Litchfield enquirer., 1848-06-08

one il an that is needed. The duties ~
the Compr0ll,r are more d'mcOiI .nu
much more arduous than those OF tne
Commissjoher. People have been 20 Tue
hsh;, nj hacking upon the duties OF the
Como,;.siv,,er as very great ana comPI-
...,,,d Il, i u,a SO. They are me SIM
nl,.s, and the pleasantest of any officer 90
~. S,n,.. Hu,Ist.. This being tn case
,Hs ;n.rrc.I of the Fund would SUM" oy
ths addition Of more officers ih tpe man,
apen,onl Of lis affairs. The result ""u'"
he ,a,e wav entrely--all bad.
With regard 20 Mr.. Beers arrangcme"
nj having n pupil placed under ms 'ne
stsucticn for a year, we sn"u'o QUIZ. '"
!, -. wholly unnecessary aud Of evil ten.
depcy. The lase marks out lhe guy VI
the oficrr-let the person appointcd .o'-
low The law, and not Mr.. Beers pecu''"I
notions. For instance, through Mr. h'e's
influ.uet a resolution was formerly pass
e,,. autborixicg the Commissioner TO io!n
ire interest Of the Fund, or port: o! H.
He does SO, and pays his clerks ana nun,
se,f for sprvlces, nut OF money r"ceIveo
from. this interest upon interest,". No"
Inc Constitution provides that The lhteF>
sst ot the Fund shall be applied for the
h,.,e,i, of The SCI: GLARS, aud the resolution
authorizing aRv person to loan OF use t'"'
interest, is unconstitutional. II opens
v.r. wild" door to fraud. The interest
ia large, and, il it may be loaned over
ami over gain, the avails being used for
mn, noses moi contemplated by the COnsii-
'u,,oo. and The measure being consum>
mated in opposition To that authority,
oros abuses will eventually grow out OF
'ibe practice.
Ljtchfield, where his tarm is Situated
He charges travelling expenses from
LitchGelj to Hartford and back, and ex-
n.nses while here. THIS is done on the
rru,nd that the Commissioners expenses
are paid when he is absent Oh duty Bu
i, is an abuse of that provision. Com
Main, has been made when the Tr, asur-
er and Comptroller have been absent from
their Office for three days, and 1t they
shnuid charge the State for beard while
a, Hartford. the people would not submit
IN il. The law evidently considers the
of;rer,s home where his ofi''e IS. no mats
ter how large his farm may be in an al
ioinins county, nor how much time he
Snends npon il HIS duties are with his
office, and hrs time should be spent here
unless those duties mot agricultural Tor
personal benefit dem md his attention a.
broad, Now, we protest against an a':'
which places man under tuition winch
ia calculated to lead him into these abus'
es. with the idea of fastening that man
mon The Office for life. Ifany benefit Is
~ he derived from changing officers
and our Republican principles and expe-
rience teach Us that there iS-,hen let US
have those benefits bat do not let the
State become committed upon the policy
of making the Office of School Fund CONS
missioner hereditary of continuing
abuses. The duties nre simple and regu-
ln,ed by law. In most resp CTS. Mr. b.
HIS discharged his dut'es well but the'c
are many others who could have n~en -
successful, and have placed the Fund in
AS PROSPEROUS condition as it now stands.
MIR. Beers does no, tower above all c!ea-
tim. in iuteliect--iu honesty lin shrewd>
ness. though he possesses all these. In
fact. we have sometimes Thought him too
shrewd, He annually makes the Fund
apuear larger than il actually is. by put
ting in lands not worth a shilling, at the
sum which somebody apprised them al,
Amounting to many thousand dollars
lands which he would not give rush for
watch he would s,oner give up than
10 nav the taxes upon them. We want a
new Commissioner to look INTO these
things. and five want him arall 1t Is to
d., his duty in accordance with the con-
stitution, and the spirit of the principles
upon which the fund was established
moi TO be placed under the present off,
GERS tuition, receive his lesson, and DO
his bidding. If such is to be the policy
we saw let the old officer remain an
other quarter of "a century. There are
some who will not submit to any such
thing. and if the Wings consumma'e The
plan which Mr.. Beers has stuck IN their
tee,h-Mr. Hiilhousc's precedent to the
contrary noiwilhsta,aling-thef will be
a party, not very weak. who will perse-
We, . to knock that ouble headed calf be-
tween the eyes, till nothing remains OF it
but very bad odor.
We have thus spoken plainly upon this
matter, because We felt IL our duty SO 10
speak. Now Is the time 10 talk. and 10
t,lk openly. If the Wings have capa~
ble man to. fill the place. let them put hum
tn re. They will lose n"tk,ng by IT, In.
deed, ii would be cre,iilabl" to then.-
But let them have fair warning. 1t thew
resort to any 'lugger Mugger' scheme,
they will not only very SION lose credit.
hut they will lose their double headed Of
fees too.