Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
Supervisors Resolutions.

and passed by the County Board or
Supervisors at their meeting 10
Charlevoix last week AS will be
seen, the supervisors demand COM
plete aud impartial audit Of our
County officers books.
WHEREAS, at the October session
of this Board of Supervisors, a resolu-
tion was adopted providing for an
audit Of the books of the County
officers and on the report and recon-
mendations of the Ways and Means
committee, recommending the audit
OF the County books for the purpose OF
determining the exact amount OF the
Indebtedness of the County and said
Committee having asked In said re-
port that the matter of the audit of
said books be left to them with power
to act, and to employ an expert ac-
countant. and said report having been
by this Board adopted, and the said
Committee on Ways and Means en-
powered to hire an expert accountant,
and
WHEREAS, the original resolution
offered for the employing IF an expert
provided that the expense should not
exceed $500, which was on motion
changed SO that the amount TO be
paid for such service was not limited,
for the reason that the board desired
the audit Of the books to cover all the
books OF account In said offices, and
not for the last five years only, and
WHEREAS, il was then and is now
the understanding of this Board that
said service should be performed by
an expert accountant, who liyed out
side the County and whose acts and
report would be uninfuenced by
(social. political or business prefer
snces, and
WHEREAS, said Committee have
not carried out the instructions OF
this Board In the following:
First: They have negotiated with
two men instead Of one and both
residents Of the Oity of Charlevoix in
said County.
Second Neither of the two men
are men of established reputation as
expert accountants, one being book
keeper and the other an attorney.
Third: No authority was given
said Committee to engage an attorney.
Fourth: said attorney has already
planted actions in the Circuit Court
for said County at the instance Of the
Committee.
Fifth: Said Committee have an
nounced that the proposed examina-
tion shall cover only to the year 1899.
Therefore, REsoLvD by this Board
OF Supervisors that all motions and
resolutions passed by this Board at its
past October session and all proceed
mgs and acts done hereunder provid
Ing for an audit of the books Of this
County by an expert accountant be,
and are hereby rescinded, and
RESOLVED, That the said Committee
on Ways and Means be and are hereby
discharged from any and all further
consideration and action in relation
to said audit of the County books, and
RESOLVED, that special Commit
tee of this Board be appointed to con-
sist of the chairman Of this Board aud
tive others whose duties shall be to at
once provide for an audit Of all the
account books of this County by or
under the direction of Trust Com
pany or licensed expert accountant,
and
RESOLVED, that said Committee be
appointed by the Chairman during
this special session and they at once
enter upon their duties Of securing
such audit, and
RESOLVED, that said Committee be
and are hereby authorized if deemed
necessary or expedient to employ one
book-keeper to assist any such expert
accountant spgaged by them in the
discharge of his duties If it shall meet
with the approval of such expert