- Date
- 1956-04-16
- Kind
- Election
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationgovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
At an April 16, 1956 special election, Beaver Island taxpayers voted 49 to 39 against a proposed 22-mill levy for a new school building, according to the May Beaver Beacon.
Evidence and limits
The vote is preserved as the newspaper’s report. Official returns, ballot language, assessed valuation, building plans, and subsequent school action remain unverified.
Sources
- Reports that taxpayers voted 49 to 39 against a 22-mill levy for a proposed new school building at an April 16 special election. It does not provide official returns, the ballot language, a building plan, assessed valuation, or later school-construction action. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1956-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published election result; it does not expand the legal, financial, or construction record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island taxpayers reject proposed school-building tax levy, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-tax-levy-election-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1956, “School Question.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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