Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1899 — COMMUNICATED. [ARTICLE]

COMMUNICATED.

The County Estimates. The estimates published last week by the county officers are put before the people that they may know what the probable cost of county administration is to be the coming year. It is the humble opinion of the writer that most all the estimates are high, very high. Take the office of county superintendent, as an example, and we find that the estimates for this office are higher than what the largest counties of the state paid their superintendents last year. Allan county has over 9,000 district school children, Marion over 6,000, Tippecanoe over 5,000, and Laporte over 5,000, yet Jasper with a little over 3,000 asks more pay for her superintendent than any of the above pay theirs. Allan county has 176 district schoolteachers employed, “Marion 159, Tippecanoe 152, Laporte 137, Jasper 108, yet Jasper is asking much more pay for her superintendent than any of these populous counties paid theirs last year. The superintendent of Jasper county does not have anything like the work to do that the above superintendents have, yet it is claimed that every working day of the year (holidays not excepted) he is constantly and laboriously employed in the duties of his office. Personally, we have nothing against Mr. Hamilton. We are just merely complaining of an unreasonable amount being paid to the Jasper county school superintendent, whoever he may be. Excepting the commissioners, the law places the principal county officers on a salary, for these officers are employed all the time, or at least are expected to keep open * office every day, but the county assessor, surveyor, superintendent, etc., not being employed all the time, are paid by the day. » Why Jasper county should pay her superintendent more than counties with three times the school population pay theirs, we would like the county board to learn before it accepts the estimates made for this office the coming year. xx

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