The Adair County news., 1918-04-24
Commissioners Report.
10 the Adair County Fiscal Court

~ApP0tNeSO Dy U1llS OOuTU dU d SpcCidi
gherul, thereof, held on the 9th day of
February, 1918, for the purpose of as
pertaining and reporting the financial
esOadition of Adair county, would re-
spec tfally report as follows:
We have carefully gone over the
TrsasVrer's book and checked same
eNf6az the warrant stub book in the Of
ce9f the County Court Clerk, that
tie book from which each warrant
issued is taken and record of same
kept on the stub, and we have adopt
ed as our rule and method for arriving
at the financial condition of the Coun-
s1y, ia this calculation, that whenever
: Wsr-a1t, issued by the Clerk of this
sCoSrt, fails to appear on the book OF
tt6e County Treasurer as paid, that
same is not paid and is therefor count
I'D as an outstanding Indebtedness
against the county.
We presume that the Court is con-
versaat and familiar with the system
of keeping the records of the County
pertaining to its financial condition,
aud therefore it knows the difficulty
TO be encountered in checking up to
find out its exact financial condition.
There is no record known to US in eX-
istaoce showing the financial condi-
6ion Ok the county at any time. No
balance from which to begin We
could only check the warrants issued,
and those paid, back for several years,
and assume that all back of there had
been paid. We believe that we have
checked the records with sufficient
care that our figures, hereinafter re-
ported, are substantially correct, how
ever, in any such task as this, there
is liable to be small errors that would
change the balance few dollars one
way or the other.
La making this report we are not
considering any money appropriated
g 20 the purpose of building State aid
roads ia this county, as that fund is
appropriated and set apart to a GER
taia road and no warrants are issued
& IN that fund except such as are paid
out of the funds on hands for that
purpose, and that no more or no less
expended on said State aid purpose
a& Gny time, than that derived from a
particular appropriation of a certain
year. Therefore there can be no in
debtedness against this fund outstand-
Iug in warrants and in order to ar
rive st the real financial condition of
the County, it will not be necessary
to consider that character of appro-
.pr&tions.
We will then consider the outstand-
IHG warrants issued for general road
spurp oseS aid payable out of the gen
erai road fU',l for the years 1916, 1917.
add 1918, and the outstanding war
rants issueC for general expenses and
payable out " the general funds for
the years 1916, 1917, and 1918. We will
then consider the amount of funds on
hands with which to pay same.
GENERAL ROAD FUND.
Outstanding warrants pay
able out of 1916 road fund So IS
Outstanding warrants pay
able cut of 1917 road fund 24S 10
@Du6sts g.ding warrants payable
0CGJ. 1918 road fund 5ll 81
Outstanding warrants for pike
appropriation payable out of
this fund 2 DOB "a
Total outstanding warrants
against general road fund S. O36 81
CASH il! the hands of County
Treasurer to the credit of
general road fund 50 255 80
Indebtedness against this
fund 2 $50 SO
GENERAL FUND.
Outstanding warrants pay
able out Of 1916 general
fund 529 81
Outstanding warrants pay
able out of 1917 general
fund 1852 Sc
Outstanding warrants payable
out of 1918 general fund 789 Of
Total outstanding warrants
against general fund
S12 81 Ia
Cash in the hands of the
County Treasurer to the
credit Of the General
Fond 2 065 70
Indebtedness against Gener---
al Fund $40 305 36
La addition to the funds in the hands
of the County Treasurer, which we
have taken into consideration in the
above figures, there will be due the
General Road Fund the sum of SS46 90
and the General Fund the sum of
81 363 O3 from taxes collected by the
sheriff for the year 1917, as shown bV