Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 13, DeMotte, Jasper County, 25 February 1949 — House Passes Measure For Pay Boosts [ARTICLE]

House Passes Measure For Pay Boosts

Indiana Legislators Back Twenty Bills For Increases In Many Fields Indianapolis, Feb. 23. The house passed 20 bills for local salary increases last night amid grumblings that defeated two other salary bills. Almost everyone got attention, ranging from teachers and judges to trustees’ clerks in the smallest townships. The teacher salary bill provides increases averaging SBB a year. Rep. J. Edward Roush (D-Hunt-ington) said it will affect only the 15 to 20 percent of the teachers who are getting minimum scale salaries. Teachers with two and three years’ experience will be given S4O more a year after six years’ experience, Roush said. “I’m voting aye on the theory the privilege tax will not be killed in the senate,” commented Rep. William F. Dentlinger (D-Conners-ville). Judges Salaries Up Judges’ salary increases would range up to $12,000 in the largest counties. As one bill piled on top of another, Rep. Robert A. Hoover ,(R-Goshen) complained “You’ve spent over $3 million of the taxpayers’ money.” “I’d like to invite all those pressing green buttons,” suggested Rep. Laurence D. -Baker (RKendallville) ? “to walk across the street and see the lines of unemployed.” The rebellious mood struck the house when Rep. Carl F. Davis (D-Crown Point) tried to boost the Lake county recorder’s salary to $9,000 and the auditor to $12,500. - More Than Governor “Why, your auditor would get more than the governor,” said Rep. Jess Andrew (R-West Point). The house defeated the bill 41-28. Increases voted by the house included: $2 and $3 per diem for County commissioners for the next two years; $7,800 for the Lake county coroner; $4,000 for the Henry county prosecutor; SIO,OOO for the St. Joseph and Vanderburgh county prosecutors; $2,400 for Terre Haute justices of the peace; $9,600 to the Lake county

surveyor when he is a registered engineer; $1,500 for a city judge in third class cities under 25,000;. SSOO a month for justices of the peace in townships containing two second-class cities; city compensation for county treasurers and auditors serving ex-officio in those jobs for a city; $7.50 a day allowance for juvenile judges in counties of 90,000 to 250,000 except where there are juvenile court referees.