Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 12 | Writ Demands School Funds

e I WRIT DEMANDS SCHOOL FUNDS A petition for a writ of mandamus mandamus mandamus man man- damus was filed with the state supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme courts court Wednesday by the Provo and Ogden school boards seeking to compel apportionment of more than in delinquent taxes taxes' collected within the year to the 40 state school districts The petition signed by J J. J Robert Robinson and Wade Vade M M. Johnson district attorney of the Second judicial judicial ju judicial ju- ju district asks that Julius C. C Andersen state auditor Joseph Ririe Ride state treasurer C. C H. H Skidmore Skidmore Skidmore Skid- Skid more state superintendent of public public public pub pub- lic instruction and the tho state tax commission order the apportionment apportionment apportion apportion- ment on a a. basis of the years in which which taxes taxes were due The petition contends that In past years district schools did not re receive receive receive re- re the full fun 25 per capita they were entitled to and that moneys collected should now go to make up the deficit If the district schools win a supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court decision in their favor the apportionment would cut into the surplus sales Bales tax collected to such an extent that a promised property tax levy reduction would not materialize observers said The schools this year will receive their full 25 quota under the previous previous previous pre pre- setup but officials claim will not if the supreme court decision is in favor of the writ 1 Attorney General Joseph General Joseph Chez re recently recently recently re- re ruled that the schools were not e entitled to tho the money they now seek seck und under r the writ