Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
Blossers Boom Edition Out, In Which
He Assumes The Duties Oh The
County Commissioners.

| tend tile fiscal concerns OF the county and Sc
cure their management in the best manner
! they shat, keep an account OF The receipts and
leXpenditnes OF the county and on the FIRST Mon
day of July annually, they shallcarse Il full and
accurate statement of the assessments. receipts
/ and expenditures oi the preceding year 10 be
made out in detail under separate heads with
an account OF al debts payable to and by the
county treasurer. and they shall have the same
printed III at least one newspaper in their colili
| ty'' etc see GIG, Ii shall be tle duty OF the
board of county commissioners in the several
counties of this territory. III each annual meet
| ing of said board to examine the county treas
urer'5 tax sale book and stub receipts and
ascertain the amount of redemption money in
| the treasury and compel the said treasurer TO
account for the same. See. Gl1. Ii ANY person
thus chargeable shall negiec; or refuse TO render
| true accounts or settleas aforesaid, the county
commissioners shall adjust the accounts OF such
delinquent according TO the best Information
| they can obtain, and ascertain the balance due
| the county. and order suit TO be brought III the
name OF the county therefor. sec. G3o. The
| books, accounts. and vouchers of the county
| treasurer. and all moneys. warrants, or orders
remaining in the treasury Shall AT ALL TIMES
he subject to the inspection and examination OF
| the board OF county commissioners, and al the
regular meetings Of the board in january and
July of each year. and at such other times as
they maydirect he shall settle with them his
accounts as treasurer. and for that purpose shall
exhibit TO them al his books, accounts, and
moneys, and all vouchers relating to the same,
to be audited and allowed, which vouchers shall
be retained BY them for evidence of his settle
ment: and if found correctlhe accounts shall be
so certified; if nothe shall beliabie on his bond,
1t will be seen by the above that our
! commissioners have failed in their
duty at. least twice a year, even if every
other Official act is above reproach.
They have neglected to make out and
publish an annual statement according
to law, as well as the still more i'm
portant one of Setting with the treas
urer in the proper manner. The ''boom
edition" OF the Republican was. as had
been expected an effort to boom"
LOOMS and Biosser. It some time
ago advertised a "boon edition" ior
April, 9th, but that issue comes out
With no effort to boom either village,
county or territory. just how much
it will boom the above named gentle
men is difficult to determine, bat the
explanation OF county finances is q
failure iaasmuch as it is unofficial and
misleading 1t seems to Il casual OBJ
server very strange that the county
commissioners should ncglecS to give
a detailed report of the financial con-
dition OF the county, when the ones
who pay them and whose servants
they are supposed to be. have been
asking Tor a report for nearly q year.
1t is true they have held several long
sessi ons, one extra OF over q week ii
we remember correctly, Ii, a. feirce
was called us an expert ana spent three
days. the territorial. examiner was
| here ore day. and yet it remained Tor
the brilliant imported mathematical
genius OF the Republican force to dis
cover tAat amy person who can ado.
subtract. multiply and divide With
the accuracy Of an average school-boy
can IN oDe-half day ascertain whether
these statements are true, referring
to MS report extending over q period OF
more than,three years and neeessita~
ting a minute examination Of the ''stub
receipts TAX sale books, cash books
Warrant register etc. of both clerk and
treasurer. When we went to the
court house and asked the county
clerk il he had any figures Whereby
we could ascertain the Indebtedness Of
the county, he replied i IS sir, ] have
and handed ME the warrant register
and warrant stub book. From these
we can simply learn the total number
Of warrants issued tie number can
celled as paid, and by subtraction,
the number unpaid or the indebted
ness. But this is not what the law
contemplate5 nor what the people
want. One thing wanted is ii rerort
OF the exact amount, as nearly as
possible, OF the treasurer's defalcat.on
1t should be noted that this is not
' S4i AZ lJOOi-i1S lC iJOt u Jul lS III
Guided in the total. The very pith and
point Of what the PEOPLE should have
is still covered VI. 1t looks like a
sort Of q bluff which they expect viii
ehectually silence all complaints
Wonder when those delegates one
from each townsplp, wi, meet to con-
fer With Loomis. Wonder if he sup
poses there are fifteen men in the
county besides himself and Elosser who
, can ado, subtract, multiply and divide
With the accuracy Of IN average
J school-boy Perhaps there are a few
men i'll the county whom he could not
! satisfy and send home in half day
4 Then What would he do? Wonder L
he has contemplated all the possible
exigeDci"s which might arise Fig
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