Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-04-08

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impureblood, biliousness, headache Ask yu
the hands Of a receiver. As the Suffer
Greek fire department is an institution
deriving its support from a direct tax
upon the property embraced within the
limits of the Suffer Greek fire district,
and as it seems to be the recognized and
settled policy that the county treasury
of the county in which said district is
situated shall be and is the lawful de-
posi!orv o. the funds thus raised and
that such funds should be expended
and withdrawn only to meet the current
demands of said department. 1t follows
that any portion Of said fund withdrawn
not in accordance with this policy would
be held at the personal risk of the
fire commissioners thus withdrawing
the same.
AS have stated, my source Of infor-
nation is as above, and | have not
sought nor had the opportunity to in
spect the books of accounts of such fire
department, but as the matter seems of
importance to the district affected at
least, and as the county treasury is the
lawful depository of such funds, then
your board should take steps to see that
such funds are returned to the proper
custodian. See act governing the for
nation and conduct of fire districts,
approved March 6, 1898.
Board Of Supervisors.
find the records relating to this Office
kept in systematic and business like
manner, and the errors discovered, as
per attached report, considering the time
covered, are few, but find that in
many instances your board has failed to
comply with requirements of sections
4075and 4076 of the code. The former
section cited, particularly, directs the
manner in which all claims against the
county must be .itemized and verified,
and the latter has to do with the time 4
which claim must be filed to receive
consideration at the following meeting.
In the first instance, you will notice
that the language of the code is direct
and mandatory and founded upon sound
business principles, necessary to the
successful conduct OF a private busi-
t ness, and vastly more necessary in the
conduct of the business of the public
And as a strict adherence to the direc
tions of the latter section would enable
have formerly occurred in the hurry
: incident to non compliance with The
, provisions of said section as it would
give your clerk or finance committee
time in which to inspect each bill anc
ascertain its correctness, before it final
ly came up for passage.
You can readily see that to a person
in any position outside of one personal.
ly having outside knowledge of the
: transactions which are the foundation
ola given claim, the failure to prope-l,
itemize said claim leads to confusion
and uncertainty, and to one charged with
an examination and checking up of such
claim gives one no sufficient informa
tion on viii CHI to pass with certainty up
on its correctness.
In fairness to your board | will say
however, that while found many bills
or claims defective in the particular Of
not being properly itemized in the early
part of the time covered by this report,
the latter end has shown a marked
improvement.
| would also call your attention to the
section of the county government act
which makes it your duty on or before
the first Monday in September, proceed
ing the election of county or township
officers, to prescribe the amount of the
bond which each of such officers must
give, with the exception of the super
visors. notice you have failed 10
comply with this provision and there
fore call it TO your attention.
Errors in warrants drawn and paid
which affect the Offices of supervisors,
auditor and treasurer:
Current Expense Fund.
Warrant No ia in favor of T S
futile, allowed for SIS oo correct
amount SIT so, overpaid 100
Warrant No 236, in favor Of Vannie L
Mclaughlin, allowed for $40 60; correct
amount $45 60, omitted, SIS.
Warrants Nos /, "a, 90, 1874, 225, 249,
36l, 4O5 474, drawn in favor of Jackson
Gaslight COMPANY allowed for IA 50;
correct amount SlO9 so, omitted s54 so;