Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1873 — To County Auditors. [ARTICLE]

To County Auditors.

Hon. M. B. Hopkins, Superintendent of Public Instruction, is J sending out to County Auditors (lie following circular in reference :i jiortion of the new school l;tw,_ afo fecting Township Trustees: Dep’t of Public Instruction, Office of Superintendent, Indianapolis, Sept. 23, 1873. To the Comity Auditor : -Dear Sir: The’last Legislature; passed the. following act changing the time' of the settlements of Trustees with the County Commissioners : Act of March 8, 1873. “SecticSrZl That section 7 of said act be amended to read as follows: “Sec. 7- The school Trustees of every township, incorporated town or city, shall receive the special school revenue thereto, and the revenue for tuition which may be apportioned to his township town or city, by the State, for tuition or [in] common schools, and shall pay out the same for .the purpose which such revenues were collected and appropriated. . Such trustees shall keep accurate accounts of the receipts and expenditures of such revenues, ami shall render to the County Commissioners annually, on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in October, and as much oftener as they may require, a report thereof in writing for the year then ending. Said board of Cotu-missioners-shall hold a session oir said Monday to receive said reports; they shall clearly and separately state : . , “1. The amount of special school revgupe, and of school revenue for tuition, on hand at the commencement of the year then ending. “2. The amount of each kind of re veil tie received within the year,

giving the amount of tuition revenue received at each semi-annual appointment thereof. * “if. The amount of each kind*of revenue paid out and. expended within the year. “4. The amount of each kind of revenue on hand at the date of said report, to he carried to the new account, and shall, with said report, I present and file, a detailed account 1 current of thcrcciepts and payments l for the dear, and support the same !by proper Vouchers, which report ' and account current shall each he duly verified by affidavit; and when the said County Commissioners dro notified that said report is full, accurate and tight, in all respects, and thet said fiecount is just att d tintc, they shall allow and pass the same, whtelrshall have the effect to credit the Trustee for the expenditures.— A copy ot said report as passed and allowed by thfr'County Commissioners, shall, within twenty days after its date, he filed by Trustee with the County Superintendent of the county, and upon failure of the Trusted to u-!S9l iar S® any ot the duties re-quired-of hita, retaxiV9 to - •sun-off A and school revenue, the Board fft County Commissioners shall cause suit to be instituted against him, on his official bond, and, in case of recovery against him, the coiirt rendering the judgment shall assess upon the amount thereof ten per cent, damages, to be included in said judgment.” You will please give notice to the Commissioners and Trustees ofyour county of the existence of“this law. The Legislature passed another act which changes the time of making your report to this office, of school re ye mi o re ady so f apportionment, from October to DecemberSee section 111, Revised School Lav/. As section 4of an act approved March 8. 1873, page 200 of the Acts of 1872 and 1873, requires the County Treasurer on tfie 15th day of November to make a settlement with the County Auditor in reference to delinquent taxes, your reports to this office of the total school revetntcs cfotleCtedAtnd ready for -apportionments will be complete settletifentsto November 15 tlr ot each year. ■Mu.T’dk B. IlorKtxs* Sup’t of Public Instruction. We ' will send Tin: Rensselaer Union fkkk for the balance of this year, to all who renew.Lheirsuhserintions. or wlio subscribe t'nr j4rp4," TmVi pay §2 in advance.

JAMES & HEALEY.