Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-07

ana III JllS manner any DlTIltulaF Dill
can be readily referred to-
''These warrants and bills then are
She only reports made to the commits
S~ioncrs?'
They are. But if a bill comes in
without al order it is withheld until
the order is forthcoming. No bill is
honored unless accompanied by an
order, regularly signed and certified. at
the time of presentation. This prevents
any chance of fraud or corruption. The
| superintendent can issue an order, but
it must be signed by one of the commits
s%ioners, and an order for transportation
must have the signatures Of three Of
the commissioners"
SIS there a distinct and separate ac-
count kept by the clerk of the expenses
and expenditures of the poor farm"
"a separate account is supposed to bo
kept of every officer in the county, a
ledger account at least. A separate ac-
/ count is supposed to be drawn up an
nually for every Office in this building
and submitted to the commissioners
1.-The poor farm, too?"
"Well, no. Last ear the 300 farms
accounts were punched, but this year q
separate account will be drawn up and
itemized by ITSELF
Isn't this required by law, Mr..
Roche?'
mo, sir; nor never has been. This
requirement is made Of every other Of
flee. though"
mo law calling for the submission OF
u monthly, quarterly, s~emi-annual or
annual report?'
mo, sir
Then it has beer the prerogative of
the commissioners to run this as they
saw proper. and they have V seen
proper to demand this rcport?"
1T seems So"
w. II. Moran. the clerk of the board,
said:
"Since my appointment Il different
system OF accounting INT reporting,
with reference to the expenses and
expenditures of the poor farm, has been
adopted by the board, and this year n
separate statement of the financial af-
fairs of the institution will be sub
mittcd to the commissioners on the
first Of each year. Last year the ex-
pcnses of the poor farm were simply
bulked with the general expenses of
the county, and to separate this expense
from that of the other sources every
voucher Of the year would necessarily
have to be gone over, and this would en-
tail an enormous amount OF work. | go
over every appropriation shoot, and
classify each distinctive account, and at
the end of each year it is comparatively
an easy task to make out u separate ac-
count for each Office by itself, including,
of course, the poor farm.
County Attorney Simeral remarked:
The object is to make the poor farm
self-sustaining as far us possible, but
have mover heard rs yet OF much being
accomplished in that direction. Con-
trary, it has been a largo source Of OK
pcnditure to the county.
Don't know anything about how the
farm is conductcd-economically or
otherwise. The commissioners have
been kept pretty busy this year system
atizing tho different Offices, and
| think ere long will have things
in admirable shape--the poor farm
included. In my opinion the superin-
tendent should be required to make q
monthly, or at least quarterly, report to
the commissioners, not only as to the
admission and discharge Of inmates,
but AS to the receipts, If any, from the
sale of the products Of the farm, and
all expenditures for whatsoever pur-
pose. IL this requirement is not in
cluded in the statutes, it should be a
rule created by the commissioners, as
they are the sole supervisors of the
farm