County Board of Education v. Norfork School District No. 61

Tlie Circuit Court, on appeal from the Baxter County Board of Education, reversed an order of the County Board and adjudged that certain rural school districts should be annexed to Norfork School District No. 61. The County Board now appeals to this Court.

Initiated Act No. 1 of 1948 (Ark. Stats., 1949 Supp., § 80-426 et seq.; Acts of 1949, p. 1414) consolidated into one county-wide “United District” all “small” school districts in each county of the state. A “small” district was defined as one having fewer than 350 children of school age on March 1, 1949. By fixing this date, the Initiated…