The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-14
a. Y. SPAfpING READS INTEREST.
NC PAPER BEIoRE JUDGES
CONVENTION.
Gives n Report Witch shows sifo.
5.3.s3 Has Keen spent ON Roads
and Bridges and Naintc-
nance OF Roads.

- 0ARHFtN FN - hANiNk an aHAttuEs
Much money IS saved in a sys-
iematic purchase OF supplies. n,
says:
Being an Interested party to tho
matter now under discussion. Re
lation OF auditor to the county. to
commissioners court and IL the beat
OF the county subseryed BY
having an auditor | shall briefly
present few facts for your eonsid-
GRAFTON. leaving the subject 10 be
thoroughly discussed by others more
capable than /
II shall take the affirmative side
OF the question for two reasons.
First: Because my relation at all
times with the commissioners cour,
has been pleasant. We having work
ed in harmony and for common
purpose. the eounty's interest and
welfare being always foremost
Second: because | do not believe
that any corporation receiving and
the amount of money ri
lis county handles annually can do
so successfully without system and
some one directly chargeable with
the specific duty OF looking out for
certain features pertaining to re-
ceipts and expenditures.
Our total disbursements for the
fiscal year just closed amounted 10
$4t7.417.l2. divided az follows:
For general purposes : 4o.s96s6
For road and bridge
building and mainte-
nance .......,.. i16.573.ss
For jury service ... 10.446.ep
For schools .... sT,72s.73
For interest on bonded
Indebtedness, bonds &c
These amounts were represented
by the issuance OF 1900 county
warrants
Our bonded Indebtedness ia at
present little over one million dol
lars. To calculate the various rates
of taxation, keep the interest paid
and the sinking funds profitably In
vested. that the tax payers may re-
ceive the benefit OF same IL an item
that requires careful, consideration
and action
I'VE now have on our books six-
ty-seven different funds or accounts.
not including the available scho u
fund with It's one hundred different
district accounts To debit and cred
IL each OF these funds correctly. for
IL is here that the 1904 warrants
are distributed. and TO keep them
balanced at all times requires no
little work Just here for your In
formation | will state that We have
merged the offices OF county treas
urer and auditor into ono In this
county. the treasurer being assist
ant auditor and receiving practically
no compensation for acting as treas
ureJ The entire bookkeeping for
the county being done In this OF
flee. the depository keeping ID but
one general county account. We hav.
found the system TO work we'll AMI
satisfactory and | think IN economi-
cal The total expense OF the COM
bined offices for the last year was
s3.e20.ss
In addition TO auditing and ap-
proving for payment all county ac-
counts and payroIls for road work.
etc. We purchase all supplies for
county use. some by direct purchase
and others by bids and requisltions.
Except lumber. upon which We keep
quotations from the various yards OF
the county, We eountersign. register
and enter all warrants. keep an item
lied account with each office and Of
ficer az well as the different tnsfl-
tutions OF the county. furnish the
commissioners court with statements
of the various funds and accounts.
and in fact keep a regular set Of
books covering the county's busl-
ness in all its details. There are
some matters of Importance 10 the
county that our department does MT
go into as fully as would like TO
for the want Of time.
Il believe IL is not far distant
when the pubae generally viii more
fuiiy understand the advantage OF
having their affairs carefully aai
Systematically handled and that the
smaller and less populous counties
vii adopt the Law under which ~e
are no~ working OF course the
larger the county the more necessary
the system. but Il Is my opinion that
the office capably managed xiil
prove profitable % almost any coua-