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

DtsSioI.ers 81 .S8oli0taish CoUhty. VASE
thgton Territory:
We beg leave To submit the following
report touching the indebtedness Of
Snohomish county. as shown by the uil.
cancelled outstanding county orders.
which appears from the record a. kept
10y the Auditor of the county. The ac-
count books have been kept ia very
bungling and inartistic manner, and
there may be two or three small orders
which We report cancelled, that in f. ct
are not cancelled. The amount of such
orders we believe will not exceed one
hundred dollars in ali. From pages 4
TO % of this report will be found the
outstanding orders. date of issue, mum
Der and amount.
We beg to call your attention TO a
list Of orders OIL pages $50 aud PSI By
an inspection of Auditors book No. /.
on pages 3 to &. it will be seen that this
list of vouchers have been twice en-
tered by the Auditor as cancelled; thus
indicating that they were twice IN cir
culatlon. We find no more evidence IF
this save that fact. The entry may
have been mistake 10y the Auditor,
aud We aiiude to 1t for the purpose of
showing the necessity of more careful
| system Of book keeping.
In connection with the cancellation
OF county orders We cali particular at
tentioa To the practice tha. has been IN
vogue To considerable extent of split
ting" county orders. after they have
| been once issued, for the accommoia
| ton Of the holder,
| After an order has been issued aud
delivered. i, cannot be legally redeemed
| In any other way save 10y presentation
To ant payment by the Treasurer or by
taxes endorsed thereon.
The Act Of 1869. page 3ll, section ),
| authorizes any claim allowed by the
| Board 10 be issued ia two or more war.
rants; but after the warrants have been
| once issued. that ends the matter as far
| as the Board is concerned until they
are returned. through the Treasurer, IL
| the Board for destruction. This We al.
Jude Ia for the reason that this split
ting of warrants and issuing others in
their place lead to confusion in keep
ing the account of warrants issued and
cancelled, the books in several such in
stances showing apparently that both
the original warrant aud its substitute.
/ were kept in circulation.
We call your attention to section l3
Act Of 1869, page 3l2 The Auditor
has failed heretofore 10 comply with
that section and the Treasurer has M
such record. II such record la. been
properly kept it would show the en-
dorsements ON orders for taxes. auJ
when presented for payment. and whcf
paid, how and 20 whom. aud the order,
issued and outstanding From thu,
source the amount of outstanding or
ders could have been readily ascer
tanned.
We call your attention 10 section --
Acts Of 1859. page sll and state thai
no such exhibit has ever been made ~
the Auditor. No such exhibit as con
templA,ed by tina; section can he mad,
anless different system # book keep
ing is adopted. and the Auditor aus
Treasurer keep the hooks the Law re-
qu,rcs them TO keep Il is the duty @
the Auditor 10 keep al account carren
With the Treasurer AID like ACCOM-
with the Sheriff
In stating the accounts II the Treas
arsrs aud Sber,tfs Of this county ",
have extended our Investigations from
June. 1867. until January 81, i>-s. a
which time the last Board Of Count,
Commissioners ceased To- act. ani ,bt
present Boayd AMI present officers Il
gan 10 perform :lls.F latics
We find shat In several instances tht
Board of Commissioners d'd TO, s,.,tl
with the Treasurer 4, the ,sme f1ei 3,
Law.
The Roard mas, settle with I'd,
Treasurer aud Auditor a, the Ma
term II each year. see section Is. A
1862, rage 3ts Nos; of the Tres<ar
crs ard Auditors have KEEP: she,g 81
cssun;s in the form If genera, aoNo0u
with the county and have uot kept ia,
varioas funds, sugh a. Ccgntv. Kns !
Poll, Sehsol and Territorial tax as ,l.>
tiues accounts. We hnd tha. fron
June ltss. i>6s. until Jane 18th. 1859
George Walker VAS Treasurer Of tn
csaasy Tia, during that psrio3 b,
collected m the Coaa,y and Resi- take
and f&e.nsss, aud received fFotn II.
SAeEia the sam OF ta,59a %. Ard lis
aars<si On this fund The suna Of sass.