In Re the School Committee of Johnston
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Public Laws E. I. cap. Ml, § 1, of May 29, 1884, as amended by Pub. Laws, cap. 12G9, of May 11, 1894, is as follows : Section 1. Any town may at any town meeting, or at district meetings for the election of town officers, the subject having been duly inserted in the warrant for said meeting or meetings, abolish all of the school districts therein ; and forthwith all title and interest in all the school houses, land, furniture, apparatus and other property which was vested in…
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Public Laws E. I. cap. Ml, § 1, of May 29, 1884, as amended by Pub. Laws, cap. 12G9, of May 11, 1894, is as follows : Section 1. Any town may at any town meeting, or at district meetings for the election of town officers, the subject having been duly inserted in the warrant for said meeting or meetings, abolish all of the school districts therein ; and forthwith all title and interest in all the school houses, land, furniture, apparatus and other property which was vested in the several districts shall be vested in the town. The property so taken by the town shall be appraised by a commission…
1Opinion of the CourtStinbss, J.
At a town meeting of the town of Johnston, held on the first Monday of June, 1895, it was voted to abolish school districts in said town. By the agreed statement of facts it appears that the meeting was regularly and legally called and that notice of the subject was inserted in. the warrant for said meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Pub. Laws E. I. cap. 447. It also appears that both registry and tax paying voters were allowed to vote upon the subject, and that a majority of the tax paying voters did not vote in favor of the proposition.
A tax paying voter of the town objects to the…
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