The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-07
TO VOTE ON COUNTY
 SUPERINTENDENT
SCHOOL ELECTION MAY l5
QUESTION COMES BEFORE VOT FRS FOR ADOPTION ORRE-
 LECTION THIS YEAR.

A matter of importance which will come before the voters of Faulkner county again at the annual school election May 15 is the adoption or re- jection of county superintendercy, the law providing that this question shall be voted upon in the year preceding that in which general elections are held, so that if adopted the county superintendent may be elected the fol- lowing year.
 The proposition has been decisively defeated every time it has been voted upon in this county and little interest is being manifested in the matter this |year. In some counties, however, ac- tive campaigns in favor of superin- tendency are being made. The fol- lowing clipping is taken from the Russellville Courier-Democrat and is communication by a committee of Pope county educators who favor the adoption of the plan. As their state ment of the case seems to be a fair one and as conditions in Pope and Faulkner counties are similar, the communication is published below for
 the information of Faulkner county voters.
 'As the time is near at hand for voters throughout the districts of Pope county to vote upon the question of county superintendency, we, the
 publicity committee appointed by the
 county examiner, desire to present
 the following facts for the careful
 consideration of the voters.
 "The law provides that a county su-
 perintendent shall be elected every
 two years by the qualified electors of the county, and that he shall receive
 the same salary as the county judge
 of that county, but that in no instance shall his salary exceed twelve hun dred dollars or less than six hundred dollars per year. In addition to this he will receive the same fees that | the county examiner receives under the present system.
 "The county judge of Pope county
 receives one thousand dollars per year, and the county examiner re- ceives under the present system about $250.00 per year, which would make | the salary of county superintendent about twelve hundred and fifty dollars per year.
 "The one thousand dollars received | by the superintendent outside of the | fees he will receive for examining ap- plicants for teachers license will be paid out of the general school fund and will be set apart for his use be- fore any of the funds are apportioned out to the several districts, thus caus- ing every district to bear the burden in proportion to the taxes paid in.
 "The law provides that he shall maintain an office at the county seat, and tha the shall devote his entire time to the duties of the office and visit each school in his county at least once year and as often thereafter as prac- ticable. He shall remain in his office on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month during business hours to at tend to his official duties. He shall keep in his office description of each district in his county; shall keep record of each visit, giving the condi- tions of the school and recommenda- tions made by him, and labor to ere ate among the people an interest in public schools making such recom- mendations to teachers and school boards as he may deem needful to secrue the best results in the instruc- tions of pupils. He shall also in addi- tion to the regular county institute di- vide his county into as many divisions as practicable and hold in each divis- ion at suitable and convenient place, during school terms, institutes of one