The Harrison times., 1912-07-06

tax is not paid as provided. such prop
erty shall be sold in the same manner
as property is now sold for the non
payment Of taxes
Section 104. The amount of taxes
levied in any one year by the constituted
authorities of any municipal corporation
Tor city or town purposes shall be linz
tied to that number Of mills on the doll
lar which, when applied to the total
property of the city or town as assessed
and equali2ed that year Will produce a
sum equal to the total taxes levied
against the property Of the city or town
for municipal purposes the year next
preceding plus ten per cent of said total
taxes
For paying all indebtedness existing
at the time of the adoption of the pres
ent Constitution a tax not exceeding the
rate levied for city or town purposes
may be levied; provided the above limi-
tations shall not be construed to pro-
to improvements made in any city or
town for the purpose Of paying the cost
thereof and damages oCcaSiOned thereby.
Provided, that If for any reason any
municipality did not levy a tax, the
year next preceding that rate may be
levied the current year, which when APP
piled to the total property Of the mu-
niCipality as assessed and equali2el the
current year will produce a sum 10 per
cent in excess of the sum produced by
dollar to the property within such mu-
nicipal corporation as assessed and
equalized such next preceding year
Section 105 Section 1888, Kirby IS
Digest, Shall be amended so as TO read
as follows:
Section 1883. The male residents IN
each organized school district in this
state, over the age Of twenty-one years
who have paid their poll taxes and re-
sided therein for thirty days, and within
the State for a period Of one year, and
in the said county six months previous
to said election shall, annually on the
fourth Saturday on October, at two
o'clock F. NJ, hold a meeting TO be desg-
mated, The Annual School Meeting of
the District" and each school district
for the purpose Of school elections alone
shall be a political township,
Section 1OG On or before the Goth
day Of october each year, the county
clerk OF each county in the State shall
ascertain the total value Of the real and
personal property, as equali2ed in each
of the several school districts and muni-
CipalitieS in the county. He shall de-
termine from the records I'm his office
the total assessed value the year next
preceding Of all the taxable property in
each municipality as constituted the cur
rent year On the basis for fixing the
rate TO be levied I'm the several munci-
paltes provided by section l04 hereof
he shall determine the maximum rate
that can be levied the current year IN
each municipality Of the county, and
shall certify out to the constituted au-
thorlties Of each municipality the maxi
mum rate so determined for such muni-
cipality. Likewise to each school board
in the county the clerk shall on said
date certify out the total value for that
year Of the real and personal property
In such school district
Section 107, Section GS03 Klrbys Di-
gest shall be amended 80 as to read as
follows;
Section GS03 The taxes that may be
levied by authority OF any law in any
made and certified by the proper officer
or person to the clerk Of the county
court before the first Monday in No
vember in each year,
Section 10, Section 1896, Kirbys Di-
gest, shall be amended 80 as TO read as
follows:
Section 1896. The electors OF every
common school district shall, when law
fully assembled in annual school dis
trict meeting on the fourth Saturday I'm
october, with not less than five electors
present have the power In addition 20
the powers already provided by law, to
vote on the question Of county uniform
ity IN textbooks,
Section III. Section 1901 Klrbys Di-
gest shall be amended 80 as to read as
follows;
Section 1907 At the annual school
meeting hold on the fourth Saturday In
October there shall be elected by the
legal voters In the school district n di.
rector who shall hold his office for u
term OF three years and until his success
sor Is elected and qualified Provided
that at the frat annual school meeting
of the district after the passage OF this
Act three school directors gh0ll hc elect.
ed to hold office one two and three
years rospcctivclyi and, provided further
WHOM n now school district shall have
been formed under the provisions Of this
Act, three electors shall Immediately be
elected by the electors Of the new dis
trlet and shall hold tholr office for one
year two and three years respectively
ana until their successors have been
elected and qualified as herein provided
FOR
Section 1l2, Section 7G7l Krbys III.
W9t shall DO amended 30 as 70 read as
R3iOWa;
Section 7G7i. on the fourth Saturday
y October each year there shall be held
81 election at tho usual voting place IN
Aph ward Of all Incorporated towns and
Selos organized into single or special
Mhool districts Cor the election Of two
directors, who shall serve for three
years and untll their SUCCESSORS are
voter In addition 70 the name OF the
person voted for as director, shall have
written or printed on II "for tax" or
against tax ANA the rate the voter
desires lcyicd; provided, IN incorporated
towns ana cities OF the second class the
election may be held ut one or more of
the voting places therein, and not I'm
each ward If the board Of directors shall
80 direct by notices posted In three pub
lie places IN said city or town ten days
before the election designating the place
or places at which said election shall
DO held
Section ll3, II shall be tho duty of
the county clcrk to furnish annually 10
tho assessor all necessary blank lists
property ~ required by sections 10,
lS 10, 20, 81, 22, 90, and 81 hereof said
blank lists TO hO prepared upon such
forms na may be approved by the Ara
mnana TnN Commission, Tho expenses
OF furnishing said llata shall bo allowed
ana paid by the county court Oa Ia now
pr4ylded by law for payment or county
Section IA, In any leyee or drainage
district In this State whether created
by general or special law In which a
levec or drainage tax ls levied aud col
lccted on tho assessment of the prop.
crty IN the district up the sumc "a
mUdo by tho county uHNuaenr I'm tho
HNmr manner az state, county muniulu
pal ana school taxes are levied ana coll
leeted II shall be lawful for the board
OF inspectors, board OF directors or the
governing body OF the dlstfiet by what
ever name known Co meet az the usual
meeting place OF such body IN such dlHa
trlct Ht amy tlmo before tho Hrst Mon
day IN November iOli ANA reduce any
rate of taxation which, by vote OF the
taxpayers OF the district or by any
other way provided by law for the nNu
Ing OF such rate, has been already fixed