The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-14


Total City Funds unaccOunted for
$4,OOS24
Board of Education Funds:
Portion Of City Check for $57.JOO.OO
payable to the Board Of Educate on
account of current tax collection de-
posted in City's delinquent tax ac-
count as indicated at CA above
So, 10000
Deduct:
Deposit in Board Of Education gen
eral account on May -, 1942-$12,-
10000
Less unrecorded remittance of pri-
mary school money received from the
Wayne County Treasurer and included
therein-S1O, 1OSO6; 1891 90: $50
10S.0S
Total amount unacceunted for $24,
1862
The discrepancies indicated are sub
Ject To revision upOn the basis of in
formation which may be disclosed upon
the completion Of our investigation.
Data pertaining To discrepancies in the
funds of the Board of Education i
based upon the records maintained i'll
the office Of the City TreaSur rela-
tive thereto and upon related data i'll.
cluded in the records of the Wyan-
dotte Savings Bank.
Ernst and Ernst,
Certified Public Accountants
Mr.. Gartner: Mr.. Green, you state
that there was SIG, 1905. delinquent
tax remittance received from the COun
~ Treasurer and deposited in other
n L. 4.
General Hospital accountl in substi
tuition for recorded cole ctions which
should have been deposited in these
accounts! Will you elaborate OH that
and explain!
Mr.. Green: Yes. there were six
checks that were received from the
County Treasurer covering delinquent
tax collections made by the County
Treasurer which should have been de
posted i'll the special account of the
City Treasurer for such delinquent taN
collections which were actually depos
tied in the hospital bank account, and
then there was portion Of four other
checks so applied to deposits in the
hospital account
=. In other words, checks payable
w y
dOtte and the Treasurer of the SchOO
District Of the City of WyandOtte were
deposited i'll the WyandOtte Genera
Hospital Account, made payable tt
the WyandOtte General Hospital Ac
count?
A. BY endorsement. There was one
general endorsement stamp and an
other the endorsement stamp which
was used for deposit of hOSpita
checks
-. On the next item you report /.
deposit in the delinquent tax accoun
of the city representing a portion of 1
check payable to the Board Of Educa
ton in settlement of current tax col
lections! This was in amount of 81,
10000
A. Yes. Out of the $57 10000 check
=. The same check Mr. HungerforC
referred TO in his testimony?
y. Yes. $35,OOOOO was deposited il
the Board of Education account anC
SD 10000 in the delinquent tax ac
count of the City of WyandOtte. Tha
was the amount required at that tim,
to cover the shortage in this specia
account.
=. The next item is cash from 9th
er sources deposited in the delinquen
tax account.
A. 1t was cash. There were thre,
deposits TO this special account which
were composed entirely of cash: an,
several other deposits which include,
check from the County Treasurer
office plus some cash. The total O
these three items plus the other item
amounted to $43,622.5o.
q. This left a deficit then of cit,
funds in the amount of $2S47.49
A. Yes.
e. Regarding the collections at tn
WyandOtte General Hospital for Jul,
8, 1917, not Included in bank depos
its. Can you make any elaboration?
A. Yes. The recorded collections q
the WyandOtte General Hospital TO
days prior to July 3rd and days sub
sequent to July Bird have been deposit
ed in the bank. but there was no de
post for the receipts of July Bird.
=. The total deficit then of cit,
funds is $4.OOS-24?
A. That's right.
-. The last item shown in vOur re
port is the deposit in the city's delin
quent tax account of a portion of ,
check for ST., 10000 payable to th,
Board of Education which has bee,
explained, also the deposit in tn
Board of Education general account ol
May y, in amount of $12,5OO.OO an,
also the remittance of primary schoo
money from the Wayne County Trea
surer included therein Of SOLOS. n
both Of which have been explained h,
Mr.. Hungerford.
z. The total amount unaccOnntp,
for is then $24, 1852?
A. That's right.
Mr.. Gartner: l think that will h,
all. Mr.. Green.
Mr.. Gartner:
Mr.. Mayor and Gentlemen of th,
Council:
Due to the fact that Mr.. McWhirtel
and Mr.. DARN. his attorney, have mo-
awaited themselves of their right +,
question the testimony given here TO
night, there is nothing further TO b,
done. except that l should like TO sun
UP the proceedings Of the evening.
In my opinion. there has been prope,
service upon Mr.. McWhirter of a reso
lu ion which was initiated by a mem
Der of this Council, based unon RI.
findings of Ernst and Ernst and or
the figures of Bend and Hungerford