Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-07-05
NUMBER IA.

1864.
Juno 0. Paid W. n. Moore, on School order, by
-. order o. board q Supervisors. $500 90
Sept. y, Paid 9. Miller, Treasurer OF School
District, Orange Township. 400 90
July q, Paid Geo. Bishop for oxpence In loca,.
ing swamp Lands, 1so 90
OCT. Il. Cash on hand, to balance, aoo 90
slo,o 80
Oct. a. Paid order No 81. 70 j. Redenbuek ass "a
y" n"hu !" oa'ahee' 14st
eos os
There seems to bo difference be-
tween these accounts of the Clork and
treasurer, of Sl07.63 more on Trcasur-
er's book than on Clerks, aud IL "a Inn
possible to ascertain where this ,iescreD-
ency arises, as there Is such varienco
both In names and amount In the en-
tries made by the two officers. In tho
case OF James Virden, for instance;
clerks account credit him with $500
and the Treasurer's with $4,000. while
among the papers belonging to thls
fund Is found deed i'm which tho con-
sideration Is $4,000, and also the record
OF the land bought by him Ii uncertain
as TO the amount of acres, showing
either twenty or forty. MANY names
occur also on tho Clerks books which
do not appear on tho Treasurer's, aud
ufce verso. 80
1t Is also shown by the Treasurer,s
account, that some amount has bcen
received by the Clerk and paid over by
MN 10 the Treasurer, aud by him cred
ited to the Clerk instead OF to the rcal
party In interest. For such reasons as
these, we thought II best to lay before
hn IA 4.
and papers belonging to the fund. for
your own personal Inspection. This
fund has been very much neglected.
ana no one seems to know ANYTHING
about IL, and II is not to bo wondered
at.
something should be done to get to-
gether all lands that have belonued
aud that now belong to this fund md
nave them properly arranged and re-
corded In a book for that purpose. aud
fuil account should be made of ali
lands sold, and also one showing the
general condition Of the whole fund,
we would also make similar recom-
nenuation In regard to the general
would call your special attention to nc
count, required by law, to bo kopt by
the Clerk with the Treasurer.
1t Is q lamentable fact TINT thcro hns
been as yet, no such account opened
with the present Treasurer, and IL IL
Impossible for the present Incumbent
OF the Clerks office TO open one or
make out and transmit to the Auditor
OF State the necessary reports required
OF him by law, until some reliable ba-
sis Is fixed, upon which to act,
Messrs. Eberhart and Gates have and
are Mklng great pains I'm renovating
ana arranging the general affairs OF
the clerks Office, so as to put IL in good
condition, aud there Is still much 10 be
done, and it Is To be hoped that the
Board will give them the credit thew
VIII merit, and alb them I'm their good
and much needed work to the utmost
OF their power, for the full accomplish
mont of this object.
COUNTY JUDGE.
There Is nothing coming under the
supervision of this officer. In the set
tloment of which the county Is con-
cerned, but tho issuing of certain IL
censes.
We obtained a statement from Judge
,. ID. Shaw, that he had issued but one
license, it being for show or theatre
chi performance exhibiting In this
county in the early part OF the mast
winter, for which he received five dol
lars. As there Is some doubt i'm the in
tcntion of the law In regard TO tho
proper officer to issue such licenses.
these have been sometimes issued by
the County Judge and sometimes by
the County Clerk.
We however find that the law In tho
Issuing of these licenses has been yio-
lated, and but little account has been
Kept OF them, owing to this violation.
The officers issuing these licenses have
no right to receive any money from the
applicants, and can only give certiii-
cate 10 the treasurer, as i'm case of the
payment OF school fund interest before
alluded TO, and then upon the e,eipts
0f the Treasurer, showing the money
to have been paid to him to issue the
license. Ii is very evident that Ii tho
law Is not strictly complied with, and
account kept by the officers having
charge OF these matters, tho Board arc
deprived OF the means of knowing how
many Licenses have boon issued, To
Whom issued and the amount of money
been issued at all.
For this reason our report ON thia
subject cannot be but meagre.
In conclusion your committee would
say that we have endeavored to our
utmost ability to effect balance and
fnhl settlement of all tho account that
you have placed under our care and
supervision, and no one can repfet
more, that we have been unable To
fully accomplish this much to be de-
sred result.
The statement of our feeble labors.
we lay before you, and although tile
results may prove in many respects
unsatisfactory VI to you aud the people OF
the county, We hope to deserve from
you ana them, the credit Of doing our
while We think we have here made n
plain and honest statement of such
facts rs are sufficient 10 show why such
o settlement hns not been attained.
anu To shield us from censure for not
accomplishing moro than We have
done.
Your committee In the full discharge
OF their duty cannot but further state
before bringing their report to a close.
that while we would not wish to excuse
or pailiate the carelessness or slack
manner OF doing business Of any ofli-
Ger. yet We are satisfied that had the
former Board of Supervisors performed
their whole duty III due seas0n; had
tney as the custodians Of tho county
affairs, made the thorough examina-
ton Of the books and papers of fhe
different officers, and made the COM
picte settlement with the occupants
,hereoi, twice In each year, required by
law, officers would have been SPARED
tho modification of having their
names dragged before the public in the
manner they now have been compelled
70 be, and the county saved thereby of
a great expense.
There has been great remissness II
duty upon the part Of the Board OF
Supervisors i'm not seeing to IL that such
. settlement with the county officers as
has just been made, was not made At