The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-03
FELL INTO HONEST HANDS
DiscIoses a Cash Balance
of Over 100000
This sum in the Public Treasury VIII Be
Augmented by Over Half 1iiiion
Dollars Next Week

1t was q small sum that was covered
back into the county treasury yesterday,
but still it illustrates the fact that money
that has ueen illegally taken out of the
public treasury can find Its way back ii
the proper effort Is made and if the party
or parties who obtained it will not insist
on keeping that which is not properly
theirs.
The board OF supervisors made an APP
preparation of $25 per month to assist
the chamber of commerce in maintaining
an exhibit of Los Angeles county products
IN San Francisco. This was eminentiy
proper and q wise expenditure. But in
July the exhibit at San Francisco ceased
to exist. This fact sesned to make no
difference to the board OF supervisors.
In Octooer q warrant WAS drawn fol- $50
for tie August and September payments
of the Countys share OF the expense
of an exhibit hat did not exist.
The chamber OF commerce made no
demand for the money. The amount
was put in the allowance roll, as usual,
by some body'B carelessness The warrant
was issued and sen: to the chambe OF
commerce. But very naturally. there
was case where honorable people got
hold of something they were not entitled
to. The chamber of commerce authori.
ties were IN doubt as to whether or not
the money properly belonged to them.
The matter was then looked into and it
was found that under no circumstances
| should the $50 warrant have been order
ed by the board of supervisors. The
money was promptly refunded. 1t was
paiu by the auditor and By him covered
| into the treasury
The amount OF the refund in this case
| is small. but it seems to illustrate two
|
| for. That is that the public money is
! dispensed with royal disregard for
systematic supervision. Carelessness,
| pure and simple, is shown in this case.
| Secondly, it illustrates the fact that if
! county money by mistake gets into the
hands of people who are not entitled to
| receive it, those people, il they are hon.
est, can and do refund the amount that
| illegally came into their possession.
| Generally, though, com Portable sums
! are voted into the pockets OF some men,
! Der or mem bers of the ring under some
| guise or subterfUge which is used for a
| cloak 10 talk ABOUT ethat money ever be-
| ing refunded is preposterous unless the
| party or parties who obtained It are
given the alternative OF yielding up or CO.
| ing to the penitentiarv.
| The morthIy examination Of the con-
! dition of the public funds was made yes
terday. The auditor found that there
was 1923, SCI. "a cash in the county treas
urer's hands. AS matter of fact the
treasurer had in his office at the court
house $;7,17S.81. At the California banl,
there was deposited 1870, 779.94. At the
State Loan and Trust company there was
q deposit of $25, 900. At the Farmers and
Merchants bank there was deposit OF
500, 562.49. T e:e are outstanding war
rants amounting to $40, 663.96. This
leaves a balance to draw against of $312,-
1928. Next week the collections of the
| tax collector for the month OF November
will be turned over to the treasurer, and
| the sum ne has will then be augmented
over $780, O00 making the amount be has
| in his charge something like $500, 900.