The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02


have all power heretofore exercised by
the local board, and township board
combined. The presumption is that
such board would know much better
the wants of the sub-districts than three
local directors living in the same. An.
other feature of the bill gives the board
control over all the districts, to enlarge
or consolidate, it matters not that all the
districts may have new school-houses.
If said board wishes to consolidate tax
payers can build another. Another
feature is it creates, or allows, the ap-
pointment of township superintendent
of common schools, assistant super
visior of buildings, janitors and
many other articles too tedious to men.
ton. OF course the dear people have
nothing to do but pay taxes; not places
for all who want to eat their bread by
the sweat of other people faces, and the
shortest way is to create new offices.
Another system adhered to here, and I
suppose by previous legislatures, is to
pass every tax-bill asked by any men,
ber from his district without any refer.
ence to the will of the taxpayers there.
in. So iron-clad is this rule that we are
certainly wasting time and money by
coming up here, for each member might
just issue his fiat-so far it has been
supreme.
Saturday.-At the close of another
week the legislature halls are silent,
save half dozen page boys fitting across
the chamber and the porters gathering
up the rubbish preparing the hall for
another weeks labors. The legislators,
many of them have departed for home
and are scattered over city and country
to rest and recuperate tired brain and
body for another weeks conflict. But
the question which most concerns the
tired taxpayer is what is being done for
him. Two hundred and sixty-five bills
now load the house calendar. It would
be needless and almost endless to at
tempt to recount them. Needless be-
cause three-fourths of them will be
strangled in committee, or sat down on by
the House. Only think of the people of
Ohio ever living under such deluge of
laws, if they all come to maturity. If
three weeks give two hundred and sixty
five what number will sixteen weeks
give is question any bright school boy
can solve by proportion, but how the
people can ever work out from under
such deluge of law, is proposition we
can't demonstrate by mathematics. One
bill increasing the wages of judges and
clerks of elections, from two dollars for
an election, to two dollars for the first
day and one dollar and fifty cents for
each additional day, thereby paying for
holding back returns to doctor, (if need
hey passed the House against the earnest
protest of some of the members, but 4
reconsideration was moved and after q
hard fight the bill was lost.
Another bill IL before the House, call
ed the Albaugh school house. II does
away with the board Of three directors
in each of the sub.d districts, and in their
stead have from three to nine elected by
the township, who shall have entire con-
troll of all the schools in the township.
The bill proceeds ON the ancient theory
OF kingship. Three local directors (all
sending their children TO the same
school) have not sense TO employ teach
or and run their school to the best sd-
vantage. The bill proposes to relieve
the dear people of that labor, but graciosv-
ly allows them the privilege Of paying
the taxes TO support the same. Another
grand saving proposed 10 In the employ
ment OF teachers. All shall have the
same wages, 1t matters not whether one
may be . graduate and carry . ten
yeers' certificate g . teacheI from the
Btate Board, II matters mot what yepu-
,teti6n he o. ehe may hsve. Tho b0vi-
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