The Dillon tribune., 1882-12-23
ERRORS IN OUTSTANDING WAR.
RANTS"
Report Of the Experts-C0nclusions Of tn,
Commissioners.

Report OF the Observation-Disclosures Of the
CommissiOners.
The experts tc examine the reported er.
'ors in the outstanding warrant account
commence their report with table Of ex-
hibits as follows:
Amount of warrants outstand.
ing March !, is7s............ ss,sio 70
Amount Ot warrants issued Mr..
1875 to March, 1876. ......... 3,o7s ), 1o,7sS IS
BY warrants redeemed .., 4,7d9 IS
=. Amt outstanding Mr.i, Is. 4s,oro y |
March !, 1870 to amount Out
To ~a''as': s. i!sssd es' ''a'ss 's;" IT,: sss ,e
BY warrants redeemed. $500 81
Amt outstanding Mr,, II. Ssl,47S 20
March !, 1877, to amount out
standing as per balunce. sI,@7S 80
To warrants issued u to '7S... ,olos 81 3,73 u
BY warrants redeemed. ....:.. s,7Ss II
Amnt warrants Cancelled bv
Board .................... as ssss "a
ss.s+7 oo
March !, 1873, to amount out.
standing rs per balance. :. 1S,S47 %
To warrants issued - to 79... o,ss' IS 3s,'o' s.
BY amt war con ted into bonds ao,sSs 7s
" redeemed. ....... S74h U
cancelled by board. s. 40 a6,oS6 81
Bal. outsd'g March !, 1879, $S,4A 81
10 warrants outstanding March
=. !, 1870. ...::...:.:.. s,4'4 81
to March. 'so....,...".... -. ,,.sso ;. 'a7e4 81
BY amt war. paid during year o.3+o 3
Bal. out ding March, ,SSo. lo,4is 81
March Ist. 1850 to amount out.
standing as per balance. lo,+ls 81
10 warrants drawn during year. 1900 Nd 33,46i 81
BY warrants cancelled hv hoard 300
paid year so 81. l+,syi " 1870 "S
Bal. war. out. March. Issi... IS,4oo S.
March l, 1887, tO amount Of war.
rants out ting as per balance. 1890 s.
To amount Of warrants issued
during year ST to ss......... ,s's7 oo s,.",s s.
warrants Cancelled by board. sos 70 ,es,,7'
Bal. outstanding March rst, 1884,. .&,7,oas s,
We the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Board Of County Comm, ,ssioncrs Of Beaverhead
county, at their regular meeting in pcccnher. 1881
| to ascertain the amount Of warrants outstanding
| against the county Of Bcavcrhead. and to accmin,
for the discrepancy between the actual amount ri
| county warrants outstanding as shown Nv the
warrant register and the Annual Exhibit filed the
first day Of March, lssa
| standing March ist. 1874. and assuming 1t to b.
correct. we find that the amount Of warrants out
standing on the ,st day of March. .Sss. was
EXHIBIT filed March ist, ISSs shows outstanding
warrants to the amount Of $,s7ss.o7. not taking in
to account he item Of Ss.S77o. said to he nv error
rants as shown hy register and previous exhibit fct
was afterwards reduced by warrants paid and no
Cancelled at tha' tim" to the amount Of ss6Sss. SM
tracing ,SO7, the ar'Ont shown by the exhihi
as out standing March ,st, 1884, from the amount
shown by us S'7'"s.ss. leaves difference o
$'.,sz76: o.,
1876. ,s77, and ls7s making the mistake Of addinl
l&~thc actual amount Of warrants redeemed the In
tcrest paid the same and reporting the tota
The amount Of SI7, 7,oos.s, as found outstanding b.
eur examination Of the records is &4.ss greater tina
the amount shown Nv the warrant register. an
this difference may have existed prior TO IS7.. tn
) basis Of our work, or may have occurred hy Boar
Of Commissioners canceling that amount of wal
rants and not shown on records. or i NAV have ot
Cured hy warrants hcing drawn and not registerc
| or some other not shown on records.
, All nt which. together with our exhibits, Is r.
spcctfuv submitted to the honorable Board of c'mr
ty Commissioners. ROBr. II. SM,ru.
| LEONARD EilEI.
The following is the order and action Of the Cor
' missionrrs the report of the expcrfs:--
Ordered that in the next annual exhibit ut the r.
ccirts and expenditures the Of Sr7.ooss' he
ken and deemed the amount of the outstanding WI!
rant Indebtedness nf the COUNTY, according tO tt
rcport of Nessrs. Eliel and Smith. the experts ell
plovct ut this session Of the Ruard to examine II
records and correct the error shown in the annu
exhibit tor !Sss The Roa ID finds from such rern
tn" discrepancy appearing in such annual cxhi'
embraces numerous clerical errors emt'r;'clnga y
riml of time beginning with March 'st. 1874, 2,
that the have ecn caused in chicf NV the add
tion. trnn time to time, Of interest to warrants
. deemed and funded charged to warrants rcdcein
I and funded, while dchits should have tecn made
A warrants redeemed and warrants funded. and into
r rs. Maid m such warrants. respcctivclv The BOA
further find from such report that no material dittc
cncc has been made hv the examination "f the {
merits in the liabilities offs nd county shown by
n annual exhibit Of iSS2. hut that the amount ot
;, | outstanding warrants ot said county is simply
u much more rs the interest enormously charged
$ warrants redeemed and warrants funded amour
. to- and that the substantial interests ot the fn'nt
have been in no degree affected hv said crrn
Hence til. Board find. AS a natural conc'usi'
fully sustain d by SAID report that II" wrongs hi
lrccn committed nv the present co,ntv|crk or
any Of hi, predecessors in office during the ii
S covered by sid report.
4 {. W. Turner, Chairman,
PiiIilp Lowell, Co. ConInis r