Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1911 — Economy the Watchword During Campain; Alas, ’Tis Now Forgotten. [ARTICLE]

Economy the Watchword During Campain; Alas, ’Tis Now Forgotten.

Indianapolis, April 29.—When the appointees of the newly created state department of inspection to be named by the governor, have assumed their work, u*»d all the various other appointees under the acts of the recent general assembly have begun operations, the annual pay roll at the state house will have been increased by. $55,920. Provision is made for additional appointments, in the discretion of the chief officers, which if made, would .make the annual increase $67,920. These figures do not include an addition of SBOO in the manuscript department of the state superintendent of public instruction, which comes out of the /ees paid by persons seeking state licenses to teach in the schools of the state, nor an appropriation of $2,400 for additional work in the office of the secretary of state, which L. G. Ellingham, the secretary, said would not be used. These figures do not take into consideration increases made to the state board of health, the board of state charities and the railroad commission, which were not made for salary increasing purposes. The fees to be collected by the department of Inspection, the bank examiners, the building and loan association examiners and the fish and game commissioner are expected to provide for the salaries set out in the new laws, with' a surplus.