The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-01-25

ing from this sourcex os;dcd alsCays that
Tho additional specie u hereby autherized
soau nos' u any o1 ~ dxceed afsyssen
properly and S6sdSllSTl 81 cash Sui7
SDc. 4. The advancement Of the cause Of
education rdquiriDg that this act shall take
Immediate eaect, therefore An emergency ex-,
ists, and this act shall take effect and be ia
iorce from and after its passage
@ An old and highly esteemed
friend, funishes the above commu-
nication and present School Law,
and we comply with his request to
publish the same, and we hope our
readers will carefully contrast the
provisions Of the bill we published
last week, with the above, and, if the
proposition of give to one" of our
citizens are not opposed to the pro-
posed Walker infection, as an
amendment to the law furnished us
by our friend, we will be ready to
acknowledge that we are as much
afflicted as he appears to be by some
''obliquity Of mental vision as we'll
as with "a misconception of the in
telligenee of the public mind"
The clause he alludes to in the
above law, regarding the issuing of
Bonds to the amount of $40, 900.
and unlimited repetitions," of the
same amount, ceases to be obiec-
tionable in the fact that the writer
himself, acknowledges that the Com
mon Council now act as CHECK on
the action of the Trustees, and that
it the Council ''MAY issue Bonds, ;"
&c. Herein is the entire safety from
burdensome taxation-the Trustees
propose, merely, and the Council
dispose. Not, SO, however with the
proposed substitute of Mr.. Walk
err. It authorizes the ssCommis-
sioners" to anticipate the revenue
by preparing, issuing and selling
s'bonds to secure loans not exceeding
in the aggregate, the sum Of one hun
dred thousand dollars" without
check or hinderance from the Coun
Gil, and AFTER this amount is fasten-
ed upon the people after they are
bound to pay the debt thus created,
they can check their Commission
ers." by voting them out of office
for thus getting them in debt! This
is the quintessence of satisfaction!
and even our old friend J. will con-
clude, that THIS is one of the points
that is susceptible of amendment
and that if he is really a ''sane
man" he will give the old law the
preference over Walkers bill.
The friends of Mr.. Walkers bill,
harp upon the fact that the School
Commissioners, are to serve with
out pay-do all the work, within
themselves, and generously donate
their time. This is quite pleasant
and attractive feature! But is the
work devolving on these generous
commissioners" thus bestowed
The only place in the State where
this law is in operation, is at Indi
annapolis, and, hence, let us see what
. the commissioner there are do
ing, GRATIS for the dear peoples-
Some few we eks ago, Superinten
dent Shertridges salary was deem
! ed insufficient, and they popped i
up from $24OO a year to $4,000. A
q meeting of the commissioners
on the 18th inst. the following reso
buttons were offered by MIR. Bing
ham:
Resolved, That Fl. B. Stewart
be appointed Building and Suppl,
Agent, at salary of 500 pc:
month.
Resolved, That Anthony Miller
be appointed Assistant to sait
Agent, and subject to his orders
at salary of 800 per month, will
the use of his horse and wagon.
Resolved, That J. B. johnson
be appointed Book Keeper of the
Board and general Office clerk, a
a salary of s. per annUm."
The minutes of that meeting say
"The first and second resolution
were adopted. The third resolu
ton was adopted, leaving the blan
to be filed hereafter"
That blank, in oil probabilit,
will be filed with at least 81, 50Ols
that the mo compensation" claus
in Mr.. Walkers bill cost the goo
people of Indianapolis ONLY abor
three thousand nine hundred do
lars! at one sitting of these eENEH
GUS commissioners"
The late Emperor Napoleon
short time before his death, FOL
; warded an elegant gold and silve
cha.icc to a Catholic priest in For
} Wayne, Indiana, to whom be WI
attached in his earlier days.
Il SAN Francisco, january 81
Four companies of United Stat