The Harrison times., 1912-06-15

| bridges; and, provided further If said
| 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 lOl The amount Of taxes
! levied I'm any one year by the constituted
authorities Of any municipal corporation
| 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 eQualZed 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-
! 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 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 cquali2cd 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
! equali2ed such next preceding year
Section 1906. Section 1883, Kirby's
| Digest shall be amended 50 as to read
as follows:
Section 75SS 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
! I'm the said county six months previous
! TO said election shall annually on the
! fourth Saturday on October at two
! o'clock i, NJ, hold a meeting 10 be desig-
| mated, "The Annual School Meeting of
! the District" ana 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 lie shall de-
termine 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
! palties 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-
! thorties Of each municipality the maxi
mum rate 80 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 l07 Section GS93, Kirhys Di-
! gest shall be amended 80 as to read as
! follows
Section GS93, 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
yember in each year
Section tl0, Section 1896 Klrbys Dl-
gest, shall be amended 80 as to read as
Section 1896. The electors OF every
common school district shall when law
fully assembled In annual school dis
trIct meeting on the fourth Saturday IN
October, with not less than five electors
present, have the power in addition to
| the powers already provided by law, TO
vote on the question Of county uniform
! ity In textbooks,
Section II. Section 1907, KIrbys Di-
gcst, shall be amended 80 AZ 70 read as
| follows
Section 1907. At the annual school
meeting held on the fourth Saturday I'm
! October there shall be elected by the
! legal voters I'm the school district dl.
! rector who shall hold his office for Il
! term Of three years and uptll his success
sor IN elected and qualified Provided,
! that at the first annual school meeting
! or the district after the passage OF thlA
! Act three school directors shall be elect
cd TO hold office ono two ana three
! years respectivelyi and, provided further
when new 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
| trIct ana shall hold their office for one
year two ana three years respectively,
ana untll their Successors have been
elected and qualified AZ herein provided
| for,
Section 49, Section 1G7i, Klrbys Dl
kght shall bo nAhendcd no ~ 10 read ~
l1lows'
sccllon 7G7i on the fourth Saturday
| u October each year there shall be held
" election ut the usual voting place IN
! hEh ward OF all Incorporated towns and
Rhool dletrlcte Cor the election OF two
directors, who shall serve for three
years and untll their successors are
elected ana qualified The ballot Of the
vOtcr, I'm addition 10 the nNmc OF the
person voted for az director shall have
written or printed on IL "for tax" or
against tan" ana the rate the voter
desires leylod provided, In Incorporated
towns ana cities of the second class the
election may he held At one or more OF
the voting places therein, ana not IN
each ward, If tho board OF directors shall
80 direct by notices posted In three pubs
lie pluCoU IN said city or town ton days
before the election designating the place
or places nc which said election shall
be held,
Section il3, II shall be tho duty Of
the county clerk TO furnish annually 90
the assessor all necessary blank llatR
for NarrhHlng tho real and personal
property ~ required hy sections 10,
u.s. ~, 20, ~, g9 30, ana ~ hereof said
blank lists t0 he prepared upon huoh
forms RR may ba approved by the Ar
| Kansas TAN Commission The expenses
OF furnishing said lists shall be allowed
ANA paid by the county court Hs IL now
provided by law for payment OF county
ordinary expenses
Section lli In any lcvoc or drnInngo
| district I'M thlA state whether created
by general or special law Ia which "A
eVee or drainage tax Ia levied ana ool7
! leeted on The assessment OF The prop
! ertN IN The district az the same IL
made by tho county asseHHof In the
| same manner hH state, county muhiula
pal ana school taxes are levied ana col
leetrd, II Hhull bo lawful for the board
OF inspectors, board Of directors or the
governing body of the district by what
ever name known tU meet Ht the usual
meeting place Of such body IN such dis
tflet At any time before Tho ilrst Mon
day IN November 1911, ana reduce any
rate of taxation which, hV vote of the