The Benton weekly record., 1884-04-26
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To the Honorable, The District Court of
the third Judicial District Of the Territory
o. Montana, in a,d for the County Of
Cdoteau;
GESTLEaEN-In submitting our rep0vf
of the financial sffairs of the county. which
in our opinion have been conscientiouslv
administered, we take the liberty of max
ing the following comments as to the man
ner in which the accounts have been kept
resulting in acts of omission and commiss-
| ion in its management, OF which we have
abundant evidence.
The general books of the Treasurer are
models Of neatness, and reflect great credit
upon him, but from the manner in which
they are kept, errors are liable to occur, as
We shall proceed to show.
His report of moneys on hand and hia
settlement with the County Commission
ers at the end Of each quarter, as provided
by law, is in the following manner, to wit:
4 petty journal or record kept by the
Treasurer accompanies the report fled in
! the County Clerks Office At the end Of
eHch quarter. This book il checked up by
the Commissioners at their quarterly
meeting, and exhibits the amount Of Taxes,
Licenses, ines ana @II other moneys re-
ceiVed during the quarter; IS also the dis
'IlooIloh q Ihe moneys 10 the respective
'oh"S' ID lot instance on oasis OF 10
n''''7 '0.a' 5e"'Iy '"Aa'lo0' l mlii' or one
sIAlee'''h' gees 10 tNe territorial fund' )
MUS Or lhFee-''ASeen'Es' goes 10 the gen
eF81 'VI'a' st''' e'e'' IS SHOWN IN exhIolS
J. = anu = 'eoo'ot"'y'"R I"Io report
A''e' '4''9 co'i'59 'l'e e"o''1eTa,lo" ol 'I'e
vibrant p"'o Oy I''ll OUT o' eacli 'Un'l, e1c'>
10 Il "l7o SAo" Ill @t'on '@"5 ''5 1N''Ol''
i - "''' =
The commissioners after checking up
and comparing the warrants paid AMI Rhd~
ing them to agree with the journal anu re-
port @pPeno Ehe name OF Iie chairman "
'ne Jo0Fha1 oi 'he treasurer "h'en Is MS
'o0'1'e' 'nN' HIS 409' teIIy IaC0'Ne'l' -
~, ie'S anu "ppLoseo' 1h'9 Jo0i'"' %
0'oNe - " So"'e" Hal oAHe'eu' 10l'o' ou'
arriving IL 'He 7a'h9 result rs "a the orig
maj journal
The chlet objection to the treasureT'a
present system OF keeping MS accounts Is
an almost a0solute omission OF oates, I'll
entries beng, - 1t were, made by the
month, ana these again, when transferred
to the general books, condensed into Sc
rles OF QuaTter-yearly dates, and render
ing 1t difficult to determine from them
when the actual date Of the receipt or 0is-
O"Lselo7"t u moneys occurred except Oy
'e'e'e"'e - some a02li'&Fy oooA' an"
.''V>s az A''t"iS o0oA' i'ot d III ',lO97 -''-
i"s '''7 "eS'Ieu iiiioi n'a'lon' fo' '''7'"I00'
az" - d" SAdnple' III the matter u ""eS
lloAh J"s''ce7 COURT "hlch seem 10 oe pat"
over u 'he treasurer OY me justice - '''75
are linpoSeo Anu pSi''' ana without" any r.
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