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School  Law 
Non-taxpayers  as  Voters 
A  few  in  our  school  district  wish  to 
bond  the  district  to  build  a  high  school. 
At  a  special  school  meeting  it  was  voted 
to  bond  the  district  for  this  purpose.  As 
I  understand  it  a  majority  of  the  tax¬ 
payers  voted  against  the  bonds,  but  were 
out  voted  by  non-taxpayers.  Has  a  non¬ 
taxpayers  a  right  to  vote  on  the  question 
of  bonding  a  district  for  a  school  buil  1- 
ing?  Is  an  open  ballot  legal?  j.  E.  A. 
New  York. 
The  majority  of  the  voters  of  any 
school  district  present  at  an  annual  or 
special  meetinv  duly  convened,  may  au¬ 
thorize  such  acts  and  vote  such  taxes  as 
they  shall  deem  expedient  for  the  erection 
of  new  buildings,  etc.  It  is  not  neces¬ 
sary  that  these  voters  be  taxpayers.  The 
vote  thereon  shall  be  by  ballot  or  ascer¬ 
tained  by  taking  and  recording  the  ayes 
and  noes.  N.  T. 
Renters’  Right  to  Vote;  School  Over 
Garago 
We  have  a  district  school  her*?  of  about 
SO  scholars,  and  need  more  school  room. 
Some  want  to  build  a  three  or  four-room 
grade  schoolhouse,  and  some  want  to 
bond  the  town  for  $25,000  or  $30,000  and 
build  a  high  school,  so  they  had  a  meet¬ 
ing  and  let  everybody  vote,  whether  they 
were  taxpayers  or  not.  Can  a  renter  and 
his  wife  both  vote,  when  they  have  no 
children  of  school  age?  Is  it  lawful  to 
have  a  schoolroom  over  a  garage  where 
there  are  40  or  50  cars  stored,  two  gas 
tanks  at  the  entrance,  beside  four  or  five 
barrels  of  oil  inside;  no  fire  escapes? 
Building  stucco  outside;  all  wood  frame, 
and  inside,  except  that  the  schoolroom 
has  sheet  rock  wall  board.  G.  G.  L. 
New  York. 
If  both  the  man  and  wife  you  name 
hire  real  property  in  the  district,  liable 
to  taxation,  and  if  they  have  the  other 
qualifications  of  a  voter,  they  are  both 
voters.  You  would  better  take  up  the 
question  of  suitableness  of  the  school 
building  with  your  district  superintend¬ 
ent.  N.  T. 
Taxpayers  Must  Pay  Tuition 
We  have  in  our  district  a  boy  who  has 
set  fire  to  one  high  school,  and  he  cannot 
get  in  any  school  around  here.  His  par¬ 
ents  are  now  going  to  send  him  to  a  high 
school  about  25  miles  distant.  Must  the 
taxpayers  pay  his  tuition  and  board  after 
committing  such  a  deed?  A.  n. 
New  York. 
You  do  not  state  the  age  of  the  boy  in 
question,  nor  his  standing  in  school.  The 
law  provides  that  every  child  between 
the  ages  of  five  and  21  years  is  entitled  to 
attend  the  public  schools  maintained  in 
the  district  or  city  in  which  such  person 
resides  without  the  payment  of  tuition. 
Every  child  within  the  compulsory  school 
age  in  proper  physical  and  mental  condi¬ 
tion  shall  be  required  to  attend  school. 
There  is  a  State  appropriation  of  $50  per 
year  for  non-resident  academic  pupils  at¬ 
tending  the  academic  department  from 
districts  not  maintaining  such  academic 
departments,  and  no  charge  for  instruc¬ 
tion  of  non-resident  pupils  in  excess  of 
that  amount  shall  be  made  unless  it  ap¬ 
pears  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  commis¬ 
sioner  that  the  rate  for  school  purposes 
of  the  district  receiving  the  non-resident 
academic  pupils  is  equal  to  or  in  excess 
of  the  tax  rate  of  the  district  from  which 
such  pupil  comes,  or  that  the  instruction 
of  such  non-resident  pupil  attending  adds 
to  the  total  cost  of  -instruction  of  acad¬ 
emic  pupils  in  such  school  in  excess  of 
said  $50. 
