Monroe County ex rel. Splunge Consol. School Dist. v. Minga

Citations

• 127 Miss. 702
• 90 So. 443

Syllabus

<p>1. Schools and School Districts. Bond election may take place where designated by trustees if there is no schoolhouse.</p> <p>Where a consolidated school district is organized under chapter 173, Daws 1918 (section 7356 et seq., Supp. 1931, Hemingway’s Code), and chapter 307, Laws 1930 (section 6663f et seq., Supp. 1931, Hemingway's Code), and an election is held in the district under chapter 194, haws 1916 (section 4004, Hemingway’s Code), to determine whether or not the bonds of the district shall issue for the purpose of erecting and equipping a school building for the district, and there is no schoolhouse of the district in existence and used as such, and the trustees of the consolidated district designate a convenient place in the district for the holding of the election, at which it is held, such election is valid because section 194, Laws 1916 (section 4004, Hemingway’s . Code), expressly authorizes the trustees of a consolidated district to select a convenient place for the election to be held, if there is no schoolhouse of the district at which to hold it.</p> <p>2. Elections. Published notice of school bond election need not state amount of bonds proposed.</p> <p>The published notice of the election required by section 2, chapter 207, Laws 1920 (section 6662f et seq., Supp. 1921, Hemingway’s Code), is valid notwithstanding such notice does not contain a statement of the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, because the statute makes no such requirement; the requirement of the statute, which was complied with, that the ballots used in the election shall have printed thereon the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued, being amply sufficient to give the electors notice of the tax burden they are assuming.</p> <p>3. Elections. School bond election held void because of instifficiency of publication of notice.</p> <p>Where an election is held in a consolidated school district under chapter 207, Laws 1920 (section 6662f et seq., Supp. 1921, Hemingway’s