Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
FRIENDLY SUIT
20 AID TEACHER
PENSION FUND
Ioard Seeks to Have Deficit
of $4,000 Paid Out of
Other Funds.
to MONEY TO PAY BILLS

81 friendly suit seeking to compel
1Eiliiam G. Oliver, auditor of State, to
~ deficits in the teachers pension fund
ION the State tuition fund. may re-
3hlt from the action of the auditor in
buowing the example Of former Auditor
'&tto L. KLAUS In refusing to make these
&syments. This action Is contemplated
blowing the announcement of the teach
81 retirement fund board that there is
g additional deficit In eight pension
Enits Of s25. 900, bringing the total deficit
the fund up to $39, 900.
rear ago when it was discovered
bar the pension fund had deficit Of
1900. L. n. Hines. State superintendent
Il public instruction, in apportioning the
IND among the various school units OF
he State, held out this amount to be
saId into the teachers pension fund. he
Ia this, be explained, on authority Of
&c 1918 pension fund act. The auditor
afused to pay it into the pension fund,
however, on the ground that the money
&, the tuition fund can be used for no
&her purpose than that specified in the
ApoI fund law.
a result this money is being held IN
- I'D in the tuition fund and has not
.Nortioned among the counties and
m9on was followed up at meet
~ pension fund board yesterday
when it requested Mr.. Hines
Il an additional $4,000 to take
s additional deficit of this
~ There will be sent TO the couR-
{.ities involved, the amount due
n the tuition fund. less the
.|7 z<s<z n their deficits in the pension
go because OF the refusal of the
suditof to pay this money into the pen
lion fund II will be held in the state
reasury until the matter is decided.
Sheasury until the matter is decided.
The 1921 legislature IN revising the
pension law appropriated $4,000 to take
are CT such deficits as exist but be
tause OF the wording OF the law. Mr.
Hines said this appropriation will not
be used until there is a decision as TO
bow it can De used.
The deficits existing this year are as
Follows: Bartholomew County, $4,OOO;
Dubois County, $1,000; Jefferson County.
kS 600: Johnson County, $1,000: Pulaski
County, $1,000; Warrick County, $1,000;
ETeffersonville, $4,000; vincennes, $500.
irhe deficits last year were: Vincennes,
&. 900: Jacksonville. $4,000; Bartholomew
county. 5000: Jefferson County. S2,OO1
When asked for an explanation of these
Deficits Mr.. Hines said that they were
hue to the fact that the old pension law
$ not workable. He said that in many
places more teachers have applied for
pensions than there are funds with which
DO pay them, and for this reason the
Eounties and cities are short the amounts
specified. He said that he hoped the
amendments TO the pension law will rem
edy this condition.
/ The entire situation indicates that the
State board OF accounts was right in its
statement some time ago that the teach
FRS pension law is entirely unavoidable.
Mr.. Hines stated that as a result OF
the failure Of the law TO work q num-
Der Of former teachers who paid their
dues in the funds are destitute because
here Is no money available with which
b pay them.
The pension fund viii be administered
by new board beginning Aug. l. The
board was recently appointed by Gov
ernor Warren T. McCray. 1t will prob
billy inherit the deficits and other trOu-
bles Of the present board, Of which Bert
Morgan, newly appointed prohibition d.
rector for the State. was clerk.
It appears that If a way is found to
make clear the purpose Of the $4,000
last winter some Of the diff
6culties may be worked out.