The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

:tis period were incompetent or unwilling to
render ezAibit Of their Official conduct n IN
ineligible mannec. For Illustration, II. c,
| Hodge the colIty treasurer for 1851 an9 1852,
Aept cf the financial affairs Of the county but
a rough cash book, ard only made an exhibit
even then, bet Ill tire aggregate Ct his raceipts,
| IL leu Of the details o. such receipts as was his
boundea duty For example, ire following
extracts from his cash book represent the man
ner of making his entries at all times upor the
deoto. side OF lie safne.
JUNO H. '52 Licenses or toll bridge date, eisa25
! MAJ Il, '5a Licenses ccs goods 20 date, 22,5O
! May =. - Licenses le7 iiq13Ts & l35o9 3;
| May y, 80 Licenses for recdns Si lt25
! Aay !, 8. Received of SheTf, S3io,3O
! 1t will be perceived at once htw lnsatiS c.
tory IS the nature Of 'heSe entries. For III
stance, how IS it possible 10 trace out and idea
tify who paid The licenses !oT tell bridges Oh
how many tell bridges werc included il the
license moaey thus received, or whether Ii the
license money for toll bridges for that qGartcr
! had been received and accounted for ! IS the
item Of license for goods, &c. so So proper
Accountability ? How many diferent persons
were Interested in This entry and what pler II
this form did the treasurer pr}sre to s'o| that
/ L. L. or Q. had paid ais Or their licenses TIT
! same total want OF system such IS shoulC Ae
! The pride Of every officer having charge OF pub
| lie funds is shown in The other entries ad'ert:u
| 10. There IS not mark of he pen IN the
troaeurcr's accounts to sho" wh9 wee tit
recipients Of the liquor and pecd'n5 licenses
/ nor can the committee after the utmost Cir
genCc ascertain for what account or tHtG tie
S346,30 received from the sheriff amo1s the
many separate funds il is the duty OF the treas
urer to keep, was this SIM :eceiTed tcr.
whether poll tax. then collected by the sheriff,
| 20 =, y,,in - ENr
fines. The Board regret tc say hat ihorC IS
total want Of a satisfactory accountability /"
the receipts Of the county treasurer .or The .irs'
Official term, he having failed 20 snow for vha.
account his receipts we're for, other than il the
aggregate, thereby making 1t impossible IL
correspond his accounts with tnvse 0: ,ha 20
Letting officers Of the county. IN n0reS; n
cum5ent may with such imperfect CcCCrnts or-
gender many doubt and suspicion rs L? II
integrity, ara the county ana SJate IL The l1IGS
Off really unfaithtul officer nQy he GciralCca D
thousands upon thousands by short c"ecite q
receipts, witl2rt It being possible to ae:>ct
The fraud.
The committee make 10 exception 20 TIE
manner in which the Treasurer .IGs A:ccur,e'i
for his disbursements during this period, as O.
! hbitcd by his cash book ior here Wa sys-
TEN Of accoaa ta biiity that cord not wei bn
cvaded; the sT'rcasurer's dIShGrsene nelts being
made upon State Comp;rollers and County
| Auditors warrants, and The'o 20 franG :oGlC
| exist without colius;on. II cOnci1,Iac his
portion OF their report, the committee Ha'2I
only to remark that had ,ha 'IreasI.ers &C
count been kept with tho ser:e acl drac. G. az
sheriff returns for the s1no )erioC, Is snow.
By the Auditors settlement, here 'IonlC 'a"e
been no difficulty in making c0noic,e sia,e
ment Of The financial affairs o! 'he coIl.v f. .
The first Official ;e?m.
The committee have nov 0 2pca'- o. re
officers Of The colnty, wnoee :erTs hove ;rst
oEpil ed. and they take pleasure Z 5,a,i1t; fhc
! they generally have foHHd Acr1 more cit cIc.t
and prorapt il ;hei? duties ;har Inc oito~s Of
The frst term. The books o tie late : sscs-
So. MI. john WcDbc:, vert fourC rer. sell /
! arranged, ami his accounts with he aI4i O"
/ rendered IL iuvjG ana sa;isfa2tcrf .n;n me"
! wei! as those Of M. John NcJoy, ,hc slc 2es-
sor Of Afg. SFebber, uDon his respiration Ir1o /
has proved himaei: yery ef:scien. One -
! The same credit IS aiso due q sir v. ; 20.
;crson, nc county auditor, foi lie 2rC re m
his settlement with tie various county oilcets
coming under his supervision NJ t.c provision !
Of he law The returns ais IF h!r ~. |
Endccctt, late sheriff, are highly c.clitfble II
constra .aed 10 say that Notwithstanding her |
is some improvement in tie me noe Of keeping /
The accounts Of the county treasurer, -es the |
late incu.nbcnt, Mr w. Burlington nas info. /
;unaiel7 acoptcd TOO mucE Of he loose add
disjointHd system, or rather yaat system O. |
MS predecessor il office. The same Ian Of
entering Up in lie aggregate tie fund OF Il
county II lis genarel cash book, has been fol- |!
lowed by him; with this fav orabie exception |
thai Mr.. 3ulington cili, " reference 10 slh- |
sjdiary memorandum Ii hooks, account or In Ce- |
tail fcr he different sources o. The equity .Cvo-
nue; out II oulf hare oeen c YORK Of almost
erdless iaoor had the Committee a,,emrted |
from The general cash book anG hesc memo. /
randa to make al exhibit of the Tevenre and
disbursements tJr the last official term. rh Sc !
remarks Gre not i2tcnde5. to east an, reflection
upon the integrity of the late treasurer for the
Committee haze TO hesitancy in aging tl.at IL !
is their belief, that th,S, well as ever other
Office: Of tbs term, have discharged the duties
cf their oif;ce 10 Tie test Of thClr knowit ige
and ability and 81 ail :imes, with the MoSt
5crupaous honesty of purpose so ar fs Trey
could be ;he Judges. 6rt While awcrdlh6 this
praise to the late incunbcnts, they cannot zoo !,
strongly cordein tie present wart cf ;lir2la !
system Of accountability, suc1 rs wouIa De
comprehendeG by the nost trdiuary nina. To
SHOW the mperfacticn IN The treasurer's zepaIt-
meat, in this respect, :hc Committee f9el !
their duty to here give he results OF the lam
nation Of the books Of th3 treasurer. !he
plan adopted by the committee il tn's 'Xaml-
nation, was 20 take che different fund books
kept bv the treasurer, cnd debit hi!n IN a geh-
er;li account with the gross amounts d .ev@nIe
which they represented, and ,rettih9 hm
with all his disbursements rror carr-i olle' 5 /
and county auditors warrants ihe re2ul, as
will be seen by he schedule he9eso attach
e. and made a part OF this report, show
the :.mourt Of receipts FROM al sources to
be, :fl3", !43 IS
The total disbursements i4!,GG5 40 |
Leaving ii hands of trcasclet ---
balance o. S17,537 -
As renorted % rs b. him i 2O,39o OF
Nj Mnl,irn q hiscrnna nc il the innit