Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — Trustees to Urge Bills To Equalize Salaries. [ARTICLE]

Trustees to Urge Bills To Equalize Salaries.

A bill to equalize the salaries of township trustees will be introduced at the present session of the legislature. .The legislative committees of the township trustees of Indiana are now working on the bill and the understanding is that it will be presented by a representative from the southern part of the state. Approximately 900 trustees in the rurad districts now get a salary of $2 a day. The new hill would increase their salary on a basis of population and for this purpose would divide township trusteeships into 10 classes. The 1,016 Indiana trustees who are backing the bill contend the rate of pay is in many cases insufficient to carry out their work in an efficient manner and td make the office worth seeking. The new bin would not affect the salaries of the better paid (positions.