Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

in the school buildings and on the school
grounds, under the custody and manage
ment Of such boards, evening schools,
vacation schools, reading rooms, library
stations, debating clubs, gymnasiums,
public Fairgrounds, puDiic baths and
similar activities, and accommodations
to be determined by such boards, without
charge to the residents of such cities;
or boards having the custody and man
agement in such cities of public parks,
| libraries, museums and public buildings
and grounds of whatever sort, anu by
making arrangements satisfactory to such
boards of school directors, and such
commissioners or boards controlling other
public buildings and grounds, to provide
the supervision, instruction and oversight
necessary to carry on public educational
and recreat ional activities, as described
in this section, in buildings and upon
management of such commissioners or
boards having charge of public parks,
libraries, museums or public buildings
and grounds of whatever sort in such
cities of the first, second or third class.
2. If any board of school direcors shall
neglect or refuse to proceed as author
lied in this act, the question of their
action as herein authorized shall, upon
petition to that effect, signed by not
less than ten per cent Of the number Of
voters voting at the last school or other
election in such city, be submitted to the
electors of the school district at the next
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a majority Of the votes cast upon such
proposition shall be in favor thereof, then
the board of school directors shall pro-
coed to undertake and organize this work
as authorized in this act.
3. Boards Of school directors in cities
of the first, second or third class shall
report to the common council Of such
cities at Or before the first meeting Of
such common council in September Of
each year, the amount of money required
for the next fiscal year for the support
of the aforementioned activities of
similar nature which may have been pre-
viously determined upon by such boards
of school directors, and it shall be the
duty Of such common council to levy and
collect a tax upon all the property, sub
Ject to taxation in said city, at the same
time and In the same manner as other
taxes are levied and collected by law,
which shall be equal to the amount of
money. so required for such purposes by
the said board of schoo1 directors as pro-
vided in this act; Provided, that the
tax SO levied upon each dollar Of the as
sessed valuation of all property, real and
personal, in said city, subject to taxa
ton, shall not in any one year exceed
two-tenths mill for the purpose of the
activities hereinbefore mentioned in this
act, and other similar activities which
may have been determined upon by such
board Of school directors of each city.
The said tax shall not be used or appro
priaed, directly or indirectly, for any
other purpose than that provided in this
act.
4. All moneys received by or raised in
such city for the afore- mentioned pur-
pose shall be paid over TO the city treas
urer, to be disbursed by him on orders
of such board of school directors in such
ely, countersigned by the comptroller in
the same manner that other funds at the
disposal of such board of school directors
in such city are disbursed by them. But
the tax provided for in this act shall
not be levied or collected, nor shall the
board OF schol directors AS provided in
this act have authority 10 require the
levy and collection. Of such tax, until
after the question of the levy and cOleC-
ton Of such tax shall have been sub
mitted to the qualified school electors of
such city at some regular or special cleo
ton, and shall have ben favOrably voted
upon by a majority Of those voting upon
such question at such election. The ques
ton as to the levy and collection of such
special tax shall be submitted to the
voters in the usual manner upon request
of the board Of school directors in such
city, or the question of the levy of such
tax shall be submitted upon a petition 70
that effect, signed by not less than ten
per cent of the number of voters voting
at the last school election, held previously
in such city.
s. After the question Of the levy and
collection Of such special tax has been
submitted to and approved by the voters
as provided in this section, the authority
shall remain, and such tax shall be lev
led and collected annually until such
time as the voters OF the school district
of such city shall, by majority vote, order
the discontinuance of the levy and col
lection Of such tax. The question of the
discontinuance of the levy and collection
of such tax shall be submitted to the vot-
ers in the same manner and under the
same conditions as the proposition to
authorize the levy ans collection of the
said tax.
6. The board of school directors In
any city covered by this act, is also en-
powered to receive and expend for the
purposes Of this act any sum of money
appropriated and turned over to them by
the common council of such city for such
purposes; and the common council of
such city shall have authority to appro-
pirate and turn over to the board of
schOl directors of the school district of
such city any reasonable sums of money
which the said common council may de-
sire to appropriate out of the general
fund of such city and turn over to the
said board of school directors for the
purposes herein set forth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pass
age and publication.
Approved June 80, 1911. Copy Law.
No. 1 rGlF 81 s,d Pq 44Ms o 3qlY 1914 2 1911