The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-02-02

40 winch aud the amount un-
paid Is above, leg,s57 e4b |
This sum remains outstanding
of the issues from March Isl,
Le39, TO JaHuaFy lst, 1S4l. 10
unded scrip and auditors war
ants, 100000 9of !
Amount ofissues from the auditurs' Office,
TO the frat day Of January,l64I,
Q the thirtieth day Of December 1913,
both days inclusivel 67i,OOS 67i
\ Add 10 this the amount out.
sanding as above (from March
80, 70 January All 4O6.6s9 974
Total amount Outstanding Of
funded scrip and auditors war
rants. l,O7z7os 81
From which deduct the amt
T disbursements at this Office,
Tom January LIST, 1S4l, TO Dec.
~. l643, including $685. So
Q funded scrip 462, $50 5Ia
And itleages 6l5,O49 l5a
Being the total amount of outstanding
aUaitors' warrants. and funded SCRIP from
tn LIST Of March, 1889, TO the 3O,h of De-
cenbeF, I643.
From this, il appears that the state labil.
ills in warrants and funded scrip, amounts
10 six hundred and fifteen thousand and
foTy-nine dollars aud fifteen and q half
cells.
herewith subioin list Of forged warrants
which were paid by r. s. Graves. Also
so1e that have been changed in their a.
mount, as will appear from references to do
cOnent naked A.
4 considerable number Of warrants chat
were issued in 1910, have been changed
AMI SO altered as pnrporting TO have the cy-
phbF in the year 1910.
IN my July report, stated that found in
The treasury one thousand Eve hundred and
thirty dollars and thirty CENTS Of warrants
issned prior 10 fhs Isl Of January. l64l,
which were neither funded nor cancelled
by Col. Graves. They still remain subject
10 the order Of the legislature. Ii will be
very difficult, IL not impossible, to detect all
the forged warrants presented 70 this depart
meni for payment, from the fact that all
those detected are believed TO be signed by
Col. Saunders, who was then auditor, and
enrolled BY Horace Paguad, who then acted
as bis clerk; these signatures being uenu>
inc, nothing remains bywhich the good war;
rants can be distinguished from The spur.
GUS, but the endorsement, and it is some-
times difficult even for the endoFser himself
10 determine. To throw around this de-
paFtment all Of the guards against fraud
that The nature OF the case admitted, / have
availed myself Of the suggestions Of others
as well as of my own experience. / have
instituted in addition to the books required
by law, one which ] denominale s'Disburse.
men' book" 10. this there are columns il
which are iO be inserted all of the warrants
ISSUED from the auditors Office, to whom
payable, date, the department upon which
they are drawn, and the amount. There are
lalso columns 10 which, when they are ethel
lpaid or funded, the name Of the person tC
whom paid is entered, or If funded, il Is e
designaied.
This book will then show, 10 whom ana
when issued, the expense Of each depart
} ment of the government, the total amour
J Eof issues, paid and funded, for each yea
commencing the FIRST Of March, 1899; wha
may remain of the previous years, ofconrs
will not enter into the account: ID is believ
; led. however, that but little, ii any Of Their
! remains, unpaid OF unfunded. So thai
3 subiracting the amount paid, from the /
mount issued, viii show the amount GU
j standing; and bg adding the amount funde
Ito tile amonntouistanding, will present III
5 lentiTe Indebtedness 81 this Office and thi
lof the auditors can dOso.
/ would also beg leave to suggest the pr
! prietY Of having kept il this Office anoihl
= book 10 be denominated the sIndiYidu
LEDGER in which accounts are 10 Be opent
i with each individual functionary az u
d governments giving TO each. credit for Il
g amount Of bis salary, and charging him vi
lhe sums paid. which will & once shaw,
he should attempt q oVerdFaW, 81 misial
q or Otherwise.
Il when The auditor issues q warrant, &
payed vas required TO bring It into this
3 Gee, have il entered on tie disbuFseme
hook, ard eounlsrsigned 81 myself 81 clei
it j. believed that il would eford imporla
protection against fraud. have alrea
adopted the plan Of taking o. tie back
the warrant the receipt Of the person
% whom 4 par il, which presume would
ibis liability. if Be Is worth L, should i plC
% Be spurious.
Your honorable body viii perceive tai
81 will take q clerk nearly bic enlire time
= keep The books Of the Office, if you sbol