The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-19
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Respectfully Submitted, :,
l904 BhAfes Of common or
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z. n DaTrah, EsQ., ChGlimaH CommIttsS on
Aecounts'
sR:-In accordance with resolution Of Tho
Council, passed August II, 1878, authorizing nj
70 examine and adjust the books Of accounts Of
the city, I beg leave 10 report thXt have care
fully and thoroughly examined said accounts
with the following results, viz:
IhAye discovered In the accounts Kept BY the
City Clerk. with the City Treasurer and City Re
eeiYe', cleFicsl and technical errors In favor 81
thelAtter ofcer, Amounting In the aggregate 10
,769 0e. and kimilar errors and omissions
against him which amount to 81, SIS a.
/ also fnd In the books OF the City Receiver
efrors Of similar character apRregatnR 81, go
81 as against himself, and q, 4A 60 made In hi
favor. -.
Ths correction Of these errors (Which have
madel cAusel tho two accounts TO correspond
and balance exactly ct the date Of Jan. I, 1874
have also corrected errors found In the &C
count Known IS drafts In lrAnsltu" which
amount altogether to Ss 40 81; In the account
OF certificates OF loan which aggregate q 1856 80
and various errors In tundry minor &C
counts, leaving them In q condition which ]
believe to be perfectly correct, ali the details
snd explanation Of which have entered In full
upon the pages OF tie city journal.
An examination oil the account OF "stocks''
shows the city To be chSrged with having In Id
possession 229 shares OF stock In the Wheeling
and BELMONT Bridge Company, amounting %
IS 725 have ascertaInod, however, that ol
this stock 1853 shares were transferred TO Jacob
Wise, March 81, 1879, by the Finance Commit.
tee, Tor 50 bss, and that amount depositedin The
Merchants NRtiousl Bank TO the credit OF the
City. Receiver, but no entry to THAT effect ap.
peAring on the Receivet's books, have charged
him with said amount.
! have also learned from the books oil the
Bridge Company that the remaining &C shares
OF stock, still charged on the city ledger, hAVe
kRaH H.WRa AL k..E aaa n..I
nothing on the city books, or elsewhere, %
show what disposition hiss been made OF the
funds arising from such sale.
The proceedings Of the Council, as recorded 10
the minutes, page 464, chow that Q settlement
was effected with John Scarborough, collector
Of his three sureties, Al j. Pannell, 4. P Shall.
cross and W. W. Miller, In the Eum Of 81 IC4 Is
each, but M. scarboTough's account Tor the
year named remaining open and unsettled on
the city books, have made the proper entries
70 close the same IN conformity with the action Of
the Council at the date mentioned. have since
asceitained, however, thGt the note given by
Nj. Miller has been paid, but can find no record
on the city books Of such money having ever
been received BY the city.
Tho real estate account shows the city To be
charged with having In Its possession property
amounting TO S67, e4s 60, consisting Of the mar
ket House, Hose House, City BUILDING, the Va.
rious repGirs, &C, made, and balance from
general transactions made In the early hlitory
OF the city; It appearing that at that date al
accounts were anally merged into real estate &C.
count, as 10 the case now with the present &C.
count OF revenue and expend itures.
In order, therefore, to mSke.A correct exhibit
OF the city's condition and resources, would
respectfully ask II there should not be- HeyAlu.
alton made OF the city's property, either by Q
committee or Otherwise, and . new account
opened with the same, a. the present account
very tupeItectly represents Its trne value, i.i
The following accounts appear on the city
ledger, open and unsettled, and ]. do not feel
authorized to close them until I receive further
Instructions from your COMMITTEE The &c
counts are: One against trustees First Ward
Public School, for order No. 40, amounting to
$50 81, issued 10 James Bodley for pavIoH side.
walk, and dated October II, 1851. An account
against A. W. Woods, collector for 1851, being
an unsettled balance OF S. 9I 90. An account
against Parke Campbell for paving, paid for by
the city January 81, 1854, and an account against
W. W. Miller for water tax In 1870,
When informed what you consider Ihould be
done with these accounts, win properly close
the old books ofthe city, and render Q compete
statement showing their condition.
All OF which Is respectfully tub mltted.
WHEELING, October 10, 1873.