Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . 53 15 6 3 18 56 22 4 3 6 11 16 52 12 37 50 3 10 9 61 16 7 7 5 23 18 36 13 5 18 39 25 10 2 4 2 50 40 5 5 45 22 11 22 15 52 18 10 5 9 23 27 7 23 ii 18 46 2813 5 87 3 36 41 14 6 3 4 44 30 22 6 3 17 31 22 12 9 12 46 22 20 .... 6 12 32 38 12 .... 3 5 24 41 20 7 11 44 45 15 26 38 9 11 1 24 42 30 4 7 33 31 12 17 8 19 56 17 7 7 7 57 15 7 36 29 26 6 3 30 30 20 17 3 12 19 33 36 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 115 Not only do city and rural districts vary with each otherin the tax rate for the support of schools, but the
Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . 53 15 6 3 18 56 22 4 3 6 11 16 52 12 37 50 3 10 9 61 16 7 7 5 23 18 36 13 5 18 39 25 10 2 4 2 50 40 5 5 45 22 11 22 15 52 18 10 5 9 23 27 7 23 ii 18 46 2813 5 87 3 36 41 14 6 3 4 44 30 22 6 3 17 31 22 12 9 12 46 22 20 .... 6 12 32 38 12 .... 3 5 24 41 20 7 11 44 45 15 26 38 9 11 1 24 42 30 4 7 33 31 12 17 8 19 56 17 7 7 7 57 15 7 36 29 26 6 3 30 30 20 17 3 12 19 33 36 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 115 Not only do city and rural districts vary with each otherin the tax rate for the support of schools, but the cities andtowns of the state vary greatly with each other. This isstrikingly shown in the following illustrations of levies for1917-18. Taole 40. Mills Deer Lodge 21/fc Anaconda 5 Dillon I Great Falls 6 Helena 7 Butte 8 Mills Fairview 23 Poplar 23 Medicine Lake 23 Winnett 20 Scobey 19 Plentywood 17 The smaller towns and cities of the state, particularlythose in eastern and north-eastern Montana, are sufferingmore from the unequal burden of taxation than are thelarger Many modern two-teacher schools are built with movable partitions. Suchan arrangement makes community gatherings possible. Blaine county. There is almost as great a variation in the average taxrate for school support among the counties of the state. Hillcounty had the highest average in 1917-18, mills. Sheri-dan followed closely with 13 mills. The lowest average wasmade by Meagher county with mills, while Beaverhead 116 FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT was the second lowest with mills. Not a school districtin Silver Bow had even as much as a normal 10 mill speciallevy, while in Beaverhead, Granite, Meagher and Deer Lodgethere was but one district in each paying as much as 10 were 76 districts in Cascade, 70 in Gallatin, 56 inPark, and 55 in Sweet Grass with less than 10 mills levy,while Hill had 44, Sheridan 40 and Richland 32 districts withmore than 10 mills levy. Carbon, Fergus, Musselsh
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