The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-11-12
FACTS GIVEN
IN RESOLUTION
-GALLihc FOR SPECIAL SCH
TAX ELECTION TO BE HELD
DECEMBER 1s.
"A Copy of the Document as Passed
sy City Council Thursday Night,
Under Terms of Which the Eiec-
tion viii Be Held.

tion VIII Be Held.
Following is q copy of the resoiu-
ton passed by council Thursday
night calling for the special school
tax election on Dec. 13:
BY Alderman Ludwig-Whereas a
petition signed by one-fourth or more
Wf the qualified voters of the CITY Of
brunswick has been presented to the
mayor and council of said city. based
upon Section 2, of that act of the
Legislature of Georgia entitled, "An
act to be entitled an act to authorize
a certain class of municipalities to
hold an election to determine the
question of taxation for the support
and maintenance of public schools;
the proper qualification of electors for
such elections and for other purpos-
es; approved Aug. 13, 1910, praying
that said mayor and council shall or
der an election to be held in said
city on the question of local taxation
Tor school purposes, and submitting
the question of local tax for public
school to the qualified voters of the
municipality in conformity with the
provisions of the act aforesaid.
Now, therefore be it, and it is here
by resolved by the mayor ana council
of the city OF Brunswick in council
assemblies:
l. That an election is hereby or
dered to be held by the qualified cleo
tors of said city, at the usual place
OF holding elections therein, and with
in the hours prescribed by law for
the holding of municipal elections
within said city, and upon the 18th
day of December, 1910, and under and
governed by all the rules and regula-
tions prescribed by law for the hold
Ing of elections within said munich
pality, an election upon the question
of local taxation for school purposes,
and at which election there shall be
submitted the question of local taxa
tion for public schools, to the quail.
5fied voters of said municipality.
2. That notice of such election
shall be published in the Brunswick
journal and the Brunswick Daily
News. respectively. the same being
newspapers published in said munich
pality, at least once week for not |
hess than two weeks before said 18th |
day Of December, 1910, the date for
the holding of the election aforesaid.
3. That at said election ballots may
he cast as follows: Those favoring |
local taxation for public schools shall !
have written or printed on their pal |
1ots, For local taxation for public |
schools" and those opposed snail |
have written or printed on their bal
lots, Against local taxation for pub
lic schools"
4. That the managers of said elec- |
fiOn shall be those who may be ap-
pointed by said mayor and council as |
TO be held also upon said day for
mayor and four aldermen of said city,
and the said managers shall make re-
turns of said election hereby ordered,
as provided for by Section OF the
aforesaid act of the legislature of
Georgia, approved Aug. 10, 1910.
S. That the taxation contemplated
by this resolution, and to be deter
mined by the qualified voters at the
election herein provided for, shall not
exceed one-half of one percenrum per
annum and if the result of said cleo
ton shall be in favor of the levy the
aforesaid local tax thus authorized,
the funds arising therefrom shall,
when collected, be kept separate and
distinct from all other funds of said
city, and distursed by him thereafter
as may be prescribed from time to
time, by said mayor and council.
6. The purpose of this resolution Is
analogous to that act of the legisla-
ture of Georgia entitled "An act to
amend an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the creation and operation of
local tax district schools, and for the
,evying and collection of local tax by
districts or counties, for educational
purposes for the laying off of coun-
ties and school districts, and for 9th
or purposes. Approved Aug. %, 1909. ;
30 as to provide for amending the
caption to provide proper enforce
Ment of the bill, and for the laying
off of counties into districts of req
sonable size, for the election Of dis
trict trustees, whether local tax is I
tevied and collected or not, to pro I
vide a correct method OF collectiig
the tax In local districts, and for 9TH
er purpose, approved Aug. 2l, 1906,
and the several acts amendatory
thereof, and to apply the spirit and
provisions thereof 80 far as the same
San be lawfully done to the said city
of Brunswick, and this portion of this
resolution is an expression of the de- !
sire of said mayor and council in the
premises. Adopted.