The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-20
OF EDUCATION,
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
Circular Letter to County Superinten-
dents Concerning Appointments
and Special Levies.

dents Concerning Appointments
and Special Levies.
Section XIV closes with this pro-
viso: THAT no portion of the money
derived from said three mill levy as
hereinbefore mentioned, shall be ap-
portioned by any county school super
i1tendent to any district which does
not levy a special tax annually of not
less than three mills on each dollars
on the taxable property of that dis
trict, for its district school purposes,
as hereinbefore provided" At present,
the Territory levies a two mill tax for
general school purposes, but of course
this proviso does not apply to the
collections under said two-miIl tax
1t will be proper, therefore, for each
county superintendent to apportion
the country school fund on the third
pective of the amount of special tax
levied by any district in the county
The three-mill tax provided for in this
section will be levied by the Terri
torial Auditor, this month. Collec-
tions under this levy will not take
place before December first, of this
year. This proviso, hereinbefore men
toned, does not become operative
therefore, until the apportionment is
made for the month of January. 1908
The first part of Section XIV. pro-
vides that school directors and boards
of education shall make an estimate
for the tax levy on taxable property
on or before the first Monday of May
of each year, for the purposes named
viz: Providing suitable school hous-
es, repairs of same, necessary furni-
ture and fuel, teachers wages, inter
est on school bonds, redemption of
penses connected with the proper con-
duct of the schools of the district
they are empowered to levy a tax not
to exceed five mills on the dollar in
their respective districts. For these
same purposes the boards of school
directors and the boards of education
are further empowered to levy a tax
of more than five mills a1d not to
exceed fifteen mills; provided, that
the tax required above five mills shall
be voted upon by the qualified voters
of said district at a regularly called
election for that purpose, and if con-
CURED in by a majority of the votes
cast at said election, the levy shall be
certified, etc. CA vote of the qualified
voters is not required in cities) Since
those districts oaly which levy spec
ial tax of at least three mills, can
receive any part of the Territorial
cording to the proviso hereinbefore
mentioned, it becomes the moral duty
of every county superintendent to in
form every board of school directors
vision; for if a special tax of three
mills is not levied on or before the
first Monday of next month, in any
one district, the apportionment for
that district of the Territorial three
mill levy will be withheld on and after
the third Monday of next January
Let the county superintendent make
it very clear to every board of school
directors that by levying a small spec
ial tax the district will be fully re-
imbursed by the apportionment of the
Territorial levy.
In making this special levy the
boards of school directors should
take into consideration the fact that
income from gambling licenses will
cease on January 1st, 1908.
Trusting tnat these questions may
receive your careful and Immediate
attention, | am,
Yours very sincerely,
J. E. CLARK,
Superintendent Public Instruction