The daily Butte record., 1858-08-27

IN turning only to the next page, we find
he same charged to Hum as Sl4,S70-S30
more, aud both entries in same hand writing.
This was subsequently explained by Captain
Darrach.
From the above corrections in the Sheriff .
accounts, il would appear that in his foreign
mining license account Of Ss58 900. there is
due him short commissions SAP 90, in same |
account of 1857, also short commissions
S4O1 II. and in delinquent tax list short,
$50, making total Of Ss43 38. To osset
which is the balance as tax list Of 81 .457 "a, |
leaving as balance due the county, $Gl4 Sc, |
according 10 the books.
In the closing Of Sheriff Plum's account.
March 1853, there are two errors, one in tue
credit column Of cents. and the other in the
debit column. the difference being G8 cents
overpaid by Sheriff. This is but small
matter but from the way it occurred it might
have been greater. The cents in the credit
column are reversed, aud the debts column
set down as the credit without being cast up.
On folio 403. the footing TO the charges Of
the Treasurer are down a. Slo,I38 To- 100,
whereas it should be $1S ,6S3 90 100 being
overrated $50 O3. This whole page is much
| defaceJ, being crossed out and interlined.
showing somewhere, numerous errors. inde-
pendent Of this 500 03 over added, the debit
|
S23 OS less than the balance, so the balance
is actually overcharged to the Treasurer
S3l 1G.
On this same folio, the Treasurer is
charged to licences $3.30l 25, while they
are entered in his book SO ,2S6, short Sl5 %,
on folio 404 he is also charged to county Ii
cense s ,997 so, while his entry is s. ,O27
80, $40 over. This, however, is found on
the following folio as portion Of the city
licenses.
On checking the Treasurers books from
the Auditors folio SOB, December Sd, we
find him charged to 81 SOB 81, and entered
on his book s ,502 10 or less, $s57 "a How
these accounts are adjusted if adjusted they
are. is beyond our comprehension, from the
figures thus far presented to our view.
To show how difficult it is TO huot out
these matters when these charges Of error
and counter charges and erasures occur, we
would mention two instances-Oa folio 40
is charge 10 the Treasurer on county ac-
count Of $3.50 poll tax and another of same
date and same account in State fund Of 81,
800, the two amounting to 50 200, on the
credit side nf both these accounts is a count
er entry "By error" stating in each case
that the school fund had not been deducted
on these eotries Of October 9Th, but that the
proper amount, Of school fund, had been
charged said account on October l3. On
turning to School fund we find charged as
stated October 10, S667, and We in vain
looked for the balance of 81 1888, charged
State or county.
To these two funds on the 18th Of October
are two charges ofpoll tax, one of $S79 10,
the other of 81 1923 Go, but neither separate
y nor in the aggregate do they make out
the missing g. 1888. However by the aid Of
Capt Darrach and one of his clerks the amt
was finally corra!od b,ing distributed to its
several points.
| We epdeav0red 10 ascertain the amounts
received by the various officers. bur could
arrive at none but the Sheriff aud Treasur-
ers; and these il would appear are but ap
proxima,ions, though the figures following
| are from the books:
| From November 6, 20, to November 9,
| 81, two years, the Sheriifs fees foot up to
the sum of $6l 800, deductng from this
S3,l90 paid for boarding prisoners, leaves
the sum for fees and commissions S5S, no |
from which he pays Lis deputies.
The Treasurer's from December'55 to July !
80, amounts to about $l2 900 for two years
and eight months, much ofths amount was
taken from the Auditors ledger heretofore
aluded to, and n correct account of neither
can be ascertained.
The INDECENT Sick Fund has becn heavy
drain en- the county funds. From May 8. |
81 to May 10. '5S the cost was $40 81 |. !
BY recent report of the Grand Jury Of
Sacramento, it appears that. with much
larger amount OF patients, the expenses Of
their Hospital is about $500 per month less
than half the coat OF ours. However, since
the Grand Jury adjourned. tho Supervisors
have made new arrangement which we
think viii save the county between $4,000
aud $4,000 per annum.
One Of the committee has been to the Hos
pi,al, since this change has been made and
tho patients express themselves, as well
sati,feJ; every thing looked neat, comforta.
bic and convenient.
On examining the old books of the county
we cannot at this date make any thing OF
them, unless, indeed, time were given to
Thoroughly overhaul, re-arrangc and exam
inc all continuation and connection which
would be a Herculean task. They abound
with errors, erasures and omissions, as for
instance. December 90, 80, Van Norden,
Treasurer, TO cash entry OF $500 and Nov
ember Is, DO $50 both erased. but footed
up February 9, '64, By cash entry 5000
erased but footed up. These accounts are
six weeks apart and they balance each other;
but what connection they have, If any, is
difficult to tell, or why erased, or when era
sed. Why footed up is difficult to determine.
In June l2th, we find balance Of cash OF
$2l 81, not brought orer.
The outstanding warrants we found to be
S67 So4 and in the treasury nary sead to
redeem them This amount was according
to the registry in the Treasurer's otiice-we
found balance of about S3T 900 in the
book, county scrip issued and redeema BILE, !
but al appears not to have been registered,
as we found in one instance one hundred
consecutive numbers omitted, and in another
instance, an error in the footing up of 5000
and no WheFe corrected, this occurring
through carelessness in calling a figure in
the hundreds column n nougbt.
The assessment roll was not footed up,