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MR. CASE: It is statutory, insofar as all
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other departments are concerned, and what I'm trying to
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develop is, as far as the Department of Education's
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budget, the switching cannot take place and never can
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take place so long as it is written this way. I don't
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know that I'm right about this, but --
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MRS. BOTHE: Our interpretation, after some
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investigation, was that the school fund did not mean
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Chat at all. The words school fund did not refer to
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the appropriations c.adc annually by the legislature.
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We'd like to know if we are wrong, because we don't
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want to mislead the convention in making a recommenda-
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tion.
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MR. CASE: It has been indicated here this
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morning by the State Superintendent and his people
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that you are wrong.
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MR. ENEY: No, no, quite the contrary is
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what he said.
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MR.HAILE: This might clarify it. Prior to
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the turn of the century, there were two tax rates and
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the proceeds of one tax rate went in a separate fund
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