The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-29
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report " the aEdiAnG ccmm3tee
made under date az November 10,
1909. we have caused the examination
1t the accounts and affairs o. the
following Departments OF the State
government:
Bureau Of labor and industrial sta
fis4ics, March I. 1909. TO February IS.
1919.
Dairy and pure food department.
March /. 1899, 10 February IS. iale.
Department Of agriculture and i'm
migration. September 30. zoos, to
March 81, 1910.
Bureau Of Insurance. May i, Ivy
20 April 80. IaIo.
Board OF pharmacy. June &c, 19es,
to March :, 1910.
The State Library board, July !.
1908, TO June 30. 1910.
The secretary of the commonwealth,
octoeer IL 1903. to September 20,
The cst.ksa sanatorium to August
The snpJtin,enden, of public print
ing to September 80. 1910,
The State board Of health. March
/. Islc.to October 81. 1910.
N4% and uniform system OF ac-
] N,Nfats have been devised and install
ed for all Of the above and for the
following:
Inc GtAke duuiiAE ap-
preparation accounts. department OF
agriculture.
The committee has also required
an examination of the reports of re-
ceipts and disbursements made to
the auditor OF the variou. public in
etitntions supported in whole or IN
part by the State.
Jnrxrased Salaries.
The appropriation bill for 1910 and
AxA ttrr
an additional clerk. who shall he
m expert hookkeeper. $500, This
amount OF 1850 has been used BY
the second auditor to increase the
salaries of two OF his clerks $500 each
and to pay an additional cmpioye,
known AS stenogrn pher. a salary
Of $1,000. So. II appears that In
stead Of ran expert hookkeeper" the
II need for such an employe having
besn impressed upon the assembly.
the once has employed "a stenog-
rapher." an employe not authorized
By law, and has increased the sals-
Fies OF two clerks whose remunera-
tion II fixed by law Gin the appro-
priAtiou bib. The second auditor
1xpreeses the view that a proper CON
Utruction Of the language OF the ap-
preparation bill would not prohibit
him from appointing to this new po-
Sifiou some one already employed In
hiR once and making such a rear
rangement OF the salaries there as
the circumsta seemed to require:
but from this view tho committee Is
compelled to dissent.
The examination of the department
of agriculture shows that the vouch-
err covering the expenditures on ac-
couAt of Institutes, from January
10 September. 1909, amounting TO
4I.5O6.10, were In some way unknown
removed from the file cases OF the
department and have never been
found: but. fortunately. the board of
agriculture raw and examined and
approved them in October OF the
sasne year. and so certified. The file
GAses are now fitted with a locking
device which will prevent a reeur-
renee Of this loss.
Liberal 70 New Board.
The committee Is impressed b. the
fart that the more recently created
depa rfments and boards are far more
literally supported than the older aud
absolutely essential departments of
the government and that this Is espe-
ciaiiy true of those departments which
collect their own revenue and dis
bprse II without restraint or limit
until the funds are exhausted
BY way OF illustration, the corn
mittee presents the following COM
paStson:
The auditors office. charged sith
the supervision Of the entire revenue
n the State. and which is supposed
10 audit the disbursements OF every
department and institution under
y state control. liz limited 20 the oxpcn-
dhor Of it's annual appropriation Of
3e0t630. while other departments SUI
pervising single interests and collect
Ing their own expenses. as revenue.
hAve for their support the following
amounts:
Bureau of insurance, s2a,15s 90
Pure food and dairy de-
pArtmens ........,.t.. 10 -
Department OF agriculture,
eighteen months ...... n.@5s 90
And the following departments sup
ported by appropriations;
Il maintenance Of state Lii
brary sla,Sap 90
state board Of health. ex
pensc account ...,s.. 22,eo0 90
Bank examiner and assist
ants and expenses 49,, 1856 90
Corporation Commission,
salaries aud expenses a3,2eo 90
Sud Bills With Claim.
The committee reiterates the re
comm endation made by the former
B auditing committee. that no depart
u Snant, board, commission or institu-
ton should be allowed TO draw
Y sschecks'' or "orderg' for money upon
II the Treasury, based upon vouchers
n retained by them and filed in their
0ficeA but that every claim presented
70 the auditor for payment should be
accompanied by a bill OF materials
" furnished or services rendered. prop
VI erly audited and certified by the re-
Sponsibie officers. and subject to the
ecrutiny and approval OF the auditor
Or his duly authorized assistants
The committee recommends the
IN enactment OF a bill which will pro
III vide that all receipts for money due
III 1hA State, Issued by any department
0r odlceD Of the government, shall
~ valid only when written In dupli-
0ete upon receipt forms registered,
Il nnWbtRed and issued by the auditor =
e4lce. ono copy. the original TO 20 10