Petition of the Town Council
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Case stated for an opinion of the court under the Judiciary Act, cap. 20, § 24, asking for a construction of Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 4471. The petitioners were the Town Counoil, the Assessors of Taxes, School District No. 6, and several taxpayers of the town of Cranston.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
In April, 1892, the town of Cranston voted to abolish the school district system and to adopt the town system. Thereupon, pursuant to Public Laws, cap. 447, the title to all the school property vested in the town, subject to an appraisal to be made by a commission to be appointed by this court. The act provides for the payment of such property as follows: “At the next annual assessment of taxes thereafter, a tax shall be levied upon the whole town equal to the amount of said appraisal; and there shall be remitted to the taxpayers of each district their proportional share of the appraised…
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