The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-10-02
listed below:
Pool and Billiard Table License Money
Schedule No. ..

0Cne0ul0 no. ~
The Porter bond money, 5000, was
deposited for his appearance In court
This money should never have remain
ed In the possession Of the she.',ff's Of
flee at ALL but for some unexplained
reason 1t did and was not delivered
to the new sheriff by Under 't,rlT
Constan at the time he gave up pos
session Of his books and records. This
amount was later returned when de-
mand was made,
The item, s97, gambling money. talk
en- In raid, was the result Of raid on
gambling house and the amount cc
money taken by the deputy sh riff in
charge. This money was also kept
personally by some one in the sher-
IFS office and no accounting or cans
fer made at the time Of change in the
sherif's office. Later, on demand,
Constan again made good.
General Remarks.
The books and records as USED in
the sheriffs office are crude, ineoin
plete and If properly kept, do nor con-
stitute good and proper record Of
the official transactions and require
ments OF the Office For the period
covered by this check, the work is
careless, indifferent and incomplete
and does not in any way represent
good work or careful administration.
1t would seem that the sheriffs ex
pense account was very liberal, II not
extravagant, not carefully or properly
rendered or itemized. A great many
small purchases, such as repair work,
small items used about the Office, were
purchased direct by the sheriff or some
Of his deputies, and payment mad by
deducting from fees collected on hand
and part Of the time even the phi
waite telephone of Mr.. Constan was
paid for in this manner. In October,
1912, there is a charge of $11.65 rail-
road fare from Wallace to Santa Rosa,
Cal, and return, the regular listed
price being $G9.G0. or a difference of
$2.O5. This $2O5 was probably eN-
pended in a perfectly legitimate man
ner, but the itemized expense account
should show it.
For the last quarter Of the year
1912, the expense account of Deputy
LeFevre amounted to $270.55. OF this
amount $79l0 is for meals and rooms
in local Occur d'Alene towns.
During the month Of October, 1912,
appears an overcharge of $3.50 in the
prisoners board, made up as follows
r. c. Murray, october l to October
16, inclusive, II days at 75c $l2.75.
|Overcharge 75c.
Mabel Payne. October 1 to October
II, inclusive days at Csc, $500. over
charge, Zoe.
Florence Roberts, october to Octo-
Der 7, days at 75c $500 Overcharge
|75c.
Fred Henser, October to October
l5. inclusive. ID days at 75c, $1O5o,
|Overcharge 75c.
Andy Summers, october to October
10, inclusive, IA days at 75c, $1,000.
|Overcharge CSC.
Neil Quinn. October to october 4,
inclusive, days at Csc, s375 Over
charge Use.
Total, $3.50. Total ovcrcharges
$3.50.
The records disclose that in some
eases fees have been collected twice.
Other cases where small amounts col
lected twice and credited once and
several other small off colored trans
actions, but as they do not represent
any direct loss to the county. / did not
think it necessary to take the time 10
work out all such items and report
them, Your attention Is called to the
fact that the books and records in
this office were examined and approx
ed by the state examiners on the fol-
lowing dates;
September Z, 1909 by c. Q. c. (Full
name not given).
October IS. 1910, by C. B. C.
November q, 1911, by !. c. Hatta-
baugh.
October rs, 1912. by l, c. Hatta-
baugh.
May "a, 1913, by A. r. VanNuyes.
This report does not include the