Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-02-28

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the bill every consideration which :he
anount OF labor and skill expended on
u would Justify.
Mr' WHITE, In ADDITION 10 what
my'iiend, The Senator from Allegheny
Mr. Anderson.l has sad, would Just
ADO, that tho purpose OF TINS oill Is 70
''';as's" from the board oil school a
rectors OF the different counties oi tue
cpmmonwcnhh, Il discrellon "nleh
has gcneraiiy oceh gwen, ana some
wnat indirectly cxerc'sed' 3oa
! would call the attention Of Sena.
tors 70 the fact that the amendment
offered BY the Senator from Lancaster
{ Ar Warfsl]lsto strike out tlieworls
sunless convention OF directors shall
see proper TO add TO the sum thus oh.
tained, an amount from the State mp
proprialion 10 their own county
Now, the effect ct the passage OF this
amendment wili bc TO mlken uniform
rate oi compensation all over the Com
lnonweai'h. nope the amendment
VIII prevail 'i
Now, call the attention Of the Sen.
ators TO the flct that this bill adopts Il
general principle it don't leave the
thing open us IL was left by the act of
1919. ! Ithink II was-possibly 1853
by which it was left entirely to the
breasts of the school directors Of the
convention. This provides for two
dollars per school and one dollar per
square mile, but where there are less
than ono hundred schools the salary
shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.
Now this practically would make very
little difference. If Senator's will east
tbeir oyes oyer II thev will SEQ tLnf il
makes n difference in but two counties
In Tho Commonwealth, Tho og.,,c.
g,tc amont of salaries now paid IL
sixtv.nino thousand five hundtel and
sixty.one dollars ibc omonn, oc Ell
aries under tbe nronosition Of MI, Mn
win he seyenty.nine thousand Two
hundred and twenty dollars with
the amendment. Just suggested there
will be about two thousand sever
hundred dollars TO como off of that ;
practically, It will be scvcn,y.six
thousand dollars. Tho aggregate
amount OF salarics OF county superin-
tcudcnts, as fixed by the lricnnialron.
vcniions for 1868 66 60, was Us follows;
For 1868, forty thousand seven hun.
dred aud sixtyiour dollars; for 1866,
tiity.sovcn thousand five hundred and
sixty dollars; for 1869, sixty.nine
thousand 6vo hundred and eighty one
dollars; and increasing according to
this ratio, II will amount IN 1872 TO AT
least eighty Thousand dollars, aud at
tho next tricnnlal convention there
WI oea proport'onate increase. Next
May IS the llme Tor the trlennlal con
Veht'oh i"r inc purpose oil hX'ng sal
aries ana eiecllng county superlntend
ents ~ the dllerent counties ol the
Oommohwealth, ~ IS therefore emi
nehtiy proper lhht thls policy should
oc adoplcu at tnis tlihe'
Mr., STRANG. | am in favor OF
this bill for what TO me is very con
elusive rcason-it increascsc the sal
ary Of the superintendent in my county
just four hundred aud fiily.four dol.
lars
Mr. MUMMA. II does seem 10 me
that there is n tendency now, in the
Commonwealth, to run this thing of
free public education little strong.
and there is some danger OF running
it into lhe ground, causing reaction
in the public mind in reference to il.
Now, the better way, ! think, is to
leave we'll enough alone the system
is working WELL so far rs | know, and
while fn some places the salary may
be Iiitle low, as compared with 9th
ers, believe il is not u common ihing
in this country to compel men to take
ofliccsff they think the salary is too
low [ suppose in every locality men
can b{ got TO lill the position. But il
seems TO me that this bill docs not
eoual kc the salary i'm proportion to
tao al tount of labor, and would ask
whctltra board Of s;ool directors who
know their county, its peculiar ora-
ton add means of travel. and every
thing ,onuecled with the Office OF su
prrini lndcut, whether they nro not
quite u competent to ascertain and
pass uton the amount that each indi.
vidnal superintendent should be paid,
as lhcIl.egislature.
NOT, many things dencnd upon the
locality of the county. Take, for in.
stancb the counties that / have the
Lonod to represcnt-mure especially
the cjunty OF Dauphin our snpcrin.
icndeht reaches All his schools by
railroad. and | believe usually has the
GOOD fortune to have pass; | say he
can. for that reason. travel his county
for a less salary. in proportion 10 the
amount Of schools, ,han other superin.
tendenls may be able to travel theirs
for, where the counties are not so ia.
vorably located as to railroad commu.
uicalions.
Mr.. WARFEb. 1t docs not change
tho salary of the superintendent OF
Dauphin county ut all
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