Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 45, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 March 1899 — Page 3

FOR THE TOWNSHIP. Reform Bill Relating to Duties of the Advisory Board. Inst ruction* Upon the Various Doties of the ToSnthlp Trustee—Compensation of Board—Financial Record.

Section L Advisory Board. Bjs It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: At the time of electing township trustees the voters of the several townships shall elect an Advisory Board, consisting of three resident freeholders and qualified voters of the township. The members of such Board shall subscribe and tile with the Trustee an oath to faithfully and honestly discharge their duties as prescribed by law. Their term of office shall be for two years from the d^ty following their first election add until their successors are elected and qualified, and the term of office shall thereafter be for the term of.four years from the day following their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. If a vacanvy occurs in said Board it shall be fille^ by she remaining members of the Board for the unexpired term. They shall meet annually on the first Tuesday of September, at a convenient place in the township, notice of which shall be given as herein after orovided in section 3. At such annual meeting the members of such Board shall elect one of their members chairman for that year. Two members shall constitute a quorum. At such meeting the Board shall consider the various estimates of township expenditures proposed by the Township Trustee, and shall have power to concur in such estimates, or in any part thereof, or to reject any proposed item, in whole or in part. Any existing indebtedness need not be paid until due. And the Advisory Board, at tha first annual meeting, may apportion the payment of any existing indebtedness other than to thei county or for current expenses for a named term not exceeding five years. When they shall have determined upon the estimates and amounts for which taxes should be levied upon the property and polls within said township for the ensuing year, they shall then determine and fix the rates of taxation upon such property and polls as to the estimated purposes severally. The rates so determined by such Board they-shall then certify to the County Auditor, who shall place the same upon the tax duplicate, and the same shall be collected and enforced as prescribed by law. The rates so prescribed -shall be deemed a levy and lien upon the property of such township from and after the first -day in April of suoii year, and such levy shall be deemed an appropriation for the specific purposes for which such estimates are fixed. Sufch Board shall keep a record of their proceedings irt a separate book to be furnished by such Trustee, and kept as a part of t*he records of the township to be known as the Record of the Advisory Board of such-township, and to remain in the custody of the chairman of such Board. Such Board shall elect one of its members secretary for said Board, who shall record the proceedings thereof at any meeting, -in full, under the direction of the Board, which shall be signed before the Board adjourns. Any meeting may adjourn from day to day till the business is completed. Sec. 2. Taxpayers May Attend. At any session of such Board, arty taxpayer of the township may appear and be heard as to the advisability of any estimates of expenditures, or any proposed levy of taxes, or the approval of the Township Trustee’s report or airy other matter being considered by the; Board. Sec. 3. Annual Meeting, Expenditures and Tax Levy. The Trustee shall at least thirty days, and not more than forty days, before the annual meeting of the Adyisory Board, in each year, post at or near the door of all post offices in the township, a statement of the several estimates and amounts of the proposed annual expenditures and the rates of taxation proposed for levy against the property within such township, for'the several funds'to lse expended for his township during the calendar year, and also copies of such notice shall be published one time in the issue ,printed in the first week of Adgust of each year in the two leading newspapers published in the county, representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes in such county at the fast preceding election, and one publication in a newspaper published in the township interested, if there be a paper published therein. The cost of such publication shall not exceed two dollars in any one year to any one paper, and the cost of necessary copies for posting and delivery to the board shall not exceed $1.50 in any one year. And he shall furnish within like periods to.each of the members of the Advisory Board a statement of sueh’estimate and amounts. Such statements shall contain a notice of the place of meeting of the Advisory Board, and shall be substantially in the following form: Expenditures and Tax Levies for Year. The Trustee of- township, -county, proposes for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at - its annual meeting, to be held at the school house of School District No. —, the following estimates and amount for said year: 1. Township expenditures, $-, and township tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures, 3-^—, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Special school tax expenditures, $-, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures, »-, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, 3-—, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. ", 6. Library expenditures, $——, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars. , a 7. Poor expenditures for preceding year, $-, and tax. — cents on the hundred dollars. S. Other items, if any, expenditures, $-, and tax, — cents on the hundred dollars.* Total expenditures, $-, and total tax, — cents on the aundred dollars. (Dated)--(Signed)-, Trustee. The Trustee/’shall procure and lay before the Advisory/Board, at the annual meeting thereof, [the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the township for such year, and alsi in such towns! Sec. 4. Estij the number of taxable polls ip. ates of Expenditures. The Trustee shall\attend all of the meetings of tbe Advisoi^Board, and at the annual meeting thereofT^after the Board shall have organized, he shall present a detailed and itemized statement in, writing of his estimated expenditures for which appropriations are asked, specifying the number of teachers necessarily employed, their salaries respectively, the number of days deemed necessary for the discharge of the duties of his office, and the days of the week or month when they can be most advantageously performed, the extent of needed bridge and highway repairs, an accurate, itemized list of all the property and supplies on hand, whether In use or in store, for road, school and other purposes and estimated value thereof, the it-ems of school supplies necessary for each school, the condition of pauperism in the township, including the (tames of such persons as b^ve received public aid since the taking effect of this act, and since the last annual meeting of the Board with the respective amounts received by each person. And also the items, severally, to be charged against the township fund, including salaries, stationery, printing and rec-\ ords and supplies to be furnished to the Justices of the township, the Trustee’s compensation, and his office rent, where an office is authorized by the Boards and any other items of expense payable from said fund; and he shall submit to such inquiries concerning the expenditures of his office as the Board, or the taxpayers present, may deem proper to make. The Advisory Board shall have full power to require any estimate, not sufficiently itemized, to be so itemized by the Trustee, and to appropriate for any purpose a sum not greater than that estimated in the item therefor, except by the unanimous vote of the Board, and not otherwise, an appropriation may be made for an item not contained in any estimate, .or for a greater amount than that named in any itenrof an estimate.

