(DOWNLOAD) "Independent Consolidated School District" by Supreme Court of Minnesota # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Independent Consolidated School District
- Author : Supreme Court of Minnesota
- Release Date : January 19, 1954
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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In May 1952, the county superintendent of schools of Fillmore county prepared a plat of certain school districts near Rushford,
Minnesota, for the purpose of consolidating said school districts into Independent Consolidated School District No. 16 of
Fillmore county. (In April 1952, a prior plat submitted by the superintendent after consultation with people in the area for
and against the proposition was rejected by the state commissioner of education.) The plat was forwarded to the commissioner
of education on May 20, 1952. The proposed area, a major portion of which was in Fillmore county, contained 39 25/32 sections
of land and had a total assessed valuation of about $770,000. After the superintendent had submitted the plat, he requested
that a small portion of two districts be added. The commissioner further enlarged the area proposed for consolidation by adding
other districts or parts of districts so that the area proposed by him contained 65 3/4 sections of land, with an assessed
valuation of $1,031,575. When the commissioner returned the plat, he certified it to the county superintendent for submission to the voters residing
in the area proposed for consolidation. The superintendent never officially filed the plat as returned by the commissioner
for the reason that he did not approve of it, but he did call an election to vote upon the commissioner's plan after the presentation
to him of a petition signed by the required number of freeholders. An election was held on July 23, 1952, at which the majority
of the voters favored the proposed consolidation. On July 30, 1952, the county superintendent issued the final consolidation
order. An appeal was taken to the district court by appellants, who are freeholders and taxpayers of the involved area, and
on June 8, 1953, the district court ordered the consolidation affirmed and the appeal dismissed. The appeal to this court
is taken from the district court's order denying appellants' motion for amended findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
order for judgment or, in the alternative, for a new trial.