The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-01-08
AN EFFICIENT OFFICER.
auditor oenefal DIX One Of saisnean's Greatest
Chicers.


The attention 81 the people oI this
state has been drawn to the auditorgeu-
erals department during the past year
nwing 10 tho great arount oi tax tilu
hnsinrss done there The following cx.
smctB from the Grand Rapids heuid H.
81 oieslnctnl interest IN this connection
ln that bury beehive. tie Michigan
state capitol. there r. %" more lively
sectiun than that orcupicd hy the nndi-
tor generals department. aud IL y IN
died u rcinarknblo record oi businers
ability and eificienrh that G,nernl Ruscoe
u. Dix has made during The first year
81 bis administration Tie routine
business oi this n,ust impOrtunt de-
parimcnt Of the state hns more than
doubled during the year 1897 az con.
pared with with 1896. fm routine
letters aud applications in 1896 mum.
bered G,lS6,and for the year 1897
the enormous total az JG,GGG wns
reached, and this does not include the
large number Of personal and specinl
letters which the auditor general Is
constantly receiving. Tn accommodate
nd care for this multiplied work the
Incc gorce has been only slightly en-
large,. proof positive OF the increased
efficiency of the machinery OF the dc.
? partmcni
At date all 81 The work ~ every diyi-
sion of the department Is well IN mud
A. SD
jicuni when it * known That a year ngn
eonic of the divisions wcre nearly two
wears behind in the routine. Tins hns
lecn accomplished under incrcahcd
burdens. inct which speaks lo tic
point
Probably the greatest hatns comp
trolhr oi the state iinunces was hlH
succcssiui bringing of the state treasury
out of the impending bankruptcy ip
which he found it az tho beginning Of
liis term 81 Office, 20 4 comfortable
condition uf solv,ncy, In doing this
he has been greatly aided by the rnruest
and well directed cooperation 81 state
Treasurer steele When the auditor
n
la him 10y his predecessor, General Dis
wns informed that the state treasury
WINS sin The hole" S21 1.903.3i, aud on
top oi this the legislature was about to
convene. lie was advised that tie only
vny out wnA TO borrow about S2OQ,GOO
and Thus ndyicc caused him To think.
After thorough Investigation he de-
AcIlcd to opply his own plHn, unprcteut.
Ious hmsincss methods 40 state affairs,
and 10y circular hc NJ once acquainted
the county trcasurrs throughout the
state with ihr situation in which The
rtate treasury was placed, aud appealed
t, To- them 90 at once remit nny balances
due the state Tint they had ON hand,
or could collect, without awaiting the
close Of the quarter. lie followed iliis
with circular letter ia the boaris 81
the various nsti,ulions, uppcnling them
10 withhold their usual qunrtrry re-
auisilions upon the state treasury Tor
thiee months IN advance, aud draw
only for present and pressing ucmls.
The personal staff OF Auditor General
Dix Is composed Of John T. wilkinson,
deputy aud,tr general; lIeury Hum
phrcy, general accountant; Colonel
Frederick Schneider, private srcrct llY,
Edward !, Wright, chicl clctk Wtlrim
\. Humphrey assistant rhih clerk
They are bound together by a clpsr
,eoling and are intensely loyal to THEN
- f..i..l ,I.t. gattt,,, ,.,r,...I.t. tt..
entire department General his and
polonel Schnciirr were "comr,des ta.
Qothor" Ia tho wat. nnd When the FORMER
fell ON tho bloody battlefield ui Knox
willie. East Tennessee, November 2l
1863, shot through the hips hc Ntls but
"A Few ieet from where sluud Culpurl
!. Schneider, whi Wae llnn sergeant 10
Company 4 81 the second Michigan
infantry, ul which timaltlN hcenmo
the colonel General Dis was rrr
geant in Company Il ui tic same rsi.
ment. II was thouzht hc wns mortally
wounded, hut hc survived nnl b crown.
ing hi- military rcorl with highly
meritorious service in the civil EMPLOY
Ol NHt NitiA''
Tho constitution aud laws
make tho auditor general o mrm
Der oi Oh state board 81 equhzt
tinujthe bmrl OF iqnd commissioners
the ol review for nsscssment anil tnxn-
tion 81 telegraph and tclpphunr limos
the board ~ csch,uisj The hoard ol con
tr0l al state swamp laud The boad %
coninl al 50. May's mlls ship cannl
the bond oi internal improvements
the hourd 81 couilul ui l'miugp hk,
aud Lake superior ship ranu thi
bnnra Oi state rnnynrstIs ln casc -
failure of a quorum uf the tesulnr board
. IL h hir duty to hook nItci The COLLECTION
oi the states revenue; io upporlion al
state taxes tO state accounts agnins