Pennsylvania Act 1949-505 — TAXES USED FOR GENERAL PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES

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TAXES USED FOR GENERAL PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES
                 Act of May 23, 1949, P.L. 1661, No. 505              Cl. 24
        (Act reenacted and amended Nov. 30, 1955, P.L.793, No.226)

                                  AN ACT

     To impose a tax on real estate for public school purposes in
        school districts of the first class and of the first class A
        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 first class and of the first class A shall levy annually,
     on or after the second Monday of November and before the first
     Monday of December next following, a tax of not less than one or
     more than one and one-half mills 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 in addition to any other taxes
     any school districts of the first class and of the first class A
     are empowered to levy and collect under any existing law.
        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
     are collected.