The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
CITY OFFICIALS
GET GOOD NAME
Special Accountant Con1ncnds
Their Faithful Service
and Honesty.
COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS
ANNUAL Report Shows Amount o
Work Accomplished Dur.
ing Year.

The annual report of City Ac
countant George s Crcnshaw was de
livered by the city printer yesterday
The report states that during las
year he examined the accounts. re
cords and vouchers of the Board o
Hath Charities, Electricity Cemete
| ries. Fire Department, Grounds ant
Buildings, Light, Police. Public Schools
Streets Street Cleaning and Water De
! partments. and all vouchers for appro
| priations to other funds not included
under those department heads. The
expenditures during the year cove,
/ more than 10000 vouchers and amount
ed to a, grand total of s3.211,699
The report says:
with such exceptions as have beer
brought to the attention OF the Corn
n:ittee on Finance and the City Coun-
Gil, all expenditures have been legit-
mate and the ordinances have been
complied with both as to receiving
funds and paving out same, and the
welfare and pecuniary interests of the
city have been conserved. such in
fractions as have been noted have been
corrected, or. we hope. will not occur
again.
Commcnds Omcials.
These examinations have further
confirmed the fathfulness and intes-
rity of our city officials, and ! wish
to bear testimony to the same. and to
thank each one for the courtesy ano
assistance rendered to the Special Ac-
countant in the discharge of his duty.
The report goes on TO show that dur
ing the year uniform bill blanks have
been installed for the use of all de-
partrnents for making bills for miscel-
- fay- such
sales to the auditor. The accountant
has also assisted in the preparation
and installation of a financial record
and a storeroom record in the Water
Departments Much time has been Civ
en- TO the revision of certain chapters
of the city ordinances so as to make
them fit the requirements of the
present and to have them ready for
the revised issue of the City Code to be
printed during this year. Among the
chapters thoroughly revised was that
section OF the CITY code regulating the
Gas Works, provision being made for
a new form of annual report. which
will place the Gas Works upon the
basis of a municipal industry for the
purpose of comparison with plants OF
a similar character in other places,
and provide a more satisfactory re-
port of the cost Oh IildEhleEtuiiilS St'''
Got Special Facts.
Numerous statements have been pre-
pared by the Special Accountant for
the use of the Mayor. City Attorney.
members OF the City Council and oth-
ers For special committees there
were statements Of the amount OF
grain purchased from Alvey Brothers;
total cost OF the settling basin. market
rents and statements concerning TIL,
of Manchester.
AS the clerk of the Committee Or
Finance the Special Accountant has
kept the proceedings of thirty-two reg
ular meetings. and conducted practi-
cally ali of the correspondence relat-
ing to the preparation and delivery or
theV s1.5000O0 of city bonds. The ac-
countant recommends the use of stubs
On gas and water bills. and also the
use of certain labor saving devices in
the Gas and Water Departments to
assist in making bills. The use of such
stubs. it is stated, will prove helpful |
20 the Auditors and Treasurers Offices, |
and will help to relieve tho public of |
long waiting, as is frequently the case
low upon busy days in the Treasurcr's !
,fice. The methods suggested. it is |
stated, are used to advantage in other
titles