Coble v. Commissioners of Guilford County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Harding, Jat August Term, 1922, of Guileoed. By virtue of Public-Local Laws of 1921, cb. 131, and tbe amendments thereto, tbe defendant ordered an election, in wbicb was submitted to the’ qualified voters of Guilford County (excepting tbe city of Greensboro: and tbe township of High Point) tbe question of levying and collecting an annual special tax for tbe purpose of maintaining tbe schools and erecting school buildings in tbe prescribed territory.
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Appeal by defendant from Harding, Jat August Term, 1922, of Guileoed. By virtue of Public-Local Laws of 1921, cb. 131, and tbe amendments thereto, tbe defendant ordered an election, in wbicb was submitted to the’ qualified voters of Guilford County (excepting tbe city of Greensboro: and tbe township of High Point) tbe question of levying and collecting an annual special tax for tbe purpose of maintaining tbe schools and erecting school buildings in tbe prescribed territory. A majority of tbe qualified voters voted in favor of tbe tax. Thereupon tbe defendant made known its purpose to levy tbe…
1ConcurrenceStacy, J.
If all the school districts of Guilford County (exclusive of those in High Point Township and the city of Greensboro) wish to pool their resources by levying a uniform tax, throughout the entire territory, for the support and maintenance of all the schools in the respective districts, and thus equalize the educational advantages and opportunities in the different sections of the county, there would seem to be no constitutional barrier to such a course, where, as in the present case, it has been sanctioned and approved, under legislative authority, by a favorable vote of all the people…
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