Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-01
COCHISE COUNTY
COMPLIMENTED
BY EXAMINER
All Of COChiSe County Officers
Are Commended for the Man.
ner in Which Their Offices Are
Maintained.

TOMBSTONE, Aug. 81 (SpeciaD -
The official report of State Examiner
d. F. johnson of the Offices that he ey.
amined on his recent visit to Tomb
stone has been received at the office
of the board Of supervisors The re-
port covers the examination of the
offices OF board of supervisors, trea-
surer, recorded sheriff, clerk of the
court and county school superintend-
ent, for "a period of thirteen months,
from June 1914 to July 1915 The re-
port is rather long, huing fourteen
pages of closely typewritten matter
{ Excerpts are taken from the report
/ concerning each Office:
I'VE lind the affairs of Cochise coun-
ty as conducted from the Office of the
board Of supervisors, in good condi-
tion. The clerk of the board A. C..
Karger, is efficient and has inaugu-
rated several improvements i'm the
way Of keeping the accounts of this
Office that deserve commentator. We
are particularly pleased with his sys-
tenn of carrying his clerks eXpendi-
ture of petty cash.
1T is noted, however, that in
great many instances, demands are
allowed and ordered paid that have
never keen O. Ed by the party max
ing the purchase We cannot too
strongly condemn this custom of all
lowing and paying claims that are not
properly authorized We recommend
that all purchases made by the board
be made on written order of the clerk
and that i'm all cases this order shall
accompany and be made part OF the
demand when presented for payment
Il may be claimed that this viii cause
a great deal of Inconvenience and that
in many cases 1t will be impossible
to secure this order in case of an
emergency but we wish to call the att
tention of the board to this fact; the
business OF Cochise county lis one of
the largest i'm the state of Arizona
and should be conducted on the lines
of upto-date business principles.
Certainly no private business concern,
making a success of his business,
would authorize indiscriminate pur-
chase by its employees. Always, a
head has the power to direct and
authorize the purchase of supplies and
/ We believe that this principle should
absolutely be applied to conducting
the affairs of COchise county.
I'VE note, with satisfaction that i'm
u
, statement accompanies all demands
This should always be required and
when not made part OF the demand,
in ali cases the board should refuse
to make payment
1T is noted that county officers do
not in all cases secure receipts for
their travelling expenses. We recon-
mend to the board that they require
receipts i'm all instances for railroad
and pullman fare, hotel bills, includ-
ing meals and auto hire where the
officer incurring such expense does
not use his own machine. The report
asks that several demands be O. KID.
that were not, and i'm conclusion says:
I'VE wish to commend the general
efficiency of this department. This
being the largest county in the state,
and considering the volume of busi-
= ness transacted during the period of
] this audit, we consider that the small
number of errors discovered should
be a matter of pride to the members
7 of the board"
County School Superintendent.
The examination embraced school
, year beginning July 1, 1914, and end
5 ing July 81 1915, recommends that
/ itemized vouchers be filed hereafter
4 for salaries Of the superintendent and
deputy and for travelling expenses
= which has not been done i'm the past
q Il commends the Office as follows:
( "We wish TO particularly commend
7 this Office for the rule, which appears
= tobe strictly adhered to, of requring
{ an itemized statement for all pur
. chases for school supplies We have
p been fighting for this system all over
S Arizona since being in Office with
only partial success. We shall hold
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