that way. The
two school houses and appurtenancss
belonging to the disOrganized districts
will also be disposed Of under the direc-
ton of the county superintendent.
For a number Of years District No. 1
has been unable to keep up with the
heavy expenses incident to the main
tenance OF the city schools, but now II
looks as though it was fair on the way to
keep mp with the financial end. Phe
organization Of the county high school
two years ago threw part Of the burden
on the county, and the proportion Of the
expense Of the city schools better dis
I tributed.
There is some objection to the law on
the part Of the people living in the dis
organized districts because Of the in
creased taxation and the greater distances
to school. But the Increase il. the school
tax will be but little. The maximum
levy for city school purposes cannot
exceed fifteen mills, whereas rural dis
tricts may levy twenty mills for school
purposes SupPosing those districts
were under levy Of ten mills for school
purposes. which they were, or even more,
and their farms valued at 500. Then
their school tax would be about 3.
District No. I has a school levy Of fifteen
mills. and under the same valuation
theschool tax would be $50. A return
for this, they enjoy the superior priv
leges Of the school Of district No. L.
The new territory added 70 diEtricl
No. is not subject to ths payment Of
the schOol. district bonds nor interest On
the same.