Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
RULES FOR VOTING
At SCHOOL ELECTION
Regulations Issued by County
Board OF Education for
Rural Districts.

The County Board of Education has
iss,,ed the following special rules for the
school election in the rIrnl districts oI
New Castle county-outside of the specia
disfricts-next tomorrow.
I. No person, or persons, can vote whose
property does not appear ON the official
assessment. or who Is not on the assess
ment list as qualified 10 pay poll tax
. Explanation concerning poll tax
The of cial list used in this election is
tho one prepared by the County Board
of Assessment Poll tax. under the county
law, Is rs cents. Therefore, Judges of the
election shall understand that persons
who have assessed to them % cents in
county tax are qualifed TO vote four vote
as poll tax for school purposes, as 81
schooi tax is a~sesSe to persons having
no property.
All Persons. except women, are en-
Titled 90 four additional votes as poll tax.
No Person can vote by proxy
; A person not living II New Castle
county. but having property assessed TO
hum or her In SAID county may vote by
appearing at the polls and per sonally
signing and depoSiting his OF her own
ballot
@ In accepting the vote Of q corpora
tion. the regular ballot furnished by the
BOARD Of Education Of New Castle oou nty
must have attached tn ereto a certified
r-olution of the bo ard Of directors 0f y
corporation autho rlzing designate
per>on. on behalf Of the corporation, to
vote for or against the bond issue, &c
cording 20 the Ish OF the board of direc-
tors. before such ballot can he cast.
: Trustees ot al estate who have a
school tax as~e~sed to them If al persons
interested m such estate are unanimous
~ their opilun, may cast ballot. No
one trustee can act for all, and any vote
must be the result Of JOINT and cor current
action Ia the event of any disagreement
between trustees. no trustees can vote the
estate
S Partners who have tax assessed To
hem are entitled 70 vote. Partrers, un-
ike trustees, are the agents for each other,
md one partner may vote for all the part
ers, without Joint action The election
4fficers should of course be satisfied that
The partrw attemptil & to vote Is q MEM
Der of the partnership.
o. Polls shall be open continuously be-
tween the hours Of y III. and ) 2. m.
10 Ofhcers designated to hold the cleo
tion shall b. ON hand promptly TO orgrizc,
'nnd To take oath of office, before the vote
ng legns.
II Any person having property asses
sesed 20 them within he bounds over which
his bond issue shall extend way cast
ballot ~ the most convenient pOlhr place.
u Women. ~ present, arc not en-
TITLED 20 pay j poll tax, and therefore can
not vote. unless they pay property tax
l3 Each person paving school tax as
-csscd to nim or her in any Of the SAID dis
'ricts, shall have one vote for every dol
lar or fraction thereof
IA Each voter i entitled TO receive a
ballot for the bond iSsUs, and ballet
against the bend issue, cne of which he
or she Will deposit ~ his ballot.
Is After having determined from the
ass essment list the amount Of tax assessed
agains a voter, he or she shall write the
number of votes on his ballot and sign his
name
10 In an attendance district in which |
there il local trustee board, the three |
members of the local trustee beard, the |
iTlncipal teacher and one other person, |
elected hv thc local board Of trustees,
= hall constitute the election officers.
a.. In ca se any person. Or persons. des- |
z ated 20 as iSt Ia ho'dl & the election is |
hsent tho Off Gers present may select a |
Terson. or pers ons. 10 FIJI the vacancy or |
\ vacanclcs or IN case there * 10 local trlIs- |
tee board. n an attendance district, the |
voters present shall organize by selecting
the proper officers.
Is The judges, AZ $ o'clock shall
declsrc the polls closed, and shall i'm
proceed 70 count tho votes.
10. When the votes have been counted
rne certificate of election, together with
the ballots and the oath of officers, must
he placed in the stamped envelope and
sealed In the presence Of al the election
and mailed 20 the county Board
~ Fduca alton. County Building, Whining
ton by registered msil The other cleo
tior. certificate is 70 be placed upon the
loor
90. The tax rate for school purposes in
New Castle county L &c On the 800
Therefore, 70 determine the number Of
iollars Of taxes assessed against any voter,
letermrne the number Of hundred dollars
le psys by dividing the amount assessed
-SsInst him by 100, or by pointing of two
lecimal places; multiply the result By
orty-five hundred this ~. and point
q two decimal places. This VIII give the
imher OF dollars IL taxes TO be paid by
~ voter
y ANY reoeptable, such Is chalk box
" nat. max be used ss ballot box
p In case OF doubt, consult the
'ohool Lsw, pages 1886.