davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-26
CITY RESIDENTS
MUST PAY FOR
CENTER SCHOOL
Many Will Be Assessed
DoubIy for Township
Building.

Indianapolis taxpayers must dig
into their pockets to pay Center
township for a school that all city
taxpayers inside Center township
helped 70 build.
This became apparent today as
the state board Of accounts, scruti-
nlz.ng school city accounts. found
that Center Township School No. l
IS located IN that portion Of the
township recently annexed by the
city
An act Of 1927 provides. it was
pointed out. that wherever a city
annexes territory embracing real es-
tate of any school township, the
common school corporation Of such
city must pay "the present value Of
such property or buildings, or both, -
70 the school township.
At the bchest of William r.
Esa1s. former Center township
trustee. now dead. a 2-cent levy was
placed on the school township levy
in 1924-1925 to finance the s125O0O
school. Because part Of the town
ship lay within the city limits at
that time. the city residents Of the
township helped bear Che burden.
Now. since the schools site is in
territory recently annexed by the
city, the common school corporation
Of Indianapolis must pay the town.
ship for the schools present value.
This the city residents of Center
township must help, in a way, to
bUv from themselves property they
originally helped build
The value in accordance with the
1929 act will be determined by three
appraisers to be appointed respec-
lively, by the state board of &C
counts. the city school board and
the township trustee W P. Cos
grove. examiner for the board Of
accounts. has been appointed as its
appraiser.
About 20 per cent of Center town
zhip remains outside the city limits.
it was estimated at city hall The
territory recently annexed approxi-
mated two square miles
The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-26
IMMIGRATION MEN FIRED

DETROIT, July 26-Frederick
Fisher and John E. Taurinen, two
immigration inspectors stationed at
the woodward avenue ferry dock,
were dismissed from service today.
Warrants are being prepared
charging they smuggled aliens into
this country from Canada, accord
ing to John L. Zurbrick, district di-
rector of immigration.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-26

mized to death. IN many cases on
GERS and enlisted men are living IN
novels which would not tolerated by
tenement inspectors in civilian COM
munities
1T is false economy for the gov
ernment to allow buildings and
equipment to 60 to ruin for lack OF
few hundred thousand dollars, re-
placement will in the end cost mill
lions
The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-26

this country certainly should be ex-
elusive of economy of the army
building program. in the opinion OF
Representative Melvin J. Mas
(Rep.. Minn)
Mas. during the past three years,
has personally inspected about thirty
army camps.
MY opinion" he said, us that
tthe army has already been econo-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-07-26
NIotorist Killed by Train

IN TTfT ITf99
LA PORTE. July 26-Robert Hall
Il, was killed instantly today when
the automobile in which he was
riding was struck by a train at a
crossing. Other occupants of the
machine we're but slightly injured
The accident occurred a block from
the Hall home.