Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-01
Nebraska
TEST COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS
New Law Will Be Brought Up in
the State Courts.
ELLIOTT GOES TO NORTH PLATTE
Number Of Outlying Districts Are
Joining I'm Contrasting validity
of Act that Places school
In Logan,
tFrom a staff Correspondent

U'rom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Aug d.-(Special deputy
state Superintendent Robert 1. Elliott
will go TO North Platte tomorrow TO rep
resent the state superintendents office
in a case brought by parties in Logan
county to test the validity Of the county
high school law passed by the last leg
islature
The bill calling for the levy OF tax
for the support OF a county high school
was introduced by Representative Fred
Hoffmeister OF Chase county. section 1880
reading:
The trustees OF each school district
within the state of Nebraska shall. prior
to the annual school district meeting in
| each year, as provided by law, prepare
an estimate showing the amount OF
| money required for the maintenance or
| schools during the coming school year,
| shall determine the amount OF money
/ required for school maintenance during
| tho coming school year, which snail De
an amount sufficient to maintain school
! in the manner and for the time provided
! in section $40 ul64S) OF the act and the
J amount OF money so required shall be
| levied as a tax upon all of the taxable
property OF the school district; provided,
! that In districts having four children or
i less OF school age, the amount levied
| shall not exceed the sum OF 500 IN any
| year, and in districts having more THAN
! FOUR and less than sixteen children OF
school age the levy shall not exceed the
! sum of $50 per child In addition to the
| above The amount OF money so voted as
being necessary for the maintenance ot
| the school for the coming year shall pc
! certified by the district school board 70
| the county clerk of the county in when
Eaid school district is located and said
| amount shall be levied by the county
| board on the assessed value or the schooi
district and be collected as other ta sNai
| provided that the amount so levied shsl
not exceed in any one year S5'0O on tne
| SlOo valuation as assessed and equanzeu
| Section 11545 referred to above provinces
as follows:
They shall also determine at each an,
| nuai meeting the length of time school
| shall be taught in the district the ensuing
year, which shall not be less thah iouI
| months by legally qualified teacher IN a
| district having less than twenty puPils on
school age nor less than eight months IN
| districts having between twenty ana
! seventySfjve pupils inclusive, nor less than
nine months in districts having more tnan
seyenty-fiVe pupils. Provided, that school
| shall be taught in every such dlstIlct III
at least nine months in the year Mheg t tte
same can be supported by ieYy Oh III
| teen mills on the dollar valuation IN suSh
school district, when supplemented py tne
district apportionment from the sthte
school fund, and for at least elght IloI ,,,,
in the year when the same can DE sup
ported by a similar levy of twenty MUS,
supplemented as above. they may also
determine and instruct the district OIL
-
| terms of school, and the seasons OF the
wear in which the same shall De tauknt,
and the district officers shall see thnI
school is actually taught therein py IL
censed teacher in conformity to such IN
structions and for not less tnan tnS Iensti ~
of time herein required, No district shaii
receive any portion OF the stare s, btp tbsrein
| for the length Of time required oy this
| act.
Many Counties Affected.
The counties affected by the above law
and which are interested in the suit being
brought to prevent the collection of the
| tax for the maintenance OF the school are
sioux. Banner, Klmball, Deuel., Arthur
Grant Hooker, Mcpherson, Logan Thurs
ton. Blaine, Loup, Perkins. Chase, Hayes
Wheeler, and Garden. Wheeler ana KIM
ball already have the school In operation
| It is understood that Logan county has
the school building already erected prepa-
| tory to beginning the school this fall, but
certain parties are protesting the matter
and an Injunction has been brought TO
prevent the further work provided for in
the act passed by the legislature.
ReauIsItiOn for Lamm.
! Governor Carey of Wyoming has asked
Governor Morehead to issue extradition
papers for the rturn to that state of Jo-
seph Lamnn, now being held by the pos
lice of South Omaha on instructions OF
the authorities of Wyoming for the utter
ance of fraudulent checks on the South
| Omaha Packers National bank in the
sums OF SIS and $50 each, which were
cashed in that state.
Hall Talks at Fair.
Railway Commissioner Thomas Hall
will deliver an address at the state fair
on Thursday September 3 at o'clock,
his subject being The Railway Commits
sion and its Relation to the People Hld
| the Public Service Corporations"
Two Counties Slow to Report.
All counties have reported on the cleo
ton returns except Lancaster and Doug
las. 1t is understood that the former fin
ished the count Saturday but the re-
turns have not yet been received at the
office of the secretary Of state and Doug
las county is still counting.