The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26

sent 1t has expanded rapidly since
CWA work got under way and has
five major functions, as follows:
/. Auditing and approving Tor pay
ment all payrolls and invoices tor
local County, state and federal CWA
projects.
2. Accounting and preparation Of
statistics.
3. Financial and statistical reports
to the federal administrator.
4. 1nstructing local County, CWA
in financial procedure, accounting and
reporting.
S. Auditing local CWA accounts.
When the Civil Works Administra-
ton began to function a committee
was selected in each county to admin
lister it's affairs in the county. The
federal government refers to them as
local CWA committees. The chair
man is usually designated as certify
ing officer and is In charge OF the
local CWA office. The county treas
urer In every instance is named as
disbursing officer and is bonded.
Payrolls Prepared Here
All payrolls for labor and services
are prepared in local CWA offices.
After being certified by the local
chairman, the disbursing officer issues
g. check on the United States Treas
ury to every individual for the amount
indicated on the payroll. The pay
roll period ends on Thursday night
and checks are issued on Saturday.
A carbon copy of the payroll is for
warded to the state CWA auditor, as
soon as completed. for audit. A Sec
ond copy is mailed to Washington and
third copy is retained for the local
CWA files. When the checks are de-
liyered the original payroll, accom-
panied by carbon copy of each check
listed, Is sent to the state CWA audi
tors office.
The original is compared with the
preyiously-received carbon copy which
has In the meantime. been audited.
Checks are scrutinized and checked
against the payroll for possible errors.
When the original payroll is found TO
conform with the audited copy, the
original payrolls and check copies are
sent to Lloyd A. Chapman. specaal
disbursing officer. veterans admins
, tration facility. Fargo, North Dakota.
All funds disbursed in North Dakota
for CWA purposes clear through his
office and are accounted for by him.
All payments other than payroll are
made by his office and taken into his
accounts.
Approximately $500 payrolls are re-
ceived. audited, recorded and forward
ed each week.
| How Purchases Are Made
Purchases for materials or for other
purposes are paid on presentation OF
vouchers which must be audited and
approved for payment In the state
auditors office.
Each project means q separate book
account and over 1000 such accounts
have been opened. The accounts show
how the state as a whole stands with
the federal government In its financial
relations.
The federal administrator requires
every Monday a Geographic report ion
the period ending the previous Thurs
day evening. giving the following In
formation: Number Of drivers OF their
own teams and trucks; earnings o.
drivers, amount paid for team and
truck hire; number Of all Other en-
ployees. wages OF all other employees
estimated requirements for the fol-
lowing week.
The report to the federal admins.
traitor for the week ending February
9Th showed that there were 1l.o3l
men employed who were driving theil
own teams and trucks. The number
OF all others employed was 23,O75, o.
! q total Of all employed Of 34,106. TIKI
percentage Of drivers to the total en-
ployed on that date was 32A per cent
i The amount Of money paid for team
and truck rental for the week ending
; February 9Th was $27, $685., and thu
wages paid for team and truck driver
was 90, 410.4s, the total being $780,
oO6.35 for that week. Wages OF d
others employed for the week wa
32l2, 1856. The total Of oil earning
land wages was 1891, $4,000.
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