1906-1908 Ind. Op. Att'y Gen. p. 174a

INDIANA GIRLS' SCHOOL-APPROPRIATION MAY BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WOODEN RESER- VOIR OR STANDPIPE IN PREFERENCE TO IRON ONE. May 10, 1907. Mrs. John B. Elam, 1320 Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana: Dear Madam-In answer to your inquiry of the 6th inst.,. with reference to the appropriation to be used in constructing a standpipe, I beg to advise that it is my opinion that the appro- priation of $2,000 for the purpose of constructing the standpipe referred to may be used for the construction of a wooden reservoir or standpipe in preference to an iron one. The usual and ordi- nary meaning of the term standpipe is an upright reservoir for the purpose of holding water or other liquid, and sometimes gas. There is no presumption, however, that the standpipe is made of iron. It may be constructed of cement, iron, brick, wood or tile, or any other material. I think the real object and purpose of this appropriation was to enable the board to provide some sort of receptacle in aid of the water supply of the institution, and if some other form of reservoir is better than the standpipe I can see no possible objec- tion to making the change. SHERIFFS-FEES FOR DELIVERING PRISONERS, ETC. May 9, 1907. lon. John C. Billheimer, Auditor of State: Dear Sir-Your communication of May 7th received, in which you ask for my opinion whether, under §122 of the act approved March 6, 1905, providing for the taxing of county sheriffs' fees, "Can sheriffs collect mileage from the state for delivering pris- oners to the reformatory at Jeffersonville, and also to the new virls' school in Marion county?" That part of the section necessary to be construed in answer- ing your question is as follows: "For removing a person to the state prison, reform school for boys, or reformatory for women and girls, four cents a mile for each mile necessarily traveled for each person in custody, the sheriff and the attendants allowed by law who may actually accompany such sheriff; such