The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-23
JOB AWAITS HASTINGS IN
STATE AUDITORS OFFICE
Barnard Begins Crusade for Pure Soda Syrups: "Cio
arctic" Baker Is Expected Home Because
of Death of Ananias

! benzoate of soda is barred the dealers
Will be compelled to use good fruit
and good syrup"
Many of the soda fountain proprie-
tors Of the state have informed the
inspectors from the food and drug de-
partment that they are abandoning
the use of fruits and syrups in which
benzoate of soda is used, and are buy
ing the material in quart cans or Jars.
thus doing away with the necessity Of
using such a preservative as benzoate
of soda
I predict that in short time the
benzoate sign will be removed from
virtually all of the high class soda
fountains in the state" said Mr.. Barn
ard
Question Over Chief Accountants Term
A question has arisen here over the
length OF the term of the chief account
ant. who will be appointed by the
governor under the new public &C
counting law. The law is silent on the
subject of the length of the term. 1t
fixes the length of the term of the
deputies at two years, but says nothing
about the chief accountant 1t was
evidently the purpose of the legisla-
ture in passing the bill that the chief
accountant should be appointed for two
years. because all of the other appoint
ments are specified for that length of
! time, but in the absence of anything
dfnit on that subjct it is NOR than
likely that the chief accountant will
hold until the end of the term of the
governor by whom he is appointed.
That is, the man whom Governor Mar
shall will appoint will probably serve
until the expiration of the term Of Gov
ernor Marshall, and that he will be
succeeded by some other appointee Of
the governor who follows. And. fur
Their, there is no provision in the law
for the removal of a chief accountant.
The law does not say a word on wheth-
er the governor shall have any right
to remove him from office
Defects Discovered Afte Passage.
OF course. the governor has the
right to remove any officer of the state
for cause and he may do it summarily
! if he sees fit, and this viii undoubtedly
apply to the chief accountant as well
/ as to all others But there would have
/ to be cause. In most cases where
| the governor has power to appoint an
| officer he has also the power to re-
move him, but in this case no such
power is given the governor to remove
without cause.
| These defects in the law were not
| discovered until a day or two ago when
/ Governor Marshall began giving some
/ attention to the question of whom he
should appoint to the positions of chief
accountant and deputies. He has not
made any announcement as yet as to
who are to land these plums. but it
| is believed that he will have his mind
made up in plenty of time
The new laws will be published about
April 20, and the governor has sixty
/ days from that time in which TO
make the appointments under the pub
lie accounting act
"Cigarette" Baker Expected Home.
Cigarette" Baker is expected to
show UP at his old home in Marion
almost any time now, since the death
of Ananias Baker, the member Of the
/ legislature whom he is said 10 have
attempted to bride during the session
Of 1905 to vote against the passage OF
4, the anti-cigarette bill. Word from
Marion says that he has not yet shown
up. but they are looking for him to
drop in at any time. His wife has
| lived in Marion practically all of the
time since he disappeared after the
bribery sensation was pulled off in the
house Of representatives.
There is an Indictment hanging ovei
Cigarette" Baker in this county