The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-23
Subcommittee Hands In It's Report
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subcommittee Hands In It's Report
Accounts.
The executive committee of the Township
and Reform Association last evening listened
to the report of the last subcommittee which
has drawn its section Of the proposed meas
ure The report submitted was that of the
school committee, through d. X. Goss. The
bill provides for a county board of educa>
ton to be composed of the superintendent
of schools of the cities, towns and townships
in the county. This board shall meet on the
first Mondays in May and September and
the act specifies the duties. 1t provides that
no textbook shall be changed in six years.
On the first Monday in June the board shall
elect county superintendent. which cleo
ton shall be held in 1901, and the term shall
be for four years. He shall give bond in
the sum of $1,000. The Circuit Court shall
try all superintendent for any violations or
on charges brought against him as to inn
morality or interest in the sale of anything
to the school. For the first man elected a
thirty-six months license shall be a neces-
sary qualification, but from and after the
second election he shall have a life license
or professional license. The schools in a
city shall be exempt from general super
vision by the county superintendent if the
request shall be made by the city board of
education. Examinations shall be held for
graduation or for the admission to a high
school of those qualified to take it. Every
alternate month the examinations for
licenses shall be held. The questions for the
examination shall be given by the State
Board of Education, and license will per-
NIT the holder to teach in all parts of the
State: Each applicant shall pay a fee of
u, winch Will pay the cost of grading the
papers The county superintendent receives
the manuscripts records them and sends
tnem TO the state superintendent of instruc-
tlon. Each applicant shall be required to
bring with him written evidences from two
persors certifying to his moral character.
The county superintendent shall grade on
experience IN the schoolroom. and the state
BOARD on academic subjects. These two
grades shall be added and divided by two,
ana general average OF 20 per cent. shall
be required to receive a license. The
licenses shall be for one, two and three years,
or a high school license, which shall include
all subjects, shall be good for five years.
The life license shall be the first grade, pro-
fessional the second grade. high school the
third grade, three years the fourth grade
two years the fifth grade. and one year the
sixth grade. The standards for all examina-
lions shall be fixed by the state board, and a
three-year license may become again eight
year professional license on the proper ex-
animation being held The exemption clause
of the present law was incorporated. A
temporary license may be issued on applica-
lion OF q D0arQ, winch snail De gOOQ only
until the next regular examination shall have
been held. The county superintendent is
given the right to revoke license for cause.
In counties Of less than 1900 population the
salary of the county superintendent shall be
81 O00 of from 15000 to $1,000 1t shall be 81 200,
and over $4,000 it shall be $500. In reckon
ing the population those cities with superln-
tendents shall be excluded. The penalty Tor
bartering, trading or exposing the queStlonS
made out by the state board is fine OF from
The township organization is provided for
beginning 1901. Two taxpayers shall be
elected and within ten days they must elect
a third member, who must be a teacher with
a three-year license and who shall be presi-
dent of the township board. After 1904 ne
will be required to have a high school
license Any vacancy shall be filed by the
township advisory board The president
shall name all the teachers in the town.
ship, subject to the confirmation OF two
votes of the township board and one of
these votes must be his own. School must
be held at least six months in each year
and a high school must be provided for
each township or else the township must
pay the tuition for all those qualified to
enter a neighboring high school,
The committee discussed this bill at great
length and various amendments were sug
gested, but it was impossible to get a, vote
on them or an expression by more than
two or three members on any question. Mr..
Harris finally suggested two or three times
that the commission was going without its
province when it attempted TO take up the
school question, and that the idea
of its formation did not contem-
plate going into this question at ALL Aft
er the entire evening had been spent in dis
cussing the measure, the other members
agreed with Mr.. Harris and the bill was
referred back to the subcommittee to con-
suit with the state board and present such
bill as they might choose to be acted on
apart from the general bill which the COM
mission is framing.
ACCOUNTS IN COUNTIES.
William Dudley Foulke submitted the
rough draft of the subject assigned to his
subcommittee. This bill provides that the
auditor of state shall prescribe a method of
keeping accounts which shall be adopted in
every county and thus have a uniform
method Throughout the State The auditor,
or a deputy, shall annually and without no
tice, make a thorough examination of the
books and accounts of each county in the
State and shall report all illegal allowances
or payments to the attorney general, the
prosecuting attorney of the county in which
they are found and to the president of the
advisory board of the county in which they
are found. Refusal to give him access to the
books and papers or to give information is
covered by a fine of from 800 to 1000 and
Imprisonment from thirty days to one year.
The bill further provides authority for the
auditor of state to appoint one or two adj
ditional deputies for the extra work.
Mr.. Foulke said in explanation that in
Wyoming they have such a state examiner.
who receives a salary of $1,000 year, but
that his first year he saved to the different
counties 100000 He said that he was told
but one additional deputy would be needed
in the auditor of states Office to attend to
the increased work His report was ac-
cepted.
This closed the reports of all committees
ready to report and the only one still out
is the road committee. The executive COM
mittee will meet in the Statehouse next
Wednesday morning to put the different
parts of the measure together and a full
meeting of the commission will be called
for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock to take
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