Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19


perfectly with the Treasurer's report.
This agreement with the treasurer
gives semblance of correctness to
hes report, especially so when certified
to as correct by the finance committee.
This is the report referred to in my
Introductory as being plainly in er.
ror on its face. There does not seem
to be any excuse for the committees
neglect to discover the discrepancy
in this report. The purchases of sup
plies were $4,000 and the expenses
of wiring were $153.57. AS these
goods were purchased only for INSTALL
ment purposes, and were sold at q
profit, the natural inference would be
more sales than purchases, and the
further fact that the newly elected re-
corder would be taking over the stock
of supplies and uncollected accounts
of his predecessor, would still further
increase the amount of the receipts.
This state of affairs should have put
them to an inquiry at least. Taking
all these facts into consideration, one
is forced to believe that the recorders
report as hereinbefore set forth was
approved without examination.
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH
22ND, 1900.
According to the foregoing report, we
start out with balance In the hands of the
recorder of $1262.94.
The receipts for water rent are. s 1896
The receipts for electric lghts are 51O7 60
The receipts from instal1ment,
lamps, fixtures, are................ 96o.76
The receipts from taxes and judg-
nent are" 773O.78
The receipts for licenses and fines
are 346.
The receipts for poll tax are..... 35S.
The receipts for bond issxe and
premium are ............................ 33235.OO
The receipts for State Fire Relief
are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. TAO
The receipts for duplicate orders
are 66.1O
Total receipts for year.......... $4e255. .oe
The deposits made by recorder
during the year, per treasurer's
report, e.............................. 4s3171o
Leaving a balance unaccounted
tor Of.......... 937.99
To which add the balance unac-
counted for in 1899 of............ 1262.34
Leaves net balance not turned !
over to treasurer in the two
years 22OO.23
The recorders report for this year
does not differ from the above except
in the matter of electric light receipts,
and sales of merchandise and the du-
plicate orders referred to. The items
of difference in the electric light re-
ceipts are accounted for by errors in
the footings on the register, and the
merchandise sales are unexplainable.
The Cash Journal contains the en-
tries which 60 to make up the items
with which have charged him, and
it is entirely problematical the source
from which he makes up his sales of
S4l7 .54 for merchandise.
The duplicate warrants were cashed
by the recorder after said warrants
had been included in a renewal. This
was made possible by the treasurer's
failure to mark them ''cancelled' or
''paid," and by reason of such neg
lect they were practically paid again.
There was another warrant of S45OO
cashed in the same manner in 1899,
and is q part of the unexplained bal
ance brought forward from that year,
and which failed to specially men
tion in that years business. The ag-
gregate of these duplicate warrants is
S1Ol.10.
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH
22ND, 1901.
The unexplained balance at commencement
of this years business is $22OO.33.
The receipts for water are........... 1888 78
The receipts for light are.......... 62o2.6O
The receipts for installmeut, FIX
tures and lamps are............... 1907. .o5
The receipts for taxes are............ 1Oos5. .e4