Harris v. Board of Commissioners

The amended complaint is set out in full in the preliminary statement of the Court of Appeals. In brief summary, plaintiffs alleged that the Board of Commissioners of Washington County, in the county tax levy for 1967-1968, had voted an increase from $1.70 to $1.85 per $100.00 valuation; that the increase of 15^ per $100.00 was to supplement the salaries of teachers in the public schools of the county; and that a tax levy for this purpose had not been approved by the electorate of Washington County. Asserting the Board of Commissioners lacked both statutory and constitutional authority for…