The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

fakes Report Oh School District Affairs
Favorable to The Board Of Education.
The Board of Education has at
ast been able to obtain a copy of
Special Examiner J. N. Gayner's re-
port on the financial condition of
the local school district. The report
le voluminous document of 70
typewriter pages and covers all
the receipts and disbursements of
the Board for the past seven years.
The report is made up independent |
of the books of the clerk and treas
urer, from the original vouchers
and bills on file in the office of the
Board.
Examiner Gayner's report, while
criticising some of the methods and
acts of the old board of Common
School District No. ~, is very favor
able to the business methods of the
Independent School District of Vir-
ginia, and the policy and actions of
the present Board.
According to Mr.. Gayner the re-
ceipts and disbursements, as shown
by the original bills and vouchers
for seven years, show discrepancy
of only
NINETY.sEVEN CENTS.
These are the examiners words: "In
all the receipts and disbursements
during the time covered by this ex
animation Q903-191O) there occurs
only one little error indicated above
by 81 cents being dropped at the
time Mr.. r. E. Bailie was treasurer,
and that Is due from him."
What does this show about the
"graft" charges of ancient tame? It
ia now up to the local trouble max
ers to smut up.
Mr.. Wasgatt is put in a very bad
light by this report of Examiner
Gayner. Wasgatt stated in his re-
port that there was "a total lack of
responsibility as to the handling of
school fund.-" etc. Mr.. Gayner says:
"since the reorganization of the dis.
trict every effort has been made to
place the district on a 'first-class
business basis, and no efforts spar.
ed to, so far as possible, bring every
transaction up to the strictest bust.
ness methods. Bills for fuel ARE
accompanied. with weigh. bills and
receipted by the janitors. Mr.. Bliss
states that no purchase is made ex.
cept by an order from his depart
ment and that all bills for books
and supplies are carefully checked
upon receipt"
Wasgatt stated in his report that
the Board was not keeping the law
as to requiring bond from deposi
tories of school money. When Was
gait made this statement the bonds
were on file in the Office of the coun.
ty auditor as required by law. Mr..
Gayuer, in reference to this, says:
depository bonds to which anoth
er report that of Mr.. Wasgatt) re-
fers, ARE deposited with the county
auditor as required, each bank Civ
ing bond of $5OOOO" IL Wasgatt
incompetent-or did he just natur-
ally handle the truth carelessly?
Wasgatt stated that the Board
had made an over-payment to K. E.
Foosness of $35s9O. Mr.. Gayner
found nothing of the kind. Ia Was
gait fool or knave, is what the
people of this district would like to
know.
A clique of local sore. heads and
knockers got "the interests" to send
to Virginia a "gratt expert" one
Capt. Theodore H. James, of unsav-
DRY record. To assist him, an un-
constitutional law was railroaded
through the legislature creating
the Office of Auditors County Ex-
aminer, who was to serve az the
tool. One Andrew ]. Wasgatt was
found who was willing to act as the
under-study of Capt. James, and
thus give their unholy efforts Off
cial standing. The Board by reso-
luton rejected their report and pro.
uounced it Hacking in fairness, full
of errors, misstatements and false
hoods" The Board called for the
State Examiner to audit their books.
J. N. Gayner was sent to the city by
the State Examiner and spent six
| weeks on the books, carefully audit.
ing the work of the Board for seven
years past, from original bills and
vouchers.
HE FOUND AN ERROR OF 97c
IN DOING THE BUSINESS OF
THE DISTRICT, THAT INVOLV.
ED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS DURING THAT
TINE.
What better vindication could be
offered for the work of the Board.
No doubt the Board will order the
publication of the report in full,
that the people may see what there
| ia in it.
Mr.. Gayner questions the legality