The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-02-12
WALLACE PRAISES
COUNTY OFFICIALS
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT COM
PLETES AUDITING COUNTY
BOOKS-HAVE BEEN
WE'LL KEPT

! treasurer Office since the OrganiZa-
tion of Chelan county seven years
ago; this is one of the features of
the report of D. L. Wallace of Spo-
kane, who has been exporting the
books of Chelan county for some
time past. Mr. Wallace finished his
work for the county last night and
| departed for Spokane after having
commissioners
Before leaving Mr.. Wallace paid
glowing tribute to the officers of Che
Ian county, both past and present.
Said Mr.. Wallace:
"Never in my experience have
| met class of officials who have per-
formed their work so satisfactorily
as those of Chelan county. The work
has been especially difficult, too, on
account of the old Indebtedness of
Kittitas and Okanogan counties of
which Chelan county was once a
part
In checking up Mr. Walalce took
the sources of cash receipts and
found proper entries made of each
The receipts from the several offices
show a great increase in proportion
with the general development of the
county
Mr.. Wallace, in the course of his
work on the books of the county,
found that the pTesent treasurer, c.
E. Buttles, has dFe him $40 from
the county thro.Es an error in en-
tering Tax Receipt No rs of 1904
rolls, charging himself with that
much more cash than he received.
The Discrepancy of one cent shown as
deficit on the treasurer's report oc-
Cured in the third quarterly report
of 1900 where the daily cash book
showed disbursement on various
road districts one cent in excess of
the amount shown on reports.
A. S. Lindsay, the second county
clerk Of Chelan county, was found
to have due him the amount of As
cents.
Carl Christensen, county clerk for
the past two years, was found to
have due him s2.59.
c. ]. Trow, county auditor for the
years 1904-5, was found to be in
debted to the county in the amount
of s4.56.
F. F. Keller, county sheriff for the
years 1904-5, was discovered to have
the proverbial thirty cents still COM
ing to him.
In examining the records of the
cash settlements of the various Of
ficers of the past the county was
found to hare due it the amount
|of $217.1O, while the credit side of
the account showed $2S.79. leaving
balance in the county's favor from
discrepancies, $1SS.31. The s4.56
due from former Auditor C. j. Trow
has been settled with the treasurer.
which makes complete settlement of
all omissions from cash receipts of
the various Offices
Receipts of the county clerks Of
flee for the past four terms are as
follows: l.. V. Wells, s223.35; A. S.
Lindsay, $999.2O; Carl Christensen.
(first terml s2,5so.sO; (second
term) s3,5S0.55. Total receipts of
the Office during the four terms
s7.3S400.
Receipts for the auditors office
since the formation of the county are
as follows: c.. ]. Trow, first term.
$709.50; second term, s4,894.25:
third term, $7,17770; John. A. Gel
latly, $9,4S1.35; omissions prior to
January first, 1905, 1915. Total re-
ceipts, $22,266.55
Amounts received by the sheriff's
Office from the year 1900 to the close
of 1906 aggregate $2,5S6.09.
Receipts of the county school SUI
perintendent's Office for the years
i1900-1906 amount to $591.1O.
Total receipts from Jan 1, 1900,
to Jan. 1, 1907, $73S,s91.55.
Total disbursements for same per-
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