The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-29

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: o'clock the chair appointed -
special dfspensary committee Snp.
ervisors Burgess, Schatble ana
Benson. The clerk read the fol-
lowing report Of the s. E. Sims
Audit Co.:
Report On Examination Of Accounts
Of County Superintendent OF
Schools Of Rock Island
County, Illinois. 1920.
To the honorable chairman and
members Of the board OF super
vfsofs Of Rock Island county, Illi-
nois. Gentlemen:
Under the direction Of your hon.
orable committee on finance, We
have made q very careful, thorough
and systematic examination Of all
Of the books, records, accounts, and
vouchers in support thereof, found
to be remaining In the ofice Of the
county superintendent of schools Of
your county, and Of those in the
ONCE Of the county treasurer and
that Of the county clerk, including
therein the record Of the proceed
ings Of your county board ss we'll,
that in any way affect or appertain
to the financial accounts Of Miss
Lou M. Harris as county superin-
tendsnt OF schools Of Rock Island
county, Illinois, relative to the
business transacted by her As such
Official with the distributive fund
and the institute fund. covering the
period beginning December l.,
A. d. 1918, the date Of the close Of
our last examination Of the ac-
counts of this Office, the result Of
which was conveyed to your board
in our report dated April l. A. D.
1919: and extending to the 18th day
Of March A.. D. 1920, the date OF the
resignation Of such Office by Miss
Harris; and now respectfully beg
leave to present to your honorable
body the following report on the
result Of such examination:
We find that no report whatso-
esoi ioieIiu6 " tno o0ninio'' o@io"
OF TINS once mas been made TO your
board by Miss Harris since the date
Of the close OF our last examina-
ton; and that the books and &C.
counts of the office during the per-
lod have been kept IN an exceed
lngly loose, careless ana nlgnly IN
different manner. No entry Of any
kind showing either receipt or as
bursement of the institute fund has
been made in the account with SUCH
fund since December l A. D. 1918.
The statements OF account SET
forth in the following pages OF
this report have been constructed
from the various material found in
the Office after sorting and making
tabulation thereof, a proceeding
consuming much time that could
have been avoided had its accounts
and vouchers been kept in an or
derby manner.
DISTRIBUTIVE FUND.
The receipts Of this fund during
the period under examination
have been ascertained by procur-
ing a statement from the auditor OF
public accounts, at Springfield, Ill.
of the amount paid to Miss Harris
from the state school fund in the
/ year 1919 for distributionn-t the
| various townships of the county. to
which has been added the balance
shown in our report dated April
| A. ID. 1919, to have been remaining
in her hands belonging 10 such fund
on December / A. D., 1919. To as
/ certain the amount of distribution
MADE from such fund during the
period, we forwarded TO each OF the
township school treasurers OF the
county requests for information re-
gardlng the various amounts re-
celVed by them from MISS Harris
since the date OF our last inquiry
adaresseo 10 sncn omclals 1or hke
information. from the replies u
such requests, together with can
ceied checks issued by MISS Harris
showing payments 1or distributor
maze, we nave ascertalneo the var
ious amounts paio from sucn lunt
Dy ner curing tne period OF tim'
covered by tnls examlnation. Al
Information received from TN
sources JUST mentiohea we nave SO
loItn IN detaii III the loliowlni
sc9ea ,,n designated as "A
ana b.
| SCHEDULE "A. .
| charges:
| SHOWS nfst the balances iount
70 De remaining IN the hands 0
MISS Harris OF December l A. u
1913, and due specific township
from prior distributions made b.
ner amounting to the sum Q
$2,2OO.5O. The second item show
therein amounting to the sum o
$S,zfs.sS represents the balance o
the amount received by her TO
general distribution which Wa
withheld and still remained in he
hands on December !, 1918. In GU
last report under date of April
A. d. 1913, at page 70 We Directs
the attention OF your board to thi
com 0iBod amount Of 81 @{2 n re