Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-24
Be. il Enacted BY the. Legislative Asscm~
BY of the State of North Dakota:

BY of the State of North DAKOTA:
Section l. There is hereby estab-
lished in the department of the state
examiner bureau to be known as
the bureau of inspection and super
vision of public offices; the principal
officer of said bureau shall be known
as the chief inspector and supervisor
of public Offices; the state examiner
shall be, ex-of6cio, chief inspector and
supervisor of public Offices, and as
such chief inspector and supervisor,
shall appoint not exceeding two depu-
ties, WHO shall receive salary not ex-
ceeding 81 800 per annun,, and clerk
who shall receive salary not exceed
ling 81 200 per annum, and in addition
thereto all allowance for all necessary
travelling and hotel expenses while alb
sent from their places Of residence in
the discharge of their official duties.
Sec: ,. Duty of State Examiner
The state examiner, through said bu-
reau. shall formulate. prescribe and
install system of accounting and re-
porting in conformity with tile provi-
s'ons of tins act, that shall lie uniform,
for every state officer and every state
educational. benevolent, penal and re-
torlnatory' institution, publio institution
and every public office and every public
account OF the same class, and which
shall exhibit true accounts and detailed
statements of funds collected. received
md expended for account of the pub
y. tor any purpose whatever, and by
all public officers. employees or other
persons. such accounts to show the re-
:clpt. use and disposition of all public
property. and the income, if any de-
| rived tferefrom. and Of all sources of
public income and the accounts due
! and received from each source, all re-
cc'pts. vouchers and other documents
kept, or that may be required to be
kept, necessary to isolate and prove
the validity Of every transaction. and
all statements and reports made or re-
CURED to be made, for the internal adj
minlstration Of the office to which they
pertain, and all reports published or
that may be required to be published
for the information of the people. re-
garding any and all details of the fin
ancial administration of public affairs
Sec. 3. Separate Accounts.) Sep
arate accounts shall be kept for every
appropriation or fund made by tax
ing body, showing date and manner of
each payment made out OF the funds
provided by such approximation, The
name, address and vocation of each
person. organization, corporation or
association to whom paid, and for
what purpose paid Separate accounts
shall be kept for each department, pub
lie improvement, undertaking, institu-
ton or public service industry under
the jurisdiction of every taxing body,
and OF the state. and all service rem
dercd by, or property transferred from
one department, public improvement,
undertaking. institution or public SER
vice industry to another, shall be paid
for at its true value by the department,
public Improvement, undertaking, in
stltlit1on or public service industry re-
celvlng the same, and no department
public Improvement, undertaking. in
stltution or public service industry
shall benefit in any financial manner
whatever by all appropriation or fund
made for the support of another de
part'ncnt. public Improvement. under
taking. institution or public service in
dustry. All unexpended balances or
appropriations shall be transferred to
the fund from which appropriated
whenever the account with an appro-
priation is closed.
Section I. Public Service Indus
'ritsD Separate accounts shall be kept
for every public service industry which
shall show the true and entire cost Of
the ownership and operation thereof, !
the amount collected annually by gen