Crow v. Special School District No. 2
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor;. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. School District No. 2 in Miller County was duly organized on October 22,1910, as a rural special school district under Acts 1909, c. 321, approved May 31, 1909, later amended by act approved April 7, 1911. The electors of the district at the annual meeting in May, 1911, authorized the school board to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much of that amount as might be necessary,…
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Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor;. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. School District No. 2 in Miller County was duly organized on October 22,1910, as a rural special school district under Acts 1909, c. 321, approved May 31, 1909, later amended by act approved April 7, 1911. The electors of the district at the annual meeting in May, 1911, authorized the school board to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much of that amount as might be necessary, with which to construct and build necessary school buildings. On July 3,1911, upon petition, the county judge made an…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). The question for decision is whether territory already organized and established into a rural special school district, under the provisions of the act of May 31,1909, as amended by act approved April 7,1911, may be cut off and included within another rural special school district under its provisions.
Our school system has long comprised two methods of organization of territory into school districts for the purpose of maintaining free public schools for the promotion of education and the general welfare of the State, the one, the single or special school…
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