Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-17
THE ASSESSORS OFFICE.
The Commusieasisa er Auditor VII.
kta aud BomrshtsK Msre-Oiher
Irregularities -vsiue or Some
Kiads Of E~xpersiuE.

The communication OF Auditor wilkin
to the Board OF County Commissioners.
which will be found In another column.
has been the subject OF much comment
today in all circles. Few arc found who
believe Assessor skyrms to have been
guilty OF any attempt to dsfraud the
county and yet they are unable to 40
count for the not paying over Of the
money, since the fual settlement was
made n the frst Monday OF January.
The disappssranoes OF the stubs from
tho receipt books are suspicious, IS also
is the certificate on the adjoining n
that, the three receipts Of which the stubs
are torn out. are destroyed. This Is not
true, as o OF those recsipts--that OF
Levy & Bro. for Sl06 50-has turned
up. Still the public are ready to give
Mr. Skyrms and his deputies and book.
keeper, Mr.. Hastings. all the chance to
explain which oan be desired, II indeed
any explanation Is possible. which Ii
very questionable.
According to the cash book OF Levy 4
Bro. the Sl06 80 was not collected ct the
date OF the receipt, September 8. but %.
tober 3. two days after the date Of the
last item on the Assessors book. The
receipt had evidently been prepared,
and, the money not having been paid,
was held. Mr.. Skyrme, We believe,
claims that the stub Of this receipt is In
his office. The receipt books had oil
been returned 10 Carson and filed there
according to law; but Auditor wilkin
went there and had them last night to
show to the County Commissioners.
The Irregularities mentioned In the
communication Of Auditor Wilkin are
not tho only ones which are shown to
have occurred In the Assessors office,
one OF which il against the Assessor.
For instance. receipt No. 24sS. for
S25 80. paid by Postiglione, is charged
against the Assessor Il. O., he paid over
for it, S35 90; Q clear loss to him Of $40.
The receipt for the 50 SO mentioned
by Mr.. Wilkin in his communication is
property stubbed. but not returned in
the weekly statements Of moneys re-
ceived.
September 9, the last day OF oollec.
tons by the Assessor through his depu.
ties, receipt No. 1886 wal given to G..
W. Hall for SIT 75-ths last receipt
used in that book-was properly stubbed
but never returned or the money &C.
counted for.
These are in addition to the missing
stubs OF the Auditors communication.
1t is . little singular, at least, that
receipts should be destroyed when they
are all reoeipted for at the Auditors
Office by the Assessor and he Is respon-
sible for their return. Although they
represent no money value, as do poll.
tax receipts. still o clean record would
require the return OF all not used and
reported and accounted for. The only
chance in the whole routine OF county
revenue collecting or handling OF funds
over which there is no particular guard
and no check adequate for the detection
OF populations 10 In the collection and
return Of this personal property tax by
the Assessor. There Is nothing to him
der q dishonest deputy from giving o
receipt for one amount and Stub
bing 1t for q less amount and pocketing
the balance except the remote possibility
Of the receipts being called up and CON-
pared with the stub. It Is just at this
point, therefore, that the Assessor should
be most careful to maintain q clean re-
cord. Every receipt destroyed by him
10 the destruction OF q guard to his
honor and allows suspicion to creep in
and attack his character.
Another phase Of this development in
the Assessors os..eo ia in regard to ex-
porting. Mr.. Eldridge, in his division
Of the time spent by him in exporting
for the Grand Jury. specifies n hall
day as devoted to the Assessors office.
It's real value Is now apparent. 1t Is not
to DO supposed, OF course. that MIR.
Hastings exported on his own books.