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SCHOOLS.
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that owned by non-residents of the district, and he shall set opposite to each description of taxable property the valuation of the same, and the amount of tax charged upon such property, and to each person respectively, or tract of land owned by non-residents; and such description and valuation of taxable property, shall be ascertained as far as possible from the last assessment roll of the county.

Sect. 45. Whenever any real estate in any school district shall not have been separately valued in the assessment roll of the county, and the value of such real estate cannot be definitely ascertained from such assessment roll, the district board of such district shall estimate the value of the same and apportion the taxes thereon.

Sect. 46. The warrant annexed to any tax list shall be under the hand of the clerk of the district, and shall command the treasurer of such district to collect from each of the persons and corporations named in said tax list, and of the owners of the real estate described therein, the several sums set opposite to the persons and corporations so named, and to the several tracts of land owned by non-residents, within forty days from the date thereof, and within twenty days from the date of such warrants, to personally demand such tax of the persons charged therewith; and that if any tax shall not be paid within thirty days thereafter, to collect the same by distress and sale of property in the same manner as county taxes, and the said treasurer shall execute the said warrant and return the same to the clerk at the expiration of the time limited therein, for the collection of such tax list.

Sect. 47. The warrant issued by the clerk of any school district, for the collection of any district tax authorized by any of the provisions of this act, may be executed anywhere within the limits of the county, and such warrants shall have the like force and effect as a warrant issued for the collection of county taxes; and the treasurer of the district, to whom any such warrants may be delivered for collection of a tax list, shall possess the like powers in the execution of the same as are provided by law for the collection of county taxes.

Sect. 48. Whenever any error may be discovered in any district tax list, the district board may order any money which may have been improperly collected on such tax list, to be re-