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Show TO LAW THE LEVY. , The Freeholder, or th. Seventh Take I'p Arms Against She School Tax. The inhabitants, or a formidable contingent con-tingent thereof, of tho Seventh ward have filed a vigorous demurrer to the special school tax levy, and have determined deter-mined to fight the issue to a finish. It I was in pursuance of this that a meeting of recalcitrants was held lu the ward last night, at which Mr. M. II. Walker presided, with Mr. Lou Farnsworth as secretary. Chairman Walker, to set the ball rolling, stated that the committee np-poluted np-poluted at a' previous meeting had, after af-ter mature deliberation, deoided to recommend legal proceedings. To tost tho merits of their position an expense of $!)00 or 11000 would be involved, and in order to render It as light as possible everybody should unlto la subscribing the amount that tho issue might be brought to au early, settlement. He advised all present to refuse to pay tho special lovy. Judge Judd, speaklngto the question, said the financial requirements of tbe j reward with reference to school funds wor j about $1500, and on the old basis of valuation an assessment of one half of 1 per cont would have realized that amount. The growth of tbe city had augmented this amount, and under the new levy the Seventh ward fund would reach $12,500 or 113,000, a sum greatly in access of actual needs. Hi opinion was that the tax coultk be successfully contested. As regards a Joinder with other districts, thai was impracticable. There were no -other districts; all had been obliterated under the new law. It was a fight to be made' by individuals, and the freeholders must all join In the light or pay tho tax. " Mr. Riiybould took the floor and said he had been looking' Into the affair mathematically. If tb tax on all city property was one-eighth of oue per ceut the school board would have a revenue of $200,000. It has beun urged that the schools will be crippled if this tax is not paid. Tho board has power to issue bonds to meet emergencies. He, too, urged the non-payment of tho special tax. A call for volunteers was then made anil the fqllowing responded being willing to join in a suit to test the matter: mat-ter: John Arnold, James M. Ives, James Harvey, James Woodbury, P. A. Swenson, Thomas A. Woodbury, Henry Scbolield. J. S.bowen, Theodore Schofield, D. C. Richardson, W. P. Rowo, John Sneil, iJamos Chesney, George Sehill, James Hoag. W; A. Neely, James Anderson, James Fiedler, I). McKenzie, B. (i. Kuyboulil, Lou Farnsworth, R. B. Samson, John Har-lock, Har-lock, William Keodbam, Joseph It. Walker, Estate of 8. S. Walker, M. II. Walkers W. F. Raybould. Henry Din-Wootloy, Din-Wootloy, Boyd Park, L. C. Jiliaw, , and Harriet Bennett. A motion to invite tax payer throughout through-out the city to join the movement prevailed. pre-vailed. A list of the wards with the ropective levies was then read as follows: First ward, 1 per cent; Second ward, I of 1 per cent; Third ward, i of 1 per cent: Fourth ward, i of 1 per centi Fifth ward, i of 1 per cent: Sixth ward, i of 1 per cent; Seventh ward, i of 1 pur cent; Eighth ward, i of 1 per cent; Niuth ward. of 1 per ceut; Tenth ward, 1 of 1 per cent; Eleventh ward, 1 per ceut; Twelfth ward, i of 1 per cent; Thirteenth ward, 0; Fourteenth ward, t of 1 per cent; Fifteenth ward, H pur cent; Sixteenth ward, of 1 per cent; Seventeenth ward, t of 1 per cent; Fighteenth ward, 0; Nineteenth ward, of 1 per cent; Twentieth ward, i of 1 per cent; Twenty-lirst ward, i of 1 per cent. ' I Tbe meeting then adjourned. |