The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-12

claims $500 should be refunded to
the county.
No. 52S99, Burroughs Adding
Machine Company, $110.45, main
tenance contract, December %,
1929, to June %, 1880, allowed and
paid January 8, 1880. This is pay
ment for a service in advance and
is prohibited by law.
No. 53147, Frank French, Coun-
ty Commissioner: $1,000 expense
to Commissioners convention at
Lewistown, per diem $48.00, trans
portation $4730, meals and lodg-
ing $17.70. There are no vouchers
for the money expended for rail-
road transportation or for meals
and lodging. Vouchers should be
attached for all sums expended in
excess of $1.00. Chapter 48 of the
1927 Session Laws, provides that
one Commissioner may be allowed
actual transportation expenses and
per diem while attending a gener-
al meeting of the County Commits
sioners, not more than once a
year. Actual transportation charg-
es do not include meals and lodg-
ings. Mr.. French should refund
$17.70 to the county-this is the
amount charged for meals and
lodging.
No. $3.50, Edward Iverson,
County Commissioner, $112.3S, ex-
penses to Lewistown for Commits
sioners, and machinery convention.
AS only one member of the Com
missioners is authorized to attend
the meeting, this full amount of
$112.38 should be refunded to the
county as it is not a legal claim.
There are no vouchers for the
money expended.
No. 53151, Niels Madsen, County
Clerk, $69.S9, expenses to County
Clerks convention at Lewistown.
There are no vouchers for the
money expended. There is no legal
authority for -the County Clerks to
hold a convention. The items of
expense charged are not legal
charges against the county and
therefore should be refunded.
We note on the claims for trans
portation on the above three. claims
that full fare is charged for both
ways. Ordinarily when a conven-
ton is held there are rates on the
railroads for the people attending
the convention and these rates
should be taken advantage of for
the benefit of the county.
Claims for the Deputy County
Superintendent of Schools are al
lowed for $137.5O per month. On
June q, 1929, the Attorney Gen
eral rendered an opinion that the
salary of Deputy County Superin-
tendent of Schools is S125.00 pei
month.
No. 1898, C. C. Johnson, $685..
4 IL, 471a days tax indexes at 1888
There are no dates given as Il
when the work was performed. All
claims for service must show the
dates they were rendered.
/ No. 54287, Medicine Lake Oh
Company, $179.66, gas and sup
plies for March and April, 1890
Claim allowed and paid on July %
1890, and charged against the
1 19SO-1931 Budget instead O.
against the 1929-1930 Budget as i
should have been.
/ No. 542.SS, Independent HON,
Oil Company, $4,000 for oil an,
supplies March and April, 1890
should have been charged agains
the 1929-1930 budget instead of tn,
| 1930-1931 budget.
No. 54250, d. A. Meharry, $186.
so, dated June 6, 1880, for right o
way, marked by COMMISSIONS
French, to be paid July 81, 1896
, This should have been paid fror
J the former budget. In contractin,
this indebtedness and to be PAL
out of future budget Mr.. Frenc
/ is liable for the debt and not tn
, county.
No. 5426S, Glendive Tractor an
! Equipment Co., $466.67 for mach
) inery, dated May 1, 1880, Above
t and paid July %, 1880, and chare
: ed against the 1930-1931 budget in
stead of against the 1929-193
budget.
Road claims No. 54225 to NJ
5427S inclusive, amounting to SIS
5 1888, are all for road work an
: supplies purchased and furnishe
= during the fiscal year 1929-193
]. and should have been paid fror
! that budget, but because the buG
: get was exhausted these claim
S were held over until after the ne,
19SO-1931 budget was started an
these were charged against thi
, budget. There was a balance O
S432.45 in the Highway budget a
the close of the year. The claim
held over and paid in July amount
ed to $6,549.12, and in allowin
this to happen and contracting thi
Indebtedness the County Commits
sioners allowed themselves an
/, their official bondsmen to becom
: liable for four times the amount q
, the excess which was S6,116.67. o
! for total amount of $24,466 .6S
The Budget law provides tina
: whenever the County Commission
ers or any officer contracts a DEB
In excess of the budget of the fis
cal year in which the debt is cor
tracted the debt is not a liabilit
against the county but against tn
person individually. How a Cour
ty officer will allow himself to be
come liable as the Commissioner
/, have in the above instance is he