The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-11-13
ANY FAULTS IN
COUNTY RECORDS
/. r,issioners of Accounts Point Out
and Failure to Keep
with Work-Certain Allow
II ances Are Questioned.

submitted to the Circuit court.
,;u he noted that two of the COM
- toner's. ]. E. Taylor and Minor
81, IN do not concur in certain items
sxpense submitted by the various
~ officers. The full report is
even herewith;
a,,eport of the Commissioners OF Ac-
uuts for the Year Ending Sep
amber 80, 1919.
aqe the Honorable Jas. 5. Steele,
Jndge: r.
eTbe undersigned Commissioners OF
! ..ounts for Polk county, Arkansas,
- &C. submit the following re-
"a for the year ending September
SQ 1919:
Il flor an examination of all records,
.Sbunts and reports required by law
IS I'M county and township officers
~h,rb the law directs shall be so ex-
s<s;ned bv us as such commissioners
q u counts, we find:
aWith minor exceptions ali coiiecL-
10 officers have made settlement with
M County Court and paid into the
'rTsasurv the sums with which they
,.are charged. We do find, however,
<S.t the record as kept by the County
T1erk as charges against the various
sslIecting officers is not kept up, and
"a find in a number Of instances
..here collecting officers have credit
"a M their accounts various amounts
s~eentinp the amounts charged
seainst them by the record of the
rsfntv Clerk: We also find that nu-
e,erous errors have been committed
u HE statements of the several ac-
rounts Of the County Officers as rend-
orpd bv them to us and to the county
roa,rt and in the accounts kept against
tksm by the County Clerk.
tfWe have found that the accounts
lDnt nv the Circuit Clerk and the rec
ar;s Of his Office have been neatly and
aecurately kept, and that he has made
61e and timely reports to the County
Court of all matters required by law
Is be reported. Several errors were
Uncovered in his reports to us of fees
I'D emoluments of his office, all of
&hich were duly corrected before the
Suproval of his account.
I'VE find that the Tax Collector has
Daid over to the proper recipients all
61lances with which he was charged
ION his settlement with the County
III for the revenues Of the current
~. including State, County and
Nnnicipal, Road and School districts,
6nd all other funds with which he was
But we find in making
la settlement few errors were
Sade, which were in the Collectors
|dSor, but all Of which were duly and
apmptly corrected before to us was
fQproved.
HWe have found the report of the
<ounty Assessor to be correct.
5zNWe did not have time to 90 thoro-
III into the report of the County
owing to the fact that this
Feport was not available for us to
stnsider until October II, the day pre-
<aeding the final date on which we
1ere required to file our report to your
Honorable Court. However, hasty
Examination Of his record, and hur-
I'd checking up of the various ac-
equnts, leads US to the conclusion that
S1en tho the County Treasurer was
3ry much delinquent in filing his re-
4Wt, that his records are in fair
lHape. In this connection we feel it
!Mumbent upon US to state that the
Neasurer is undertaking what we
aafnestly believe to be a task which if
'Hptinued would not be a good prece-
~ for future office holders for this
q any other county. We find that the
lftasurer is not only keeping the rec
5fds of the County Treasurer for Polk
sepnty, Arkansas, but that he is also
#lsting in, and possibly doing a
Ifater portion of the duties to work
Hident to the work necessary in
Hping the records of the County
s|efk. Without a desire to cast any
|Hticism unjustly, we feel that in this
20 the Treasurer is possibly doing
Apre work than rightly should be
ono outside the duties incident to his
'ibce, and we believe it is for this
'kason, more than any other, that we
&c unable to receive the report of
% Treasurer near the beginning of
III session.
u We find that the County Clerk has
ace due and timely reports to the
9punty Court for all fees and money
Aned by his said office, but we have
'mnd several errors in his accounts
q us, which were all promptly cor
Reted when called to his attention,
~ before his, report was approved
u US.
p The account kept by the County
err against the various collecting
ncers was very incomplete, and it.
N impossible for us to make care
n and complete investigation of
CSC several accounts, for the reason
~ the County Clerks record as
~ by him against the various Off
IL was not at the time we were re-
Ia'fed to examine same properly
SEC to September 80, 1919, so as to
naole US to ascertain the condition
II now exists regarding the col
Jung officers, and it is necessary for
10 further state that in several in
aneeS no posting has been done
nce October l, 1918.
ny reason Of errors in calculation
The amount IF inta,ee+ dua ,,Yoy