Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1918 — ALL ELIGIBLE TO RE-ELECTION [ARTICLE]

ALL ELIGIBLE TO RE-ELECTION

Township Trustees May Now Serve Two Terms. ARE PLACED ON SAURY RASIS And the Salary Is Perceptibly Increased Under Act of . the Last Legislature. Under the acts of the 1917 legislature all present occupants of the office of township trustee who are otherwise qualified are eligible to re-election and the salary is increased considerably over what the trustees have been receiving in Jasper county, at least. The act repealing the four-year term makes them eligible to serve “not more than eight years in any period of twelve years.” The office of township road supervisor is abolished and the duties of the supervisor are placed on the township trustee. % For the purpose of determining the salary, the amount of services required and the population of the township, based on the last census, were taken into consideration. The townships were divided into ten classes and the salaries are $3,000 per year in class 1; $2,000 in class 2; SI,BOO in class 3; $1,500 in class 4; $1,200 in class 5; SI,OOO in class 6; s9oo* in class 7; $720 in class 8; S6OO in class 9, and $450 in class 10. In addition to the above the trustee is allowed for clerical hire and assistants from not to exceed $5,000 in class 1 down to SIOO in class 7. No salary for such is provided in classes 8, 9 and 10.

He is also allowed for office rent 'rom $720 in class 1 down to SOO classes 9 and 10, and even though he uses a room in his residence in the latter classes he will draw S6O per year for office rent. He is allowed actual expenses as trustee, from S7OO in class 1 down to SIOO in class 10. In addition to the above he is to receive 50 cents for each mile of public ditches constructed, cleaned or repaired under his supervision. The salaries under this new classification became effective on and after January 1, 1918, and the township advisory boards are required to make the various appropriations as set out in the act. Under this salary classification the trustees of the various townships of Jasper county will receive salaries as follows: Class B—Carpenter and Marion townships. Salary, $720; sxpenses, $150; rent, S9O. Total, $960. Class 9—Barkley, Jordan, Keener, Newton, Union, Walker, Wheatfield. Salary, $600; expenses, $125; rent, S6O. Total, $785. Class 10 —Gillam, Hanging Grove, Kankakee, Milroy. Salary, $450; expenses, $100; rent, S6O. Total, s«lp.