The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-14

Der OF unyouchered orders which / haC
not then found and called them to nv
attention. After having notified the gov.
ernor OF the situation disclosed by INV
hrst two weeks work, / notified the
state treasurer and on April "a | notified
the attorney general of the amount OF
unyouchered orders discovered up to that
time. On May | notified him that the
amount was much larger than stated in
my former notice, and on May / asked
him for conference with myself the
present auditor and state treasurer at
Montpelier. | later learned that he was
at that time engaged in the trial of a
state case and could not come to Mont
pelier. Since that time he has called for
an ltemized list of the unvouchered or
ders, and | am having such a list made
Tor MN. found upon making the exam
nation OF the vouchers. on file that
there were SS,0l7.7S which Auditor Ora
ham presented to me as vouchers and re.
ceipts for money paid out for extra cler-
ieat work, salary Of employees and money
disbursed by him for special highway
work under the authority of the high
way commissioner, which are not now
IN the files of the auditors account.
Vouchers are on file in 1912 for SS,79O.e4
In one voucher, portion of which
should be applied upon the balances of
1909 and 1910. Ny records show that
when all the credits which were present
ed TO me from 1909 to July i. 1914.
were applied in their proper places, the
balance OF the advances TO the auditor
at that time was $l02.75. The two or
ders OF ST 200 and 81 800, respectively,
charged in two different highway &C
counts IN 1915, were checked in the reg
nlar checking Of the list of orders issued
but were carried in those accounts as
advances to the highway commissioner,
and | supposed they were advances. as
the highway commissioner was in the
habit of drawing money from the treas. |
ury in anticipation of the needs of his
department, and sometimes quite large
amounts, and never took those into &C. |
count In figuring the auditors account. !
One Of them now stands as a balance |
brought forward in red ink and the other |
remains in the account as it was orig |
nally entered. None of the accounts In !
The auditors office previous to the time /
took the Office were brought forward |
Or red-inked, and they are not now
brought forward or red linked. The bal |
lnce Of the auditors account for the /
rear 1909 was not carried forward to the
lext year or red-inked, and is not now.
The same is true of the account for the
rear ending June 80, 1910. On June 30, i
oil, there was balance brought for
ward Of S205.7l into the next year. The
'alance for June 30, 1912. was not car
led forward or red-inked There was a
'alance for the biennial term l0l3.l9l4
which was carried forward. When Iii
made the last previous examination of |
he auditors books and papers, which
7as completed some time after July /,
DIG, | found balance charged against
i'm of S2,659.03 which he had drawn to
ay his clerk hire, expenses and salary,
nd if the account had then stood as
ad right TO suppose 1t did, and he
ad not drawn any more orders to him ]
Elf during the balance of his term, there
'ould have been no deficit
I'm my report to the legislature in
DIG, / stated that the business of the
office and the auditors Of I
y" hNha ~ NANdtiy III Hif3HDGI
transactions and volume of business 8
rat it was not possible for the bank
without assistance, to a
-operly examine these departments and ?
'ked that the law be changed so as to
.quire more frequent examination of
lch of these departments, and that
mpetent assistance should be provided .
that the supervision of these depart. !
ents might more nearly conform to 5
at of the banks, but no action was Il
ken upon this recommendation. !.
II think the legislature should provide Il
r expert examination of the auditors j
fee and the treasurer's office; that -
ose examinations should be once each 4
arter instead of annually, and that !,
e examination should extend to all of II
e state officers required to collect any n
,ney belonging to the state. | think or
ere should be a change in the methods w
both these offices whereby all disburse- ac
'nts should be approved by the gov 81
Tor, or there should be such system
checking as viii safeguard the hand mi
& of the funds of the state. su
Il think that no money should be adj AZ