County Advances $50,000 To School Board
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
February 16, 1954
February 1954
Middletown, Ohio
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Auditors Office Blames Slow Tax Collections On State Board, Heavy Work - School Board Clerk Hugh Butler said Auditor R. H. Smith "personally" delivered a $50,000 check to the school board late this morning - The county auditor today was expected to forward to School Board Clerk Hugh Butler a $50,000 check that may quiet some of the board’s complaints about borrowing money to meet expenses in the next few months. Board members at their last meeting authorized Butler to borrow up to [$300,000] if necessary. Cause of the deficit, according to Butler, is the slowness with which the county collects taxes. Money that should have been gathered in December 1953 will not come to the auditor’s office until April or May, he said...
Auditors Office Blames Slow Tax Collections On State Board, Heavy Work - School Board Clerk Hugh Butler said Auditor R. H. Smith "personally" delivered a $50,000 check to the school board late this morning - The county auditor today was expected to forward to School Board Clerk Hugh Butler a $50,000 check that may quiet some of the board’s complaints about borrowing money to meet expenses in the next few months. Board members at their last meeting authorized Butler to borrow up to [$300,000] if necessary. Cause of the deficit, according to Butler, is the slowness with which the county collects taxes. Money that should have been gathered in December 1953 will not come to the auditor’s office until April or May, he said...
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