lhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1315 
School Problems 
Voters at School Meetings 
Regarding school meetings, if a woman 
whose mime is not on the assessment roll 
says she has real estate in the district 
but it is on the tax lists in her husband's 
name, may she vote? If the husband 
thus becomes a non-property holder, may 
be vote? This on the supposition that 
neither of them is eligible to vote from 
any other source. J-P- 
The qualifications for voters at any 
school meeting are: 
I, A citizen of the United States. 
II. Twenty-one years of age. 
3. A resident within the district for a 
period of 30 days next preceding the 
meeting at which he offers to vote. 
In addition to the above, a legally 
qualified voter must possess one of the 
following qualifications: 
(a) Owns or lives, or is in possession 
under a contract of purchase of real prop¬ 
erty iu such district liable to taxation 
for school purposes; or, 
(b) Is the parent of a child of school 
age. provided such child shall have at¬ 
tended the district school in the district 
in which the meeting is held for a period 
of at least eight weeks during the year 
preceding such school meeting; or. 
tuition. Will the district have to pay this? 
The trustees called a meeting and the 
voters voted not to pay it. Will it come 
out of (he public money if they cannot, 
collect from the district? if the district 
has to pay this, can the college_(Colgate) 
where l am sending my boy. 17 years of 
age and a graduate of a four-year course 
in high school, collect tuition for him? 
They sav the law says they can go to 
school until 21. MRS. <3. W. H. 
Under the law if pupils live iu a district 
that does not have a high school and at¬ 
tend high school, the district receiving 
them is entitled to $50 a year for each 
pupil. This amount comes from the 
State. If it costs the high school district 
more than $50 a pupil to furnish this in¬ 
struction. it can collect from the district 
sending the pupils an extra amount suf¬ 
ficient to cover the difference between tbe 
cost of furnishing the schooling and the 
amount received from the State. _ This 
extra amount cannot be collected if the 
district in which the pupils live has a 
higher tax rate than the high school dis¬ 
trict. This does not apply to college 
students. 
The cost of high school instruction in 
most schools is more than $50 per pupil 
per year, and undoubtedly the high school 
that the pupils from your district attend 
has decided to make an extra charge 
Unless your tax rate is higher than that 
of the high school district, it will be 
necessary for yon under the law to raise 
this extra amount by taxation, (t. A. w. 
Can a school district be compelled by 
law to pay $25 tuition for each scholar 
who wishes to attend high school in town? 
Oswego Co.. N. Y. f. h. w 
If a. district does not maintain a high 
school and children from it attend high 
school, the State allows the school receiv¬ 
ing them $50 per year for each ■ it<1 ar¬ 
tending. The high school district, may 
make an additional charge above $50. 
The nmouut of this extra charge may not 
exceed the difference between the cost 
per pupil to the high school district and 
tbe $50 received from the tstate. This 
extra amount cannot be collected frem 
the common school district if its tax rate 
is higher than that of high school district. 
Evidently the high school that the chil¬ 
dren from your district attend has placed 
an additional charge above the $50 of $25. 
This your district will have, under the 
law. to pay unless your tax rate is higher 
than that of the high school district. 
Household Helps 
Running Water 
Hotbed Murker.'. See Page 1-117 
(e) Not being the parent, has perma¬ 
nently residing with him a child of 
school age who shall have attended the 
district school for a period of eight weeks 
during the year preceding such meeting; 
or, 
(dt Owns any personal property, as¬ 
sessed on the last preceding assessment 
roll of the town, exceeding $50 in value, 
exclusive of such as is exempt from ex¬ 
ecution. 
The woman is evidently attempting to 
qualify under "a.” in which case she 
must show that the deed is recorded in 
her name or jointly in the name of her 
husband and herself. g. a. w. 
Superintendent's Power to Buy Supplies 
Our present superintendent last year 
put into our school a bunch of maps 
without the taxpayers voting for them, 
and our last trustee did not sign any 
order for said maps. We have maps 
rolled up in out' sehoolliouse without 
them, and have no place to hang the 
new ones. The bill for these maps is $62. 
Is our district responsible for the maps? 
q. b. 
The law is very specific on the pur¬ 
chase of apparatus for rhe schools. Chap¬ 
ter 208, Article 0. states that the voters 
of a district have the power. "To vote a 
tax, not exceeding $25 in any one year, 
for the purchase of maps, globes, repro¬ 
ductions of standard works of art and 
other school apparatus, and for the pur¬ 
chase of text books and other school 
necessaries for the use of poor scholars 
of the district." 
Chapter 275. Article IS. further pro¬ 
vides that the district trustee shall have 
the power. “To expend iu the purchase 
of a dictionary, hooks, reproductions of 
standard works of art. maps, apparatus 
and supplies for instruction in agricul¬ 
ture. or for conducting athletic play¬ 
grounds and social center activities, a 
sum not exceeding $25 in any one year, 
wit lent a vot e 1,1 i he diet riot.' 
Tbe relation of the district superin¬ 
tendent to this question is found in Chap¬ 
ter 305, Article 5. in which it states that 
lie has the power. “To especially advise 
trustees relative to the employment of 
teachers, the adoption of text books and 
the purchase of library books, school ap¬ 
paratus, furniture and supplies/’ 
The power to make purchase of maps, 
etc., rests with the school meeting and 
the trustee. <i. A. w. 
Paying for High School Tuition 
Our rural district has a number of 
pupils attending high school, and tin* high 
school wants our district to pay their 
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