The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-01-02
coe Believes Measure Would
Be Beneficial Although Re-
quiring Revolution of Ac-
counting System.
CONCENTRATED EFFORT
BROUGHT BILL ABOUT
Private Citizens and CONNER
ciaI Organizations Urged
Business Plans in Public Of
flee Business.

County Auditor Coe declared today
the bill to revise the system of ac-
counting sof public Office holders will
reyolutionize the bookkeeping of many
Offices in the state. It will be an en-
tire change in some instances, if the
measure becomes the law. So long
time will be required to arrange for
the change that it is proposed not to
put the measure into effect, if it be
adopted, until the first of next year.
The bill meets the commendation OF
nearly all business organizations of
the state. 1t provides for the business
of public Offices being transacted on a
system similar to that in vogue in pri-
yate practice. Public business like
private business" was the slogan
adopted by the promoters of the mea-
sure 1t will be remembered the fed
Grafton of commercial clubs of the
state when in convention in this city
adopted resolutions favoring such an
enactment.
The bill was finally approved last
Tuesday by all persons interested in
it, members Of the committee on bills
from the combined committee, the at
torneys and representatives of the
stp%0 - ,va$, Ill yr1-
county auditors and county recorders
and their attorneys. Attorneys who
were actively engaged in getting all
the provisions of the bill together un-
| der the direction of the combined COM
mittee were Charles T. Hanna, former
judge of superior court of Marion
county and James w. Noel
The text of the bill in part is as
| follows:
A bill for an act concerning public
accounting and reporting and super
| vision thereof, and providing penalties
for violation of this act.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen.
erai assembly of the State of Indiana,
that there is hereby created and estab-
| lished a department of inspection and
| supervision of public offices. The prin.
cipal officer of said department shall
be known as state examiner. shall be
| a skillful accountant. and we'll versed
| in public accounting, and shall receive
an annual salarw of four thousand
dollars and he shall be appinted by the
governor There shall also be appoint
ed by the governor two deputy exam
iners who shall have like qualifications
as the state examiner, and who shall
be of different political parties, and
each deputy examiner shall receive ar
annual salary of three thousand dol
lars. and such deputy examiners shall
be subordinate to the state examiner
1t shall be the duty of the governor
within sixty days after the taking eff.
feet of this act, to appoint such state
examiner and to appoint two such dep
uty examiners One of such deputy
examiners shall be appointed for two
i years and the other for four years, ant
their successors shall be appointed FOL
four years. The deputy examiner,
shall be subject to removal by the gov
ernor upon executive order entered il
writing and showing cause therefor
The clerk of said department shall bt
appointed by the state examiner ant
shall be responsible to the state ex
aminer and shall receive an annua
salary of two thousands dollars. Sait
salaries provided by this section shall
be paid monthly out of any moneys o
the state not otherwise appropriated
The department of inspection and su
pervision of public Offices shall be pro
vided with suitable quarters in tn,
state house.