The Washington times., 1907-10-12
TEACHERS PAY
DELAYED AGAIN.;
LAW BLAMED
Inaccuracies and Discrep-
ancieS Found in Rolls,
Says Auditor Tweedale.

Indications are that the teachers Of
the District who have been awaiting
their September salaries for some days.
will again be disappointed, and that the
payrolls viii not be ready Monday morn
ing.
This. according to Auditor Tweedale.
is on account Of certain irregularities
in the rolls. which have already been
see-sawed several times between the
auditors Office and the Board OF Edu-
cation, In order that they might con-
form TO the technical requirements of
the recently inaugurated Keep audit
system.
After having adjusted the differences
the payrolls were returned 70 the audi
tor by the secretary of the board at
4:50 yesterday afternoon, and a large
force Of clerks was put at WORK TO
verify the figures, the work being prose-
cuted until after midnight. The same
force resumed the audit with the OPEN
ing OF business hours this morning, and
in all probability. the audit proper will
be completed late this afternoon.
Mo1e Erro1s Found.
Auditor Tweedale said this morning
that the audit OF the rolls so far as II
had progressed, had developed a num-
bered Of inaccuracies in the compliance
with the forms and other discrepancies
that the Office did not understand.
these, lie said, We're being noted for
later review and the audit pushed
Unless these inaccuracies and discrep-
ancies can De worked out in the audi
tors Office or explained by the BOarG
OF Education through some OF its mem-
| bers, II will be necessary to retaIrn the
rolls to the Board OF Education for cor
rection and a full compliance with the
law.
Chancellor Scores Red Tape.
In a statement issued this morning
| Superintendent William E. Chancellor
eInphatically denied that the delay was
attributable either to himself or mis- Office
| force. as charged in a criticism publish
1 ed in one Of the local papers.
NO school superintendent in the
/ United States Is confronted with the
) difficulty which now COnfrOntS me,
/ said tho superintendent of the Washing
/ ton schools, since the inauguration OF
1 the recommendations OF the Keep com
| mission. Never before IN the f'stOry
Z OF the District has the making II tho
J payrolls been attended with the red
tape now demanded.
This Is caused by the fact that the
! cOmniission's audit plans are properly ap-
] plG1Dit Onlg 70 Il tutEdl QEpdI
and by no means should apply TO To-
| cal school system, which l contend Is q
/ purely municipal affair. Under the new
arrangement, which mas just gone into
/ effect, / personally have TO sign - af-
fidavit regarding every ore &c the L7O(
teachers in the employ OF the system
the payroll data containing thirteen diff
ferent specifications as TO each o love
| when must be verified by my officC aud
then again by the Districts auCiting
force IL Sens that CVery prs hand
hing the rolls must place no depeI cncC
whatever in other honest perSr ms en-
Il gagged In the compilation, but .rsarly q
dozen must V.rify each statement in.
dividually, the same work being gone
over and over again by various officials
OF the school system and then of the
auditors office"
Issues Formal Statement.
J. Referring TO the published criticism re
garding the delay in the payrons, DR.
4 Chancellor issued a formal statement
which said in part:
1.-THE delay in the submission Of tn,
payrolls to the auditor for the Distric
of Columbia was caused by no ruling.
or requirements of this office. Thi.
office has endeavored to comply strictl,
officials of the Treasury Department
and of the District of Columbia, and &
! is because Of these demands that tn,
! rolls were delayed.
1.-The clerk IN charge of the pay of th'
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