Gates School District Committee v. Board of Education

A non-special school tax district may be consolidated witb a special tax district, without tbe approval of the voters of tbe non-special tax district when tbe consolidation is for administrative or attendance purposes only and does not involve a supplemental tax.

In tbe case of Board of Education v. Bray, 184 N.C. 484, 115 S.E. 47, which involved tbe consolidation of a special tax district witb three non-special tax districts for tbe purpose of creating a new special tax district, Stacy, J. (later Chief Justice), in speaking for tbe Court, said: “Indeed, for tbe bare purpose of consolidation,…