The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-11
THE ACCOUNTS CONFUSED.
Cily Accountant KCCariby'S Discoveries
in The health department..
END OF qH8 YEAR FINDS THEM lNDEBT
A a Result Of the faiiur" To Eegnia'e -
penditurcs Lamcntabiy Long Last Oh
Delinquent Stali Rentals "t All oi
the Marscts-ibe tcinc'ei"S'

apeo,al Accountant Carton Mccarthy
has submitted 10 the Finance Oo"i"'-
tee a report as TO the condition OF NJ
fairs Of the three markets OF this CITY,
the thrcc cemeteries, and. also WIN
reference 20 the Health Department This
report was az the meeting on Monday
nisht presented by tn committee to the
Common Council and 10y the latter body
laid on the table for future action. The
report was as follows:
As directed oy your chairman J have
examined the accounts Of the clerks OF
the First Second. and Third Markets
and those Of the weighmastcrs AT the
First Market. The memorandum accounts
kept al the markets are sufficient for
the purpOsc. and all seem to be carefully
and accurately kept.
At the First Market there is a large
and handsome hall which yields pract-
cally no revenue 90 the city. II would
10 reasonable TO expect the committee
in charge 20 devise some means by which
this could De made iycful TO the city or
else n source OF revenue.
DELINQUENT STALL RENTERS.
At the Third Market there is q great
Gated the need Of it might be desirable.
but the records shows "a decrease of rent
ed space. and the indications are that
demand for space there VIII decrease
rather than increase. There is ample space
there for hre cuginc-house and a police
station. in addition to what will Vrobably)
ever be required Tor market purposes.
At all three of the markets there is a
Numerically Ions list Of delinquent stall
a. N..lf r,fa.s alfg
years Old and many OF them several
months cid. This state Of affairs indi-
Gates that the committees are too
lndulgcrt or too careless or else that
tn, ordinances under which the commit
tet. act are rot properly drawn
The delinquent lists are a great burden
10 the Auditors office. and for that rea-
son. 81 for no other reason. the worthless
delinquent bills ought TO he cancelled 10y
the Council and the ordinances so amend
ID as 10 prevent any further accumuia-
lions Of this sort.
have also. as directed visited the
three cemeteries under city management
At Oakwood the accounts and records are
all that could be desired and are pre-
served IN q fre-proof safe.
At Rivcrv,cw the cash account. otc.
VIII answer well enough. hut the records
need Improvement New books for the
RECORDS VIII Uf WlfAfl'N ~ 'ftNNf
spoctfuliy suggest the immediate purchase
of n nre-proof safe fer the records at
River View.
Al Snockoo IIU Cemetery. until re-
Gently no accounts were kept except IN
connection with the burial records. since
my first visit thee a cash account mas
been opened. and am iron safe provided
for the protection Of the very valuable
burial records.
r,be office Of keeper Of Shockoe Hili
Cemetery Is now consolidated with that
Of superintendent of the almshousc. ana
rs n consequence the Office of the Gene
terry Is I'm the almshouse. ! venture 10
suggest that there ought 10 bc an once
on the ground and some one IN atten-
dance there with the records and with
authority to transact the business OF the
cemetery. The grounds show evidence Of
neglect or carelcssness or lack of means u
keep them I'm proper condition.
ACCOUNTS CONFUSED"
have also paid =. visit to the Health
Department. Their ~ccounts We're con-
fused, and had been FOR some time. Now
hooks have been provided. and i'm the
future they will be IN better shape. The
board for a long time permitted the sale
OF small items and disbursed the money
for small needs of the department without
the formality # depositing the receipts
with the treasurer ~ drawing warrants
for the expenditures. The Auditor put a
stop TO this some months since
The Board Of Health having allowed
their accounts 20 become confused could
not we'll regulate their expenditures and
consequently ihe cli of the year finds
them IN debt
At the end 90 the year they had over
drawn their expense account appropria-
ton Sl.0l2e6.
They were allowed to consclidate their
various accounts. ara so reduced This
ovcrdraft by
\ balance payroll. ........ 5000
$3.50
Leaving them still overdrawn.... l5i @
in addition 20 this over1raft the
b0rrd is in debt for hills con-
tractcd en- and for 1885, which
must be paid out Of the reve-
nucs Of oG......................... N2.i
Making total cf..................... H''.;
expended for current expense Of 1885
which the board had expected to pay on
OF the appropriation OF 1896.
rh.i~ f,.'y Prrfr.
The Board OF Fire Commissioners. a,
has been stated I'm the columns OF The
Iiints. is prepared I'd MAKE us ltpA
10 the report o. Special Accountant Nc
Carthy ~ tho Finance Committee in re
gard 20 the accounts OF the FIRE Depart
ment The report was on Monday nigh
presented 10 the Common Council by th
Fnhnce Comwittfc. and it was thei
referred 10 the city attorney with IN
struciions % advise the Council as q
the powers of the body in the premises
and what should Doe done.
Presidcn: John n. Frischkorn, Of IN
Board OF Fire Commissioners. While q
the City Han yesterday said that IN
report was ready. and had been so sine
TUESDAY. but that IL would not he pre-
fentod until II had been acted upon at
called meeting Of the hoard. 10 VIII u
all probability bc submitted directly L
49,. Ho,n.top Council