Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-10
NIXON RESORTS
 Il. LEGISLATURE Prosecuting Attorney Would Have Law Giving Excess
 to County Records, WRITES FOR ACTION Makes Contract With Expert Account ant For Auditing Which May
 Begin Feb. 1.
WRITES FOR ACTION
Anxious to bring about an immedi-

Anxious to bring about an immedi- ate inspection and auditing of the county records, to make good his charges that certain county officials, past and present, are indebted to the county in fees taken in excess of amounts allowed them by law, District Attorney T. Havis Nixon has address ed letter to Representative k. J. Kerwin, c. D. McAllister and w. B. Pinney and Senator H K. Toney, urg- ing them to secure the passage of a law, amending Section No. 3546 of Kirby's Digest, giving others as well as the circuit and county judges the right to look into and audit the hooks of county officials. MT. Nixon would have the law passed immediately iii order to enable F. J. Huey, with whom he has contracted for the accounting, to begin work by February 1. M:. Nixon's letter and the law he proposes as the only rightful solution of the matter follow:
 Pine Bluff, Ark, Jan. 8, 1911. To Messrs H. K. Toney, W, B. Pin
 ney. E. J. Kerwin and c D McAles-
 ter:
 Gentlemen:- You are all doubtless familiar with the fight l am having, as prosecuting attorney, to have the records of the county officials of this county audited The citizens of this county in mass meeting, on the 9th of this month, raised by public subscrip- tion $1 100000 and pledged any further amount that might be necessary to have this work dome.
 By reference to Section 3546 of Kir- by's Digest you will see that under the present law only the judges of the circuit and county courts have right to demand of the county officials inspection of certain books that they are by law required to keep, which are necessary to be seen in order to properly audit their accounts.
 As you all know the judges of the circuit and county courts of this county are not in sympathy with the move to have the accounts of the county officials audited.
 I'm compliance with the unanimous request of the mass meetisg held ill this city on the 9th of this month, at which time and place more than half of the white voters of this county were present, I have contracted with an impartial, disinterested, competent expert accountant to begin this work on the first day of February, 1911.
 In order that there may be no delay in getting at these records in order to do this work, 1 have drawn a bill amending this section so as to permit the prosecuting attorney, or any &C., countant placed at work under his direction, to have free access to these , records for the purpose of auditing the accounts of any of the said of ficials.
 I trust that you all will see that the bill which I have prepared and here with send you is introduced and pushed to final passage before the first day of February, which I am certain you can do if you desire.
 Trusting that each of you may keep your health and be able to render such service for the state during the i1coming session of the legislature as will merit for yourselves the respect
 Yours. very respectfully,
 T. HAVIS NIXON.