The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-02
| MAY INCREASE SCHOOL TAX
Districts May Vote Seven Mills
 May IS.
County Examiner Forrest Urges Needy Districts to Vote Increased Tax
 at School Election.

l al SCNOOl EleCtlOU.
 Every school district in the state of Arkansas is authorized to vote a school tax equal to seven mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of property in the district at the an- nual school meetings which will be held May IS, two weeks from next Saturday.
 The legislature has already passed a law, which has been ap- proved by the governor, giving districts this right, in conformity with the constitutional amendment adopted last September. The same act also raises the state levy for school purposes from two to three mills, and even if no addi- tional district tax is levied, each district will have a approximately larger fund at hand.
 The section of the law applying to the districts is given below:
 "The electors of every school district shall, when lawfully as- sembled in annual school district meeting with not less than five electors present, have the power by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting: first to choose chairman; second, to adjourn from time to time; third, to appoint, when necessary, in the absence of the directors of the district, clerk pro tenn; fourth, to elect director for the district for the next three school years, who can read and write; fifth, to designate site for a school house; sixth, to determine the length of time during which a school shall be taught more than three months in a year; seventh, to determine what amount of money shall be raised by tax of the taxa ble property of the district, sufflci- ent with the public school revenues apportioned to the district, to de- fray the expenses of the school for three months, or for any greater length of time they may decide to Qave a school taught during the year; provided, no tax for the pur- pose aforesaid greater than seven- tenths of one per cent on the as- sessed value of the property of the district shall be levied; and provid- ed further, they may, if sufficient revenue cannot be raised to sus- tain a school for three months dur ing any one year, determine by ballot that no school shall be taught during such year, in which case the revenue belonging to such school district shall remain in the treasury to the credit of such school district; eighth, to repeal and modify their proceedings from time to time.
 County Examiner T. F. Forrest, in letter to the Log Cabin Demo- crat, appeals to those districts in need of funds to vote the full seven mill tax at the approaching cleo ton. His letter follows:
 Prof. Forests Statement
 Directors and Patrons of the Pub
 lie Schools:
 Amendment No. is now a part of our constitution. It is now the privilege of every district to vote a local tax of seven mills. It is our purpose to get this valuable infor- nation before the schools of the county prior to the May election. To effect this personal letters will be sent to every school board in the county; through these men we feel that we will reach every voter with this proposition.
 We are sure that many districts will take advantage of this oppor- tunity to make their schools bet ter. The reports show that there is great need in many places of better houses and equipments, and longer terms. With this opportu- nity before us we shall make great CT progress in education and soon be able to make the rural schools attractive to the most ambitious parents. When we make these schools what they are capable ot being there will be no further need of moving from good farm for school advantages.
 Let every voter on May IS who is interested in the cause of educa- ton ask himself the question; Could the conditions of this dis trict be better by increased revenue for school purposes?
 T. F. FORREST,
 County Examiner. Vilonia, Ark. April 30.
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