sec. 5. compensation or Boards If'Desired. In making the levies for the township fund, if said Board shall desire compensation for their services to the township. they may add a sum not exceeding five dollars for the service of each member ^during the year for which the levy is made payable out of such fund. I Sec. 6. Special Meetings of the Board. Upon the special call of the Township Trustee, or Chairman of the Advisory Board, or a majority of the members thereof, given in writing to each member. stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, said Board may, if a

quorum t » present, by consent of a!! tin members present, determine whether an emergent • exists for the expentUfure of any »um; not included in the existing estimates at I ievy. In the evept that au.h an emery ncy is found to exist* said Board) may aut lorise. by a special order,- entered art signed- upon the record, the Trustee > borrow a sum of money, to be named, i tfficient to meet such emergency; and at tl ; next annual session of the Board k «• levy s all be made, to the credit of the fund fro i which such expenditure is made, to cover ind pay the debt so created. In no event shall a debt of the township, not embrace in the annual estimates fixed and ailo >ed. be created without such special aut orlty, and any payment of such unautho ixed debt from the public funds shall be recoverable upon the bond of the Trustee in a suit, which is hereby made the dut of said Board to Institute and prosecu; t in the name of the State, for the use >f said township. And said Board 1* herel r empowered to appropriate, and the Tov iship Trustee shall pay out of the townshi funds, a reasonable sum for attorney s fees for such purpose. And if the Board, n the written demand of any taxpayer, ills for thirty days to bring-such suit, th n such or any other taxpayer may bring the same, in the name of the State, for the se of the township. Sec. : Financial Record. Each Township Tr stee in this State shall procure and keep a >ook, to be known as the Financial Record >f the township. 1n which the Trustee sha keep an itemized and accurate account ■ f the financial affairs thereof, chargli ; himself with each sum of money when a td as received, from every source, giving he date, from whom received, and on acc< int of what fund it Is credited. He shall 1 tewise credit himself with all money when and as paid out. showing when, n what account, and to whom and ■ out of ^,’hat fund paid. It shall be the duty of the Auditor of the State of Indiana to frame nd adopt a form of such book, to be use by all the Township Trustees throng ient the State. Such book shall be a pubic record; Provided. howevor, That the At litor shallnot adopt any patented or cop righted form and nothing shall authorizt him to contract with any person, fiartn* ship, or corporation, for the pubishin; of such forms. The act entitled, “An ; ct prescribing certain duties of towns ip trustees), providing for the appointt ent and compensation of an Auditing B ard, prescribing its duties and declarin, an emergency,” approved March 8, 1S97. is hereby repealed. . Sec. S. Annual Settlement with the Board « The Trustee shall present to the Advis ry Board at the annual meetings there) f complete reports of all the receipts and xpenditures of his office since the last a inual meeting, with the balances to the cs edit of each fund under his charge, and ii) he has any money from any source in hi: hands, or under his control. which is no included in any particular fund as show in such report, then he must state all t! e facts concerning such moneys in his r port. Each item of expenditure shall be a< .‘ompanied by the verified receipt of the ; erson to whom the sum evidenced there >y has been paid, stating particularly fc what article ob service the paygnent has een made; that the sum receipted for is tl » exact sum received, and that no hereof is retained by, or returned to. part or h s been agreed, directly or indirectly. to b othe returned to the Trustee or to any person, and the Trustee is empowered to administer oaths to the persons givir such receipts-. The report so present J shall be verified by the oat h of the Trus ee, showing that the sums with whit i he is charged in said report are all of tl e sums received by him, and that the vari us items of expenditure credited have beer fully paid in the sums stated and with >ut express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by o repaid to him or to any other person.. And the trustee shall subscribe and take oath that he has received no money nor article of value In consideration of any contrac made by him as such trustee. The Boa d shall consider and approve, in whe e or in part, the report of the Trustee so i sade. and any sum appropriated and rem Jning in the hands of the Trustee, unexp nded, and for w hich no liability exists aga ist the township, shall be deemed and cm ted in favor of the fund for which it was appropriated, and shall be considered in the ensuing levy. The