Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
AUDITOR HOLDS UP
SUPPLY BILLS
QUOTES NEW RULE TO HEADS
OF DEPARTMENTS
No More City Supplies Can Be Pur-
chased Until Red Tape Is
Compiled with In
Advance

Reform with big r is the cry in the
department of City Auditor w g.
Mushet.
Many items of purchases recently
made by city departments and officials
will be held up, and at Mondays meet
ing of the city council lively debate
may be looked for on the subject of
acquisitions.
Though the council some days ago in
structed the clerk of the committees to
notify all heads of departments that
acquisitions must first be presented and
approved before purchases under $500
over $500 requires advertising for bids
are made the law has not been strictly
followed, and yesterday another circu-
lar was issued direct by Auditor
Mushet
That official takes the ground that the
city Is paying too much for goods it
buys, and he will not wink at over
charges. The supply committee will
hereafter bear the responsibility for
future purchases.
The Mushet circular issued yesterday
which is causing CONSERVATION In al
departments is as follows:
Mushet's New Order
ITO the Heads of Departments, City of
! Los Angeles
II beg to call your attention to reso-
luton of the city council, adopted Feb
ruary Is, 1904, governing the ordering
and purchasing of supplies for the city
lof Los Angeles, whereby all depart
ments were notified that no supplies of
any kind must either be ordered or pur-
chased without first obtaining requisi-
tion and order for the same, and that
| the prices of all supplies must be
adopted by the council before ordering
or purchasing the same.
This, resolution for some reason has
not been lived up to, and I wish to in
| form you that in future I cannot ap-
prove any demands unless the require
ments of the council relative to requisi-
tions and orders as above set forth are
strictly adhered to-
Rules Set Forth
Following are the rules governing the
purchase of supplies which will here
after be rigidly insisted on:
THAT all acquisitions for supplies
must be issued in triplicate; one copy
to be retained by the department issu-
| ing the same, the other two copies to
| be delivered to any two members of
the supply committee for their approval.
THAT all departments (excepting the
school, water and library) are hereby
notified that no supplies of any kind
must either be ordered or purchased
without first obtaining a requisition and
order for the same as herein provided,
and that the prices for all supplies must
| be adopted by the council before order
ing or purchasing the same.
THAT all acquisitions and bills for
supplies must first be approved and
signed in writing, either by the head of
| the department or the chief deputy
and in case of all commissions (ex-
cepting the school, water and library
the acquisitions and bills must be ap-
proved by the several commissions.
THAT after the approval of the requi-
| sitions by any two members of the sup
ply committee it must then be presented
to the committee clerk of the city
council who shall file and index the
same where it can be open to public in
spection He shall then give an order
for the supplies upon the contractor
giving the quantity, quality, name, etc.,
together with the contract price.
THAT the contractor shall not deliver
any supplies whatsoever without first
obtaining an order therefor as provided
herein. He shall obtain a receipt from
the person to whom the supplies are
delivered, which receipt shall be at
! tached to the order and bill and all pre-
sented to the department within thirty
days from date Of order.
THAT neither requisition nor order
will be honored after thirty days from
date
"That after filing the demands with
the city clehk and before presentation
to the finance committee of the city
council the committee clerk shall check
and approve all demands for supplies"
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