Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1911 — CHIEF DEHORITY’S REPORT [ARTICLE]

CHIEF DEHORITY’S REPORT

On Rejjort of the State Accounting Accounting Law Is Made to the General Assembly. William A. Dehority, chief of the state board of accounts, has prepared to lay before the general assembly a report of , the field operations of the board since the beginning of actual field work in January, 1910. The report shows a total of 1,711 examinations made at a cost of $145,552.30 to the municipalities examined. The total charges made by the examiners against officials and former officials who were found to be short was $741,735.92. Of this ambunt, $50,967.11 has been paid back by the officials and former officials. Of the examinations made, seven were of state offices or institutions, 314 were of county offices, 1,342 were of township offices, ninety-sev-en were of civil cities or town offices, and fifty-one were of school cities or towns. Of the total cost of the examinations, $143,575.07 was for per diem pay of examiners, while $1,977.23 was for railroad fare. These expenses are paid by the state, county, city, town or township whose officials are examined. Of the total charge made $439,868.62 was for direct charges, and $301,867.30 for constructive charges. By a constructive charge is meant a charge that an official did not observe the provisions of the law, but in which there was no evidence to show that the municipality had not received full value for the money paid out. A direct charge is a charge that an official was found to have retained money not legally allowed him. , The per diem cost of the total examinations made was distributed as follows: Stat a cffices and institutions, $6,480; counties, $49,145; townships, $68,139-70; civil cities an towns, $16,081.42; school cities and towns $3,727.86. The direct and constructive charges were distributed as follows: State, direct, $7,268.81, constructive $925.50; counties, direct, $82,998.30, constructive $74,035.48; townships, direct, $282,264.50, constructive, $176,016.39; civil cities and towns, direct, $66,227.28, constructive, $40,736.08; school cities and towns, $129.70. The total cost of maintaining the central office of the board since its organization, including salaries, office expense, total furnishing, was