The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
am Ingram, Superintendent
of Education, Said to Be
Indebted to State 100000
DID NOT FILE REPORT
AS REQUIRED BY LAW
Ingram Said to Have Certified Four
teen Teachers on Pay Roll Who Did
Not Teach in 1911-Other Re-
ports of County Officials

MONTGOMERY, May 30.-(SpeciaL)- y
Discrepancies amounting to s30,s75.94
have been found in the books and ac-
counts of Sam Ingram, county super
intendent of education of Blount coun-
ty, according to a report of Examiner
of Public Accounts ]. T. German, filed
With Governor O'Neal Friday.
This Indebtedness of Superintendent
Jf Education Ingram accrued as a re-
suit of the officials failure to comply
with the law requiring monthly re-
ports from the various teachers in the
county. The examiner showed an item
lied statement of the pay roll which
Mr.. Ingram had drawn from the coun-
ty treasurer for a period extending
from october, 1911, to March, 1913
Examiner German calls attention tc
the law which requires every teacher
to file a report at the end of each
month, setting forth the number of
pupils who attended the school during
the month, the average daily attend
ance, the number of males and females
and other facts in connection with the
school. The superintendent of educa-
tion is then required to approve each
are true to the county treasurer
According to the examiner, Mr. In
gram usually certified reports of the
various schools to the county treasurer.
without having received the teachers
report. Mr.. Ingram seid he did not
know this was required
Mr.. Ingram owes the state S29,-
69225, paid to teachers whose names
he placed on the pay rolls without
l,
required by section 1859 of the code,
together with $11S769 commission
thereon, making a total of $30,S75. a."
said the examiner
In addition to the above Indebted
ness. Examiner German declared that
Superintendent Ingram in October, 1911,
certified Ia teachers on the monthly paw
roll who did not teach that month,
making $717 which he drew from the
treasury with absolutely no warrant of
law.
In explaining this amount Superintend-
ent Ingram said that 1897 of this amount
was drawn out because certain teachers
had been overpaid in the spring, and that
the remainder, 1910, had been drawn out as
an emergency fund, to pay teachers
whose names might be omitted from the
Fay roll The attorney general held both
of these amounts to be illegal.
THE collection of $17 in October, 1911, by
ingram Tor the over payment of teachers
and an emergency fund was Illegal"
said the examiner.
The examiner said that Superintendent
Ingram got all of the IA teachers to i'll
dorse the pay checks except two of them,
whose names he indorsed on the checks
himself.
Examiner German then quotes section
7643 of the code, which sets forth the pen
atty of swearing falsely at from two years
to five years Imprisonment. All TIE
teachers should have known that the
method used by Superintendent Ingram
was illegal declared the examiner.
The examiner declared in his report that
there had been much criticism and discus
sion relative to ngram's management
while in office.
Examiner German also filed reports on
lis examination OF other officials of
Blount county. The accounts of Judge OF
Probate j. f. Keton We're found to be
correct. with the exception of one item
of $1024l, which he paid to the state, and
another item of s205.05, due the state by
corporations of Blount county as a fran
chise tax.
II. c. Mcpherson, circuit clerk of lie
county. was found to be due the state
$500, which he paid, and another amount |
of s2602, unpaid.
The books of Tax Collector w j. Shell |
ton for the year 1911 We're found to be cor
rect, as were the books of A. a. Fendley |
treasurer of the high school, and L. h |
Nash, sheriff. Tax Assessor L. G. Al |
dredge was found to be due the state SIT AZ |
commissions or raises in valua tions |
made by the court of county commission |
ers.