The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-02-08

by the Chairman, j. T. Thompson for
the purpose of considering the matter
of proposed legislation in the form of
tax relief to the mining industry and
transacting any other business proper
to come before q stated meeting On
roll call. the following members were
found to be present: Lambert, Mante..,
Palcher, Starkman, Thompson and
veranth. Absent: None.
Mr.. Joseph Veranth offered the fol-
lowing resolution and moved It's adop-
ton:
WHEREAS, There are and will be
decided certain efforts In certain dis
tricts to procure relief for the min.
ing industry, which said RELIEF VIII
be in form of decreased valuation OF
mineral property values, that is, oe-
crease in the ad valorem TAX from
fifty per cent of the true value to
thirty three and one third per cent Of
the same, as well as relief along the
lines of reducing or repeating the
royalty and occupational taxes on the
ore;
AND WHEREAS, Expenditures by
Independent School District NO. IL
have materially increased during the
past five years due to the increase OF
school attendance by nearly three
hundred and an increase of population
in the district of nearly eight hun
dred from which added population the
schools do not benefit, also an in
crease in the high school enrolment
of one hundred per cent in the past
eight years;
AND WHEREAS, The School Dis
trict must render far greater educa-
tional facilities today than in past
wears due to modern demands and the
great revolutionization of education IN
past years, which demand is not only
local but can be heard all over tine
country as necessary;
AND WHEREAS, The Directors of
Independent School District No. IL In
past years have been foreSighted and
progressive so as to give the children
of their district as high class of
instruction as in other parts OF the
country, which heretofore was made
ouate comparative to the great ad-
vances which education had been
making;
AND WHEREAS, The amount levied
by the Directors at present is not ols-
proportionate to the amount OF money
needed to meet the expenses entalleo
for proper functioning OF the schools
and rendering of proper educational
facilities, and in fact Is a levy which
cannot be cut if the same high cali
Der of instruction is to be maintained
in the future as in the past;
AND WHEREAS, Experts can show
that reduction of the mineral valua-
tons, while it will help the mining
companies, will raise the taxes on the
small property owner a disproportion-
ate amount, an amount which will be
greatly felt by them in the course of
time;
AND WHEREAS, This Board of Di-
rectors feel that relief if the same is
needed by the mining interests can
be given to them in some other form
than in reduction of the advalorem
tax would reduce the efficiency Of
our schools and not give adequate ed
ucation to our children in keeping
with modern practice;
AND WHEREAS, AS before stated
this School Board has not been ex-
travagent, but must continue to re-
ceive the revenue in the future which
it now receives to operate the schools
at par with the requirements and
standards as established, and a re-
duction in the mineral valuation will
mean a loss of revenue by the district
with will have to be made up by an
increased tax rate by the people in
general:
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-