The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-05
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FOUND GUILTY.
The Legislative Committee Of which |
senator Lamb was chairman, appoint
ed according to law to investigate the
charges made against the official con
duct of c. b. Hoffman and John y. !
Limbocker, regents OF the state Ngri !
cultural College at Manhattan, con- !
cludcd its work yesterday, finding the
said regents guilty of official miscon-
duct and recommending their removal.
Senator Lamb passed through lola
last Saturday on his way home toI
Yates Center and kindly permitted
the REGISTER to see a copy Of the re-
port made by his committee.
The regents were charged with Of
fetal misconduct on eight separate
and distinct counts, and the findings
in substance are as follows:
First charge: The Committee finds
that the regents set aside fund of
$500 for the purpose of maintaining a
dining hall, and that regent Lin
booker was made purchasing agent for
SAID dining hall at a salary of Sl5 a
month, both of which appropriations
were distinctly contrary to law. The
Committee also finds that Prof. Wal
tiers, member of the faculty of the
college, was authorized to draw checks
upon the treasurer of the college to
the amount of $1,000 for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining a book
store in connection with the college, a
procedure for which there is no war
rant in law. Owing to the indefinite,
vague and obscure way in which the
books of the college have been kept
the Committee were unable to deter
mine whether the dining hall and
book store had been run at a loss to
the college or not.
Second charge: The Committee
finds at meetings alleged to have been
heldsn July, 1897, there was not a
quorum Of the board present, but that
withstan ling the fact important
business was transacted, the minutes
not showing the lack of a quorum.
Third charge: Not sustained
Fourth charge: The Committee
finds that the regents spent, or con-
tracted to spend. during the college
year of 1857 nearly thousand dol
lars more than was appropriated for
their use, thus violating the law. The
Committee also finds that during that
same school year more money was
paid to teachers than the official re-
port of the regents shows, and that in
some instances, salaries were paid for
two months to two persons occupying
the same position.
Fifth charge: The Committee finds
that part Of II certain sum appropriate
ed by the Legislature for Il college
museum, was spent for another pur-
pose.
Sixth charge: The committee finds
that the regents fixed the salary of
/. ID. Graham at Sl40O "A year, when
the Legislature had already fixed the
same salary at $1,000, and that the
regents had fixed the salary Of w. c,
Lee at $500 when the Legislature had
fixed the same salary at Si2O year
Seventh and eighth charges were
not Investigated or were not sustained
by the evidence.
Ninth charge: The Committee
finds that from June 1897 to April
1899, the records of the proceedings o.
the regents were kept by the Presi
dent of the college on loose sheets o
paper and that the said sheets were
so marked, married, blurred, inter
lined, erased and otherwise defaced
as to be of questionable value Il,
records Of said college,
Tenth charge: The Committee find,
that the board held a meeting at To
peka, instead of at the college as re
quired by law, and authorized the
President to enter into written con
tracts with number of the members
of the Faculty for two years.
Upon these findings the Committee
recommends that Regents Limbockel
and Hoffman be discharged and dis
missed from further service as mem
beers of the board Of regents.