Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . y per cent of the money used in District A to pay $512 to ateacher and meet other expenses of a school for 18 children for 7%months came from a 13-mill levy on $ district valuation. Valley District A, valuation $44,090. with 11-mills special levy, gave 11children Qy2 months of school. 60 per cent of the money came fromthe district. With a bonded indebtedness of $1200 for a new buildinglonger terms were impossible without greater financial support fromoutside the district. Wibaux District A began the school ye
Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . y per cent of the money used in District A to pay $512 to ateacher and meet other expenses of a school for 18 children for 7%months came from a 13-mill levy on $ district valuation. Valley District A, valuation $44,090. with 11-mills special levy, gave 11children Qy2 months of school. 60 per cent of the money came fromthe district. With a bonded indebtedness of $1200 for a new buildinglonger terms were impossible without greater financial support fromoutside the district. Wibaux District A began the school year with $ in the treasury. A14-mill levy on $34,464 valuation made 70 per cent of the schoolmoney. Ten children attended a seven-months school. The teacherwas paid $60 a month. At the end of the year there was a deficit inthe treasury of $ District B had to have an 18-mill levy on its assessed valuation of$39,821 to have 6% months of school for 14 children. 122 FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT EIGHT GERRYMANDERED SCHOOL DISTRICTS Scale, 1=4 mi. I o i Fergus fieayerhead Ca 11 Park Co. Itisf. 25 .AV —i .*/ & 23**/ <&r A. Beaverhead county. Because the trustees refused aschool to 10 children in Upper Wise Creek district(No. 23), it was created by petition out of Meadow Creekdistrict (No. 11), leaving an awkard strip on either sideof the new district belonging to District No. 11. B. Fergus county. District No. 157, extends outward by anarrow neck of land to get a bit of railroad which makesup three-eighths of its valuation. This is typical ofmany others in the state. C. Park county. By gerrymandering Electric district (), has $6G,220 railroad valuation, almost double thatof other property. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 123 Scale 1=24 miles. a.
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