Pupils  residing  in  a  district  not  main¬ 
taining  a  four-year  curriculum  may  be 
included  in  this  apportionment  after  hav¬ 
ing  completed  the  course  of  study  pre¬ 
scribed  in  the  school  in  the  district  within 
which  they  reside.  The  tuition  charged, 
if  any,  in  excess  of  the  State  tuition,  is 
declared  a  charge  upon  the  district  from 
which  such  non-resident  pupil  attends, 
but  the  district  has  a  right  to  designate  the 
academic  school  at  the  annual  meeting. 
If  there  is  no  such  designation  made  the 
district  superintendent  of  schools  may 
make  such  designation. 
The  law  makes  no  exception  in  the  case 
of  a  boy  who  has  burned  a  schoolhouse. 
'We  do  not  know  any  of  the  facts  con¬ 
nected  with  the  alleged  burning  of  the 
schoolhouse,  the  age  of  the  boy,  nor 
what  disposition  is  made  of  the  case. 
From  the  broad  statement  in  your  letter, 
that  he  set  fire  to  the  schoolhouse,  we  as¬ 
sume  that  he  was  arrested  and  convicted, 
and  if  he  had  not  served  time  must  have 
been  paroled,  and  therefore  that  the 
courts  must  have  assumed  that  he  was 
not  criminal  by  nature,  and  deserves  a 
chance.  What  better  chance  can  your 
district  give  him  than  the  chance  of  an 
I  education?  There  are  always  enough  to 
stand  in  the  way  of  a  boy  who  has  made 
a  mistake,  but  very  few  who  are  ready 
to  give  him  assistance.  If  education  will 
save  this  boy,  give  it  to  him.  N.  T. 
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[No.  SA  -  12. 
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inteed  barr 
n*  $1.3§ 
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wide,  5  feet  ^ 
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8  feet  long . $2.95 
10  feet  long . $3.95 
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No.  SA-20.  Random 
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Roofing  Snaps 
$^OQ 
No.  SA-13.  Guaranteed  barn 
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Storm 
Sash 
$211 
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Per  100  Square  Feet 
No.  SA-21.  Heavy  weight  over¬ 
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sheets,  2H>  inch  corrugated.  Good 
condition.  Painted  red.  Per  $OO0 
square  of  100  square  feet . — 
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corrugated  roofing  and  siding  sheets,  per  £050 
square  of  100  square  feet . — — 
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No.  SA-24.  New  red  or  grey- 
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Per  roll  of  108  square  feet  with  trimmings 
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heavy  weight,  per  roll  of  108  square  feet.  $4  50 
with  trimmings . . .  X  — 
reen  crushed  slate 
eavy  felt.  $1 60 
No.  SA- 
89.  Two- 
light  1 1-8 
n.  thick, 
-dazed.  26 
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glas9.  Outside 
meas.  2  ft.  6  In.  x  6 
ft.  3 1-2  in.  clear 
white  pine 
In.  thick. 
Each  •  •  • 
Fine 
Door 
$4,76 
No  SA- 
325. 
Panelled 
do^r,  size 
2  ic.  6  in. 
x  6  ft.  6 
in..  l?3-8 
Clear  fir. 
$4.75 
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Door 
$712 
U/No.  SA-l  751, 
ll  Combination  screen 
il  and  atorm  door;  size 
3x7  ft-,  1  1-8  in.  thick. 
Storm  section  glazed.  Gal. 
wire  screen  section.  Clear 
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Window 
92  es 
No.  SA-71. 
Size  26  x  28 
in.,  2  light 
1  3-8  In.  thick.  Glazed. 
Clear  white  pine.  Out- 
.side  meas.  2  ft.  6  in.  x 
b  ft.  2  In.  Other  styles 
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No. 
SA68 
Glass 
size  8 
<  10 
i  n.  4 
llarhts.  Pine  frame. 
I  1-8  In.  thick.  Out¬ 
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Each . 80c 
Barn 
Sash 
80c 
One-Piece  Sink 
No.  SA-10,  White  porcelain 
enameled  roll  rim  kitchen  sinks, 
furnished  complete  with  two 
faucets  and  trap. 
Size  18  in.  x  24  in.  $12.00 
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No.SA-1 84.  Mixed  bolts. 
Sizes  up  to  %  in.  diameter; 
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