The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-30
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It is seen hY the above tablF. that Pete!

Ihg the Mayoralty, has received -93Se.O0
for selafv The Statute Law provides that
to- such Township Trustees shall re-
Gel compensation, the sum of seyen-
ty ents per day, ,0hite actually engaged
o. This law was thought TO have
be- amended by the Acts of 1858, but the
last law was plainly Unconstitutional. For
this compensation, Mr.. Sharp must have
been ''aetaalIy engaged in Township bust
ness RE hundred and teenty days In four
teen months and hall, there are three hun
dred and eighty porking days. What an
Industrious public serUantl So Philip Kra-
merwho desires to be collector of the Reve-
nues ofthe City of Evansville, must have been
" actually engaged four hundred and eighty
one days. Next comes James T. Walker,
Justice of the Peace Township Trustee,
Township librarian, General Fund Mama
ger, and Landlord of the Township, 1.-THE
Trustees of the Township are his tenants
he receiving 5000 per year for allowing the
Trustees to meet once a. month in his Office,
and for the use of room, nine feet square,
for the Township Library) Granting that
321.50 of the amount he has received is
for office rent, repairs of the Library, &c,
he has been allowed 81 900 as salary. For
that amount he has, according TO tie lar,
toiled, and labored, and wasted the strength
and energies of Lis manhood, in the ser
vice of the Township, being ''octually en-
gqged, thirteen hundred end thrty-tlree
days, and one-tliird Of a day. Pretty good
work for fourteen months Surely the days
ofpatriotism anddevotion to country are not
yet past
TWO OFFICES.
1t seems that Mr.. Walker, although one of
the officers whose duty it is to expound aad
administer the law, is not aware that the
constitution of the State says, /" nor shall
any person hold more than one lucrative of
fee at the same time" Perhaps his inter
probation is that the office of Township
Trustee is not " lucrativs7 If he is Justice
of the Peace he is certainly not Trustee, and
it will be his duty to disgorge his pockets
of 81, 32I5o
THE TOWNSHIP TREASURER IS CARED FOR.
But this is not all. This immense fund of
S1o,Ol6 90 must be well guarded, so they con-
stitute DR.. John t. Walker Treasurer and
Guardian of The revenues; and it appears
that he has so ably discharged his duties
that the Trustees, as a reward for his finan-
cial skill and care, have awarded him $685.,
being three and a half per cent. of the whole
fund, besides the interest arising from the
use of it. and profits derived from exchange
of currency, &c. The fact is suggested to US
that the city only pays $2o0to its Treasurer
for managing s47,O of its revenues, but
we can't see how onr City Treasurer can
| discharge his duties for such "a l,ittaus.e
when it costs the Township 1855 to dis
burse $1,000 for Township purposes, eAclu-
I siye Of the salaries The City Council must
raise The salary .s.
| THE CLERK 5 SALARY.
Dr. Batcni't the .partner of Ds Walker,
acted a 4, and for his services in keep
ing ID Of their monthly proceedings,
be rec, i a salary of $500 We are in
fprme hat the clerk who acted before DR..
Hate It, received only $3.50, aud gave the
Tru- IS the use of his office free. for which
they now pay James T. Walker $500. But
we think it would be well worth $500 to
keep the proceedings of such Board in
anything like an ostensibly legal manner If
DR.. II. has done this, he certainly deserves
the thanks Of the Trustees at least
TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY.
But not the least amusing allowance that
is made by the Trustees is the salary for
Township Attorney. Township Attorney
| For What? We cant find the record of a
single township suit on the Court Dockets.
For advice, perhaps. Advice on what sub
jects? The public viii never know, per-
/ haps, the difficulties the Trustees have en-
countered in comprehending the intrcacies
of the township law. 1t certainly would
take cery shreeod lawyer to torture the
law into countenancc of such appropria-
tons as they have made. One hundred
dollars for legal advice as to how the sala-
ries should be eq,dtGbly and satisfactorily
adjusted ---- r.ev aa,
These are but few of the facts suggested
by the acknowledgement of our township az
fairs The corruption is evident If the
people do not mend matters we cannot tell
where they will end, Two Of these same
Trustees are asking Offices at the city cleo
ton on Monday. 1t may he we'll to make
few figures as TO what will be the result i
these men are permitted to administer tic
city affairs in the MANNER they have con
Quoted the township business We may
have something to say OF this hereafter