The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-20

and his successor, e. A. Doud
$685.. Mr.. Moon said it was prope
to make demand upon the officer
for shortages when the audit wa
completed and he did not know
whether demand had been made TO
these amounts or not. County Clerl
Fisher said he believed that he hat
made demand upon Mr.. Doud TO-
the amount of his shortage and hat
not received much satisfaction GU
of it. II he remembered correctly
Mr.. Doud said there were fees tina
were entitled to be paid into the pro
bate court, which he had not beer
able to collect up to the time he lef,
the office and that he did not care
to pay them out of his own pocket
Mr.. Moon said that that was usually
the case, there was bound to be some
credit extended to people under vari.
GUS circumstances adm that on all OF
these accounts were taken care of by
the persons for whom they were
done. The law makes it the duty OF
the officer to turn in the money even
tho he does not collect it from the
person served, 1t is considered his
business and duty to collect it and
while he can be compelled to pay It.,
it is within the province of the COM
missioners to remit the payment and
excuse the officer from. it where they
are satisfied that he did his duty in
trying to make the collection.
Mr.. Moon stated that the warrant
calls had not been made in this
county as frequently as they might
have been to keep the daily balances
down in the banks and to keep their
warrants paid up and thereby stop
the interest. Warrants drawing 7
per cent interest, still floating round
in the hands of the purchasers draw
interest until they are paid. II the
banks are paying the county 3 per
cent and the county is paying Z per
cent on the warrants, there is loss
Of per cent which might be saved,
or part of 1t saved, if the treasurer
studied the matter carefully and
kept estimating just what the condi-
tion would thirty and sixty days in
advance, making warrant calls &C
cordingly. He estimated that the
county had paid $1,000 interest in
the last year, much of which might
have been saved if the plans he sug-
gested had been followed up care
fully. He says the treasurer in
Latah county is the best in the state
in this kind of work and keeps the
balances right down to the minimum,
saving hundreds of dollars every
quarter on the interest charges and
keeping the county credit in splendid
condition. In talking about how to
aticipate the needs of the treasury
for short periods ahead, Mr.. Moon
said that outstanding warrants en-
titled to redemption by the first of
April will call for $4,000 on fund
where there is likely to be somewhat
less than that, but that the balance
,an be paid out Of some other fund.
He says is it perfectly proper to take
from one fund to pay out of an
other fund provided there is pro-
spect that the money can be returned
BY the time it is needed and that
Latah county have attained their
wonderful success by doing this,
while in most counties they let the
money belonging to one fund lie in
he bank idle while some other fund
g without money and all the war
ants drawing 7 per cent interest.
Mr.. Moon stated that the county
unds are not in good condition and
he condition is growing somewhat
worse, due to extravaganza in the
Management of county affairs, city az