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Show taxes allowed by law. In the meantime it would be necessary to pay out considerable means for vent, means which wouldjtjo a long way towards paying the interest and principal on the bonds. It will now be necessary for the trustees to call a meeting for the purpose oi" voting to bond the district. The law provides that the district can only be bonded for two per cent of the assessed valuation, valua-tion, so that a little over ten thous and dollars could be raised by Manti. The bonds an be made payable, any tiir.e within twenty yea's, and in this way the natural increase in the value of propel t-y will pay for tne expenditure. In most communities the people have euough to do to lteep pane with the present, at d when the tax payers yote-to build a hotue it is usnaiy found that before they ere aide :o complete what they com-menctd com-menctd a year or two ago, their needs have grewn bo that, thty are as for tiehind as ever and it is a constant struggle to catch up. By bonding the 'means can be' raised at once and, .they can, er.joy pos- session while they: are, paying for it; .- 1 ' ' - ",- The' idea, that many have, that it is going in bondage, and thet sometime some-time we may be sorry tcr the action is gelling too o!u It is only fair that those who enjoy it should help to pay for it, and as in most of these public works, we are building build-ing for the future, there is oo logical logic-al reason why we should not draw on future resources. The law pre vents any extravagent bonding rnd as all our leading financiers take this method of building up. It is the very best argument that can be advanced as to its beneficial results iHs to be hoped that the voters will be as willing to advance the cause of education by their vote 'for the issue of bonds, when the time conies for them to give their consent a3 they were at the meei-ing, meei-ing, when they voted the tax. FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. The decision arrived 1. 1 by the Ux payers of Slant! at the special school tax meeting was a good one and could be adopted by o'her Sshool districts with profit. The iisds ot tho community call for n btnMiiier that will cost at least fiom ! n lo lifu-et. thousand dollars. To rai3 this amount would take at e;.st four years of the highest |
