Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-01-24


comm: ssiorers, the c>un,y treasurer
must not paw the same but must report
such warrant at the next meeting of the
county commissioners for their action
This of course adds TO the protection of
the county against possible frauds, aud
the officers should not neglect their duty
i'll the foregoing, but on the contrary use
every precaution to protect the interests
OF the tax payers, The board of county
commissioners must also cause to- be kept
by the county auditor, a Warrant Book
in which must be entered in the order of
their drawing. all warrants drawn on the
treasury, with the number, date, amount,
on what account and name OF payee &c.,
tsee part o! Sec 1854, X s.
first checked the bills and allowances
with the Minute Il oks OF the boards, and
then the Minute Books with the stubs OF
warrants; next school orders with the
stubs of school warrants; then the record
of jurors and witnesses with the certih-
Gates from the clerk of the district court
and then the certificates of the clerk and
the orders of the Judge of the district
court with the stubs of the warrant
books; then checked all stubs with the
auditors registers of county warrants,
and next, the warrants redeemed with
the auditors registers; afterwards check
ing the auditors registers with the treas
urer's registers. | also checked all
entries i'll the allowance book and all
lists given to the treasurer that were on
file, thus making complete check with
all the records found pertaining to is
suance OF county warrants during the
eight years from statehood to the present
| administration, except the journals and
| ledgers of the treasurers and auditors,
the findings of which will have to APP
pear in subsequent report
During tie admin alton OF Mr.. II. X.
Barnett, find that many of the meetings
Of he boards OF commissioners have never
been signed or attested.
| find warrants to the amount of $SI3.43
to have been drawn that do not appear OF
record in the minute books of commits
soners' court, being based on the en-
dorsement of allowance on the back OF
the bill only. OF this amount, all but
So5.43, in two warrants, are drawn in IA
vor OF the then county commissioners
Wilkinson, Walker. White, Leeper and
Nixon.
In the issuance of school warrants
find few warrants and do not find the
corresponding order, but the transactions
otherwise seem to have been regular, ant
the presumption is, the orders were lost
find one warrant drawn for S55 wher,
the order calls for $35, from school dis
trict No 90 dated June %, 1898, but th'
mistake is a natural one, the order being
very obscurely drawn.
There are, of course, the usual clerica
errors that are generally found, but are o
no consequence.
| find that two warrants were drawn oi
a fund called the "insurance fund Thi
fund seems to have been created for th,
money paid to the county a
the time of the fire i'll tn
probate Judges Office and for the pur
pose of paying for the repairs made nee
essary by such fire. The warrants are a
follows
No I, Ii. T. Madgwick, March
9, 1898. ................,......,....S o55 o
: No ?, l. G Neal March 81, 1898 asa O
making exactly the amount accordin
to the records that was placed to til
= credit of the insurance fund. There
but little information to be gained fror
the records on this subject except tn
l fact that Seo7 was placed iii the fund an
1907 drawn out. II may be all right, bt
), find 10 authority whatever for the al
u ditor to draw these warrants, nor do I'll
records of the commissioners court stat
+ how much was received from the insu
J. ance companies on account of this fire.
II / further find two warrants drawn O
e the hospital fund, being warrants Nos
u and 7, dated Jan ID, 1893, and April l.
1898, respectively, each for S45 in fave
o of Lars Hansen, for INDECENT In th
connection l find OF page 445 of con
/ missioners' journal d authority for a
| al AL,
oi the rate of SIS per month for the ter
e of one quarter This is paid by warra
ID No u, dated Nov &, 1892, for A5 on Il
rs hospital fund, but | find no subseque
5 allowance, and warrants Nos J and
I'd while they NAV have been drawn in go'
ie faith, are, nevertheless, drawn witho
OF authority so far as l can a certain fro
the records now on file. These warrai
10 have been paid
- / further find, that warrant No. II
n ~ thu road fund dated July 20, 1891, for !
y in favor of w T. Bell, which warra
y paws four bills as follows: One Tor +
is one for S2S; one for $40 and one for +
it being regularly drawn in payment
S =, said bills, yet there appears another W
y rant, being No ~. OH the road fund dat
IN Iuly 20, 1891, in favor of w. +. Bell
s35, for which find no authority for
TX issuance, Both Of these warrants W
sh receipted for by W. p Bell, the first
nts SS1 having the amount penciled in
ild stub. The county is out just SSS on t
on account, the warrants having been pa
ny No 27 was paid by Mr. Barnett and
ith "a by his deputy, Mr.. Monteith. Is
oi pages 363 and 36i Of commissioners je
iey nal ID.
u" further find, that warrant No Al
W: " the general road fund for S57 So da
ilsS Iune IS. 1894, in favor of William A
ulo ander, to have been duplicated by y
WI WI rant No So on the same fund for S67
ha' dated July "a, 1894. IN favor of VILE
IN Alexander The circumstances as she
nus bv the record are as follows.
as One June IS and I9, 1894, there v
lIs' warrants drawn on the general road FL
-, viz:
,,ts No IL, A ] Glass, June rs, 1894,
-Jsr board Of men ),
es,- Signed for in name Of A Glass
90 No A, Vim Alexander, June Is,
rer. 1894, work........................ o
= as Signed lor in name OF VIM Alex
= n, ander
,,ho, No a. Thos Homm, June I9,
G., 1904, work ork...........................
~, w. Signed for in name Of Thos
,he Homm.
and On page $50 Of commissioners jon
com '"D', during their July 1894, sessiep,