The Harrison times., 1912-06-01

! 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 l04 The amount of taxes
! levied in any one year by the constituted
authorities of any municipal corpora tion
| FOR city or town purposes shall be linn
! tied to that number Of mills on the dol
] lar which, when applied to the total
property OF the city or town as assessed
| and cquali2ed 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 peC cent of said total
! taxes
! For paying all indebtedness existing
| at the time OF the adoption OF the pres
| cnt Constitution a tax not exceeding the
| rate levied for city or town purposes
! may be levied, provided, the above liml-
| tatious shall not be construed TO pro-
| hibit assessments on property adjacent
| to improvements made i'm any city or
! town for the purpose Of paying the cost
! thereof and damages Occasioned thereby
! Provided, that If for any reason any
municipality aid 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 eQuali&ed the
! current year will produce a sum 10 per
! cent i'm excess of the sum produced by
! applying a rate Of five mills on the
! dollar to the property within such mu-
! niCipal corporation as assessed and
! equal2ed such next preceding year.
Section 1876, Section 1888, kirbys
! Digest shall be amended so as to read
! as follows:
Section 1888 The male residents In
| each organized school district I'm this
! state, over the age Of twcnty-one years
| who have paid their poll taxes and re-
! sided therein for thirty days and within
/ a pRTip1 nj and
! in the said county six months previous
| to said election shall, annually on the
| fourth Saturday on October at two
| o'clock =. NJ, hold a meeting to be desg-
| mated "rhe Annual School Meeting Of
! the District" and each school district
! for the purpose Of school elections alone
/ shall be a political township,
! Section 1906. 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 equaliEed in each
| Of the several school districts and muni-
! cipalitcs i'm the county I$e shall de-
! termne from the records In 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 in the several munich
| palitiCs provided by section lOi hereof,
! he shall determine the maximum rate
| lnNt can ne leNlru lUt current year III
! each municipality Of the county and
| shall certify out to the constituted au-
| thoritieS Of each municipality the maxi
| mum rate so determined for such munI-
! cipalty 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 l07 Section GS93, Kirbys Di-
gest, shall be amended so as TO read as
| follows;
Section GS03, The taxes that may be
| levied by authority OF any law In any
| township or school district shall be
made and certified by the proper officer
| or person 20 the clerk Of the county
court before the first Monday I'm No
vembcr in each year
Section 10 Section 1896, Kirbys Dl-
gest, shall be amended 50 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 1907, KIrbys Di-
gcst, shall be amended 80 as to read as
Section 1907 At the annual school
! meeting lltlO On lllt lOUIlIl CUIOINbA III
| October there shall be elected by the
! legal voters In the school district a di-
! rector who shall hold his office for
| term Of three years and until his success
sor Is elected and qualified Provided,
| that at the first annual school meeting
| Of the district after the passage Of THIS
| Act three school directors shall be elect
| cd to hold office one two ana three
| years rcspectlvelyi and, provided further
when new school district smll have
| been formed under the provisions Of this
| Act three electors shall Immediately hc
! elected by the electors Of the new DIS
| trict and shall hold their office for one
SoOT two aud three years respectively
| ana until their successors have been
| elected and qualified as herein provided
| for
Section ii2, Section 7G7i, KIrbys DI
yet shall be aIacndcd 80 as 10 read AZ
Nowsi
Scctlon 7G7i, on the fourth Saturday
n October each year there shall be held
| FL election at the usual voting place In
| Eph ward OF all incorporated towns ana
&2iCs organized into single or special
tehoo districts Cor the election OF two
directors who shall serve for three
| ycUra and uutil their successors are
! elected ana qualified The ballot Of the
voter IN addition to the name Of the
person voted for az director shall have
written or printed on II nor tax or
! against tax ANA the rate the voter
! utrH'H l'Nl'Nl Il'N ll'hi w i''i I'lol'N
towns ana cities Of the second class the
election may be held at one or more OF
the voting places therein, ana not In
each ward, If the board Of directors shall
30 direct by notices posted In three pub
| lie places In said city or town ten days
before tho election designating tho place
or places at which said election shall
be held,
Section ii3, It shall be tho duty OF
! the county clerk 10 furnish annually TO
! the assessor all necessary blank lists
! for assessing the real and personal
property ~ required by sections 10,
! is, ~, 90 -, %, 20, and ~ hereof said
blank lists % be prepared upon such
! forms az may be approved by the Arr
kansas Tax Commission rhe expenses
OF furnishing said lists shall be allowed
ana paid by the county court Ha is now
| provided by law for payment Of county
ordinary expenses
Section IA In any loyce or drainage
! district IN thla state whether created
| by general or special law IN which "A
evee or drainage tax Ia lovled ana cOl=
erty In the district as the same rs
made 10y tho county assessor IN the
same manner az state, county muuivl-
pal ana school taxes are levied and col,
looted, II shall ho lawful for the hoard
OF inspectors, board OF directors or the
governing body Of the district hy what
ever name known tO meet ut tho usual
meeting place Of such body In such dis
| trlut Ut amy time before the first Mon
| day IN November 1911 ana reduce any
rate Of taxation which, by vote Of the
tuNpnyorH OF the district or by any
other way proyldod by law for the llNs