The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-04-20

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lows:
To W. H. Thorp, f907-S, to Frank
Breshears in t909-f0, to ]. W. Wat
kins in f9fi-f2, and to Frank Bres-
hears in 1913
The pass issued to Frank Bre-
shears in 1910 was not used by him
during the period May 10th to July |
9th. and the pass issued to him in
1913 was cancelled on the 18th day |
Of May, that year, and there were no |
passes issued during the year 1914
In view of the fact that these |
| Sheriffs had these passes, we are at
n loss to understand why the trans
portation bills presented by them
are so large.
COUNTY CLERK, AUDITOR, AND
ECORDER-Covering period
from the second Monday in January,
4 1907. TO the second Monday in Janu-
airy. 1911, o. " Bailey, auditor
We find by the books that there is
n balance due the county of S3O6-42,
as shown by the charts attached
We have come to the conclusion,
after carefully looking over Mr.
, Badley's books. that there was a
woeful lack of appreciation of his
, duties and responsibilities while he
held the office.
j We found that the assessment roll
; of 1907 had not been extended in
many cases into the total tax col
umn, neither had the roll been foot
> ed up and charged to the tax col
lector as provided by the law. We
also found that the assessment rolls
for 1908 1909 and 1910 had not been
footed up according to the require
a ments of the law. AS matter OF
;, fact the Auditors work upon the
J, four different assessment rolls was
not of a permanent character in
:. many cases, the total amount of the
= tax due from various people being
:, entered in pencil, and in many cases
- erased and new amounts substitut-
~ ed, sometimes for larger, and some
% times for smaller amounts.
ie From all appearances, we believe
" il is a fair statement when we say
u that the office was run on the bas-
lie is of least resistance. In order tC
10 avoid any misunderstanding, we viii
It, state that about the only thing tina
we found during this term of office
re which was taken care of properl,
10 was the saleries, which apparentl,
IN were drawn promptly
ed II he, as auditor, had proper.
be charged G. H. Moore, tax collecto
tn of the years 1907 and 1908, with tn
ne amount of the roll which was turn
ed over to him TO collect, the bal
ance due the county at the presen
10 time of over $1,000 from Mr. Moor
ge would not have occurred.
We desire to call the attention Q
ice the Board to the fee which wa
lat charged by Auditor Bailey whe
ate recordino over six hundred waite
rly contracts during the term of hi
office. The amount charged wa
500 each, but it appears to us ths
IN the proper charge would have bee
ige between 50 and IS each. This woul
indicate an apparent loss to til
ice County of over $1,000
hat COUNTY CLERK, AUDITOR AN
the ECORDER-Covering peric
zen from the second Monday in Januar
1914. to the second Monday in JaI
a uary, 1915, George W. Stovel, Aus
to itor.
ro- We find that there is a balan,
due the county of $3.50, of whit
nee s29 is for Tax Sales certificates Fe
hat which have not been turned in d,
ich lin part to a misinterpretation of II
law. We consider it proper, howe
ned er. to present the matter to you T
will your action
of We found that the Auditors &c
run eral ledger kept during Mr. Stove
are term of office has not in all cas-
&c been properly closed up at the e
'ate of his term
We might state that had Mr. Sto
the ell. as auditor. performed the duti
nth of his office with care, that the b'
red ance due the county at the prese
)m- time from Mr. Christoper, tax C.
lain lector. would have been discover
and and collected several years ago.
mis- We found, when checking up
interest coupons which had be
Rod paid by the County treasurer. a
airy, ounting to a great many thousar
900, of dollars per year, and which b
been turned in to the County Al
nee itor with the cancelled warrants
Ter order that the auditor might g
low the County Treasurer proper ere
en- for having paid these coupons q
e to warrants. all of the envelopes
lart which these thousands OF dolls
worth or coupons were sealed h
rod mover been opened until we condt
airy. ed our audit So far as the AudIto
nu- office is concerned these enveloI
might have contained waste par
the instead of proper vouchers to 81
and port the Treasurer claim for ere
are il. This practice is both unbusin'
asses like and dangerous
the COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION--We w
n l., to state that the County Super
kins Itendent's books have been well X,
paid the past two years. and that at
i'm present time they are in baiar
with the books of the County Tres
'uch urer-