Opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

On a question proposed by the Rouse of Representatives.

Ordered. That the justices of the supreme judicial court be required to furnish for the information of this house an answer to the following question :

“ Has the legislature authority under the constitution of the state to assess a general tax upon the property of the state, for the purposes of distribution, under “ An act to establish the school mill fund for the support of common schools,” approved February 27, 1872 ? ”

Sir: — To the question proposed by the house of representatives, we have the honor to answer as follows:

By the…