The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-07
AUDITOR's REPORT.

a temporary deficit In the last year. the
Governor had borrowed from the school
fund $4,000 and $4,000 from the
banks, making $4,000 in all.
The Auditor states as cause
for this deficit the UNPRECEDENTED strin-
gency in money matters, which prevents
sheriffs from making collections. The
delinquent lists returned by the sherifis
are unexampled, and large number OF
the sheriffs are in arresrages on their dues
to tie State Treasury. He also states. that
the extraordinary expenses of the Cen
tennial Commission have contributed TO
the tack of funds in the treasury. The
tax of five cents on the 500 valuation
was discontinued the last year, and hence
the revenues were not so great as in
former years. The permanent school
fund, according to the statement OF
the Auditor, is annually increasing
at the rate of from $4,000 to $4,000
The Auditor recommends that this fund
be applied Immediately to the purposes
of education, instead of being reinvested
as is done under the present system. A
contingent fund for the separate use OF
all the executive Offices is also recon-
mended.
The laws relating to insurance COM
panies are discussed very thoroughly,
and the necessity for more stringent leg
islatiou is forcibly pointed out. Under the
present system by which these companies
make statements of their stand.
ing 10 the State authorities OF
the law is utterly useless. and
is iilustrsted in the case of the late "Nail
City Insurance Company" When this
company was closed the sheriff found
that its assets were not sufficient to sat.
isiy an execution OF 5000. Yet this oc-
Cured soon after the date of the annual
assessment, when the officers of the COM
pany stated their property to be worth
$4,000. 1t is farther shown by table
that the officers of all the domestic COM
panies have made statements to the
Auditors Office which do not agree with
the statements of property made to the
assessor under oath. for the same period,
and as the Auditor very we'll re-
marks "this ought to convince the
most charitable that there is
something hidden here which ought to
be subjected 70 examination" If the
condition of affairs exist as detailed by
the Auditor, reform is demanded, and
the Legislature should past fair insur-
snce law without delay, as this is be-
coming matter of great Importance to
this ard every other State in the Union.
The Auditor devotes considerable
space in his report to vindication of his
own conduct in relation to the matter
for which he was impesched by the last
Legislature. Retiring from office,
and perhaps being the lsat time
he would have an opportunity to be
heard in reference to this subject, it was
natural to expect that he should not pass
it BY without comment. There seems to
have been some portion of 1t, which had
been written, that does not appear in the
published report. At least we judge so
from the sudden break in the subject and
the which are interjected be-
tween that and the next subject. This
belief is further impressed upon us by
reference to the index which indicates
subjects to be found upon certain pages,
but on turning to the pages referred to,
We find an entirely foreign subject, and
consequently the reader is at loss to
even conjecture the connection be.
tween the matter on the page and the
heading in the index. 1t is worse than
the mystery of EDWIN DRooD," but
perhaps some successor msy be able to
complete the romance. For illustration
we find in the index this line:-
"J. H: Good advocates assassination,
p. 70.
On page 26 we find table giving the
list OF shertfs in arrears for taxes for the
years 1861 and 1862. Now, We question
whether DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, with
al his ability as an examining sttorsey,
could trace proper connection between
Mr.. Coop as an sdvocste of ssssssi-
nation and delinquent sheriffs.
unless the Auditors means to say that
Dehnquents ought to be ssslnated and
hat Mr.. Coon agrees with him in the
advocacy of that proprosition.
Here Is another line we find IN the IN
lex.
Indictment of c. ]. Stuart tor bribery,
p. "a"
On turning to page 81 Of the Report
We find table of Delinquent Lists re
.urned by Sheriff Cor certain years. 1t
would take . Philadelphia lawyer to
work up this connection. Unless the
Auditor means that Mr.. STUART. bribed
the Sherifs to make delinquent lsts. or
that the Sheriffs had bribed Mr.. STUART
to make them, or something else. There
is evidently 'some reference to illusions"
in these Indicative head lines, and per-
haps thereby hangs tale"
Is HE not . genius. who discovered