The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
EXPENSES FOR
 EXAMINATION System of State School Board Noted. STATE ACCOUNTANTS REPORT Says Examiners Jobs are Among
 Most Lucrative.
 ----e---- s.s Superintendent Gnnneis Makes Reply to "UnusuaI Criticism' sf His De- p.rtment--Attorney General
 Expresses Opinion.
STATE ACCOUNTANTS REPORT

In a report to the Governor by H. T.. Brooke. State Examiner of Public Ac- counts. on the Department of Educa- tion, made public yesterday, the &C., counts of all funds handled by Super intendent Harry c. Gunnels according to law were found to have been cor rectly handled and disposed of After reporting the correctness of these &C., counts. however, Examiner Brooke in. corporates in the document several criticisms of the State Board of Teach CTS Examiners.
 The criticism of the Board of Exam iners, which is an adjunct of the De- partment of Education. are aimed at the methods of conducting the examfn- ations of applicants for teachers cer- tificates and 1he disposition of the fees derived therefroni.
 The only moneys passing through the Depart snt of Education for which ac- coui. to the State Auditor has to De given ere the contingent and lana sale funds. These funds, according to Examiner Brooke. have been property received and remitted to the Treasury.
 To the portion of Examiner Brookss report criticfzing the practices or the yremhers of the Board of Examiners. Superintendent Gunneis makes bfief reply. MT. Brooke had said to the Caoyernor that the Board last year drew for their compensation q total of s1,- SIP, which consisted of per diem TOT the members at $5 and for special ex- Aminations S5 for each set or papers Axarfined. The per diem last year amounted to s3.o23 and the compensa- ton for special examination was S4'- 59o.
 that last year it required longer TOT one set of applicants than for anotner set in conducting the examinations Tor 1,nH al AnTan1HntAd expenses of the Department of Educa- fion as a whole He had already de- clAred, that. under the fee and per diem system of the Board of Examiners. glaee of, this Board Is made one or the sest- paying in the state.
 Attention has been called to the ract that last year there were more ques- .ions nropounded to applicants in reg ular than in special examinations
 Tn exclamation of the charge by Ex- amitser Brooke that the Department or Education is an expensive one, seem ingly to him enough totcan Tor com r,ent. 1t is pointed out by friends Of the I,ena rtrnent that the force employed In inc work is one of the largest in the State Government Nine persons are employed therein.
 Comment was also made by Exannin- CT Brooke on the fact that the bonds required of the county superfntendents eduCaff0n dent vary to an extent that, to say the least. is confusing"
 When shown copy of MT. Brookefs report yesterday. Superintendent Gun nels sat down and dictated brief re5 ply to the criticisms therein containedf Superintendent GunneIs indicates iH ms reply that he was inclined to dismiss the comments of MT. Brooke as being without the province of duty and au- thority of the latter. Mir. Gunnels also said. that throughout all his adminis- tration of the affairs of the Depart ment of Education he had seen fit to follow the law regulating the affairs under his supervision and the opinions of the Attorney General on the e3appli- cation of the law from the time the State Board of Teachers Examiners was created down to the present.
 Reply to MT. GunneIs.
 The statement of Superintendent Gunnels follows:
 '.It is something unusual for an Ex- anniner of Accounts to criticize or at- tempt to regulate the policies of any public office. As matter of fact the law directly prohibits it. have only to say that the Board of Examin- CTS have been working under the law as interpreted by former Attorney General Brown, former Attorney Gen eral Wilson. and present Attorney General Garber, and will continue so to work. There will be absolutely no change in the politics of he office.
 The Board of Examiners will con tinue to prepare questions for the ex- animation of teachers. without cen- sorship.
 They will continue to ask six ques- tions or eight questions or nine ques- tions, as in their judgment seems best. MT. Willingham and Miss Clarke will continue to be paid their per diem on any acquisition as is required by law.
 Tt is quite probable that 1t will not require exactly the same number of