The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-26

shown in the report. Except in this one
detail, Judge Schoch expressed an ap-
probation of the accuracy of the work
Several of the matters covered by the
report were not obtainable under the
Hayden. administration, the report
shows. and for this reason the fees In
the Hayden administration cases are
not definitely shown. A record of the
fees under Schoch's term is made by
the accountants, the figures being
taken from the ledger of the office.
One Record Is Missing.
1--WE were unable to make a com
plete examination of the transactions
with druggists permits to sell liquor, ;"
the report says in part, land fees on
sales. under Chap 165 of the Session
Laws of Kansas, 1887. owing to the fact
that all of the pages during Judge R.
F. Hayden's term of office have been
removed from the record of liquor sales
by druggists. Our inquiries have failed
to disclose the name of the party or
of this record and the fact of their
having been removed was only dis
covered during the incumbency of the
present judge. We had, therefore, to
accept the collections as reported to the
treasurer during the period from jan
uary IA, 1907. to January IL, 1909, aggre-
eating $7,66O21."
Fees from liquor permits collected by
Schoch from the day he took office
until May 2S, 1909, when the law be-
came imperative, are shown at 81, OH. Al.
These fees were for a period of about
four and one-half months.
1t is recommended by the accountants
that although the probate judge now
retains all fees collected, that an accu-
rate and complete account of all fees
be kept. During the Hayden term a
memorandum cash book and ledger was
maintained T.iS hot
these was possible, the accountants
say, owing to the almost complete lack
of folio and other references Speaking
OF this matter the auditors said:
THE ledger was incomplete and for
the purpose of our examination, was
OF little use. With reference to the
ices paid by him to the county, we
ascertained that, although fees aggre-
eating S4,O9S.33 were received, the de-
tails recorded amounted to only S.
694.46. We have, therefore, included
the former amount in the figures sub
mitted in this report. AS there were
no other means at our disposal, we ac-
cepted his record as showing the cor
rect fees received from the public.
"a ledger is at present in use in
which are recorded accounts for
each case, but the entries in these
accounts are incomplete and in many
instances the final fees are not en-
tered in the ledger. The fees collect
ed are entered partly on the journals
and partly on pocket memorandum
books During the term of the pres
ent probate judge several commend
able features have been introduced
relative to the statistical record
Recommendation is made for the
ablishment of docket and fee
book in which all cases should be en-
tered in numerical order and a record
of all fees charged and that a cash
book be installed to record all cash
received and disbursed.
Work Is Abandoned.
With the filing of the report on the
office of probate judge, the county
commissioners today ordered the ac-
counting firm of Warwick, Mitchell &
Co., to discontinue their work and the
board will go no further with the
audit. The offices of county treasurer
and clerk of the court of Topeka re-
manned to be audited, but the board
decided that the work would be stop
ped Under the terms of their con-
tract, the board was permitted to can