Thames v. Board of Sup'rs

Citations

• 124 Miss. 576
• 87 So. 126

Syllabus

<p>1. Schools and School Districts.. Supervisors cannot levy extra tax on property in former district forming a part of consolidated district.</p> <p>Chapter 254 of the Laws of 1918, providing “that where public schools heretofore established have been formed into a consolidated , school district, and because of a failure to erect the consolidated school building . . . the . . . school is not taught, then the county superintendent of education is hereby authorized and empowered to have the school taught as heretofore and so continue until said . . . school is opened and in operation,” does not authorize the board of supervisors to levy an extra tax on a part of the consolidated district for the benefit of one of the former school districts embraced in the consolidated district.</p> <p>2. Schools and School Dristricts. Districts consolidated cease to exist and cannot have extra tax levied.</p> <p>Where the county school board creates a consolidated' district by merging two or more districts into the consolidated districts, the former districts cease to exist and have no power to have the board of supervisors make an extra levy under the provisions of chapter 172, Laws of 1918.</p>