Board of Public Education v. Barlow
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Laws. Education. Taxes. William Barlow and other tax payers of the city of Americus filed their bill against the Board of Public Education for the City of Americus and the Mayor and City Council of said city, making substantially the following case: On February 13th, 1873, James M. Clark, the present Judge of the Superior Courts of the Southwestern Circuit, embracing the county of Sumter, Hiram L. French, the Mayor of said city of Americus, and others,…
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Constitutional law. Laws. Education. Taxes. William Barlow and other tax payers of the city of Americus filed their bill against the Board of Public Education for the City of Americus and the Mayor and City Council of said city, making substantially the following case: On February 13th, 1873, James M. Clark, the present Judge of the Superior Courts of the Southwestern Circuit, embracing the county of Sumter, Hiram L. French, the Mayor of said city of Americus, and others, were constituted by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia a permanen t Board of Public Education for said…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbippe, Judge.
1. The Constitution of the State declares that “ the General Assembly * * * shall provide a thorough system of general education, to be forever free to all children of the State, the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation, or otherwise:” Article VI. paragraph 1. The third paragraph of the same Article, after setting apart certain taxes and funds therein specified for the support of common- schools, provides further: “And if the provision herein made shall at any time prove insufficient, the General Assembly shall have power to *237levy suoli general tax upon the property…
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