Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1922-01-22
MADDOX WILL GIVE
cocHisE ACCOUNTING

10 furnish this county with the result
Of complete audit to be made of the
accounts. This information was
cleaned in a letter written in reply
to one sent by the clerk last week
and in which W r Inghram. of the
highway department WAKES warm in
replying to various phases of the sit
nation. His letter follows. together
with the reply of Mr. Hawkins, which
makes interesting reading TO the Co
chise county taxpayers who are in
terested in the result of the contro-
versy;
Phoenix. Arizona.
January 10. 1922
MIR NJ. c. Hankins. Clerk.
Board of Supervisors.
Tombstone. Arizona.
Dear Sir
Your letter of December 21st ask
ing for an accounting of sl24.51934,
was received after our attention was
called 20 its publication in the Tomb
stone Prospector
We would like TO know who claims
that any portion OF Cochise County's
funds was diverted for road construc-
tion outside Of that county. We would
also like for you TO suggest some man.
ner in which this matter can be ex-
planned so that it will be understood.
If il is the desire of those making
these foolish statements to under
stand
Recently committee from Co
chise consisting of the Chairman of
the Board of Supervisors. the County
Attorney and the Secretary of the
Taxpayers Association investigated
the report that $4,000 of Cochise
Couuty's money has been diverted
We understand that this committee
checked the expenditures to within
$4,000 from the records of your office
before coming to Phoenix and on their
arrival here secured additional infor-
nation and documents showing an alb
solute check in the State Auditor S
and State Treasurers Offices with our
accounts. II the report of these ci.i-
Zens OF your county, who are espec-
tally qualified to make this investi-
cation. is questioned. we do not know
how We can prove anything to you.
complete statement including the bal
ance on hand in the state IS per cent
fund apportioned to Cochise County
on January 1st. 1919. the receipts of
this fund since this time. and the re-
cepits of the Federal Aid on Cochise
road construction. together with the
expenditures on all roads in Cochise
County from January 1st. 1919. to
date. We are getting this informa-
ton from each claim as it was passed
by the State Auditor, so You can see
il will take some time to accom- plish
this. As soon as it is completed we
will send it to you In addition, we
are financing from our 25 per cent
fund the completion of the Benson
VAN road and the cost of maintenance
in Cochise County until July LIST of
this year.
We have repeatedly explained TO
your Board, various committees and
citizens that Federal Aid is not re-
ceived until after most OF the road is
constructed. On the Bisbee-Douglas
section. for instance. this road was
built and the contractors paid before
any Federal funds were received. On
this account it is absolutely necessary
for us to finance some road construc-
ton out OF other funds until Federal
moneys are secured. You will there
fore have to consider total expendi-
lures rather than the amounts ex-
pended on some specific road. While
theoretically our Federal Aid roads
are built by Federal and State mon.
eys. frequently one road will be paid
for entirely out Of state funds and
the next one entirely out OF Federal
funds which are received on accornt
of the first road construction.
This explanation is only made for
the benefit of the good people of Co
chise County. We do not exrcc. to
be able to explain this simple transac.
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