Show SCHOOL BONDS schoolhouses are needed I 1 in n this city there is no doubt the free chool law with its ito provisions in reference to compulsory education has caused the overcrowding of our district school buildings and other places have been utilized for their accommodation 16 tion the issuing of bonds to the mount amount of has been deter mined on by the board of education and d with the amount thus raised it is to be hoped present needs at least will b supplied the taxpayers need not be alarmed in regard to this matter there is no arbitrary power vested in the board to issue bunds bonds for school purposes without the consent of these them who are chiefly interested an election must be held bold at which a majority of the voters decide in favor of the issuing of the bonds before they can be imbued due notice of such election must be given every adult male taxpayer resident in the city for thirty days and in the territory six months can vote on the question the amount of the bonds must not exceed two per cent of the taxable property in the city thus if the taxpayers do not want to have the bonds issued they have the power to suppress them we believe however that the majority of the taxpayers will see the need of more school accommodations and be ready to aid in providing them also that they will see that raising the needful funds by bonds will be an easier method than paying a large special tax the board of education can levy and collect a tax of not to exceed two per cent on the taxable property and will no doubt be governed in this matter by the amount raised through bonds extravagance should not be encouraged in any direction but wise economy will suggest that good spacious and suitable buildings for school purposes should be provided that will be likely to serve necessary purposes for some time to come and it should be the desire of every public spirited citizen to promote the cause of education and make the schoolhouses of this city a credit to the people and ample for the wants of the school population |