History and government of Indiana .. . tpledge himself by a bond thathe will honestly handle theGreat Seal of the State of Indiana funds and faithfully perform the duties of his Attorney-General is the lawyer for the State. He rep-resents the State in the Supreme Court and other courts, prose-cutes offenders against the State as well as claims and cases forthe State. He gives legal advice to the Governor and otherState officers. The Superintendent of Public Instruction oversees the educa-tional interests of the State. He collects information concerningthe schools, helps to direct an
History and government of Indiana .. . tpledge himself by a bond thathe will honestly handle theGreat Seal of the State of Indiana funds and faithfully perform the duties of his Attorney-General is the lawyer for the State. He rep-resents the State in the Supreme Court and other courts, prose-cutes offenders against the State as well as claims and cases forthe State. He gives legal advice to the Governor and otherState officers. The Superintendent of Public Instruction oversees the educa-tional interests of the State. He collects information concerningthe schools, helps to direct and lead in teachers conventionsand institutes, and represents the educational interests of theState before the people and General Assembly. He is Presidentof the State Board of Education, and being at the head of theschool forces of the State, he performs duties touching the mostimportant interests of the people. The State Geologist studies and reports upon the mineralsof the State, its mines, rocks, soils, and other natural HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 529 The State Statistician collects and publishes statistics relatingto the general activities of the State, its agriculture, commerce,manufacturing, and other lines. The Judicial Department. This consists of the various Stateand local courts, whose duty it is to administer justice betweenman and man, and to impose penalties for violation of the is the place of the judges, or the courts, to explain the meaningof the laws and to apply them to cases that arise. Justices ofthe Peace do this for the local communities, trying petty offensesagainst the law, like quarreling or disturbing the peace, andsettling small disputes over property, such as the ownership ofa pig, or the location of a line fence. Police Courts in the citiestry offenders against good order, the gamblers, the crap-shooters,the drunkards, the saloon-keepers who violate the liquor laws,and others who transgress the State laws and the city ordin
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