The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-02-16
all taxable property within their
limits for the support of their
schools;

al t8xaDie properly Wltulu tu0AI
limits for the support of their
schools;
8. Provides that the county school
fund, in addition to the county school
tax, its proportion of the interest
on the state school fund and of one
mill tax, shall consist of,
(a) The net proceeds of all fines
collected under the penal laws of the
state within the county; and.
OBJ All capitation or poll taxes
collected within the county;
10. Empowers the legislature to
provide for the division of the coun-
| ties into convenient school districts,
election bi-ennially of three school
trustees having supervision of the
schools within the districts, for the
levy and collection, annually, of a
district school tax, not to exceed
three mills on all taxable property
within the district to be used exclus-
lively for the schools within the dis
trict, when a majority of the taxpay-
/ ing qualificatied electors vote in favor
of such levy;
IL. An incorporated town may con-
stitute a school district;
IL. White and colored children are
not to be taught in the same school;
10. Provides for the establish
ment of Normal Schools;
IA. School funds are to be used for
no other purposes and sannot be
used for sectarian schools; and,
Is. Provides that school officers
shall not 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, qualifica-
cations, examinations and employ
ment of teachers, duties and powers
of teachers, methods of establish
ment of school districts, etc.,-but
it will not be of any special benefit
for us to consider further different
laws.
i 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 secre-
tary. Then there is still a further
division of the county into what are
known as sub-school districts, and
each of these districts are entitled
to elect three school trustees, who
act as a sort of advisory board to the
county board. These three trustees
aid in the selection of the teachers,
estimate the running expenses of the
school and have charge of the build
ings within there respective districts.
This county has So sub-schools dis
tricts.
The sources of revenue, then, of
which the state school board has the
apportionment and distribution, are:
i (a) Interest on the state school
fund; and,
i (b) Proceeds from the collection
of the one-mill tax.
The sources of revenue, of which
the county school board has the ap-
portionment and distribution, are:
j (a) The county's proportionate
share received from the state. which
is based upon the average attend
ance upon the schools of the various
counties;
OBJ Proceeds from the collection
of the three-to seven-mill tax;
/ (c) Proceeds from the collection
of the capitation or poll tax; and,
i I'D Net proceeds from all fines
collected within the county under the
penal laws of the state.
The sub-school districts resources,
, exclusive of it's proportionate share
of the above, is:
, (a) Proceeds from the collection
of the sub-school district special tax,
! which cannot exceed three mills on
the taxable property within the sub
school district
!. We have reviewed the general laws
and sources of revenue that apply to
the counties of the state, and we
come now to consideration of con-
ditions in Marion county. The figures
. shall use as to taxes are based upon
assessments and valuations for the
| year 1911, and the school figures, ex-
, penses, enrollments, revenues, etc.,
, are based upon the records of the ifs.
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