The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-10-01
Presentment of Grand Jury,

tfo8eOCme0L Oh OIduO y uAys
Continued from last week).
It appears to the grand jury that
the sheriff of this county is paid
extra fees for the service of warrants
which should be served by the mag
5strate's constables. 1t will thds be
aeen that in addition to salaries paid
ahe several constables in this county,
the county is also paying the extra
fees to the sheriff in such cases where
the sheriff serves warrants for the
constables. We recommend that when
the sheriff serves warrants for COZ
STABLES the fees for such service be
deducted from the salary of the con-
stable in whose district such warrant
ia served. Our careful examination
disclosed evidence of carelessness in
the matter of purchases, almost IN
every department. There appeared to
be as many purchases as there are
officers, indicating lack of a system
and regularity that may be expected
ito be found in the administration OF
Dublic institution. We recommend
shat each of the county officers who
heretofore purchased the necessary
Supplies for his respective office adopt
a budget system whereby purchasing
committee will be authorized to buy,
supon the request of the individual
officers, all of the necessary goods
and supplies and we further recon-
mend that our representatives in the
state legislature have enacted at the
next session of the general assembly
a law authorizing and providing for a
commission for the purpose OF pur-
chasing all supplies for the county and
the various county Offices and officials.
We find that there is more vault
room needed in the court house for
the public records and that the vault
in the clerks Office is too small for
the clerks record and we find that the
supervisor, superintendent OF edaca-
ton, auditor and treasurer for their
books have little or no protection from
lire. We also find that the clerk OF
courts Office is entirely too small and
we ask that the proper officers take
this matter up at once, with the idea
of ascertaining what can be done to-
wards securing more vault room as
well as more office room to accommo-
date the county officers.
Lexington county is very much in
need of q permanent warehouse for
the purpose of storing such property
as is new owned by the county and for
the purpose of storing and keeping all
goods, implements and property OF
Whatever kind which may be pur-
chased by the county officers for the
purposes and uses of said county. We
recommend, therefore, that the county
supervisor invessigate the county's lot
of land in connection with the county
Jail and ascertain whether or not it will
be possible and feasible to erect there
on . warehouse or storage room for
the purposes above named.
Acting under authority of law and
upon authority given us in the charge
of the Honorable Frank B. Gary, cir
cult Judge, presiding at the February
,Eerna Of the court Of general sessions
*ior this county We have employed the
George G. Scott & Company, public
accountants, to examine and check up
all of the books and accounts of the
various Offices of the county covering
q period of four years. The said CON-
psny has fully and completely per-
formed this duty as will be shown by
the hereto attached audit report which
is hereby made part of this, our final
presentment, for the year and to which
reference is prayed. From this report
we have discovered certain minor
irregularities which we believe to be
due to clerical errors. We are glad to
report that as whole the books and
records OF the various Offices are well
kept, excluding the matters herein
above referred to.
1t appearing that our county has
sustained serious financial loss by
having money deposited in the bank
without bond to secure the safety of
such funds we therefore recommend
that if there is now no law for re-
curing banks or repositories with
which the county's funds are deposited
to give bond, that the law shall be
amended or new law enacted where
by the various county officials may
demand and require that banks or
persons with whom public funds are
deposited shan give good and sufficient
b ond to secure same.
We again call attention to the fact
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