Lowden v. Washita County, Excise Board

WELCH, V. C. J.

Protestants assert that the 9-mill limit of levy allocated to Washita county for the fiscal year 1939-40, and the 9-mill levy for general fund made for the county, is excessive to the extent of 1 mill.

The excise board allocated the following limits of levy:

Counties 9 mills

Cities and towns 1 “

School districts 5 “

Total 15

'It is asserted that article 11 of chapter 33, S. L. 1935, page 136, constitutes a legislative allocation of 2 mills, and that therefore the excise board had only 13 mills of the 15-mill constitutional limit of levy which it could allocate to the county and…