The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-15
THE TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY TO- 1910


/ In the audience The bill pfoliiplting
/ dealing In bottles picked up III JUN, l
heaps was also reported 'lhiaVof 1,I
i On motion OF Mr.. Bowman, oi i.o '.
\ noke the Byrd liquor bill Wtiien WIS ,t.s
on the calendar. was retctFcu W .no
4 Committee on Finance, Tue roas 'oh
4 given bv Mr. Bowmu, for this action
i was that the measure carries WIN IT,
he was informed, 100000 OF revenue W
! the State.
Accountants Vii.
/. The Throckmorton bill establishing
j u uniform system of accounting anu
! providing for q state aeeouiiln u, w
examine the books OF pubic oi'ieels,
/ which failed OF u constitutions W.. W.,
4 OH Saturday, came up on u ''o..o
/ to reconsider. The motion W iee'
| slider was adopted. M IRA
/ called attention to the faet tlh' nv
4 treasurer owes any money to tne
/ State, ana that nothing Is being ioa.
by tlefaulting. The bill carries an
appropriation of $4,000 for an aceo''li, Gun,
| ant and $1,000 for an assistant, III lu-
dition to their expenses. lhis, ~
4, thought. was an unwarranted Gun VI
the Treasury.
\ Mr.. Johnston, OF Montgomery, eur
I nestly supported the biil. re saiu
i that IL there was n bill oil grete ~,
portance before the Legislature 'ni ~
was the measure. lie haa AWAY ~, 'n
bored to get such an aoe @ =,
u statute books. No business man. lie
argued. would run his affairs SO ioose. :
| ly as the state now does. The tact
/ that Virginia has as honest anu 1aith
\ full officials as has any state was III
i his opinion, no reason why .ne4F ae
counts should not be eHaniinca
Unsntisfactory
II He had been a member of the late
i legislative auditing committee. and.
taking its report. showed that inc
books in one of the State oiIices were
In chaos and confusion me commit
tee had asked the Governor 10 ger
an accountant to straistntef .h,s mat
ter out. There may be, ne saiu, many
others IN INC state. ln19 ..,.
, mad been uneole TO 10 'ni W. 10
| qulreo " - ny .iu monev
e'.w s,, II i,au M ,isnosi,ion in virginia.
, ~ I - :. ",,ot 70 check pco.
S saio tai. 49, ~ a,e-ts md treas
| ~ W ,,,,,o ~, rot want their accounts
i o,,,;,,.a and th,t 10 Tho reason why
: ti,arn 10 onnosition to this bill.
, 49, .his XII s,hoI,ld 90 much further
g than # does, but in order to get II
!. through we have made it apply &c
81 clerks and treasurers only on specia
!, order bv the Governor and State
!. Auditor"
$ eve have departments, concluaeu
Mr. Johnston, (which have drawn ou
: their appropriation In iump sun
This is not right. We shouiu ,",u ,o -.
accountant to call attention 10 hat'ets
y which need CORRECTION
Would Save Money
. Mr.. Cooke said he did not hn0M
f a more important pill before VIC LES
6 islature He believed 1t "ouiu gu
{ money to the state. lie was ",s.
: member OF the Auditing eoiili.'s - :,
!. and had learned that If Inc cie. No =
: the office OF the Second Auai'ol
e to die, no one could tell the cohdis'o ;,
I'll of the accounts there Ihey were 81
: honest, but their system was "io'ts
! no private business he arSueu' WIN
c | be conducted in that mannSt.
: Il will support this bill because
o believe that every man VINO haiioie
e public money should be subjected
inspection by some tribunal, SAID tai
t Deal. "The clerk of Norioik CITY ia
/ told me that no one has ever been l'it
: his Office to see II ms aeSo"it'a
: straight, and he thinks such inspectio
o ought to be made, and asked !iic
j have it done"
: Mr.. Yarrell said ihat me o'''eei
want inspection. SO mat II 'HeS or
e making mistakes they can eorree
them before they are ruined. me ss
: TEN of bookkeeping, he sala' o0s"t
e l,p uniform