The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
TWO REPORTS FILED
EXAMINATION or WASHINGTON
 AND MARION OFFICIALS.
Messrs. sedberry and Rutledge Re- porn to the Governor-Books Of HAmilton Agricultural School
 Also Audited.

HAmilton Agricultural School Also Audited. 
 Result of investigation of the books or the officials of Marion and Washington Counties were reported to the Governor yesterday by Assistant Examiners of Public Accounts T. J. Rutledge and G. F. sedberry.
 If ali the county officials of Alabama were like those of Washington County, tfere would be no occasion for Examin- CTS of Public Accounts. Each and every one of washington's officials came out of the official examination with clean sheets. On every report Mir. Sedberry who examined the books wrote nothing due the State" In his reports. the As- sistant Examiner took occasion to com piiment the officials who kept neat and correct books and who did not mix up the books and accounts of the State. Tn Marion County Mir. Rutledge. who | n ade the examination, found several er- TOTS. They were not large. but in their bookkeeping some of the Marion offi- cials had errors of omission and com mission charged against them. While he was in Marion County, Mir. Rutiedge examined the books of R. W. Clark, Treasurer of the West Alabama Agricultural College, situated at Hamtl- ton. The examination of the books of Mir. Clark covered the period between April I0 1900 to June i, 1903. Tn that period, Mir. Clark had received si.1s4.3s from all sources for the school He had In that period paid out $1 ,00019 for vario- ous causes, leaving on hand balance of sI34.1
 | Mir. Rutiedge found that Treasurer Clark had correct vouchers on hand to show that the money had been properly expended. The examiner found that MT. Clarks books were neatly and correctly kept.
 The school was also complimented by | Mir. Rutledge. Of 1t, he said l This school is no doubt a very bene- | ficiai institution for the section of Ala
 bama and affords facilities for educating
 the youth in that vicinity which could | not be obtained otherwise" | MT. Rutiedge examined the books of l ex-Sheriff W. B. rReggin for the period 1 between Sept. I, 1899. and Jan. 1. 1900. | The ex-Sherin's books for 1899 were ex-
 amined and found to be correct. MT. Riggin died while in ofYice in 1900 The feed bills for the last quarter of that ! year were made out in the name of and
 presented by Mrs. Fine Riggin. his wife l These were all examined and found to be l correct.
 l No fault was to be found with the
 books of ex-Sheriff R. W. cashin of the
 same county. His books were examined from Feb. 1. 1s00 to Sept. 1, 1900 and
 they were marked 0. k by the examiner.
 The books of SheriR N. W. Hall were
 examined for the period between Sept. 1,
 1900. to Sept. 1. 1902. Tn August, 1901, MT. Rutledge discovered that Sheriff Hall had made two over-charges for the feeding
 Of prisoners. an cver-charge of one day l for one prisoner and five days for Ian-
 other making a total of six days. The
 total amounted to Sso. which Sheriff
 Hall said he would remit to the State l Treasurer
 The books of Tax Collector W. T. Burleson were examined for the tax years of 1900 and 190i For 1900 MT Rutledxe
 reported that MT. Bufleson had duly &C.,
 counted for all money that came into his
 hands and had correctly reported all er- 1 TOTS and insolvencies.
 For 1901 discrepancy between the as-
 sessment books and the abstract sent the
 Auditor was discovered. The abstract was
 charged with $100 less State tax on per-
 sonal property than was found on the as-
 sessment books. The tax on this personal
 property was. however. collected in ac-
 cordance with the Collectors abstract
 me examiner reported that he had
 charged the collector with the $10O and
 the collector had promised to remit promptly.
 Mir. Rutledge reported that B. L. Can
 trell ex-Tax Collector for 1899, had prop-
 erly collected and accounted for all taxes
 with which he had been charged. The Probate Judge had, however failed to
 record the list of insolvences filed by MT. Cantrill The Probate Judge was notified
 by the examiner of the omission.
 For the tax years 1900 and 1902 the
 books of Tax Assessor J. A. Northcutt
 were examined. The assessment books for
 1901 were found to contain stl0 more per-
 sonal property than was contained in
 the abstract sent the Auditor. This error | was, however, corrected.
 The examiner found that the books of
 Mir. Northcutt for 1902 showed a decided
 improvement there being no errors in them.
 The books of ex-Tax Assessor T. V. l Bishop were reported correct and in &C., cordance with law.
 The examiner found that Circuit Clerk Mark Pearce had been diligent in col
 lecting and prompt in remitting Solicit
 tors fees and that his cost bills and fee accounts were correct.
 Judge of Probate W. R. White, the examiner found. had collected and care-
 fully remitted all licenses and fees with the exception of the small balance of q .5s due the State which was not remitted.
 Judge White promised to remedy the
 omission. Judge Whites land redemption
 account was examined and found to be correct.
 In Washington County Examiner Sed-
 berry carefully and thoroughly examin-
 ed the books of the county officials. The thorough examination. however, failed to reveal a single error or discrepancy. The report of Mir Sedberry was therefore
 highly complimentary of the books of the county.
 The reports were uniformly compli- mentary of the Washington officials. They
 were all called good bookkeepers and effi- cient officers. The books of the following officials were examined: Sherin R. L.
 Bowling. Probate Judge J. B. Rawls, Cir
 cult Clerk c. J. Cool, ex-SheriH L. J Long. Tax Assessor ". W. Warren and Tax Collector b ! Long