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Show LOCAJ. SCHOOL TAX. Eiortdwill undoubtedly be made in 1 acme of the tchool diatr.cts th w;n'er to levy a ad collect a local tax as pro- Tided in the school law "to purchase, bu:.d, repair Or fornUh school tcu.as or for deer school purposes." Indeed, In-deed, in seme districts tee preliminary steps have already been taken. The law is plain and explicit as to the moia of proceed u re in tuch cases; but it ha, been difficult in past instances to collect lha ti?s when (evird. There are always some persons in every city, town and district who ' cbiect to the payment cf uxe, ar.d 1 who wi.l "stand ofl " the a. Hectors long as they can, lg;.y or ot;ier.?. It there be any irregu.anty in the levy these persona are very apt to discover the fact and tka advintao of it to avoid payment. Taat tnee special taxes have not been couecttd in ome cases waen levied has been dtie chiafly to scmetnicfi not tT.ne tr.it aecold have been, or seme ii 1 in the details of the rcceediofi. Wneie trustees ondertake to obu.rj the benefit of tht law whicn aiiows a 3 per cent, wameol j for the purpta above inJicated, tn?7 should go a heat the bunccs? in-t(.;:ii?ntly in-t(.;:ii?ntly and with the intention of leaving co loopholes through whicu a-iytod? can wcap-a. Tiyo'jght to t-.ij iy the Uw carefully and tr,en pr ce'.d according to its strict letter, even in the minor detai.a, otherwise lh?y are liable to have their trouble for nothing their work waited, aod no money collected. A misstep or an omission is almost certain to resu.t in the failare of aa assessment wujo a c46 is carried into the courts, drme time ago, an asiesment was bald to be void because the vote m irregular. The law provides tnt the tax may be increased to 3 per cent,, "assball be decided h7 a two- thirds majority vote of the nl.C 'd voters resident in the district, present at a meeting called lor Inat purpose," and that the vote may be "etc ro-r, or by ballot, as tr.e meeting may determine." de-termine." Jn the case referred lo, the vote wis act vs.'., and the unfj'iw-lioo;d unfj'iw-lioo;d majority io favor of the tar, Aii the proceed in na op to that point hf bfcen spicily in accordance witli tho !w. IJut when the electors wnt around they (f-'ittd por-vji.a who declined to py, aiiging as a rr. v,n, ti.tt the vote wss improperly t k (j ; that alians and dijmlifiMj voters hd vo'.cd, aod while no record ln'J btr n kpt, it could not be aacertrtiLed wtulher tne majority whs not arjiually made up ly persons not oimlificd to vot". To acrl;n who ft.-f fj-iali-fi'd voters the rrgitr; li-t will bo r,wury, sr'l if the volt-ho volt-ho rc-t e""t a faithful count should be made aod a correct 111 kept. A cbairunri loyking ovr tiio hall and judging from the volume of svjnd producd by Hie ays and no4. my benhle to tpll which parly n tne majority, hut he cannot IpI! wno are 'laiill'd and wno not to v it. J ballot wonl I nrm to hi tin rtir wy, in H.al it m h-s liaide to t ,e dng- r or ill"glity, r-d a frcr-r expr"nr,n of the tir-p tyrs' vi"w l O'i'ftin'd, Wn'in all tho proi'ding", from ti.n tking of (he fjKtirnate of thn roil of tl.i work to bo dorm nnd the giving of loo no'i'O to the foil kvy of the I .i h'7c b"ri r' g'iUr and h ii,din-itd ,j tr. law, th'jre D'-'d be api-re J.T.d'd little (rouble ovpf the collco tion of the mowf. 'Ins ontirte will 'idl tln trie trin'irs In S'toli ft o), hut will not when through ignoMnrr, or carl-nriM anylhing lnw ff"''t nododo or tof rnuf;h has bflnn done, |