The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-26

receipts and orders cFe. hts aTe given =
the Treasarefs entitled thereto on Dc
struct;sau If orders or the f,sug Il each
receipt In Eany la.st4ucr-, Tie T7ea>-
u-es eaGersesi on comfy rr!eTs The tax
paid ard in soc.e Instances hereafter
stated. Treasurer Mtrks iulorsfi Te-
ceip.s far lic~u~a> au cu~ey orders.
s. Mr. Nl.k~ tsv,us- j. III same
manner with otheg Tra,afeG.. We tai
that during h;s tenn u office he col
lsc;cd AMI others Sc received tnc sUu
Of !. 334 - for licenses. county, roa!
sid po.i-Iax. and ,hst ,!aripg said term
b. djsbursed. iue,&..I:g {, nm SIS rs.
AID Transferred % ~ successor the
So: { $50 =; having the >sm II
S:2> ., "a b. a,roaat,e, far 80 Ills
f. "a H. bl>o collected a.; receive j:
ot the Sch III aud TeFriyor,al fond tie
SUM e $. as, aad 81 this fnr,! h. ,i;s-
burs-,i and transferred t. hi, success r.
incluiia. hi, commissions. the sam Il
s., 46S.9 81, having tie SUM IF 500, u
be accounted FIR on this fund. i: the
Nay term OF the Commissioners CoUrt
in the year 1878. he received All order
FIR $50 in payment OF his commissions.
- we have credited i.ita III OR account
with full comni-.i ~. ti!s $50 should
be charged to hin On the several
funds be is therefor yet indebted 10 the
equity in the sum OF $40. %. We be-
licve. however, there are other credits
not shown bv the Auditors account tn
which Mr. Marks j. entitled. On March
oth. 1870. he ma 'rSed On order mum Der
/ fn.ty-cigbt so Oh account Of William
Atil.ch's license. o. February 9th Of
the same year, he iulor>ei CT order
nun.b-r one huldred and seventy three
ior the license of Isaac CathCart, the
SUM az SIS p, AID on March Of the
same year, he indorsed on order 191 for
a balance on license of Whitley the sum
of So The Auditor in his account
fails 20 give the Treasurer credit for
these Endorsements, although the Trea-
surer is charged with the whole amount
Of the license. See page > of TreaSur
er's book nn Der 6 for these ind0r>e-
ments Itappears that in the year 1916,
order number 1881 was issued Ola the
road fund tor 800. This order is still
outstanding. On December, 1876, "a
will be seen by referring 10 la2e Is,
Trcasurcr's book number 6. Mr. Marks
paid on this or Ter the sum OF so. The
Auditor does not give him credit for
this sum. but we believe he should have
/ such credit. We come now 10 the most
difficult part of Mr. Marks account.
During tie time Mr. Marks was Treas
urer his books were kept by Eidridge
4 q Il q
the sane t..ie ,!r 1io.s I. = as
Auditor and kept the Auditor ,.,sounts
with the Treasurer. Mr.. Morse. at our
request, has kindly assisted Us in the in
vestigation OF this account. as well as
Of the Sherif's account and he is of
the opiuion that by an oversight he
failed to give III the Auditors account
credit for the Endorsement on said
I orders, and the payment OF said 500 on
said order number l25l }. and also failed
/ to give like credit for orders paid out Of
/ the contingent fund hereinafter spoken
+ of. 1t appears that in the year 1879,
the Board Of Commissioners crcItCd
/ what was called q contingent fund. v
We can find 10 authority in law Cor do
ing this; but it was done. Thy drew
orders on this fund which the Treasurer
was required to pay in cash on presen-
tation. These orders were the same AS
any other county warrants. save that
they were payable out Of The contin-
gent fund on presentation When the
Treasurer pays county warrants or re-
! ceives them for taxes, he takes them up
and at the May session he returns them
TO the Board, who then destroy them,
aud give him credit for the actual
amount redeemed by him. GA May
eth, 1915, Mr.. Marks returned II The
Board of County Commissioners the
sum of S991.19 in county orders These
were then destroyed and he was then
credited for that amount. On March
22d and May 9th, 1873, he paid out Of
the contingent fund two orders amount
lug 10 the sum of 800. If these orders
were included iii those returned and
destroyed on May eth. 1915. he is en-
titled to no further credit. If they are
not So included, the Auditor should
have given him credit therefor. which
he has failed 10 do. The reasonable
conclusion is that they were included In
the orders tina, went to make up the
S997l9. But Mr. Morse is Of the i'm
preston that they were not 50 in
cluded On March l4tl, 1876. the
Treasurer paid out of the conting mt
uua three orders amounting :" he
sum OF $l2l.23; the next 1t ..-
following this date returned 4tt
troyed, al. for which he rtc,it,o tAe
proper credit was July 18th. 1876 when
Inc returned Orders amounting to
$i3G2.'l HE same question again
arises. MAS Ibis SUN .; 1921 y included
in the orders returned ON jelly 18th :
II 50. he is entitled 20 no further credit
II they are not SO included. the Au litor
has not given him credit therefor. A
We stated before. the reasonable con-
clusion i, that they were included. but
Mr. Morse is Of the opinion that they
were not. Giving Mr. Marks credit
for the endorsement on the County or
ders referred -. and tie payment OF
order numbered 1851. and he owes the
County $500 %. Giving him farther
credit. II he IS 50 entitled. for the con-
tingent orders referred 70. and he owes
the County SOS ~. See pages %. 81.
-. 26. -. -. % and 30 of said exhibit
" for detailed statement Of Treas.
urer Marks receipts and 1i> uursmcuts
Il l. manifest that the Trcasurcrs
have charged the County four per cent
two Tor collecting and tao for disburs-