East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-15

ties, making 1t necessary to shorten
| the school year in some districts or
reduce the salaries of teachers. The
intention to return to the old method
of fixing the amount of the school levy
was not even limited at In the title Of
the bill, and was not made known to
the school authorities of the state.
superintendent OF Public Instruction
D. H. Ackerman was astonished when
ne reHu thls sectlon or the Dill. He
says that the per capita system Is the
proper method OF apportloning amount
ol schooi iuhds TO be raised by the
county leVy.
N"oiher '"riation III Assessments.
ll -.nu''er 'Varla'ioii III the existing
as1essu'ent a,,1' Jaws not hihted at IN the
s s,9 VI sie aot ls SHOWN IN sectlons
anu VI the proPoseu Dill AN act OF
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80, a. 'iie pace Where the
leu 7hares ol STOCK OF
anu loall ana trust
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bo,dars,, '"u'''uuai STOCK
Tho nronooa ,a
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.a'N9 - ne oiii oiianses the
'"H u'''s '''e i.eiiis Vi eA-
P."Se '',a' 'iiaii oe repor'eu ny county
oier Nc ny eNcep'i"s expenditures LOT
puo"o ouiIuiiies anu improvements
WI beginning Win l'V', there-
iore' 'iere Wouiu oe new form OF
report ana III January l'lV' there
Wouiu oe Oh ne iour sets OF reports
Oh 'he new FORM nancy Tor the
years, l'VO' l'V', A'Vo anu l'V'' but
'he Dill proVldes 'hat III lSlo the gov
erhor' secretary ana treasurer snail
compete new rate OF apporuoh-
meht Dy averaging the amounts OF
expenditure Tor a period or tiVe years.
It, therefore, appears that In making
the rate of apportionment the state
board must use four reports OF the
new form and one OF the old form,
and those counties that have had
large expenditures of new buildings
or repairs in 1905 would be at some
what OF disadvantage as compared
with those that left their new build
ings until 1906 for construction.
The bill also provides that the re-
ports of county clerks must be filed
by January Is, and the state board
must make it's apportionment during
January. Another section requires
courts to make their levies at
the January term. II county courts
act as early in the month in 1910 as
they do this year. many of them will
have their levies made before the 18th
Of the month, when the new rate of
will be adopted.
The re-enactment of the old law re-
lating to disposition of insurance Ii
cense fees is likely to prove one of
the most perplexing features Of the
law. AS already stated, the
bill makes It the duty of the secretary
Of state, as insurance commissioner, TO
collect certain fees from insurance
and 1t is provided that he
shall be entitled to receive 40 per cent !
Of the license prescribed by law, as
for his services. Fines
and penalties and taxes on premiums
are to be paid into the state school
fund and so per cent of the licenses
are to be paid into the gem
eral fund.
Flat Salary law.
The flat salary law of 1905 provides
that the secretary of state shall re-
ceive a salary of $4,000 per annum.
which shall be in lieu of all fees and
received by him for SER
vices performed by him by virtue of
his office, and that he shall pay to
The state treasurer all fees of every
kind so collected by him.