People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — Township Trustee Law. [ARTICLE]

Township Trustee Law.

The Duncan act of the recent general assembly, to guard the expenditures of township trustees, will be taken before the Supreme Court for interpretation. Some trustees are ignoring the new law and among others there is a difference of opinion as to how far-reaching the act is. The question that is of most concern to those interested is whether the law contemplates the auditing, by the county commissioners, of all accounts of trustees or of time warrants only. Soon after the law was passed the superintenpent of public instruction, in answer to many inquiries, issued a circular letter announcing that the law simply required that time warrants be taken before the county board of commissioners for approval. The question has since been brought before the attorney-general in an informal way and he is inclined to the opinion that the law provides that accounts of every character shall be approved by the county commissioners. The language of the act is: “The board of commissioners of each county in this state shall constitute an auditing board to audit the warrants of the various township trustees within the county.” The interpretation hinges upon the meaning of the word “warrant.” The superintendent of public instruction has taken the view that a warrant is a promise to pay in the future a negotiable, interest-bearing paper. The other view is that a warrant is a voucher or au attestation of an account, and that

under the law the township trus tees must submit all of their accounts to the board of county commissioners for approval.— Monticello Press. It should be made a matter of public knowledge that DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve will speedily cure piles of the longest standing. It is the household favorite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sores of all kinds. A. F. Long, druggist. The erection of a Catholic church in Lowell is now an assured fact. The promoters say that when done the dimensions will be 80 feet long by 38 feet wide with a tower 100 feet in heighth, and that it will be one of the finest and most modern buildings of its kind in the county if not in the state.—Lowell Tribune.

At their semi annual confer ence the Dunkards of Delware county adopted resolutions advising members against emigrating to the Dakotas, and otner western lands. A large colony moved there some time ago, but from accounts, they have not succeeded in improving their condition and would, without exception, be glad to get back to old Indiana again, had they but the means. Personal. —The gentleman wYio annoyed the congregation last Sunday by continually coughing, will find instant relief by using One Minute Cough Cure, a speedy and harmless remedy for throat and lung troubles. A. F. Long, druggist.

One cannot pick up an illustrated newspaper nowadays without finding upon its pages a picture of an “air ship” descending in a field, while in the back ground may be seen the farmer’s team leaving that locality at a rate of speed, which while not as fast perhaps as the best record is nevertheless unusually good for an ordinary farm team. If added to the arduous task of keeping an eye out for covered cars, threshing machine engines and snide agents, the farmer is compelled to pursue his labors with the unpleasant knowledge that at any moment some develish aerial contrivance is liable to descend on his team and stampede it into the next township while perhaps he- himself has a leg pulled off, then is his position in life made doubly unpleas ant. —Morocco Courier. Remember farmers, for all McCormick machine extras call on C. A. Roberts. I have the agency for the celebrated McCormick harvester and binder and mower. Also threshing machine agency. Located just across the street from the Makeever Hotel.