[DOWNLOAD] "Pelzl v. Mccarty" by Supreme Court of Kansas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pelzl v. Mccarty
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Defendants appeal from an order of the district court of Barber County granting mandamus and injunction against them in their capacities as County Clerk and County Superintendent. The controversy with which this appeal is concerned arose as follows: Plaintiff is the Board of Education of College Hill School District No. 2, Barber County. It is admitted that at the time of the trial the College Hill School was designated by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as a nonaccredited school, by reason of its failure to conform to standards of minimum enrollment and school term. The district, at its annual meeting in June, 1965, adopted a budget for the 1965-1966 school term, and further voted to maintain a 180-day term for the ensuing school year. The budget as adopted, and the proposed tax levy, were certified to the county clerk of Barber County, one of the defendants herein. The county clerk refused to accept the budget and to make the requested levy on the ground that plaintiff was not an accredited school district, within the meaning of the Laws of 1965, Chapter 402 (now K.S.A. 72-7001, et seq.). Subsequently, the county superintendent, the other defendant herein, proposed to call a special meeting of the district under authority of K.S.A. 72-401 for the purpose of adopting