State ex rel. School District No. 4 v. Hilty

Citations

• 97 Kan. 91
• 154 P. 214
• 1916 Kan. LEXIS 233

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Statute — In Aid of High Schools in Certain Counties — Constitutional. Whether the provisions of sections 5 and 12 of chapter 263 of the Laws of 1911, attempting to limit the operation of the act by excluding therefrom certain counties having a population of 3000 or less and counties where high schools were already in operation under .previous statutes, are unconstitutional is not decided, but it is held, independent of these sections, the act as a whole is not unconstitutional.</p> <p>2. Same — Aid to High Schools — ■Levy of Taxes — Respective Duties of County Superintendents and County Commissioners. The language of section 11 of chapter 263 of the Laws of 1911, declaring it to be the duty of the county superintendent in counties governed by the act to certify to the county commissioners and the county treasurer on or before the first day of July in each year the amount of money necessary to aid 'a district to maintain a high school “for the year ending on the 30th day of June preceding,” and making it the duty of the county board to make, such levy, is construed to mean that the amount certified and levied shall be the amount necessary to aid the district to maintain the school for the succeeding year.</p>