Myrick v. Board of Commissioners
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Montgomery Common Pleas. Suit by the appellant against the appellees. The complaint consisted of two paragraphs.
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APPEAL from tlie Montgomery Common Pleas. Suit by the appellant against the appellees. The complaint consisted of two paragraphs. The first alleged, that in the years 1867 and 1868, the appellant was treasurer of Montgomery county, duly qualified and acting as such; that as such treasurer he disbursed special school tax in 1867 to the amount of fourteen thousand two hundred and forty-one dollars, and in 1868 to the amount of fifteen thous- and seven hundred and five dollars, for which he was and is entitled by law to one per cent, for his fees for so disbursing said tax, which said board…
1Opinion of the CourtFrazer, J.
The one hundred and seventh section of the school law (3 Stat., Davis, 461) allows to county treasurers one per cent. “ on the amount of school tax disbursed.” A question in the case before us is, whether by this provisiorz the treasurer is entitled to the commission of one per cent, upon taxes levied by the townships for building school houses, &c., authorized by section twelve of the same act. This is a question of construction.
The general school law, of which the sections above referred to are a part, provides for only two kinds of taxes for school purposes; one levied by the State, to be…
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