, 1866-03-17
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
Indiana State BonFd OF Edacasfon-
Election of Trustees OF tho State Uni.
Trrbity--1ndiAnapSliH Post OMec. &c.
Especial Despatch 10 the cMcsgo Itibune.1

Indiana State BonFd OF EducaSfou-
Election Of Trustees OF tho State Uut-
Trrnity--1ndianapelis Post OMec, &c.
Especial Despatch 10 the cMesso Ttibune.1
1sDIAEAPoL1s, March Is.
The State Board Of Education convened, pn1su-
ant 10 the call or the President in this city thi.
morning. By the amended school law of 1865, the
Board consists OF the Superintendent OF Public In
st1uct1nn. who IL rfestdent, Ar-eEcio, The Cover.
rut Of tic State the Pestden, Of the Stats Univer-
fity, md The supe1intendnte ut common seaoo1a Of
tho tlrce lerCrstctes Of the StAte which aso India
unpolts, Fort Wayne and Evansy1ue. The 1u1I
board was present, md consists of the following
gentlemen: Hon. George ". Hass, Superintendent
Of Public Instruction; HIS Excsffeucy, Conrad
Dakes, Acting Governor; Rer, Dr. Cyrus Nutt,
Pre!ds1s q hs 1a9lans State unsss:i; rrot
ESansvtlie; Prot. Smart, Of Fort WaYne.
\. The question Of making necessary additions to
erssed st so1ae ensh ii The nenoess M % of the noad
desiring to lsutd any waste OF the fnnd ret apart
LOT thar pu,po-e. l. will be remembered thxt some
in.Hretion mad himself sseh nom ID prooeeds Of
the contract Tor turnlthiug books for these libraries
which ~as let to the Nessfs; Harper Of New York.
The ptessnt Hoasd are anxious to avoid nny saspI-
don or Fe1,roach Of this kind.
a committee. Of which Gov. Baker is Chairman,
afternoon sess1on a. to the best mode OF procuring
hooks and e1peudinc raid fuud.
An election for three Trustees Of the State uui.
verktfy tor the term Of four years Was then had,
which suited in the choice OF the folIo9ing gen.
tlcIocn: DR.. William u1nuaman, Of Marion; EaAc
Jenk.nEon. Of Allen; b. E. Rhoads, Of Vermllllon.
After which. the board adjourned I'LL p. m.
AFTERNOON aEsMoE.
The COMMITTEES on Township lihnnes, through
Gov. Baker, thE1r ChalFnsn. presented 4 report
npm which tase the following tie1ns:
BY m act OF The General Assembly Of the State,
arpeosed March 9Th. 1s5 It Il pFostded that there
shall be scrsod md collected On the list Of prop
mil each dollar TO Be applied exclusively to the
purchaae Of hooks for ile tnwnsh1p eenool libra
Hee Of The stlte. This tax, II al COLLECTED. ard
without ADy deduction, would geld aG1y-two thou.
eand ave hundred and sixtytMo dollars, stxtv-are
crpie. ,Malanc a very Ine1a1 allowance
for dc1iuQpinc.es and expense Of collection, II
tnnY he eatc1y esttmated that the tax viii yield
nett fund Of fot1y thousand dollars, 10 be invested
IL books and In tic distributing OF them to The gea-
cal ltowushlps. For The purpose Of procuring the
,,ooke on tbe most advantageous tenn. 10 The
ttlon among The book houses Of the country. II Is
recommended that the bcara receive separate
Eca2ed prupos1ii. covering the following ground:
Ftr>t 1pr furnishing books la sheets. uubouud;
second, for binding The xanne md delivering Of
thcm at indianapolis; third, for the boxing aud
dlsribu1ing Of the BOOKS to the tescrai counties Of
There are ninc.y-two counties and about one
thousand townships In the State 10 b. supplied
p7fh books.
On account Of the great rueh for our city Post
Office, and the consequent fatigue Of elefks, that
eLldcc it 10 be fenced In, and Congress has appro-
prta1ed i've thousand 1p1]dtS fpr that puIpDee