The Harrison times., 1915-05-01

this office and found the certificate
records incomplete and unsatisfactory.
However, the matter of State licenses
was a very negligible quantity until
after the passage of the law creating
the State Board Of Education and pro-
viding for the issuance of certificates
upon credentials.
1t has required some time to work
out a plan for handling properly the
applications, credentials, fees, several
grades of license blanks, correspond
ence, etc, in connection with this work,
with no additional help provided to do
the greatly increased work, the entire
office force of this department con-
sisting of deputy, assistant and clerk.
The committee checked up our re-
ports for four years only. It was eN-
planned to the auditor that the records
OF old licenses, those issued previous 10
Superintendent Cooks administration,
were incomplete For instance a short
time ago Prof. Sidney Pickens sent his
State life license to this office for rec
ord, there being no record OF this IL
cense, which was issued before Super
intendent Cook came into office. A du-
plicate license was issued him, so that
a bound stub record Of his certificate
would be permanently on file. This du-
plicate license constitutes $40 Of the
technical Shortage" charged against
the office,
The professional license of Prof. C.
c. Barnett was issued by former Super
intendent Doyne and is recorded.
Again, this office has no record Of any
of the L. /, degrees and normal diplo-
mas issued by the State University and
State Normal yet these are within
themselves State licenses to teach pub
lie school.
tion papers were paid out, according TO
law for service rendered (Section 1880,
Kirby's DigesD. Miss GIL, who re-
ceived just and legal pay for grading
papers Is not, as stated in the report,
a high school student She graduated
from the high school in 1912 and was
thoroughly capable Of doing well the
work assigned,
The School Employment Association
Is an honorable business, which Is rem
dering valuable service to the schools
and teachers. II is conducted by Miss
Hazel Gill as any other business is con-
Quoted, and she is Justly proud OF her
success in being able to be gelf-sup-
porting and still not be required to
seek employment away from home, The
same courtesies are extended the School
Employment Association as are extend
ed other teachers agencies and supply
companes-and no more, The commit
tee brings no charges" but does not
hesitate to cast unfOunded inslnuations
against a worthy young woman who Is
engaged in honest, honorable employ
ment.
Did Hold Money.
The only "irregularity" upon which
the committee might justly have COM
mended Is the admitted act that | did,
upon my own motion, do as was the
general custom, after the general rev.
enue was exhausted and State war
rants at a discount, hold temporarily
in the safe in this department money
which accrued from licen9e fees, This
money | used in cashng warrants for
postage, salaries etc. When opportu-
nifty was afforded, these warrants were
cashed and the money returned and H.
nally paid into the state treasury In
fun. IL is only fair TO state that ] did
this without the sanction Of Superin-
tendent Cook and that no warrant or
his was ever cashod In this way This
custom did save the State discount on
postage warrants, etc, and avoided
selling salary warrants at a discount,
All certificates chargeable TO TINS
money were carefully recorded ana
there never was the least thought or
Incorporating these funds. Final
settlement was made before the new
law regarding the payment OF foes
went into effect and this law has bcen
at all times unscrupulously observed,
| personally know that there Is not
the slightest irrcgularity In regard 10
the travelling expenses Of Superlntend-
ent Cook, All vouchers for state war;
rants are made out by myself Each
travelling voucher is always 0ccompa-
led with an itcmized statement OF cN-
pcnses, as the law requires, otherwise
tho State auditor viii not Issue war
rants therefor Railroad fare whore
passes are used, IS never included In
the expense accounts, The law more-
over provides that tho state gupcrn-
InnIRnI nRRpnT Inf thpWN
are not OF service for any part OF an
interstate journey and the passes cor-
tainly do not include livery hire, hoe
tolls and meals, etc, Tho amount re-
ported by the committee includes oll
travelling expenses for the bl'onnlHl
term, visits TO schools, insutut0s, etc,
within the state; and attendance nc
tac National Education Association,
Department OF Superintendent Con-
ference for Education In tho South ana
other important educational gatherings
officially attended by the suporlntend-
ont,
Says Expenditures Legal.
Robert Hutehins, deputy commits
gIoner Of agriculture, in behalf Of Mr.
Page, said that money paid out to an
expert chemist for alalyang CONNER
clal foods and fertilizers had been In
strict accordance with legislative re-
Eulatlon9, The Legislatures OF 1911
and 1913 appropriated money for ems
forcemnt Of the feed and fertilizer
laws. In 1911 tho appropriation was
in blanket form, but IN 1913 thoro was
$1,000 appropriated for fees for
chemical examinations OF feeds and
fertilizers,
Under the statute chemists reeelv.
Cd 81 for each sample Of food or COM
moroiNl fertilizer Nnely2cd Tho sam
pies were submitted TO the chemist
by tho inspectors formerly provided
fer The inspectors aB well as tho
chemist we're practically done away
with by the last Legislature, In that
no appropriations were made for
their salaries
W. b. owen, state highway commits
Fi0ner, issued q statement IN answer
to the supplementary report prepared
by the committee on the highway do.
partmont
I'm regard 20 certifying 10 county
clerks the number OF tngH Issued, that
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