The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-01

The correspondent says that the Town
ship Trustees made "a contract" for the
services Of an, attorney for 500, at time
when it was "supposed there would be
considerable law business" We say dis,
tinctly that the Township law makes no
provision for the salary of an attorney, and
the Trustees have Violated the ka,o in making
the allowance in the manner they have
Let Mr.. DENLY or the Trustees meet the
people in a public meeting, tonight, and
prove the contrary-or even deny it-and
we will prove our assertion to be true. The
article quotes section 10, on page 497, of
the Revised Statutes, to show that no blame
can attach to the Treasurer for receiving
what the Trustees choose to allow him. If
Mr.. DENLY was as well posted in reference.
to the Township lawsas he should be, as
Township Attorney, he would know that
by the acts of 1855 the compensation of
Treasurer is fxed by laao at one dollar for
each day actually employed, and that the
Trustees and Treasurer have violated the
law in that respect. a9l -sE, aaa b.
James T. Walker must also be white
washed by the correspondent of the Enquirer.
He says..that his "lion's share" includes g x-
penditures made by him on account of the
poor of the township, for binding books in
the library, for rent of his Office as library
room, services as township librarian, as
overseer of the poor, and as Township
TrusteeP In the first place, in answer to
this paragraph, we assert that, rs Township
Trustee or overseer of the poor, he does not
spend one cent of the township fund.-
The expenses of the poor are paid out of the
county and city treasury, not out of the
township. Is not that so, Mr.. Township
Attorney? The item for fixing UP the books
does not exceed $50. In the next place, is
that not modest sum for office rent for such
an ofice-$2O0? The law makes it the d1-
ty of one of the Trustees to actsas the .}ibra-
rian; but Mr.. Walker must be as9wed an
extra compensation.
The article further states that the Trus-
tees can't Inappropriate any more money to
schools than the actual amount received for
that special purpose" We understand that
the County Auditors books show that
81, 90 n were received last year for schools
by the Township Treasurer. How much
was ON hand from the previous years appro-
pria ton we do not know, but this much
at least they could use.
The Enquirer correspondent must learn
that /" false, "false," "false," is poor
arithmetic. Let us have the facts and figures,
and not simple and brazen-faced denials.-
He says that g the duties of experimenting
the affairs of this Township are more labo-
rious than is generally imagined" Trnly,
a simple minded citizen would think so,
from the financial reports of the Trustees
But how is it with the other Townships of
the county2 We are informed that the
entire expenses of the officers of Scott Town
ship are about $40. One of the Trustees of
Armstrong Township remarked, the other
day, that his compensation the past year
was eight {s) dollars. Judge Granger, of
Knight Township, was in this city yester-
| day, and certainly his statements are good
Democratic authority. He stated, in the
streets, that he received nine (9) dollars for
his services as Treasurer, for the year just
closed, and that this service included his
charges for going into another State to col
lect debts due the school fund. He also
says that the salary of each Trustee was
eight dollars and half (sD. What an
| ignorant set of officials they are in the rural
districtsl What laborious work the Trus-
tees of Pigeon Township have to do to earn
their salaries at this rate of allowance