Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-06-20
THE REPUBLICAN.
Appor,ionmeat of school Revenue.

Marks (If) IN
To the People Of Indiana,
Your superintendent is glad at length to
be able to make the superintendent of the
School Revenue. He has no apology to
offer for. the delay. but would respectfully
submit brief explsnstion.
For years past my predecessors. making
their spportionment a. the time prescribed
by law, have been obliged to 60; in q great
degree upon ~mefe guess-wor Their
Guessing" was always for less amount
than was actually collected. This over
plus was never afterwards heard of. The
County Treasurers claimed that they paid
It ieia ths State Tressury;. and the State
'Ifsasufsfs.sAy that. ,was(ased mp Zoe 9Th.
CO purposes-which was Of course in vic.
latiou Of oil law. 1t is sufficient for Us to
known that the money was lost to the
School Revenue. The Hon. Sam'l L. Rugg.
late Superintendent. says in bis report:
1--WE regret very much to see so large
~ amount Of the school revenue which Is
collected for tuition fail to reach its sp.
prspriate object. The statement shogs
that there are balances of school revenue
in the State Treasury now amounting to
$685. 2i IS. which has been accumula-
ting there fos many fears. undsr, q, very
defective provision Of the school law"
The Legislature at its regular session
provided for the repayment of this loss
The 6fst instslltBentr of S25. 600 will be
paid in June 1852. and the same amount
ssmi. annually thereafter until it is all re-
paid. In order to prevent recurrence OF
this difficulty. the Legislators. by speci-
al provision. subjected thu County Audi
tors who failed to report at the proper
time. to diminntion of 800 in the APP
portionmebt to the delinquent counties.
ths am ount to be withheld by tho Superin-
tendent. and the counties to recover by
snit from the Auditors. Severe a. the
penalty seemed. j, fsiled entirely to remedy
the difficulty. Whea the day came to
make the superintendent twenty-five coun-
Ties had not reported. The Superintendent
Was not omnicient. He did not know the
amount Of tax that would DO paid in. OF
hoh large the delinquent list wonld be-
To aim it was all darkness, not having the
correct data Of former apportiosments to
20 act in the matter until the delinquent
counties did report. To have pursued any
other course would have resulted in serious
loss to the school revenue and continued
the complication of this already tangled
matter. He deemed it best to remedy the
difficulty now. although he deeply sympa-
thized with the poor teachers all over the
State who were anxiously waiting for their
pay. But none wou,d have been in this
condition had not nearly every district in
the State. in violation of all law. persisted
in employing teachers in anticipation ofthe
revenue. This difficulty is settled for the
future. as no teacher can be employed I'M
less the Township has the money on hand
for the payment OF said teacher.
On the 23d of May the following reso-
iution was adopted BY the Senate:
"On motion of Dir. Stulabaker. it was
"Rssosved, That the Superintendent of
Public Instruction be. and is hereby re-
quested to inform lbs Senate at an early day
tho cause of the delay in the distribution
of6chool Revenue. and if the delay is oc-
cAsioned by County Auditors failing to
raske reports as the law requires. to inform
the Senate Of the names of such delin-
quents and the counties to which they be-
long; also, to recommend such amend.
nents to the school law. If it is required.
a. villiinsure promptnsss in che distribu'
ton o. the school revenue. as required by
Law. hereafter"
The Superintendent replied giving his
reasons as to why he had not made the sp-
portionment. His conduct was endorsed
by both branches of the Legislature. which
makes further explanation unnecessary.
The Superintendent also urged the jus.
ticeof passing an act 10 relieve the delin-
quent County Auditors. be believing that
In many cases It WAS in possible for them
to report at the time required. by law
They vers accordingly relieved.
The bill was not passed until the even
ing Of the 18th inst. which made differ.
ence of $500 in the apportionment
hence. you see. that it Mas impossible to
make a. distribution until the 29th inst.
snd on that day it was made.
Benton and Martin counties hare no.
vet reported. Martin will. however, draw
mora than shs pegs sinz The delinquen
LISTS unusually large this year. BY th'
new law there is to be fallapportion
ment, which. will include the delinquen
tax. Township Trustees and City Trus
tees should specially remember that the!
must not hereafter employ teachers unles
the money y on haad to par them. fhi
matter Is fully explained in the notes 4
tho School Law.
The spportionmeut Of the Congression
al Township IL . matter which the Super
intendent does not control. The smoun
srisiug from this fund is Known to each An
ditor, and he is to be governed in distrib
uting It BY tho following provisions Of th
School LAM rs,ss - THIS Iak
I'm making the distribution of the in
come of the Common school revenue. tn
Auditor shsll ascertain the amount Of th
Congressional Township school revenu
belon<nyts eachIeity, town and township
and shall so spportion the Common schot
revenue IS to eqnsiizs the amount Of avail
able school re7enue for tuition to 70 eac
city, itownn and township. as near as ma
be according. to the enumeration of Chi
dren therein: Provided. hoseever. Th'
in no case shall the income Of the Coz
gressional township fnndbelensng 70 an
Congressional township. or psrt-of sue
township. be diminished By such cistrib'
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