Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-15

anime the syssnm by which tss business
Of the stRte b Dime
You are ssEsriaily aaksd to note lhe
budget syutam established two Year.
ago and continued last winter unusl
which an inteIligumt and comprehensive
survey IL made Of al probahie revenue
and all PROPOSED expenditures bsfcrs
any appropriations are authorized.
From business point of view you
could do NO bettar service tn the tuwn
which YOU Represent rh1n TO propose
the adoption af a budget system for TIM
next town meeting This has alreAda
seen put irtp effect in many towns ant
| the usua! plan in for y group Of repre
sentative citixens 10 ger together tnscF-
! ulally befure the warrant for the town
, meeting In posted and CONSIDER tire
whule financial program carefully. The
recommendation If such q committee
are usually adopted by the town mees-
ing.
II your town has not already ill.,
stalled a modern system of bookkeep
ing. you can Erf valuable suggestions
from the audifur's ONCE On this suhieci
and accurate system of bookkeeping:
need not be complicated in fact, it IL
likely 10 be simpler than the hap
hazard method still followed by some
iowrs.
The herter your system Of bookkeep
ing the easter viii be fur US and your
selves The frequent business trGLnsae~
items which we must put through 20
gether And white am herr on tiIfs
subject. let me say emphaticaily tha.
We take great pride herr in Inakiug
prompt payment Of hills which the
state yves rnder the old system, bills
OF a gwen nunt,l could not he pnu unt9i
The Meeting Of the Governor and CoGn
Ill the last o the following month. Our
present method in To pay sainry tlis
every week ana AL miscellaneous nilir
every two weeks. If III any time the
State fails 10 make prompt payment -
4 transaction with yulIr town. ] shoulu
lake J; as a favur I. you would write
% me personally and call my attention
70 s'pe matter. The nature of many o.
these bills requires careful checking
he,~ in various departments and sunle-
times5 that may cause the delay. Oftan
The bills are not made out IN pruper
form or supported by t.ie required
vouchers. We have frequently som
representative to sit down with the mt
nicipai officers personally ana get the
papers in pruper shape SO that we coui.
make payment ia the towns. We GTe
\ ALWAYS willing IN do -his II neccBsnr,
/ The puirr l want you TO remember ~
! TINT we expee, ana plan to make
( prompt IN: -rnent always.
Personal Acquaintance with State
Departments
in The mature OF The case mosI Of
your business with the State is dune
! by correspondence with some depx-t-
( rnent. LAttnr-writirg If much NOR
satisfactory after YOU nave met ana
! personally talked with the man on the
athcr end. I nope you can stay in Al
I sns,a Ions enough after vuur -ur1Ia
/ program is completed to NICE: person.
ally the head of each State depnrrmer;
and you will find much of intrinsic III
! terest i'll ali of these depar-msnts. You
! nave obvious REASONS for visiting the
! Offices of the Board of State AseessoTs
! the Commissioner of Agriculture The
State Board Of Children Guardians.
the State Superintendent of Pubii''
schools. the State Highway COMMITS
! SION. the State tension Agant and the
messenger TO the Executive Council VINO
+ administers the pension for the biiuu
I the State pHuper fund and the aid 20
/ The dependents OF soldiers. I hope you
will also talk with the Adiutant Gen
eral about the war recuru uf the service
{ men from your town. You Gun help
I him very much III his iabUriuus task Of
compiling accurate and complete infor
nation for his report IN the building
devoted to the Health Department. You
can get va,uatl suggestions about the
new health laws and the contribution
! which the State will make to the sa.
/ airy OF a full-time local health ufficer.
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