The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-14

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The date in the first paragraph of the
letter, 1899, is evidently either a typo
graphical error or a mistake of the
typewriter, as the date should be 1898.
as that was the time the remittance
was really made. When asked if the
letter was otherwise correct, Mr.. Grimes
said:
1T was an error. I think. about
the amount being credited to some
other county. That mistake sometimes
happens but in this case | think the
amount was not credited at all but was
carried in our long account until we
found where it belonged
The fuss that is being made about
this matter IS all rot Neither the state
nor Bourbon county lost anything by
1t and 1t was all Strengthened out /
want TO say that no state treasurer ever
Kept closer watch of the business of his
office than l have during my two terms,
and also want to say that no treas
urer ever had more competent force
of assistants than l have. In the three
years have been state treasurer we
have collected and disbursed fifteen
million dollars. and out of all that
amount we have only lost S43 have
given bond of one million dollars. so
that the state is amply protected Very
few financial institutions make a better
record than my clerks have done I
know of banks that do not do a quar-
ter of the business we do in this Office
who have three times the number of
clerks"
long show in the monthly examinations
of the state treasury made by the state
pfficers?" Mr. Grimes was asked
Because he said, Eve are only
charged in the auditors office after re,
ceipts have gone to that office. and we
are always long hundreds of dollars
on every examination. The way this
business is conducted is this: Whenever
q remittance is received from a county
treasurer he is notified innoe,3ia teII-
that we have his remittance. The draft
Is sent to bank and a record is made
of the date and the bank to which ii is
sent for collection. 1t sometimes han
pens that drafts are not honored and
1t has always been the custom to Ivaft
ten days before making out the formal
receipt for the amount. After ten davs
If the draft is honored a RECENT iS
made out in triplicate. 1t shows tho
exact purpose and amount the remit
tance is meant TO cover, and we cannot
make out the receipt unless we know
the purposes to which the county traos
urer sending il wants to apnly II
'One receipt is sent to the county frsas
III Ier, another is sent to the auditors of
The auditors office does not charSa re ~,
with the amount until we issue this re-
cslpt. or tnat reason all the receiDts of
the TeaSurerS Office for the ten davs nrior
10 an examination are not shown in itbst
examination because they are NOT sbcI,1,e e
In the state auditors office We arc Ibeo1l
ed up BY the auditors books and If Ne
have the amounts in the various 49, W
which the auditors books call for we arr
But you see we are bound to he lons
especially during the season when tbs
are carrying thousands of dollars i7 W. W.
long account that has not been credits5
to the county remitting it. because If is
not credited until the receipt is made orf
and we know the draft is an right N'
Mr. HefeboWer was CARRYING the Ro,r
Don county remittance in that way when