Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-07-14

40, ~, 4S, 81, 52, 90 end 90.
II perchance the adoption of Sec
ton 12-A Of the constitution should
be acted upon favorably, as advocat-
ted by Campbell Russell. eighteen of
Bryan County's school districts
would utterly he bankrupted and de-
wasted beyond The hope of repair.
The districts thus affected are enum-
Grated above, and IL is the purpose of
this article to give in actual figures
the effect upon each district having
railroad lines through them, IL the
adoption of this amendment should
carry.
District Five.
OF this district 43 per cent Of .a=
able values are those OF pubic serv-
Zee corporations, aid there are 665
school shiIdren in this district. The
assessed valuation Of the district is
s1,S1S,344. OF which sum S573.195
is public service corporations. The
school tax levy for 1915-16 was 6.5
mills. For 1856 public service
corporations paid the district the
sum OF s3,725.76, but under the Rus
seii plan the district would derive
81 per capita. or only 1880. thus
taking a net loss on this account OF
92,39B.76. This loss would have to
be made up by a higher tax rate, and
the arte would be 9.74 mills, instead
OF 6.5 mills, an increase of so per
cent.
District Thirteen.
Seventy-two per cent of the valu-
alton of all property in District 13 is
public service corporation property.
The scholastic enumeration is 1875
children. The total assessed valua-
4ion is $294,972, of which 70 per
cent, or $216.6S5, is pulic service
corporation. The 1915-16 school
levy was as mills. If the Russell
amendment carries, the district will
loss of the $9S7.35 collected in taxes
from corporations, and will get back
its two dollars a head, or $276, TAX
ing a net annual loss of $711.35.
This will necessitate a levy in the
stupendous sum of 1929 mills for
the running of the schools. or more
than three times the present levy. In
other words, whereas, the patrons of
the schools in this district have paid
As cents for each 500 valuation,
they would be compelled TO pay
S1.33. This district would be very
hard hit.
District Twenty-Five.
Number school children 81; as
sessed aluation s121,463, of which
20 per cent, or $S4,SS5. is public
service corporation. The 1856
school levy is So mills, which causes
the corporations to pay the district
s438.54. Under the Russell plan the
district will derive only 1852 from
the corporations, taking net annual
loss of $276.54. This will bring
about a levy of 1857 mills. as
against only So at present-two and
One-half times the present rate.
District Twenty-Three.
Number school shildren 327; as
sessed valuations $4O8, ,59S. of which
~ PCA NChbf VI pIVO s1OVp 10 NOA POA
tion valuations. Current school levy
9.6 mills, which raises from the cor
porations revenues amounting to
s1.041.12. If Section 12-A carries,
the district will derive only s64O.
taking a net loss of $3S7.I2, which
must be met with an extra levy and
people in that district will pay 1888
mills. instead of 9.6 at present.
District Twenty-FOur.
Number school shildren 1856; as
sessed valuations $2O1.16s. OF which
Al per cent, or $S4295. is corpora
tion values. The current school levy
is mills, which raises the sum OF
&421.75 from corporations. If the
amendment carries, the district will
derive from corporations only $312
taking an annual loss of $109.75
which must be met with a higher tar
rate and which will run the tax levy
mp from mills to 5.94 mills.