The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-10

/ into convenient school districts. cleo
ton bi-ennially of three school truS-
within the district, for the levy and
collection, annually, of district school
tax. not to exceed three mills on all
taxable property within the district
| to be used exclusively for the schools
within the district, when a majority
of the taxpaying. qualified electors
vote in favor of such levy:
| II. An incorporated town may con-
stitute a school district;
u. White and colored children are
not to be taught in the same school:
| IS. Provides for the establishment
Of normal schools;
| IL School funds are to be used for
no other purposes and cannot be used
for sectarian schools; and.
| Is. Provides that school officers
shall be compensated
| At the various sessions of the legis-
lature there have been enacted laws
under this constitution regulating the
duties of the school officers. the man
ner Of their election. providing for the
establishment and maintenance of
common and high schools and other
educational institutions, qualifcati ons,
examinations and employment Of
teachers. duties and powers of teach
ers, method of establishment of school
districts, etc, but it will not be Of any
special benefit for US to consider fur
Their these different laws
For the purpose of apportioning
and distributing the county school fund
and the general supervision of county
school matters, each county is divided
into three school districts. from each
of which districts some elector is
chosen as a member Of the county
school board, of which the county
superintendent is the secretary. Then
there is still further division OF the
county into what are known as sub
districts, and each of these districts is
entitled to elect three school trustees
who act as a sort of advisory board to
the county board. These trustees aid
in the selection Of the teachers. esti-
mate the running expenses of the
school and have charge Of the build
ings within their respective districts
This county has thirty-f1ve sub-school
districts.
The sources of revenue, then, OF
which the state school board has the
apportionment and distribution, are:
. (a) The county's proportion share
received from the state, which is
upon the schools of the various coun-
ties;
OBJ Proceeds from the collection OF
the three to seven-mill tax:
(c) Proceeds from the collection Of
: the -capitation or poll tax; and,
| Cd, Net proceeds from all fines col
lected within the county under the
; penal laws of the state.
The sub-school districts resource
. exclusive of it's proportionate share OF
the above. is:
i, ta) Proceeds from the collection o.
the. sub-school district special tax
which cannot exceed three mills OF
the taxable property within the sub
school district.
;; We have reviewed the general laws
and sources Of revenue that apply tt
/ the counties Of the state, and we come
now to a consideration of conditions il
: Marion county. The figures I shall
, use as to taxes are based upon assess
ments and valuations for the yea1
, 1911, and the school figures, expenses
enrollments, revenues, etc, are baset
? upon the records Of the fiscal schoo
year 1910-1911, ending June Goth, 1911
r The assessed valuation of real
/ estate in Marion county for
2 the year 1911 is. S3,059.9 5t
The assessed valuation of
2 personal property in Mar
5 ion county for the year
81 1911 is Observation-Disclosures. 1,161, 16t
l The assessed valuation on
l railroad property and tele-
E graph property for the
year 1911 is .............. 1861
] A total valuation Of assessa-
BILE property is ,438.08
4 Against this there is levied a seven
mill tax, and, If all were collected
this would yield the sum of s38,O66
But not all Of this is collectable; II
fact. not exceeding 95 per cent, o
t s36.1S2.70, can be counted upon.
For the scholastic year 1910-1911
o the revenue and the sources from
which derived, were as follows:
Amount received from states S,5S81
/. Amount received from col
lection Of 7-mill tax ...... 27,672.4
f Amount received from SUBJ
:, school district 3-mill tax. 8,300.2
l. Amount received from capt.
: tation Or poll taxes. ... 3,070.4
I Amount received from other
u sources 1857
Amount received from eX-
animation fees and tuition $50
i Amount received from fines
under penalty provision...
Amount received from tax
n redemptions -. 80. 1,778.6
Making a total revenue for
the county of ............ ISL ,054. s
e The number of pupils enrolled dur
ing the year 1910-1911 was: white
q 1886: colored, 1889; total of 6274. tn
average attendance for the whit
3 pupils being 100, and of the colore
4 being 249S.
The number Of white teachers in tn
:, county for that year was "a and tn
. number of colored was 50, or a tota
= number of teachers of 1856.
The expenses of the county in tn
support and maintenance of tn
n schools for the scholastic year 1910
n 1911 was s52,548.51. The average cos
+ per pupil to the county. based upo
j enrolment, was ss3s; based up aver
j age attendance of pupils was s12.5:
q July 1St, 1911, there was to the credi
OF the county school fund, 1884:
S against which includes sub-school dis
e trict Indebtedness.
: Sub-SchoOl District Number One
o We come now to a consideration 0
. the conditions in our home district.
The assessed valuation of
: real estate in sub-school
district No. l, for the year
1911, is $50. 90
| The assessed valuation of per-
= sonal property in SUBJ
school district No. /, for
1911. is Observation-Disclosures. 326.3s
The assessed valuation of
railroad and telegraph