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

months was also missing, likewise a |
part of the receipts for electric light. |
The absence of the Treasurer's report |
would have been of no significance,
but for the fact that he has kept no
record whatever of receipts and dis
bursements from the time of his first
induction into Office down to March
10th, 1902, when the village became a |
City and the charter clearly defined |
the duty of the Treasurer to keep an
accurate record. The only record OF |
the Treasurer's receipts and disburse-
ments is his yearly report. By al
fortunate circumstance the Superin-
tendent of the water and light depart
ment had preserved his record for
instalment and labor during this
period. It was in diminutive form on
pocket memorandums, but sufficient
for the purpose and enabled me to
obtain a complete and accurate record
of all the instalment and labor for the
ten months referred to. In order to
obtain the sales of fixtures during this
time which, for some reason, were
handled exclusively by the Recorder,
I resorted to the invoices of the Glib
son Gas Fixture Company, and in
nearly all instances the name of DUR
chaser, and the amont charged, was
penciled on the bill. The payments
for same were usually made when
goods where delivered, and by COM
pairing the amounts with the deposit
slips obtained at Bank of Willmar, I
was able 10 secure q very complete
record of such sales and collections.
A carefully compared list was then
made of all the collections made by
the water and light commission, and
due credit was given the Recorder for
all bills so collected, which contained
any OF the charges made from the
Superintendent's records during the
said ten months, and in the final
figures I have given him credit for
such bills as were outstanding May
1st, 1902, the date when the transfer
was made of the entire water and
light accounts and equipments to the
water and light commission. The
only other receipts I was unable
to obtain were the cash sales for lamps
and miscellaneous merchandise (sold
only by Recorder) and payments on
accounts for merchandise bought pre-
vious to above sales and which stands
open on the books as "unpaid."
There are several of these accounts
open on the books which the debtors
claim to have paid. I have however
credited the Recorder with these "open
accountso, amounting 70 $231. 90 and
which were not included in his list as
due and owing the City on May lst,
1902. A number of these accounts are
worthless, others have been CON-
promised and the goods in part
returned, and some, 40 doubt, have
been paid. These accounts should be
proved up and only those of actual
value transferred to the new books.
It will thus be seen that the amount
arrived at, as representing the receipts
for light, instalment and fixtures for
this year, is less than the amount
would have been had the sales for
cash and the collections OF old &C.
counts been ascertained.
The FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH
18TH, 1908.
The new charter went into effect at
the commencement of this years busi-
ness and the Clerk was instructed to
turn over all accounts and monies be-
longing to the water and light COM
mission and receive credit therefor.
This was done about May LIST, 1902,
In the meantime, monies had been COL
lected by the Clerk for. water, light
and merchandise, and placed to the
credit of that fund, with the Treasur-
er. The following statement shows
the disposition OF the accounts and
monies so turned over and the receipts
OF the water and light commission
from May LIST, 1902, to the close of the
fiscal year, which is now changed
from the 22nd of March to the 18th of
March.
SUlnARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING
.-..&..; - MARCH 18TH, 1908.
Electric light receipts collected
by clerk, March Hght............... 8 4oo.90
Blectric light receipts collected
by clerk, 1902 aecounts.-......... 4s7.17
Water receipts collected by clerk,
March accounts. $3.50
Merchandise receipts collected by
clerk, March accounts........... $3.50