The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

have the matter taken out of the hands
of the committee at that time.
D0ING THINGS ACCORDING TO Law:
We published last week the Official
Statement of the County Treasurer and
Auditor as required by law. The Sec
ton Of the law requiring this is sec. 1877,
chap. 8, Young's Statutes, as follows:
The treasurer and auditor of every
county conformity shall make and cause
to be published in at least one newspa.
paper of general circulation in the coun-
ty in and which they are such treasurer
and auditor, statement Of the exact a.
mount of money in the treasury OF such
county on the last day of February and
tenth day of October in every year, and
oftener If the commissioners of the
county direct, particularly specifying
in such statement the amount belong
ing to each particular fund, together
with all other property, bonds, securi-
ties. claims. assets and effects belong
ing to the county. in the custody and un-
der the control of such treasurer. Such
statement shall be signed by said coun-
ty treasurer and auditor, and the ex
pense of such publication shall be paid
out of the county treasury on warrants
drawn by the chairman OF the board
of county commissioners and attested
by the county auditor, particularly
specifying the same And if at any
time it is found that such statement is
untrue or false in regard to the amount
of money Or other property then On hand
and i'll the treasury, the said auditor and
treasurer making the same. shall with
out regard to lapse of time, be deemed
guilty of Il misdemeanOr and on cOnvlo-
ton thereof shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than 800 nor more than
$500.
We are glad to see that the new coun-
ty officials are starting right and doing
things according to law. Heretofore
there has been 4 contemptuous neglect
or disregard Of law in many things.
The county business has been managed
by ring of ''privileged characters"
who have acted as though the Offices
and the county business were their pri-
vate affairs, and If the editor of the AD-
VANCE, or any one else, dared to hint
that things were not rs they should be,
he was sneered at and told to mind his
own business. THIS section of the law
is only one which has been disregarded.
The business in many respects has been
neglected to the detriment of the peop-
les interest. Officials have fallen back
upon their dignity and have depended
upon that and the county Ring, or MA
chine, to see:them through safely. Ev-
cry candidate who has not belonged to
their particular set has been hooted
down as being ''incompetent," We
have frequently stated in the ADVANCE
the reason of the intense hostility Of
the Ring to Capt. Mills was because
when he Was Chairman of the Board he
insisted upon complying with tlfe law
and overhauling county accounts. Pc
ter Thompson would not. have served
rs Treasurer had Capt. Mills been Aud
itor during the last term. We charged
during the campaign that the object in
bringing Walker out was to give the
Ring an auditor who would conduct
the business to suit tile treasurer, that
is, TO- virtually let the treasurer run
both sets Of books. ,@:r, 49,
At last'the people Of MOBILES county
have occurred All auditor and a treasurer
who are thoroughly competent and who
will do the county business strictly &C.
cording to law. We hope that Mills
and Shepard will not rest until they
have the>errors and the neglect Of tile
former officials rigbted and laid at the
proper door, so that past Incompetence,
if not dishonesty. may not be saddled
upon them infature, *. d. 49,.