Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1900 — Township Trustees' Salary Law. [ARTICLE]

Township Trustees' Salary Law.

Secretary William Wilkins of the State Fee and Salary Commission is at work on a plan for paying township trustees on a per capita basis, similar to the plan by which the county officers are paid under the new law. It is the intention to frame the results of the pending investigation into a, law during the coming session of the Legislature. The results of Mr. Wilkin's figuring as to what township trustees are now receiving on a per capita basis reveals some interesting facts. The present law gives a trustee $2 a day for the days he works. In some townships I of the State the trustees charge for every day in the year, and as a con--1 sequence the per capita is very high. The highest that has been found is in Washington township, Clay county, where the rate has reached 82 cen's. The lowest recorded is in Daviess county, where the figure is 1 7-10 cents. The object of the Salary Commission is to find a per capita arrangement that will provide for a fixed salary for the trustees and avoid the inequalities of the present law. It is said that in some townships of , the State the trustees charge for twice as many days as it takes them to dotheir w’ork.—lndianapolis Press. ,