The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
WILL LEARN HOW
MONEY is SPENT.
Auditor DonoHoe Requires In
stitutions to Make Monthly
Reports.
CALLS ATTENTION 70 LAW
Boards Audit Own Accounts,
and Many Reports Have Not
Been Filed.

Because a number of institutions
supported as a whole or In part by the
State have not compiled with the law
which requires them to make monthly
report to the State Auditors Office or
the manner In which they spend the
States funds, Auditor S. r Donohoa
has sent out letters requiring this to
be done. The law referred TO was
passed in 1908. and refers to " all elee.
mosynary institutions. hospitals. col
leges. universities. prisons and re-
formatortes."
Captain Donohoe said yesterday tina,
the act was evidently passed SO that
II question arose In any time as
TO what was being done with State
Funds. the information would be at the
disp osal OF the Legislature, the Cover
nor or any other official or citizen in
terested. The appropria lions for In
stitutions are paid by the Auditor In
monthly f~netalments. and the local
boards spend 1t according to their
Judgment, auditing their own bills.
Ignorant of Law.
In the opinion of Captain Oorohoe,
some OF the heads Of these institutions
did not even know OF the existence OF
SUCH atlaw. 1t has been obeyed only
partially. He said yesterday that no
one has made demand at his office for
the information which would be con-
tained In such reports. but as it was
his duty to see that the law was com.
piled with In this respect. he sent ou,
the letters instructing that the MISSING
reports be filed for each month since
the act went into effect. Should the
/ "a IA l n y. -
captain Donohoe wants 10 have ft in
hand.
In the act itself, 1t is provided that
any officer or employe who Interferes
with the intent Of the law shall be re-
moved from his office. However, the
Auditor says he Ia sure that any omis.
sions have been merely an oversight.
ano maj the reports Will hereafter DO
regularly hled. including those for bach
months.
Letter to Institutions.
The letter sent out bv the Auditor
with the text OF the Law, is as fol-
lows:
Richmond. May IT. 1911.
President Blank College. BianRtown,
Dear sir enclose copy Of act al.
proved March IS, 1908. with the re-
guest that you will Ale in this Office
all reports required since he passage
OF that-act TO date, and in future nleaso
ME the some monthly as the Law ra.
quires.
tsiened> 8. R. DoSoHoE.
auditor OF Public Accounts.
Law on Subject.
Chapter 26o-An act to require all
eieemosynary institutions, hospitals.
coiiegea. universities. prisons and re.
tormetorles. to report monthly TO the
Auditor OF Public Accounts In detait
.he manner in which all funds received
% SAID institutions from the Com
monwealth are disbursed. Approyed
March 10. 1908.
L. Be IT enacted by the General Az.
sembiy of .%trginia, That all boards
or visitors or directors OF eleemosy-
nary i~nstitutions. hospitals, colleges.
universities prisons and eformatories
shall report monthly to the Auditor or
PUBLIC Accounts in detail the
In which all funds received from the
commonwealth are disbursed. N
All managing boards of the above IN.
situations shall see that this act ia
enforced. Any officer or employe In
these institutions who interferes IN
any manner with carrying out the
intention of this act shal be deemed
guilty OF malfcasance, and, upon con-
viction. shall be removed.
2. All acts or parts OF acts incon-
slstent with this act are hereby re-
pealcd.
s.. There being no accounting with
the Auditor under the present system
OF finances of the State with the above
institutions. an emergency is declared
to exist. and this act shall be in force
from Its passage.
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