Pennsylvania Act 1957-303 — IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL TAX IN FIRST CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL TAX IN FIRST CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICTS
                  Act of Jul. 8, 1957, P.L. 548, No. 303              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     To impose an additional tax on real estate for public school
        purposes in school districts of the first class for current
        expenses.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The Board of Public Education in school districts
     of the fist class shall levy annually on or after the second
     Monday of November and before the first Monday of December next
     following, and additional tax of three-quarters of one mill
     (.00075) on each dollar of the total assessment of all real
     property assessed and certified for taxation in said district.
        Section 2.  The taxes and penalties collected under the
     provisions of this act shall be used by such school district for
     general public school purposes.
        Section 3.  The tax authorized to be levied under the
     provisions of this act shall be levied for the calendar year
     1958 and for succeeding years, and shall be in addition to any
     other taxes any school district of the first class is empowered
     to levy and collect under any existing laws.
        Section 4.  The taxes which are levied under the provisions
     of this act shall be collected, at the same time, in the same
     manner, with like authority, and subject to the same discounts
     and penalties, as other real estate taxes for school purposes in
     school districts of the first class are collected.
        Section 5.  This act shall be come effective immediately upon
     final enactment.