East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-27
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licate receipts each. The original re-
ceipt is retained in the book, the du.
plicate given to the taxpayer and !
believe that the triplicate was sent
out as a notice to the taxpayer. Each
receipt is divided into three parts.
one to be torn off on payment OF first
half. one to be torn off on payment OF
second half. and in case OF full pay
ment all Of the receipt Is torn off and
given to the taxpayer A part OF the
time this arrangement was carried
out alright. but in a great many
cases 1t is impossible to tell wheth-
er tho first half. second half or all
was collected. Sometimes the re-
celpts are marked void" yet the re-
ceipt which goes 10 the taxpayer Is
missing. And then another receipt
Will be marked duplicate" and the
receipt that goes to the taxpayer is
missing, and so on all the way
through the receipts. made list
OF the receipts and checked them over
carefully and found the difference as
set forth above.
Speaking of the county court he
states that he found that the court
had been exceedingly careless in al
lowing claims that are not sworn to
or o K'd by proper officer However,
l will say that the county officials
are very good about putting their
o X on bills for office supplies, tele-
phones, etc But other bills OF the
county. as a rule. are not properly
verified. Poor farm bills do not have
the o X OF the poor farm superin-
tendent on them. Road supervisory
reports are seldom sworn to. Super
intendent does not make the required
monthly report 10 the county clerk"
The following are other extracts
from the report:
THE records in the sheriffs Of
flee are in first class shape and the
officials in that office should be COM
mended for the very efficient man
ner in which their work Is done.
'The records in the clerks office
are in first class shape, the only crit.
icism l have to make is the manner
in which the clerk files cancelled
warrants away before the same have
been audited. Instead OF keeping
them with the treasurer's turnover
sheet he files them back numerically
as they were drawn. thus making II !
impossible for the auditor TO check |
the warrant itself. but he must check |
the treasurer's turnover sheet and
rely upon the clerk making a proper |
check OF the warrants when they are 1
turned owe. The clerk will in the fu-
ture keep the warrants with the turn
over sheets until after an audit is
made.
'The office OF recorder Of convey
ances is handled in a very efficient
manner. the only objection there be-
ing the number OF active record books |
He has a half dozen different form
books for each, deeds and mortgages |
and several for chattel mortgages. II
makes 1t quite difficult to check the
fees from so many different books
and YOU never know when you are
through.
The report on the clerks business
shows the following fees collected
from January to September inclusive:
Circuit court, s2174; probate court
Ss0lS0; marriage licenses. s459: mis-
cellaneous, S16s.75: total s36O3.55;
paid treasurer. s36O3.55. The report
points out that 81 In fees that should /
have been collected We're not and that
in other cases SIS too much was col
lected.
Sheriff Taylor collected a total OF
$S3179S delinquent taxes and paid
over 70 the treasurer two cents more
than that amount. Sheriff Taylor
also collected S3644.17 in Umatllla
drainage taxes. The amount still un-
collected on the drainage roll is $25,
61S93.
Recorder Burroughs has collected
$3516.45 in fees during nine months.
The report covers the year 1914
from January to October / and is
81 pages in length. Besides pre-
face and statement of the business in
each office It contains among other
things list of the delinquent tax roll,
a statement of the assets and llabil-
tiles of the county, the schedule OF
steel purchased, a treasurer's balance