Rock Island Argus., 1917-09-15
BOARD DECIDES
TRY NEW ME- ETHOD
Budget System OF Accounting Adopted
by County Last December Is To Be
Installed At Once.
APPROPRIATE $500 FOR WORK
Recommendation Made by Auditor
Sims For Better Ways OF Keeping
Books To BE Carried Out

Rock Island county Is to install the
budget system OF accounting at the
colrl house. Members Of the board OF
supervisors at their final meeting yes
Ierday afternoon voted $500 for the
purpose and a committee composed OK
Supervisors O. f. Child. Fred Grafund
and NJ o. Grlswold was appointed by
Chairman John Upton to superintend
the work.
As long ago as last December. the
board after a determined effort on the
part Of Supervisors Harry S. Cum
ningham, South Rock Island, and o. r.
child Moline decided TO discard the
county's antiquated and inaccurate
bookkeeping plan and to adopt
budget system Of appropriations by
which intelligent and complete tnfor-
nation could be speedily obtained by
taxpayers relative to the financial
status of the county of any of its funds.
why the action of the board last
December was not carried out do not
know declared Supervisor Child yes
terday 4 suppose It was because no
one was especially authorized to do
the work S T.. Sims. the auditor who
has just completed his report, also be-
jieyes that a better and more modern
way Of keeping track of the county's
business should be installed and has
recommended especially changes at
the sherins and county treasurer's Of
fee"
Supervisor Child moved that the
chair appoint a committee of three to
digest the report of Auditor Sims and
be empowered to take action upon the
recommendations he has made. the
sum of $500 being appropriated for the
purpose. The motion carried unani-
m0usly Mr. Sims is TO assist the COM
mittee named Fulton county put In
the budget plan some time ago.
Who Ordered RepOrt2
Previous TO this action, something OF
a surprise was sprung on the board
when the finance committee made an
UNLIMITED" statement relative to Audi
tor Sims report urging that recon-
mendations made be carried out at
once, especially with reference to
Sheriff George II. Richmond's Office.
Shelf Richmond Immediately inter-
posed an objection, stating that he
thought a committee ought to be ap-
pointed TO take up the matter with the
various county officials as radical
changes were being made and no mis-
takes should be made. He said that
if funds were being illegally paid out
Of his office he was as anxious to know
/ it as the board and he promised to CO
/ operate in any way he could.
Supervisor GriswoId raised the
point that Auditor Sims recommended
+ tion had not been referred to the
+ finance committee at all and could not
I understand why a report had been
/ fled. He said that the auditor had
( been made a special order Of business
j before the board for Friday and said
that the report filed was entirely out
OF order.
When no member of the finance COM
mittee arose TO make a statement rela-
+ tive to the matter, Supervisor Child
asked Chairman Upton how he would
rule. AS he held that the report was
/ out Of order" Supervisor Child made
4 his motion relative to the naming of a
! committee to install the budget plan
and it carried. No action relative to
i the communication of States Attorney
/ +. E. Thompson concerning alleged IL
+ legality Of the method In which deputy
sheriffs are being paid. was taken as
+ the matter was referred 10 in Auditor
4 Sims report and is being taken up in
/ that connection.