Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-14
County Auditors Must Make
Showing OF Finances and
Put it in Pamphlet.
Measure of Great Importance
Now Goes to Senate aud
Will Be Passed.

of making public the financial affairs OF
counties. The bill, 1t was explained, is
in line With the bill favored by the mu-
nicipal code commission for cities and
towns. 1t provides for financial state
ment to be made out annually by the
In pamphlet form by the board of SUI
pervisors and also be incorporated in
the newspaper publication. The fea-
lures of the bill are as follows:
The county auditor shall during the
month of January of each year compile
and prepare a financial report which
report shall contain schedule showing
the amount of the various classes OF
warrants drawn on the county fund,
except for court expenses. during the
preceding year. including therein,
2mong other items, the total amount
paid each county officer, also their dep
uties and extra help, also other en-
ployes OF the county, and amounts paid
for rent and various other expenses. in
Guiding printing and stationery, furni-
ture and fixtures, publishing proceed
age allowed each county official, COM
plete election expenses, including print
ing of ballots, expenses of registration
and items of like nature; schedule
showing the amount of warrants drawn
on the county fund for various court
expenses which shall include among
other items the salary paid the county
attorney and the amounts received by
him as commission on fines and from
other sources, and the amount paid to
assistant counsel; also amount paid
jurors in the district court, amount
paid witnesses in the district court.
amount paid bailiffs In district court,
amount paid for shorthand reporting,
amount paid for printing and station
cry, amount paid for attorney fees for
defending criminals, amount paid for
meals for jurors and items of like ma
ture; schedule showing the expenses
of the grand jury, stating amounts paid
grand jurors, bailiffs. witnesses and
items of like nature: a schedule show
ing the expenses of the coroner's court,
stating amount paid coroner. coroner's
clerk, constable fees, witness fees and
Items OF like nature; a schedule shows
Ing the expenses of justice courts, stat
ing amounts paid various justices con-
stables, total amount paid witnesses,
jurors attorney fees, for printing and
items of like nature; a schedule show
ing the amount drawn by each mem
Der of the board Of supervisors from
the several funds of the county for
services during the preceding year; a
schedule, being a recapitulation of the
total amount of warrants drawn on the
county fund with comparison with
the amount of warrants drawn on the
county fund each year for the last Ave
years; a schedule showing the various
classes of warrants drawn on the pau
per fund for the preceding year, with a
comparison with the total amount Of
warrants drawn on the pauper fund
each year for the last Ave years.
schedule showing the amount of war;
rants drawn on the insane fund for the
preceding year, including the amount
received by each commissioner as fees
and expenses. fees of witnesses, sher-
ifs fees and expenses. the cost OF
transportation and items of like ma
ture: also total cost Of maintenance of
insane at county asylum, with number
confined therein, and total paid the va
rious state hospitals for the insane,
with the number Of patients from the
county confined in such hospitals;
schedule showing the amount paid the
various state institutions during the
preceding year; schedule showing
the amounts paid the sheriff for board
ing prisoners during the preceding
year. together with the amount paid
the sheriff as Jail expenses, with COM
parison with the amounts paid for
boarding prisoners and for jail ex-
penses each year during the last Ave
years; a schedule showing the amounts
paid for the condemning OF Intoxicating
liquors during the preceding year, also
costs of convictions, both In justice
courts and in the district court, for the
of the laws relating to the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors, together with
the amount OF fines collected for such
violation and the amounts received as
mulct tax, IL any; a schedule showing
the amount of warrants drawn on the
county road fund and each of the vari-
Gus other funds of the county Said
financial report shall also contain the
report of the county auditor as required
by section four hundred and seventy
five (475) of the code, also the various
reports of magistrates and other off,
GERS as required by section one thou
sand three hundred and two (1,502) OIL
the code, also the various reports made
during the preceding year by the coun-
ty treasurer, county auditor. county re-
corder, sheriff, clerk of the district |
court and the soldiers relief commits
sion, as required by law. 1t shall also
contain the reports of the various COM
mittees that may be appointed by the
board of supervisors to examine the
affairs and accounts OF the various
county officials and employees. 1t shall
also contain such other and further
matters and information as the board
Of supervisors may direct. or the coun-
ty auditor may deem advisable. The
herein provided for shall
not be required in the first report pub
ished; the second report need only
contain a comparison with the preced-
ing year, the third report with the last
two years, the fourth report with the
asst three years, and the fifth report
with the last four years.
Great Flight Of Ducks.
Britt March 14.-tast Monday night
the greatest fight of ducks
over this section of the country that
vas ever known. From about z p. M.
Until after midnight the air was full OF
hem all going northWard, all Eindsl