Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-07

by him to tls and also by one item which
he did not have any voucher for, that
was an item of $1732 paid Johnson,
Reitbrock & Halsey, of Milwaukee, for
certificates sent to them by Mangold and
for which he received pay. The lands
being state, the certificates were returned
to Mangold, he refunded them their
money but neglected to take credit for
| the same.
The total of his report differs some
what from ours, for the reason he charges
! his cash account with S44, HAS of
county, court and other orders which he
received from II. Kuntz, ex-county
treasurer and crediting his cash with
the same after the finance committee
finished their work two years ago.
These orders we did not take into con-
sideration when making this report
We have given him credit for every
thing claimed by him, leaving with your
honorable body to make deduction if
necessary. One or two items of which
are hereinafter mentioned. We show the
difference in accounts as follows:
DIR. SIDE.
Tax receipted before SALE our acct .....S 673S 81
his - ......... 6735 03
Difference.....S 3 IS
Certificates assigned acct.......... 1873 63
his acct..... 1850 At
Difference. % Is
Certificates sold at sale his acct........ 1924 u
{" our acct ............ 1920 50
DIFF. his favorS 1872
SIDE.
Co. orders etc, Cancelled his account $43052 %
4" - our account 43O51 %
Difference......$ 100
Actual difference between our accounts. 26 II
Credited by II 80
Difference ....... 8 90
Items that think ought TO be charged $ 16 80
Total ount..,...........................S 26 OIL
We wish to call the attention Of your
honorable body to one item in SEIZED ule
"A which is listed under the head of
sundry credits and that is the amount of
1912 charged by Mangold as expense
incurred by delivering the state tax in
person, to the state treasurer. This
amount we think ought to be cut down
to $500; this in our Judgment is rea-
sOnable amount for the duties performed
and actual amount expended. This
would leave the amount, due the county,
$26.Ol as stated above. In connection
with this item Of $31.92 in ex-county
Treasurer MangOld's account we would
further recommend that if Mr. MangOld
be not satisfied with the allowance of
$1,000 herein recommended he be re-
quested by your honorable body to fur
nlSh an itemiZed and verified statement
OF his charge OF S31.92 and that the
same be considered with this portion of
OF our report for such action as may be
deemed proper.
We also find in comparing Mangold's
report, presented to your honorable
body at the November meeting of 1890,
and his report made and filed with the
county clerk as his final report, that he
turned over to p. Bever, county treas
urer, 81, O15.O0, more cash than he re-
ported at that time, as cash on hand.
We have Cancelled all county orders,
also court, witness and Juror certificates,
issued blythe county clerk and clerk of
the circuit court, paid by ex-county
treasurer Mangold during his term of
office, and have marked the stub books
in the county clerks and clerk of courts
office cancelled, also in the order books
eve marked opposite each particular
number Cancelled giving day and dates.)
The amount is as follows:
County orders Cancelled ............... $3SS61 "a
Court orders Cancelled l74S 95
Witness orders Cancelled ...... 49, 50
Juror orders Cancelled ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2OO7 A
Total $4305l %
We have also Cancelled coupons to the
amount Of$440.OO as follows:
Paid 1889 couponS2 on 30, 2 on %,
on bonds SO and 14S; paid 1890 coupons
l on 33, 2 on 81, ? on 80, on 80, on
bonds rs, 50 and 14S.
We have examined the accounts of the
eX-cOunty clerk, VIM. Hooper, and
checked the redemption journal with the
stub receipts for all monies paid on re-
demptiOn, checking his vouchers for all
redemption paid, we then checked the
journal with his report to find out the
amount OF money due on each particular
certificate. We also checked his cOntin-
gent account, crediting it with all dis
bursements for which he produced youch-
ers, and charging the account with all
monies collected from redemption, deed
and certificate fees, and with some small
differences (Which have been corrected)
we found the same correct as reported,
and have annexed it to this, our report,
making it, under schedule ''B" part of
this report, excepting the certificate and
deed certificate accounts.
These two accounts we have made a
separate report of our doings with ex-
plantations, as follows:
We found upon listing the certificates
IN the office, larger amount on hand
than the account of eX-cOunty clerk
Hooper; the excess being $1S4.16. The
deed certificates on file being similar, the
excess being $13.79.
We are unable to explain the cause of
this difference, we have taken and ex-
amined into the accounts, going back to
the time Hooper first took charge Of the
Office, comparing the reports, taking
the amounts charged by former com
mittee and amounts received by him
since, also the amount of certificates
decided, sold, Cancelled, discounted and
otherways disposed of, and we are salts
fed that the accounts as kept by him are
correct.
| Going back to four years ago when the
certificates were last listed, the commit
tee ordered the clerks then at work to
| take out all certificates Is years old, or
over, also all certificates that appeared
to be illegal, and the conclusions we ar
rived at were, that while some of these
certificates We're not charged up to
Hooper they were still left in the pack
| ages.
| To show why we reason thus we call
your attention to their report, you will
see that they set forth the following:
Illegal 49, Il
Old certificates not Cancelled. ........... 53S 81
.sl12o 40
In the book where the certificates are
listed by them we find the following