Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1880 — Sefllementof Township Trustees [ARTICLE]

S efllement of Township Trustees

-. hculd Tn’io 2r1.i00 o a the Second Moi*tiay iii April o " Each Yoar Professor J. H. : mart, superintendent of public instruction, has submit toil the following, in answer to a oomnmiiication from the auditor of Ovv n com tv touching the April settlement of ip.vnship trustees: lion. M. D. Mattson. Auditor of State: I it five the ho tor to acknowledge t!it' receipt. of <i lett< r f otn the a-udi tor of Owen county, referred to me by you, asking whether township trustees should settle with the county commissioners in April. Answer: Section 7of the school law pi ovules among other thifig , as follows: School ttustees shall render to the county eomrnissiouers, annuaily, cm the first Monday after the second Tuesday of October, and as much oft ctier its they may require, ;i report of receipts and expenditures of school revenues for the-year then ending; an 1 said board of commissioners shall hold a session on said Monday to receive said report. Jt: will be seen that the board of commissionsrs :_ay require trustees ro make report to them of s toll receipts and expenditures as often its they s e fit. It will be manifestly unwise to inquire tiustees who go out of uftice in April to wait until October to settle up then' accounts withjthe commissioners and receive their quietus. T think it is the duty of the commissioners under the present law to hold ft meeting on the second Monday in April, and require all township trustees to appear and settle their school accounts,at that time.

Respectfully,

J. H. SMARE.

Sup’ of Public Instruction. March 2, 1880.