Shanks v. Winkler

In May, 1922, the Butler county boax’d of education proceeding under authority of the act approved September 26, 1919 (Acts, pp. 567-67S), entitled, “An act to provide a complete educational system for the state of Alabama,” etc., filed their petition and procured the holding of an election on the question whether a special 3-mill tax for public school purposes should be levied in the territory denominated as school tax district No. 3, the limits of which are described in- an exhibit to the original bill in this cause. The proposed tax was defeated at the polls by a vote of 45 to 60.…