The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-05-25
LEvYINC
BOARDS
INSTRUCTED

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The following circular letter has
been addressed by Tax Commission
er Dillon to the county courts.
boards Of education, municipal corn-
ell and presenting attorneys
1t is presumed that the leyying
bodies of the state in fixing the rate
of levy for the year 1906 will NOT
exceed tho limit prescribed by law
In order, however, that every excuse
for so doing might be removed 1
feel that it is incumbent upon lis
office to call attention ofthe leyying
bodies, county courts, city town and
( village councils and boards of edu-
cation, and the prosecuting attor-
neys whose duty it is to see that the
law is faithfully enforced, tot the
law governing the laying Of levies-
To illustrate chapter 49,: IL the
aggregate amount of taxes levied
! by any county court for the year
1904 for county and district road
J purposes was So, 900, it can only lay
/ a levy for 1906 that will raise this
amount plus Y per cent. or $3.50,
To- raise more money than this
J would require an affirmative three
! fifths vote Of the people
The illustration given above i'm
refeIelSs to county courts will APP
ply t3ttle taxes to be levied by any
city, t6@risor village council.
The illustration given above in
referencd fqNounty courts will apSly
to the taS$ Ito be levied by any
board of,d9isation for building pur
poses, withthe, further prdyiso that i
a levy not exceeding forty CENTS ON
the one hundred dollars valuation
lmay be laid to erect new buildings
Tor pay forlbuildirgs already erected
The rate Of levy for the steacherR
\ fund.- is 30 cents on the one hun
\ dred dollars valuation, unless an in-
creased levy be necessary to run
district schools five months at the /
minimum salary to be paid teachers 4
4 as fixed by Chapter SO, Acts Of the 4
Legislature Of 1908, and in this case
the levy may be increased to ~
cents on the one HUNDRED dollars
valuation.
desire to call your attention all
SO to section 3 of chapter 6 of the
Ilacts of the extraordinary session OF
the Legislature of 1904, and section
a of the same chapter as amended
and re-enacted by chapter IS of the
acts Of 1906.
1t will be observed that this Sec
ton provides certain penalties for
the unlawful expenditure Of public
moneys. Itmight be WELT TO say by
,lway Of friendly warning that these
penalties will positively be enforced
.|if the law is violated. No illegal
.llevy will be tolerated.
4 Some of The county courts of the
I state have fixed the levy term in the
month of June, and the boards Of
Education usually fix the levy on the
first Mondayin July. Ithas been
customary onthe part % ZONE of the
Y courts and boards of education to
4 estimate the amount Of property
upon which the levy. was TO be laid
lin the absence Of the exact figures.
This year no estimate should be
|ycntured. This is matter of tpo
4 much importance to the tax payers
4 of the stote tobe the subject Of guess
work. ANY attempt to estimate the
amount of property upon which the
|levy is to be laid would be q leap
lin the dark and the results might be
serious. Nolevying body should lay
Ia levy until they have before them
4 the aggregate amount of real and
personal property subject TO such
SIlevy. The value of the real estate
'|of the state has already been ascer-
s|tained, and has been increased near
lily three Dimes. Such property as =
I assessed by the board Of health
tlworks and the local assessors Will
slno doubt show large increase hence
lit is readily seen that no levy should
,tbe based upon estimates
The law provides that the county
Eco,uhrts Il may hold the levy term u the z
n month of July, and that the boards 4
e education shall lay the levy 6il
'lthe first Monday in July orEss coon
4 thereafter as practicable. II when
1.-The county court or any county cK
1.-The board of education or any dis
'ltrict, or other levying body peets
Ito lay the levy for the arsuing yer
Hi has not before it the 70 meet 81
,IMegate amount Of ptdpel
which taxes are TO BE- lezied, Slcls n
sessions should be I'd i6pfnAa Ic1n Z
.ltime to time until such informal ion
can be de6nitely ascert tanned