Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-23
SHERIFF OFFICE
FINALLY PLACED
UNLAWFUL BASIS
diamonds Department to BE Con.
aucted According to Statutes
for First Time.
,,pCET SYSTEM B0OkkEEPING
.--ittee Finds Three Former Sher.
Ne Have $4,000 to Be Accounted
for in Fees.

Ear the'frst time in the history Of
=, connty the sheriff's Office Is to be
.,rauc,ed on strictly lawful basis.
rho report Of the special committee
go. adopted by the board of supervis-
a, an adjourned meeting yester-
w. W.. The comN:;tee report recon-
~.,ded that the budget system of
inning books be adopted. Under this
l,sp ali fees received by the sheriff
prd all expenditures made will be re-
s s"raed in detail and in such manner
w., the condition of the finances OF
vs. Office can be ascertained at any
.,ms by examining the books. The
'armitiee also recommended that all
..rrolls for the courthouse and Jail
psmnloyes be passed through the
.onnty clerk. The office must also be
seN-sustaining.
oE Childs, chairman OF the special
.ommittee. sprung a surprise when ho
.rrounced that investigation had
Iovn that the three sheriffs prior to
p,rhmond's administration had some
hing like $4,000 TO be accounted for
!, foes collected. He offered sug-
,.s,,on that some action be taken by
'bo hoard in this matter, but the board
Members failed to act. However. a
rota Of thanks was rendered the COM
m,,,ee by the board for its splendid
work.
Appended is the report Of the special
committee with regards to findings on
Jail accounts;
Incidental to the work Of this com
mittee delegated to install the budget
system of accounting certain details
isvelop. which We herewith set forth
,or the consideration of this board:
"First-County clerk to issue pay.
roll orders.
with our improved methods of &C
counting we find it necessary to rec
ommend TO this board that all pay
nils for the courthouse and Jail EN-
rloyes. and all other county employees
4 not otherwise provided for, be passed
70 the Office of the county clerk, from
which source orders for payment viii
issue and designation be made agains
this fund as may apply.
Second - Conflict in COMMITTEE
/ work.
We now have a committee on pub
lie expenditures and a committee OF
l isil and Jail accounts. In the handling
Of bills by these two committees, Ger
tain duties are liable to conflict or a
least overlap, and it is the sense o
/ this committee to suggest consldera
lion, when a new board Is organized
Of placing all expenditures for cour
house and Jail maintainence in tn
hands of one committee.
Third - Conveying prisoners t
state institutions. Foreign fees.
In the course of our investigation
Of the earnings of the sheriff's offic'
We have discovered the situation rela
tive to certain earnings upon whlc
4 no records are available prior to De-
4 !, 1914. The earnings in question ar
] known as fees for conveying prisoner
1 10 state institutions, and foreign fee
1 or fees paid to the sheriff by foreig
counties for services performed II
l hem by this office. These classes
fees are shown in another part OF th1
report, have been accounted for b
I Sheriff Richmond for the first ,thre
/ Years of his term. but the records-t
the sheriff's office give us no data col
cernlng such earnings by former she
Ifs
From the state auditor Of account
your committee has obtained stat
ment Of fees paid by the state IL
conveying prisoners from Rock lslar
county to state institutions during tt
administrations Of Sheriff Heider, De
\ !, 1902, to Nov. 80, 1906; Sheriff HI
illsen, Dec. !. 1906, to Nov. 30. 191
and Sheriff Bruner, Dec. l, 1910
Nov. 80, 1914 Such statement is a
iached hereto and made part here
for reference, but briefly summarize
shows payments made for this ella
Of service during the Il years inclu
ed as follows
A W.. G. Heider -Reformatory, $685.
school for boys, $l5125; school I