The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-11

el 1Oteu0eOt Makes SOmo Peril
q nent Suggestions To the Public
Generally About
Children and Dogs.
j General Circular No. az.
4 County SUPERISrESDEST's OrvIcE.l
4 JAsPsR. IND, MARCH llth, 1892.
Ito THE PARENTs AND GUARDIANS or DU'
4 BoIs CoUNrY GREErlxG.
i In . lev weeks the trustees will call
upon you 10 enulnerate your children for
school purposes q provided for BY sec.
ltion l472, 4. s. Of Indiana. They are Il
l.make an enumeration OF all the chill
dren, white and colored. within their 70.
spective ownships. towns and cities, be.
tween. the sges Of six and twenty -one
years, exclusive OF married persons
When the trustee or bic assistant calls
on you for such purpose please see that
your children, and those Of whom you
may be guardian, are properly enumer.
sted. according TO law. Give the officers
I'll The assistance in your power, and
thus help to make the enumeration 10
Dub: cS.nty for 1892 the lsrgest ever
made in The county. The reason ID OBJ
vious. For the coming school year ev.
cry child enumerated is worth about
s. 81 70 the schools Of your toWnship.
Eulist every one that you can legally en-.
list You ARE NOT TAXED BY THE NUN
BER OF CHILDREN you ENLIST I'm truth
aud in tact" the more children there are
enlisted the lower your taxes will be. BE-.
cause each child will draw about e3.s1
from the State. whether II attends school
or not, aud the more money derived
from the State the less will be the need
Of local tuition. All school money iG
not derived BY taxation. II any new
families have moved into yous town.
ship please call the trustee's attention 10
II. You will confer . tavor upon hin,
and help every child in your township
A family Of i've or elk children Of school
sge rs TO 2ll when enumerated will ex.
. day next winter. Remember this fact
You ARE NOT TAXED BY THE NUMBER o.
, CHILDREN YoU ESUnERATs. Lot every
child be snumersted, when proper
n Another point. Section ll67, School
Law Of 1891, 10 force March 9Th, 1891
: lrsads % foll0ws:
u The revenue received from the tay
. ION dogs In each township. shall be seI
. apart BY the county Auditor at such
May aud Decsmberl annual settlement
aud the same shall be paid over by shs
county Treasurer 10 the proper town
ship trustee. The sums 90 collected and
, received 10 each township ere hereby de-
; clared TO be fund tor the payment o.
, damages sustained By the owners o.
:,sheep msimed or killed BY dogs within
such township; and each township trus
; tee 10 directed and required TO hold th'
: came for such purpose PROVIDED, HOW
V EvEa. that when II shall 50 happen on th'
I first Mondsy OF March. in esch year, Il
: sny township. that the said fund shsl
= accumulate 10 an amount exceeding MI!
{ dollars, over and above orders drawI
. against the same, then The surplus ove
: -Iffty dollars shall Be expended BY sucl
ritrustee for the use Of the school revenu
X OF The township"
I Nov. Il .so happened" In 1891. the
y the various trustees after paying Tor q
! -sheep killed. and holding In trust ~
: $50 provided By law, received from ~
"Dog Fund" for school purposes the 5ol
le wing amounts:
CoIumtia s,s So; Hsrhisou $3.50
}. Boone o96 80; Madison o60e6: Balm
ebridge $50 So; Marion SOL ~; Hsl
!, f94 q Jefferson t51.45; Jackson ol33.
b e.: Psioka el31. Is; d:as- 3139 90; Ferdi
I. nand Sill Is; Jasper t32 20; Hunting
!! bure sea 63; Birdseve 81 81. Total
81 Se5 81. This 81, ass 81 is no email
item. by any means, Tor II runs th'
schools Of Dubois county, on IN average
fov. or nearly two Weeks, the length Il
! eseh township depending upon the dog
tIisted and sheep killed. Il would msk
The school term longer II the sheep kill
: ing dogs in Dubois county would "mys
4 lteriously disappear" OwDers q DOG!
|. according 70 the Attorney Oeueral'
: eop;pIon. may either register their dog
Il With the township trustee, or have th
Assessor list them. From the construc
l.ion Of the Law BY the Attorney Genera
and from the standpoint Of . school Of
l6eisl. ~ would recommend the listin
lbv the Assessor. THE, however, u sim
lplv suggestion. One thing y cerss's
Iibe dogs are 10 the county. and : hun
ldred Of them when listed ~ the a
sessor. will extend every school 10 you
township one week next winter. 10 thl
not worth consideringa Therefore, bel
the Assessor 10 iist every dog, and ever
dogs sisser. Il does not look classical
sssociste children with dogs; yet "a
fact remains that the children and 10
dogs ere IN the county, and the NOR
children the trustees enumerate. and ~
more dogs the assessors list, the longs
will be the schOol term next winter. !
I view of this fact should not every patro
Be interested? Patron. show your y
terest BY helping the trustees and q
assessors. Respectfully,
GsO. Il. WILSON.