expenditure of any fund, in whole or in part, to any accou t for which it was not appropriated by aid Board, shall be deemed by the Boo d a balance of such fund unexpended and in the hands of the Trustee, for which he hall be liable upon his bond, Any me: iber of the Board may administer oat s, and said Board may send for person , books and papers, if necessary, in sue examination of said report, and when the examination is closed they shall enter a r cord of their action thereon specifically s ;ating such parts and items as may be alt* ed or disallowed. Such annual repor s shall emain under the control of sue Board, the custody thereof to be held by he chairman, and at any time shall be sub ect to inspection by any taxpayer of the :ownship. On the annual final settlemet ; being made, the Trustee shall, within t n days thereafter, file a copy of such rep rt as adopted by the Board, with the acc mparyir.g vouchers, in the office of the bounty Auditor, to be preserved; and upo failure the Trustee shall forfeit five doll rs per day for each day until so filed, to t collected by suit of the Board for the ben fit of the township. In case the term of t e Trustee shall expire, or he shall resigr ortdie, then he, or his administrator, sha at once make final settlement with the Joard* Se .9. If a Trustee finds it necessary tc erec a new school house, he shall procure suit ble specifications therefor, to be used by le bidders in bidding and in the constru tion of such house. If he desires tc pun tase any school furniture, fixtures, maj , charts or other school supplies, except ag fuel, and literary periodicals ir suck amounts as may be authorized by the Advisory Board, in any year, he shall mak an estimate of the kinds and amo nts, itemized particularly, to be used by t iders therefor. If it’ is necessary tc mak othe repairs on or about the school houses than current or Incidental repairs he s all likewise make an itemized statemen work of the nature and character of the to be made for the use of bidders. He s all. in like manner, make a schedule of ss ch work as may be necessary in the repa or construction of bridges in, his tewr ;hip for ary one year. All contracts shall be let, after notice given, by posting cr three weeks in five of the most publ : places in the township, and also at or n ir the door of each post office therein, s ating briefly the buildings, repairs or supp es sought to be let, and when and whet > bids will be received and opened tlysrt or; and if the contemplated exnendhurs n any one class shall be 5500 or mere, he si all post notices as aforesaid, and also publ: h notice thereof for one time in two leadi g newspapers published in the county rt >resenting the two political parties casti g the highest number of- votes in such county at the last preceding general elect >n: Provided, That one of such publicati »ns shall be made in a newspaper publi hed in the township interested, if then be a newspaper published therein. The .dvisory Board shall attend the letting. At the letting, all the work or supffiies n any one class shall be included and et ii a single contract. All bids shall be in wt ting and be opened and read publicly at tl time and place fixed in the notice. The ' rustee may take time to examine and satis r himself as to which is the lowest and 1 ist bid, and shall advise with the Advisor Board thereon; and said Board is herel r empowered to reject any and all bids. The Trustee shall indorse on the bids vhether rejected or accepted and preserve the same. When a bid is accepted, a prop< • contract shalbthen be reduced to writ! g for such building, repairs or supplies; is the, case may be. and be signed by the s ccessful bidder and the Trustee, who shall -equire the bidder to give bond with secur tjr. to be approved by him, for the ii execution of such contract. faithi Sec 10. The Township Trustees serving undet this act shall receive for their services t le compensation now or hereafter fixed >y law; Provided, That where a per diem s allowed by law the number of days* servii ) for which the Trustee is allowed shall" te fixed and allowed by the Advisory Boar at their annual meeting, and this shall constitute tffe entire compensation of su h Trustee for ali the duties of his office.

Sec H. AH contracts made in violation of th: act shall be null and void. Sec. 12. At the term of the Circuit Court to be held in the several counties of this State next after the taking effect of this act, ie ich court shall appoint three freeholder 3 and qualified voters residing in each mnship, not mare than two of whom shall telong to the same political party, who hall constitute the Advisory Board of sue i township until their successors are eleett and qualified: on failure of such court «> to dov the Governor of the State shall nake such appointments. And all laws nd parts of laws inconsistent with the p ovisiotis or this act are hereby repeals A flephone line connecting Berlin with ’aris via Brussels is in course of const uction.

