The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-20

WITNESS AND JURY SCRIP.

The ex-auditor then says: las to
witness and jury scrip issued by the
clerk of the district court and which
the law requires the county to assume
and redeem 1 can only say that on Dec
90 1896, l certified to the state audi
tor the amount at and including that
date and the civil juror scrip or coun-
| tvs portion amounted to 1890 IS. To
ascertain the amount issued since that
/ date will require auditing and listing
/ from stubs in the county clerks office
! When the above scrip is assumed and
/ approved by your honorable body and
the amount appropriated, then and not
! till then does it find a proper place in
the accounts of the county.
The county will also be called on to
pay So, S60.SS due the several benefi-
Charles on account of collections made
by the county from tax sales redemp-
tions, which collections spread over
four years from Jan. l. 1898 to Nov.
80 1896, the total of such collections
at last named date being $53. 495.07, the
county's portion of which is S23.O93.73.
or 40 per cent of the whole. There are
also redemptions being made daily and
the county becoming liable in about the
same proportion.
There were no receipts reported to
the auditors office from Jan. 1 to 4,
1897. and it will require considerable
labor to ascertain the receipts for the
county for those days. Earnings of
revenue go on every hour. whereas
disbursements are only made by action
of the board.
Indebtedness is incurred against the
county by law, over which the board
has no control and by action of the
board. If there is no fiscal year-if
transactions never cease or begin |
there can be no accurate report of con-
dition at any stated hour or at ALL
Upon motion of Commissioner Hall |
the report was placed on file.
THE FISCAL YEAR.
Some discussion ensued as to what |
constituted a fiscal year. Mr.. Fisher /
contended it was from Jan. l to Dec.
81, while Hall construed it to mean
the official year of the board, or from
the first Monday in January one year
until the first Monday in January the
following year.
FROM TREASURER LYNCH.
At this juncture the following self
explanatory communication from
County Treasurer Lynch was received:
To the Honorable County Court, Salt
Lake County:
Sirs-I have the honor to represent
that during the year 1896 lot of court
scrip was issued TO jurors and wit
nesses where services were rendered by
in civil or in criminal cases
alone. and also when services were
rendered in both civil and criminal
cases and paid for on a single certifi-
cate, and in both cases without any
thing on the face of the certificate to
show what proportion of the amount
due should be paid by the county and
what proportion by the state.
Also to state that / now have in my
hands $S.21605 of state funds with
which to pay the states proportion of
this scrip. Before can pay this money
out for the scrip, or any that your
honorable body may hereafter appro-
pirate for the payment of the county's
it will be necessary for me
to get copy of the record which shows
Just how each certificate is apportioned
to the county and to the state This
record is in the hands of the county
auditor, and 1 respectfully ask to be
furnished with a copy. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
STEPHEN H. LYNCH,
County Treasurer.
Mr.. Fisher contended he was not re-
Iuired to furnish such list, but never
heless a motion by Hall carried, in
the ex-auditor and ex-county
treasurer to comply with the law and
lie a list in duplicate with the county
Jerk as the law specifically provides.
MORE INFORMATION WANTED.
Then the clerk was instructed to
furnish the board with information as
o whether the county has collected
rom the state any part of the salaries
# county attorney, treasurer and as
essor for the year 1896. The law re- I
luires the state to pay one-half of 4
hese salaries, but there is nothing to
how such has been the case.
APPOINTMENTS
At this point the board got down to
appointments. After referring to the i
of the present clerk, Mr.. En-
ry, Commissioner Hall moved that the Y