Board of Education v. Auditor General

A review of the Territorial Laws of Michigan will show that the chief basis for distributing public moneys to school districts was a count of children of school age. And during all the period of statehood, until 1925, nearly 90 years, this basis for ap portioning the primary school interest fund has been continued and kept inviolate.

In Muskegon Public Schools v. Wright, 176 Mich. 6, this court said:

_ “These census reports, made by the several school districts, are the basis upon which the entire system of apportionment of primary school money is founded.’'

Prior to 1911, at least, it was…