A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS. f Of LOOO deaths In Europe, 1C art! by ▼iolencej in the United States, 41.. A given acreage of wheat will feed at least ten times as many people u& the same acreage employed in grow ing mutton. At a meeting of London waiters it was unanimously decided that “tipping showed the true gentleman-,** umd that the man who refused to tiip “ought to have his food fired at him.** The native women of Uawaif are expert riders and swimmers, and acquire both accomplishments atau early age. They all ride astride, sat perfectly erect, and dash like the wild over the roughest roads. A registering machine, in use in on* of the banks of New York, records :1a the depositor’s pass book the amount deposited or withdrawn., and also simultaneously records the transaction on a tape which remains locked in the machine.

A men who was convicted of seven highway robberies in Ootania. Sicily, was lucky enough to be tried before a tender-hearted judge, who thought a life sentence too severe. He therefore was easy with him. letting him off with only 189 years’ imprisonment. A .recent suit brought to recover a Kentucky coon dog occupied the attention for an entire day of a special | judge, sis attorneys, the plaintiff and | defendant, two baptist preachers on j the jury and a roomful of witnesses. ! Hie deg was asleep under the table • in the custody of the sheriff. Some of the inhabitants of Xew Guinea have an odd way of disposing of their dead. They place the bodies on raised platforms at some dlsrtanee from their dwellings, and when the flesh has disappeared £he skulls are removed too and stored in q eabib ereoted for that purpose. A* writer in. the Cosmopolitan who is familiar with life in the Philippines says that “Filipino’* means a person of pure Spanish extraction born in the Philippine islands. The people of mixed blood are Mestizos, i while the Spaniards call the aborigines “Indians.” The same writer says that the Indians of Luzon hate those of Pa nay, while both are cordially hated , by the Mahometans of Mindajio. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES ■ r Misrepresentation by a proposed buyrtr to a commercial agency, respecting his financial condition, is held,, in Poska vs. Stearns (Neb.), 42 L. R. A. 427, insufficient ground for rescinding a sale made by one who relied on a report of the commercial agency, where that report included otlu-r matters besides the statement of the buyer, j .Employment to procure the passage of ordinances for paving streets find allejs at a compensation which is in part contingent upon success in obtaining the necessary ordinances and securing the contracts is held, in Crichfield vs Bermudez Asphalt Paving company (111.)', 42 L. .R. A. 347. to be void on grounds of public policy because tending to bribery and corruption. Evidence of the trailing of an alleged criminal with a bloodhound is held, in Pedigo Vs. commonwealth (Ky.), 42 L. R. A.* 432, to be inadmissible unless it is proved that the dog by which it was done possessed the power of discrimination and acuteness of scent sufficient for the purpose, and it is insufficient to show that the dog belonged to a breed which possessed those qualities. A proprietor of a public resort who employed an independent contractor to make a balloon ascension to attract, visitors is held, in Smith vs. Be nick (Md.), 42 L. R. A. 277, not to be liable for an injury to a visitor by a poie which fell because of the negligence of the balloonist while he was endeavoring to raise the pole for use in inflating the balloon.

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pepsia in its worst form I could eat notiune but milk toast, and at times my stomach would not retain and digest even that Last March 1 began taking CASO AULTS and since then I have steadily improved, until I am as well aa I ever was in my /-j . David It Mfrpht, Newark. O. - • W#IV CANDY Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. So Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, :So. jOc. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Strrtiay 1trmv4r 1 orapamj. CMcaffa, MaaSmti. Xpw IkI. HI Soldand ktiaranteed by ail iltitjgists to. CC KK Tobacco 11* YOUR POUITRI EG8S VilESSM:-S. M. T. I'lTT.L, out IOhSI Ciiureb.Va. I hatched . withSfrEggSlsn S5 ;/1 Bantam 4*, and 49 Chick* Sere saw an Incubator. W# iH-ubators we make on SO «3 4c for No. 129 Catalogs*. CO.. Springfield. Ohio. mmi i % i a

Beat# Host Seeds OIUT fortftemoney in America. OHiV ’*>'« gi»e large Sc pitta for 8c. Br o*. and lb. Cheap- Handsome Colored*'*.tniogne mailtdF**** fifZgJSSsE MONEY AINEER BROS.* , KOC&PORD. - XXJU

Maine Steel Souvenirs. U.'S. Qov’t Certificate. Ladle*’ coat button*, hat, ’ scarf and lapel pins, watch charms. Dewey bust and dates in baa-relief. AU steel. I®r ; gold and stool. £Se. It K. gold stiffened back, also cuff and lapel SSTSASAMPSOH dollar watch JONES THE JEWKI.EB. » USiaSf.. !»KW TOM.

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