The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-12-30
COUNTY OFFICES 10
Be PUT ON SALARY
PLAN OF DR.. Il. B. HARDY
Faulkner Representative to Carry Out
Campaign Piedge-Fav0rs Good
Roads Legislation.

Carrying out pledge made by him
during the county campaign last win
ter, DR.. II. B. Hardy, representative
Of Faulkner county. will introduce in
the Legislature at the earliest possible
moment a bill placing all of the Of
ticers of Faulkner county upon stated
salaries and directing that the fees
collected by them for services render
ed be paid into the county treasurer.
DR.. Hardy was in the city a short
time yesterday afternoon, leaving
last night for Little Rock where he
will spend the week preceding The
Legislative session getting acquaint-
ed with the members and working in
the interest of certain measures
which he expects to support.
The exact amount OF salary to he
provided for each officer has not yet
been decided upon, Dr. Hardy said to
the Log Cabin Democrat before leav-
ing for the capital. The compensation
of the county Judge, however, will be
raised from 81 600 to $1,000 a year
and the duties of road commissioner
will be added to those OF county and
probate judge. This increase, DR.,
Hardy said, will become Immediately
effective and Will be enjoyed by the
present county Judge The other Of
ficers will probably not be placed on
salaries until the beginning of the
next term. DR.. Hardy said he was in
favor of making the salaries LIBERAL
so as to bring out the best men as
candidates for the offices, and as an
example he suggested that the com
pensation of the sheriff and collector
would probably be fixed at $1,000 d
year.
Another proposition which he viii
heartily favor, Dr. Hardy said, is some
means of building hard-surfaced roads
in Faulkner county. DIR. Hardy was
a strong opponent to the Condray bill,
submitted to the voters Of the county
in March, 1915, creating a road dis
trict of the entire county with the eX-
ception of Wilson township, but he
to this measure and with such fea-
lures as he regarded objectionable
removed he would favor similar law.
The new representative also stated
that he is especially anxious to pro-
vide some means whereby funds may
be borrowed at low rates OF interest
for the purpose of installing steel
bridges or concrete culVerts wherever
main road crosses a stream or
branch and also to build concrete or
macadam roads through all the creek
bottoms which now become almost i'm
pasable every winter.
DR.. Hardy is also greatly interested
in the question of requiring unifor-
nifty of public school textbooks
throughout the state tie has been
making a close study of this PROPOSE
tion and has secured copies of similar
laws in numerous other states. He
is especially struck with the Text
law, which he would modify by the
inclusion of some features Of the Cal
ifornia law, and stated that he would
introduce a bill Incorporating the best
features of all the laws which he had
Teen studying. DR.. Hardy's bill con-
templates the organization of a state
textbook commission, of which three
members would be the governor, the
superintendent of public instruction
and the president OF the Arkansas
State Normal School.
DR.. Hardy said he would remain
in Little Rock until next Saturday
and after a visit Sunday, January T,
to his family near Greenbrier would
return to the capital city to enter
upon his legislative duties at the
opening of the session Monday, Jan
uary 8.