The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-24
To the Grand Jury

To the Grand Jury:
The undersigned appointed by you to examine
the Offices and accounts OF the several county
officers, have the honor to report:
That we spent four days In the discharge OF our
duties examining &c far as our tue permitted, the
books and accounts Of the supervisor, treasurer,
school commissioner, auditor, clerk, sheriff, probate
judge and dispenser.
!, In the Supervisors Office NO examined a great
many of the claims and vouchers comparing same
with Traasurer's vouchers. We also examined
particularly into the itemized accounts presented
for approval to the Board Of Commissioners. We
found g number of insts noes In which claimants
had made greater charges than allowed by Law.
but in every instance the Board had st icken out
the illegal charges showing that the Board both
understood and discharged their d.ty. The vouch-
eIs aod approved claims correspond, and the work
of the office Is sys Scientifically performed.
We spent much time examining the Treasurerls
books and accounts and comparing them with
those OF the Supervisor, Auditor, School Commits
%sioper, Dispenser, sherif and Clerk. We found
all collections properly accounted for, and ell e1-
expenditures evidenced by proper vouchers. In
this Office, and ais, in that of the Auditor, the
officers in charge show a creditabIe effort, not only
to keep the accounts as required by law, but also
10 classify accounts and prepare summarized stats
ments, SO az to show ut = glance how the individual
or summarized accounts Of the taxpayers stand.
We further fud, On far as this committee could
a.certain from its limited time, the accounts and
books Of the Clerk, Sheriff, Probate Judge aud
school commissioner are properly Kept, ana That
all money expended or received by them or through
heir warrants, is expended according TO law and
properly accounted for.
The dispenser has kept all his accounts aud
vouchs rs as required by la.. We God, however,
tina, the law ha. not been complied with In some
important respects, and especially In the m Atter,o
signing and a~ttestiEg applications for splrituous
liquors. Book No A, containing 100 app,ica; ions
ofApril 20, 1896. has not a single signature attested
by the dispenser or his clerk, and severa | other
books have only about one-tenth Of the whole
number Of applications attested. Sone Of the un-
attested signatures are made by marks, and q
great many other signatures, while In the name of
the party Without mark seems to US 10 be in tn.
handwriting Of the clerk or dispenser. In some
instances we found c ret ord Of amount Of liquors
eold but no signature or attestation. In one in
stance we found only the initials of the party
signed md no attestation Of that. Owing to the
grave consequences that naturally follow auy
illegal sale Of ,pirituous liquors, the committee
deem it their duty TO present these facts to the
Grand Jury for such action as may be deemed
proper In the premi rs.
We further report that we have examined the
bonds of The various County officers, and that We
consider their ~sureties good and sufficient.
r. E PAhKER,
A. HALL,
w. II TUCKER,
Committee.
II. II. WATKINS, Expert.