Hester v. Board of Sup'rs

Citations

• 134 Miss. 217
• 98 So. 529
• 1924 Miss. LEXIS 246

Syllabus

<p>1. Schools and School Distbicts. Separate school district on which no bonded indebtedness exists may be discontinued or abolished.</p> <p>A municipal separate school district, on which no bonded indebtedness exists, may be abolished by the mayor and board of aider-men by a proper ordinance, based upon a petition of a two-thirds majority of the patrons of the school district under chapter 244, Laws 1918.</p> <p>2. Schools and School Distbicts. Separate school district having bonded indebtedness may be abolished on petition of tioo-thirds majority of patrons.</p> <p>If the separate municipal school district has a bonded indebtedness, it may be abolished upon a like petition in accordance with chapter 174, Laws 1920.</p> <p>3. Schools and School Districts. Petition by two-thirds majority of patrons necessary to abolish separate school district.</p> <p>In order for the mayor and board of aldermen to obtain jurisdiction under either of these laws it is necessary that they be petitioned by a two-thirds majority of the patrons of the school.</p> <p>4. Schools and School Districts. Separate school district may not be abolished on petition signed by any number of qualified electors; “patron;” “elector.”</p> <p>This municipal board has no jurisdiction to abolish a separate school district upon a petition signed by any number of qualified electors. A qualified “elector” may or may not be a “patron” of the school, and a patron of the school may or may not be a qualified elector. The terms are not synonymous.</p>