El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-16
Shown By Partial County Audit

ETwEEN county audit the making Puon the
report $4,000 repaid to the county treasurer tS s
officers shown BY Withholding more tnan tne ou
some $500 still according the report OF the au''S maze
public Wednesday. . 49, +r.. -
officers whose offices and the return Of whose excess
5S E recommended The only report that there may
,s5 accidental error found perhaps in
Che following paragraph recommendation lthat Ooein az
counting system be installed your feel should meet with your serious
oB in view of the that perhaps to the existing ty IN book
ksspng methods county enforce collections que 0s
~ Rs 5is state that BOOKKEEPING METHODS NOW IN USE IN
PRACTICALLY ARE ENTIRELY NADEVoAIE IN
ACCURATE, AND UNSYSrEMATIC" Repeatedly tne %p " -
records legal authorizations and documents necessary to establish ne PROPHECY
Of certain payments by the auditors and the lax 'n0aS
So. -. . -. g t,,,.rt,
exist on the payrOns for the service"
One of the most contained in the report is to the effect
that ic 1909 of the civil requiring employment Of al deputies
and clerks shall previously authorized By Tue county
judge been habtuany violated Dy most q pn' ey
while payments claimed for deputy hire no Tec
the offices to show that such payments actually went " SUN
PIR ~ +, recommend that aan audit now be of
10 +o present sudi-As FAR STATUTES OF LIMITATION
WOULD PERMIT THEY URGE GENERAL AUDIT OF
THE CoUNTYs thorough systeHzaOn Of the accounting
The present general Oun Of the
county proper according auditors but covers only the fee Offices and
oOvss period Of years only" -
during the three years involving ssOoo of financial business
% Touched mon v this audit which
, f +5ous,n5s Of dollars concerning county treasury,
contrast DOLLARS UPON WHOSE HANDLING NO AUDIT
IF IAx BOOKKEEPING METHODS" HAVE TO SHORTAGES
GRANTING THEY AND TEMPORARY SHORT
AGES, $1,000 IN THE ACCOUNTS OF FE" JuD1Es AND
MUCH NOW BEEN REPAID no THE COUNTY
INTERVAL BETWEEN COMPLETION OF AND
THE MAKING OF THE PUBLIC IT NOT SEEM AS IF AN
EXAMINATION OF LAST THREE YEARS WITH
RESPECT TO THE DISBURSEMENTS OF PUB
nc MONEY NOT COVERED BY BE PRO
PoRTIoNATELY COUNTY TREASURY
Condition district clerks office declared BY
the auditors %p" allowance Of 500 monthly to this
dezg records asserted to have been unP
ducive"
the justice courts an additional
both criminal and civil cases for
auditors see why the county should pay
for services payment also demanded Of the public
Referring to procedure justice the auditors In the matter
of that parties released on credit
amount to considerable loss
to county e officers in fees Same obtains IN civil cases.
% to much greater nOuPyment This all bad
to recover lines and fees
of justice courts done on credit
From defendants and igans who
the part OF he ampien
Speaking doing public credit the auditors their
report that clerks office contracted in 1908
and not Evidently been generally known that the
public could obtain years clerks office the
Of the office sufficient The auditors
nevertheless say county @n
accurately and neatly recorded
erI pubic comes in contact all of
twice chief clerk and simply
aOiee boy" county explains whole
rants necessary the auditors
fiction dropped
the handling county office the discrepancies
considered office handling
find this the only office all
examined, which is deserving of communication
politicians the River of Doubt He'll put
some Of them in
high see They taken two cities without