Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-02-12

An advance copy OF the report OF
State Controller George a. Cole has
reached the Appeal office. 1t is in
pamphlet form and covers thirty-eight
pages OF tabu'ated matter, while the
last report contained sixty-one pages.
ton and its arrangement is SO simple
that anything sought regarding eN-
pCnseS or receipts of state govern
ment can be found almost at glance.
The bookkeeping department OF the
state government is the most import
ant OF all the offices and commissions
and unless in competent hands, and
the business transactions of all are
closely watched, as they come through
the controllers office before a warrant
is issued, the state might be the loser
of vast sums of money through care
lesness and negligence Mr.. Coles
report is compete and worked on: =.
in detail, showing the receipts and
disbursements; a financial statement
of the states assets and liabilities: its
income and expenses, itemized: PEI
ccntage.> and per capita statistics;
schedules OF state property on .Janu-~
ary |, 1915; educational trust fund
bonds; collection OF state revenue ~
counties remitted during 1915; re-
ceipts, disbursements and transfers
during the year, and ba'ances on Jan
uary |, 1915; warrants outstanding
January /, 1915; those drawn, payable
and paid during the year, and those
outstanding January |, 1916; fund
transfers during 1915; assessed valu
alton of property for 1915 and amount
of state and county taxes levied as re-
sessments of real and personal prop
erty, and the net proceeds of mines
from the organization of the state
to the year 1915, inciu-
sive; appropriations unexpended Jan
uary l, 1915; amounts appropriated
for 1o15-16; amounts disbursed and
balance January !, 1916: proceeds of
mines, as reported by county auditors
for the twelve months commencing
October l, 1914, and ending Septem-
Der 30, 1915: financial conditions Of
counties December 81, 1915, as report
ed by county auditors; and the "a
count Of the Nevada Industrial Insur
ance fund. showing cash and secul1-
ties to the amount of $22l ,769.44 on
hand January |, 1916.
The state expenses for the different
departments have all been figured ont
on a percentage basis, and will occa
sion surprise to those who have been
charging the state administration with
extravaganza in running the affairs
of the state. But to explain this Il
will serve the purpose better to use
the controllers own language in this
connection. In his report he says:
at will be noticed that SO per cent
of all state expenses is for education
"a purposes, nearly IS per cent for the
support Of charitable and penal insti-
tutions, and less than 5 per cent is
expended for state commissions and
10 per cent for state salaries"
He further says: "Expenses should
always be considered in connection
with accomplishments. and as govern
mental duties are being continually
extended along new lines, it is only
fair that costs should be measured 'Dy
results The controller a'so says
that in attempting to present state
accounts SO that they can be clearly
and fully understood by the average
reader, we have changed the report
form considerably from that of for
mer years: and trust that the tables
herein will disclose plainly where the
money of the state comes from. AMI
where they go to.
ITO avoid confusion, it should be
remembered that the table of receipts
and disbursements is an account Of
all moneys Except Industrial Insur-
ance funds) handled by the state, and