Show IMPORTANT TO TRUSTEES 0 ox N monday july the audua nua school mee mec meetings tIngs for the eloctio 0 trustees will be held in the vario varlo school districts of the territory Tem tory every meeting at least one trustee id fo the enquin ensuing term of three years sho shori U be elected in case of a vacancy amo amos the remaining trustees or one that 3 been temporarily filled by appold appoint ment such vacancy must be filled f fol foi the remainder of the term by electia election elect los loi the election must be by ballot 3 at these meetings for the election ol of trustees only the thie registered voters vo ero can cas cast t their ballots this may nod of be exactly just but butil butic ic is the law the law must be complied compiled with it may be thought that all parents whose children are to be placed in schools a under the direction ol of Tru steps should have are ave a voice and vote in the choice of those trustees but the statute provides for uhe lile election of those officers by the allots of the re registered voters of the ii district and th the provis provisions lons ions of the la law aw must be carried out for the determination of the rate per cent cenito to be assessed as a school tax a meeting of the property tax payers resident in the district must be eayers tavers held heid eld eid and a majority vote only is now required to make the assessment which cannot exceed two per cent on the taxable property in the district the voting at this meeting must also be by ballot the difference between the meetings how hov everis an important one which should not mit te be overlooked the registered kotees elect the school trustees tle tie tle tie resident property taxpayers i determine the amount of a school tax to be assessed some of the districts for convenience veni ence sake have combined the two purposes of school meetings in one 1 and have issued their notices accordingly 11 they have announced that j at the he meeting on J july tily illy a trustee will be elected and a tax assessed in thus in ing to economize we think they will only succeed in making confusion the notices for the meeting are ace issued to toi toj the registered voters only but th ther property taxpayers who may may not be bei registered re ered voters have the right in law as na well weli as in justice just lust as much as the reo reg registered I 1 estered voters to vote in regard to a contemplated tax on their proper ty and they must receive at least ten days notice of the meeting for such assessment ses but this is not conveyed in the notice for the election of trustees for that is only addressed to the registered voters how now then can a tax be legally assessed at a meeting for the election of trustees some registered voters can not lawfully vote for a school tax and i some property taxpayers cannot law fully faly vote for the election of trustees i if a division of the business should be 1 attempted and the tile registered voters attend to their busin business ss first and the property taxpayers tax taxpayers to theirs after wards the 0 objection gayers would still be open that tile the property taxpayers had not received legal notice of the meeting and the assessment might be resisted and declared void the combination of the tile two objects it will be seen is ae legally aily ally impracticable the annual school meeting for the ahe election of trustees is general and fixed affair the date for which I 1 is set by law the meeting for the as se cement of a school tax is special need not be held at all unless the trustees consider consi der def it necessary and tle tie may a be held at any time on proper notice belil beirl being given ell eli to the tile property taxpayers of of t the IT district thus me the law views them as separate and distinct proceedings and we think the school trustees will have to consider and act upon them in the same light we therefore believe belleve that in any district in which this mixing miling of things has been attempted and where there is likely to be the least opposition or resistance si to the assessment or collection t of a school tax the contemplated assessment at the meeting 0 ot july had better be abandoned and only the regular business attended to and that anew a new meeting be called after a new notice has been properly erly issued addressed to the tax payers resident in the Bi district district strict where a local tax for school purposes is considered requisite E or desirable le keep to the tile law an and be safe and consistent |