Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1908 — Bookkeeping in the Court House. [ARTICLE]

Bookkeeping in the Court House.

The next legislature can hardly escape enacting a law for uniformity in bookkeeping by county, township and municipal offices. The demand comes from every quarter for such a law and also for inspectors of such books. Scarcely two counties or townships in the state have now the same system, and because of the lack of uniformity and inspection, there are large losses to the taxpaying public. In nearly all counties where experts have gone through the books it has been found that officers have been careless in accounting for aM the funds that came into their hands and many have been required to replace large amounts of money that belonged to the people who paid it in. When each county and township adopts the same system for keeping books and officers are chosen to check them up as often as may be necessary, there will be less money squandered or lost. A system similar to that of the government of checking up postoffices, without giving the officers any warning of their coming, will do much toward keeping the books and finances in better condition. No officer who Is disposed to be fair In every detail, would object to having his books inspected and audited at any time. —Exchange.