Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-26
MANY RURAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS MAKE A
BUNGLE OF LEV|ES
Ignore Advice and Law and
Many LeVies Will Have
To Be Made Again

In spite of the fact that the clerks
of all Of the 1874 school districts Of
Marion county were notified in ad.
vance Of the numerous changes In the
school laws affecting the levying Of
school taxes by both County School
Superintendent Smith aud County As
SCISSOR West at least 10 Of the school
districts Of the county went ahead and
made their annual levy on Friday,
June 81, the legal date of annual meet.
ings Of school district boards, and In
many Of the eases the levy has been
nullified ana will have 10 made 0vel
again in accordance with the law.
In every instance the law requires
that at least 10 days published OF
posted notice must be given the tax
payers prior to the holding of the an
nual meeting in the event tax levy
is contemplated aud such notice must
| contain an itemized statement Of tho
budget upon which such contemplated
levy il based. Another feature Of the
tax.levying law, embraced in what Is
known az the Bingham act, Is that an
increase Of levy not to exceed 9 per
cent over that Of the previous two
years levy shall not be made in any
district or for any purpose without SO
days published or posted notice and
special election called, such notice tC
contain o complete statement Of dis
triet budget
In many Of the school districts
which have made and sent in their leyy
for 1915, the levy over last year has
been raised considerable over pei
cent in excess Of that Of the past tive
years and In one ease In particular, the
! Silyerton district, whore levy Of
mills was made for this year, the in
crease is about 100 per cent. In no In
stance was the required legal motto,
given where the legal increase allow
ancc was exceeded and no special clec
ton was called or held IN any district
County School Superintendent W, NJ
Smith states that he sent out clrculnl
letter TO every school clerk In III,
county several days In advance Of the
date fixed for the annual school district
bonrd meeting and called particular nt
tention to the changes made in th'
school tax laws aud especially TO The
provisions Of the Bingham act lmitlni
| the amount Of levy to be made, and Il
appears 10 him as though the schoO
| boards did not either read bis cum
munications or paid no attention Il
them. County Assessor Ben p Wes
also sent out advance notices TO The
clerks Of all Of the school boards IL
connection with the blank cards upoi
which they were 10 make their levy re-
turns 10 himself, the county clerk an'
county superintendent and made specia
note Of the changes 10 the school ta'
| laws upon those cards
Furthermore County Superintendent
Smith states that the clerk Of ever
school district In the county has beei
supplied with copies of the state schoo
laws coulrrning the amendments mad
by the last legislature and there seeme'
10 be- no valid excuse for ignoring th
| law In any instance A. h rs practical
| ly all " the leyies ARE n no effect am
win have 10 be made over again.
Those districts which have alread
made their lc,ies aud, in the malont
Of cases, will have 10 be made oye
again later on are Turner . Mills 9.
/ Louis u mill. silyertOn, 5 mills. Ma
/ ion. gi5 mills, pmum I Mill; shaw
mllu Aurora, ~ millsi RosednIr,
mills, Detroit. mills Union school.
/ min; Evans valley g mill, Noble
mills. Haycrnick. 3 millG North Sou
tam. 3 mills; Aumsyille, 3 mills hn
! pringle, ! l.2 mills.