The sun., 1900-09-20
COMMISSIONERS SCORED. @
There is a Lack of System in
Keeping Road Accounts.
Auditing Committee Say the Out
standing Indebtedness In
Some of the Hundreds
Largely Matter
ofConiecture.

A report has been submitted to Resi-
dent Associate Justice William G. Spru-
auce by William ii. Gibbons and Caleb
NJ. Steward, the committee appointed to
examine, audit and inspect the books,
vouchers aud accounts OF the road COM
missioners Of this county.
rhe commissioners say: considerable
Improvement was noticeable in the man.
ner of keeping the accounts in some OF
the hundreds. Others have made no at
tempt whatever to keep more intelli-
gible record of affairs than appeared at
then existing are to great extent the
same as at the present time; no vouchers
are produced other than the cancelled
checks; in many cases it is not stated for
what purpose the checks were drawn;
numerous checks are drawn to the order
Of the various commissioners, presum-
ably to pay an aggregation OF small
amounts for labor of which your COM
mittee has no detailed account.
''The outstanding Indebtedness Of some
Of the hundreds is largely matter of
conjecture, several csims haye been pre-
which the commissioners had no knowl-
debts were created by former commits
sioners and no record of them kept in
the books. An example of this is shown
in Appoquinimink hundred, where
| claims of this character approximating
81 500 have been presented for payment
and about 81 600 of the funds of tine Gu r.
rent year had to be applied to the pay.
ment of them.
"Your committee feel that their labor
is rendered unsatisfactory and in great
degree nullified by the lack OF system in
Keeping I h Sc accounts, and until some
better method is adopted and enforced,
the purpose oil the act under which they
were appointed will be defeated"
The report shows:
Appoquinimink hundred Receipts,
s., ,309 So; disbursements, So, 2SS II; lia
bilities, notes, open account and out
standing bills, $i,449.35; uncolected
taxes due, 81, $50 81.
Blackbird ~ Receipts, with balance,
81, ,972e3; disbursements, 81 ,o39 go;
checks outstanding, $27, making appar-
ent balance, $50 So; liabilities, note of
$l5J and sundry bills estimated at 500;
resources, uncollected taxes, $l,57S.39.
| ywine-Receipta, $6, 1853 27; dis
bursements, $6, 1853 27; checks outstand-
ing to amount of 1914 50, leaving appar-
ent balance of $1045; liabilities, over
draft OF 1864 "A, and note OF $4,70J; esti-
mated amount due for labor and mater
ial, 81, 900; resources, 60 shares OF Will
mington 4 Great Valley Turnpike Co
and balances of uncolected taxes. sub
ject to allowance for errors and commits
sions, 1913 73.
Christiana- Receipts, $7,567 80; dis
bursements, 81 526 81; checks outstand
$2S; liabilities, notes and current ac-
counts, $3 500; resources, uncolected
taxes, 81, ,047 "A.
Mill Greek Receipts, 81, los 70; dis
bursements, $6,676.4l; liabilities, S3 400;
| besides bills estimated at 1921 55 re-
sources, uncolletted taxes, $l,549 81.
New Castle-Re ceipts, 3,3S2.57; dis
bursemenis, So 358 46; checH of $ll9 is
outstanding; liabilities, NOES and bill S,
81, 164 So; resources, uncollected saxee,
81 ,32S Oh; due from the city of New
Cassie, 81 100.
Pencader - Receipts, 5000 so; lis
bursements, s., U73.73; Liabilities, nolts
and bills, l,225; resources, uncollected
taxes, $433 So
Red on-Receipts, 81 ,5s9,32; dis
hnrpemeHts, 81, 1872. IA; liabilities, note
$500; resources, uncolect9d taxes,
$l42.64.
St. Georges-Receipts, S562S 25; dis
bursements, So, 505. Sc; check ~ 80 out
standing; liabilities, various items, in
GLIDING s., 800 owed the estate of j. p.
Cochran, 81, l75 owed Middetown, 5000
owed ODESSA, and 81, ,9OJ II for labor on
roads, total OF 80, 7l5 is; resources, un-
collected taxes, 81, ,S65.lS. ..
White Clay Creek-Rt ceipts, So 633 Oh
disbursements, $2.611.C9; checks out
standing, SS3 95; liabilities, notes and
bills, estimated. 81, 1,Sl3.l2; resources, ua-
collected taxes, $2,246.77.