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SCHOOL LAWS OF 1913 AND 1915

[p. 131, Acts 1915.]

Township Trustees-Estimate of Expenditures-Townships

Classified.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That section one (1) of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 1. That section four (4) of the above entitled act, be amended to read as follows: Section 4. The trustee shall attend all of the meetings of the advisory board, and at the annual meeting thereof, 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 items of school supplies necessary for each school, the condition of pauperism in the township, including the names of such persons as have received public aid, since the taking effect of this act, and since the last annual meeting of the board, with the respective amount received by each person. And also the items, severally, to be charged against the township funds, including salaries, clerk hire when same is necesssary, stationery, printing and records, and supplies to be furnished to the justices of the township, the trustee's compensation, and his actual expense to be incurred in the transacting of township business, and his office rent, where an office is authorized by such advisory board, 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 esti

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mated 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 item of an estimate: Provided, further, That all items of expense herein enumerated shall be paid from the proper funds of the township: and Provided, That in townships containing a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants, no clerk hire shall be allowed or paid; that in such townships the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay as office rent a sum not to exceed $60.00 per annum, and such trustee may, if authorized by the board, keep his office in his residence or his own property, and pay to himself the rent therefor; that in such townships, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay his actual expenses in transacting his official business, including stationery, printing and records, and may authorize the trustee to use his own property, as means of conveyance in transacting such business, but the total expenses to be so allowed and paid, other than office rent, shall not exceed $100.00 per year in such townships; that in townships containing a population of 5,000 and less than 10,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $100.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $90.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, and may authorize the trustee to use his own property as means of conveyance in transacting such business, but the total expenses to be so allowed and paid, other than office rent, shall not exceed $200.00 per year; and Provided, That in townships containing 10,000 and less than 15,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $250.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $120.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, a sum not to exceed $250.00 per year: and Provided, That in townships containing 15,000 and less than 20,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $450.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $120.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, a sum not to exceed $300.00 per year: and Provided, That in townships containing 20,000 and less than 30,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may

authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $600.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $180.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, a sum not to exceed $350 per year: and Provided, That in townships containing 30,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $900.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $240.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, a sum not to exceed $500.00 per year: and Provided, That in townships containing 40,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, the advisory board may authorize the trustee to pay, if the board deems necessary and proper, for clerk hire a sum not to exceed $1,200.00 per year; for office rent a sum not to exceed $300.00 per year; for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office, including stationery, printing and records, a sum not to exceed $600.00 per year; the inhabitants of all such townships to be determined by the last preceding United States census. All appropriations for clerk hire, for office rent, and for actual expenses in transacting the business of the office of trustee, shall be made at the annual September meeting and at no other time. In any case, before the trustee shall draw his warrant for any money to be paid out by reason of the items of expense, including clerk hire and office rent, authorized by this act, he shall require to be filed with him, as trustee, an itemized voucher of such expense, clerk hire or office rent, properly subscribed and sworn to.

No trustee shall have credit for any money paid by him, except he shall show a receipt therefor for each item thereof from the person to whom such payment was made.

SEC. 2. This act shall in no way affect any pending litigation.

[p. 126, Acts 1915.]

Township Trustee-Offical Bond.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That before entering upon the duties of his office the trustee of every township shall execute a bond conditioned as in ordinary official bonds in a penal sum of not less than the amount of money which may come into his hands at any one time as trustee of the civil township and of the school township to the acceptance

of the county auditor. Such bond may be executed by a surety company or by two or more freehold sureties to be approved by the county auditor.

Legal Notices-Where Published.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That in all cases where now, in township or county business, the law provides for the publication of legal notices in a weekly newspaper, it shall be lawful hereafter to make such pub-. lications in either a daily or weekly newspaper. (R. S. 1914, § 1346a.)

Repeal.

SEC. 2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

Township Trustee-Advisory Boards-Transfer of Funds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That if it appears to the advisory board of any township in the State of Indiana, at the next annual September meeting of such board, that there is a surplus of the road funds of such township that will not be needed for road purposes then such advisory board may, by a unanimous vote, pass a resolution and spread the same upon the minutes of such board, directing the trustee of such township to transfer all or any specified portion of such surplus road fund, to the special school fund of such township, and when any such advisory board shall make any such order it shall be the duty of the trustee to transfer said fund in compliance to such order, which fund so transferred shall become a part of the special school fund of such township and be used for special school purposes. (p. 551, Acts 1913.)

Township-Emergency Expenditures-Called Meeting Advisory Board.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That section one of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 1. That section six be amended to read as follows: Section 6. Upon a special call of the township trustee, or the chairman of the advisory board or a majority of the members of said board, given in writing to each member thereof, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting,