The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-11

no1 s,fY,uaent 10 meet, the honsst claim
aade on Il.
IA order to prevent the recurrence
Of such iasnentable conditions, ! reoosn-
mend that law ba enacted assthori13ng
the auditor 70 pay In full. from any
funds In the treasury. all pensions
properly approved and due at the
dat0s Of payment. This viii reQuise
additional funds. but y ID the very
least the Commonwealth can 20 Tor
the men TO whom 1he owes much q
.her past glory aM4 preesnf prosperity.
tn Aeaef6 Ds9onOen
On this Important subject tne audi
tor has already eiven tuii informa-
ton IN his report ana Ittie remains
70 pc sAid except 70 call attention to
certain conoations wnicn snouIo' u
possible - femsofea.
inc nscM year enos on the tnir.
fiefh- OF Seplemner ana the -appFos
Qrt&ti0n year on the Nss Gay o.
February A 2 conesquence fre-
Vuentiy happsne thai tnere - cnaT9e-
apie a9nnss wv Deiancs oue vs.
state on the nrU ok octoccr. ~ was
the case during the last nscai year.
APPROPRIATIONS wnacn more tnsn CON
least. - confusing 70 the pubic ana
70 changes tnat the eppr0prlation
year ana the nscai year snaH end ~
the same time.
the interests OF the Sta!s are now
% numerous ano 10 veueo - 70 De-
mAnd the Desk thouent OF tnoss en-
trustsd with their administration ana
should DO conducted ON sound. con-
servasive business OASIS Appropre-
tons should mot only % wen wtthin
the resources o. Inc Dtate out snouio
previde Tor the eccumulatson OF
surplus of MOI lese IMAM hve nun0rea
tnousand oo!'aS Inis snouia De neIo
~ z special fund 70 meet contin-
senc'es sucn' aof Ins.ance. = tue s. oe-
struction by hre OF one OF the state
hospital'- BY the AID Of such q
fund the State would have NO dim
Guilty in tiding over the months of
August, September and October whom
the demands on the treasury are ex-
tremely heavy and the receipts are
small. The surplus might be used
q 4 loan fund 1t such = time. Every
establishment doing a seven mil
lion dollar business. provides itself
with such 4 fund and the State should
do HkNviss.
From Information received from
tia sud,tor.s once. I think n IN .afe
~ ssv that after pavinr the balance
1870. az ssss. ~ ~. At ~ a..
a., 80 .s.s. 1870 ~.
sS"...s.,n.. -sn..n Ian 49, =. ~
~ h.Sors N.rrh ~. nrst inciud-
k -. - ~. csr.rsI A..
~ ~. -, ,,~r.,s.. =. az.
1920, - =, ,...s ssao oso an.
uoasuy %
NOV e1ve ING sAct - - sn.. u"ae;
Mncs sne Tecsipss OF oy Ano
sFeoFuATy are more VI 'oss prooee.
cal The estimate cited aoove -
oaaeo on revenue toF tnese TWO
months not IN excess OF tnat received
last year.
For the nscAl year ending Ssptem-
ber Sells. the auditor OF public
accounts esfematss the receipts n
&e,k71. 3b6.bS. and receipts For specinc
purposes not available for appropria-
ton. 1t eo33.sSe.S3. making an as
gre9Ate for the nscal year ending
September ~, 1919. OF vS.teS.1tA.l2.
The accounts 20 which reoetpto Tor
specific purposes 90 viii BE FOUND
on page - OF the AUDITORS Report.
Al this point II may ~ we'll 70 call
attsntaon 20 what seems TO me TO Do
. weak point IN our system or account
tng. All Of these special Iunos now
70 into the treasury and al Of them
Aro applicable Tor certain purpose
but. In my Judgment. they should %
regularly Appropriated IN spscias
amounts for definite PURPOSES ana the
expenditures made from sucn iunos
should be regularly Auditsd In tne Oh
dee Of the auditor OF public accounts
and paid ey warrant attached TO re-
csipted. itemixed ~ -. In the some
way. the APPROPRIATIONS 70 our puD-
lie institutions should not. - q pre-
ent. be paid IN montniy In ssaimsnss
to be deposited in bank and drawn