The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1918-01-02
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M The city council at special meet
:. Monday evening received tfia d I:sr, re-.
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H1@''zEz1 =. 5Seus,lpo. s'-a,a s. puU sss. e
inner st. Paul OF the nnancespl
', city OF Bemidjf for a period Gov:
~ no eight zvaara3 ana 5fonrs snontb bss,
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p Wy A1O0' - s,S.vUs'.
andKthe report SHOWS sthats.t5e-s ial'
dt's business af1airs4 are sadfy
Try In many instances, according to
assertions OF the examiner and
recommendations, and have been
some time, and arevlslon OF meth
s sadvtsed. & ,s..-~ ,...-. III %~. -.
Lack i of business methods IN cleri-
H. Work, siipsnou keeplhg ol ieeotue
~ - e some anslaHces heePlns ~
3coFas sAt al, came IN loi crl.lvtsni
cid d,TecoMmenGa i e atlons lor tne thtio-
d onction.ol business -correctioh, Wae ~
one paTt OF 5the report py Tue zeA
smlner. @
Cause for Criticism.
" Loose collections and no collections
i money due the city was another
;tance Of laxness called attention
s6; and several other matters of neg
Set are mentioned. ~ - : >.,,74&- .s-,.4''
ssass The report says, in general the city
lances and affairs have been con-
sshcted on a. conservative basis, con-
sEastenu WIN tne natural grcWtn VI
SEssa sNy, 1Dut tnat crltlGlsm 10 1ustineu sl
Iss pIesent Mn 81 "
e4cessive e4PenoituIes .out; .a.l uasne.
Y JACK ol piannIns iol sisaens eus
aEk enue. " Eor tne Past seyen ye"ie
nas uee.. ~ lun.el .aa ~ MI ~, ."0o
sIne cost o1 masotalnlns une % SltS
'sSSS.ne cNy lreasureI, says tns seia. ~
;Stiner, Keeps !esulal 90. VI uoGHs 1'1s
ad no cnange ls necessary, Ia LIS
S;s TEN q Dookkeeplue' -~
l|ssg kecordS incomplete.
The records of the city clerk for
Sssse Sasse nrst two years, covered by the
were found to be incom-
1Ret6 and in some instances not cor
sEct. says the report.
4M Only summary Of receipts and
~ were submitted as an
a,lal reports. The examination was,
n that account, made very d1nlcult
4 bd It made it necessary TO spend a
3. sn9er time on Cne tsuDula.ion .,!L.. ". 'ne ne
% anu reconcllis1'ton W
Sesfunds than would nave. oeen 1ne
Use II the RECORDS nao oeen III sooo
Edef.
81 Chance for Improvement.
kecT.The incumbent of the city clerks
14ice !. made several improvements
&m the start in installing an up to
kte3register of receipts and disburse-
hents by keeping a statistical CLASH
hcation record Of the disbursements
Nv submitting annual reports, giving
in detail for each fund the debit and
Aredit items. His reports look like
ery good reports but the lack of
4irer accounts with which to prove
correctness of same give the re-
/ not correct IN some some, instances, ,nnan e y
tly oeGa.se a.a eu.t .ue soUort w. - Ionu.rv
Est mace .a ms dst ,,t ,.,;th ~ 49, treas,
Y..,l . & s;sit su,e.co ou. W." 80 10 ciarI's
E Ei,s ,'aisn,o odsn ~ sever., acco,,nts
};.he,,. oo tn%in~ in+o considaration the
gtnHu" .ana;a@ ; 1arrants m the same
e .cnnnts
Recorde are LACKING. =
.n,o,,s ond rocords such as the citv
II .S. uvNs nrn,;de CIV for hava not heen
V 20 70 -, -, ~ o;tv clorl Recommenda-
. w w ,.ac,;n1 ~, ~ ;hooLs and rec-
n )ns as 70 heepne VI Ooons ~ 49,,