Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-18
TO THE TAX.PAYING CITlZrNS
Ol VERMONT.

legations to the late Auditor Of Accom-, -.
exposing the defects in their former fn,p, =,
system. The halfbas no, been told even No.,
1t is far moro deficient than has been =,
reseoled, as the writer expects 10 shosoc,
proper occasion. At present he ptc,s,
merely to correo, some misOpprchen,op,
which have arisen respecting the 'Ac r,,,
ing TO public accounts, passed last fal
Something should first be sad a, to IL.
emergency which rendered such On en,c
mcn' necessary. BY the law of ls42 H..
Treasurer wn, required TO furnish The ele,.,
beforehand, with money suficlcn, to d..
fray the expenses OF the several courts H..
Of the county elections. For the ne,
eys so obtained rs well a, for other mn.
money received by them, they were r,o..
ed TO accoun, on y once IN year, abou,n.
Is, Of September Directly nNerlhis the ,..,.
lions are holden, and several county cour.
commence their sessions To provide &.
them the clerks drew upon the Trcn,oru
| with no further restriction than then hal.
i,y TO refund the unexpendcd balance when
their accounts were settled the sueceed.o,
year. Unlc., their orders were 50 e,o,,
iant ne 10 excite suspicion, the Tfra,g,r
could not refuse 10 honor them lft.
were disposed to fleece the public. t,,.
could have done it with iInpunv, ami 4.
cordIng to law by using the state mo.,,
without compensation for year nor. n,
less. in fact until they had rendered .r
accounlsinnd the Auditor had tine TO ss,.
them, which might not be for months
And before they could have been compeei
TO refund WIN, they had overdtaNa 70, 81.
year, they might provide the means II
overdrawmg for the expenses Of nnoha
year.
"hhou, any corrupt design hovcyr
| NV oNH'' tblEHk W lIldut W suIItT IlltIhIF
under these provisions. Every clerk woul
OF course draw for enough to be sure a,
galnsl all probable con,ingenci sand wogl
be ,oerably certain to have a balance ia
his hands and some, who erred in he'
calculations, might very innocenlly hawi
large one. They might through ina1'ct
ence have larger one Than they were
ware of, Their accounts for their own 81.
vices were to be paid out OF the funds, SOL
were not ascerlained, and their account Of
funds received was not to be settled I'LL The
close Of the year. II would not be supt,
ing if one. who was not a careful account.
ant should discover at last. lha, he way 10
arrear, not only beyond his expectation, bu!
beyond his ability TO make good wishou,
time. wi hout adducing / Instances. hh =
nough to say, THAT thousands Of dolI,u
which had been received by the clerk, do.
ring the fiscal year of ls45, lending Aug
81 J were in arrear a, the session o. the L'g.
islalure that large portion Of the clerk,
accounts were still unsettled and that The
mos, lroubcsom eupd difficult task Of de
present Auditor, has been TO adjust those az
counts and obtain liquidation OF the BAL
ances due on them The treasury VASE
riousy embarrassed IN consequence, AMI
the difficulty which had increased e'e'r
year, threatened to become worse A s.rof.
conviction was fell, on every side, that 'on'
measures should be taken for immediate tc
lief The act under consideration vast
result
|, provides, in The first place, that mi.
ey should be furnished to the c.e.
only TO pay tho jurors and witnesses
II was urged by some, tha, the whoe
system Of cash payment, should be abo.Hd.
ed The objection, to the system oil dns'
ing orders, with which the late AudlofAn
made the public familiar, were urge By
others. They wero felt to be specially
plcable 10 The fees Of the jurors and "H
nesses, and 1t was ascertained that isr
persons often could not realize their O..
ders without heavy discount A Tec.'
renee 10 the former system, as far as IHi
were concerned would no doubt have q
casIoned extensive and well grounded d.
Satisfaction. The provision for paYa.
them 10 cash was accordingly retained.
Most Of The objections to paying with Of
ders we're though, to bear less force IN 's
lalon to the accounts for other coun
penses They are few IN number no!
vor twenty one orders have been drawn O.
any term since the act took effect I'
cost 10 the state lie comparatively Wh's
less probably Than It would be to pay De-.
in cash, since the charge for drawing o.
ders may be less than any ressonAL.sP