The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-16
Clerk Taggart Refuses to
Give Warrants for 5000
to Treasurer Tenih.
HOW THE TROUBLE AROSE
ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTANT
SMITH TENNIS HAS BEEN VIO.
LATING LIQUOR LICENSE LAW
AND TAGGART is ANGRY.

The auditing of the City Treasur-
Frs books was completed last night
and the report Of Henry l.. Smith, cX
pert accountant of indianapolis, will
be made today.
Accountant Smiths figures agree
with those of Treasurer Tennis, but
the two do not agree with those of
the City Controller The books of
the treasurer show that he ought to
have about $3$,S7502 in cash, while
City Controller Whelan'S books show
that there ought to be $3S. .623.7l. This
makes u difference in the accounts of
the two offices of about $25l.3l, which
amount is credited to the Treasurer
books, over those of the City Con
troller. Treasurer Tennis will not
make known the amount of his bank
balance, but he should have $3S,S75,0 OF
in cash to the credit of the City Treas
ury.
Cash Book Was Not Up.
Yesterday afternoon was one of
work for the City Treasurer, as his
cash book had not been written up to
the present time from the first of the
year. Accountant Smith put in some
strong licks and finally got the ac-
SOunts Strengthened out. 1t is said
that the accountant has saved Treas
urer Tennis several thousand dollars,
as the books were in bad shape, and
in many places amounts which had al
ready been entered in previous
months, were again entered, thus
pushing the sums up above the actual
call of cash.
City Treasurer may lose $66667 as
he has not been able to show warrants
for this amount City Clerk Taggart
seems to have this amount in war
van !, which the treasurer has not
called for, hut which he claims that
he paid out the money on as salary
to the clerk. City Clerk Taggart will
not turn over the warrants and the
accountant will not credit the amount
to the books of the treasurer, until
they are turned over.
Personal Feeling in Matter.
There is n personal feeling between
the City Treasurer and the City Clerk,
which has arisen out of the law re
GENTLY passed, providing for every
collection of the money on a liquor H.
cense the dollar, which originally
went as a fee to the City Clerk, now
goes into the general fund. In this
same connection the City Treasurer
drew fifty cents rs fee. According
to Accountant Smith, the city clerks
dollar has gone to the General Fund
while the fifty cent fee of the City
Treasurer has gone into Tennis pocl<-
ct. Clerk Taggart says that not until
the Treasurer turns all of his fifty
cent fees into the General Fund, as
companions to his dollars, will he
turn over the warrants. The matter
then rests that the City Treasurer
stands $66667 shy, which must be ac-
counted for. either by the warrants
or by the Casn. This amount counts
as the salary Of the City Clerk for the
past five months.
Treasurer Tennis says he will not
go after the warrants and Council
man Henry DCukcr went after them
but did not get them.
Accountant Smith has found sever
al small discrepancies in the books
against the Treasurer and one for the
city. This latter was for about
$ll00 which Mr.. Tennis had gratuit
ously credited. to the city, while many
of the others which were for small
amounts can be corrected