The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
1 with that of the certified accou.it-
TEACHERS LICENSES.

Under the provisions of the laws
 of this state there are three char acters of licenses issued to teachers
 state license, good for life, requir- ing a fee of $10 to be paid into the
 state treasury; professional license,
 good for six years, requiring a fee of $5 to be paid into the state treas ury; statewide license, which is a first grade license issued on exami-
 nation by any county examiner or
 county superintendent. The papers
 of such examination are forwarded
 to tn superintendent of public in- struction for his examination, and
 when approvd by him he has the
 authority to give the teacher au
 thority to teach in any county in this state under this license for 1 term of two years, for which there
 should be paid fee of $1 into the
 state treasury.
 we find under the two former heads that in accordance with the
 books of the department, there is
 shortage of $1,050 (See page 14, | accountants report), that has not
 been paid into the state treasury.
 'We further find by correspond ence with county examiners and | county superintendents over the state, that there are many state and 1 professional licenses issued over the state that the records of the super intendent's office do not show; nor do the treasurer's books show receipt of the money paid therefor. For a whose names are shown on depart ment's books, we refer you to ac- countant's report on Receipts from teachers certificates as per teach
 ers' books from page 1 to page 2 'F.' We recite one instance wherein Senator John l.. Carter of Eudora, Chicot county, Arkansas, holds a state license, good for life, for which 1 he paid $10. His name does not appear on the records of the super
 intendent of public instruction. We also refer to the fact that U. c. Bar rett of Dermott, Chicot couny, Ar
 kansas, holds professional license l that is not shown by the records of this office, and many, many others as shown by the report and corre- spondence in the hands of this con- mittee that space prevents us from
 mentioning. Such acts by a state official need no comment.
 we further find that examina- tion for certificates of statewide au- thority has been forwarded to the department of education, according to amounts turned into the treasury, to the number of 5S2, which, at $1 each, has netted the amount of been turned in by said department to the state treasury since this com mittee began it's work, although it had been accommodating since the authorization of such certificates by the laws of this state. Of these ex- aminations mailed to the depart ment by county examiners and county superintendents over the state, being examinations sufficient to justify the issuance of a first grade license by the county exami- ner or county superintendent, 351 have been graded by Miss Hazel Gill, who, we are advised, is the young daughter of Ray Gill, deputy superintendent of public instruction and a pupil in the high school of the city of Little Rock, instead of by officials of the department. We do not think such action by the de- partment of education could possibly be appreciated by the examiners of the state and the teachers holding said licenses. The remaining 194 examinations are shown to have DeeH STdueu Dy w. A. GlDSOu, WnO, as we are advised, is the husband of Mrs. Gibson, an employe of the de- partment, but not connected with the department To Miss Gill were
 issued vouchers to the sum of $351, and to. MT. Gibson $194 for these | examinations, said vouchers being
 paid by the treasury long before the $5S2 was turned into the treasury by the department.
 "The committee draws no conclu- sion as to what the developments might have been had this investiga- tion never been instituted, but
 leaves the public to draw it's con
 clusion from the facts as shown on pages 13, 35 and 36 of accountants
 report on file with the governor of this state.
 "We further find from the report