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Show STATE OFFERS COUNTY BOARD : EARLYJEARCIS Reply Waited to Audit Charges of Loose 1 ; Control Over Funds A showdown loomed Wednesday on charge of lack of control ever welfare expenditures In Utah county coun-ty and purported Improper payment pay-ment of relief benefits. D. W. Parratt, acting chairman of the state public welfare board, said special audit report, containing con-taining the charges, will be a special spe-cial order of business at a board meeting April and that Utah county welfare officials probably will be given opportunity to answer an-swer at that time. Th disclosure were submitted to the board Tuesday by R. R. Carey, special auditor In the office of John W. Guy, state auditor. Mr. Carey made a "spot check" of Utah dal audit of the state welfare department. de-partment. Mr. Carey reported that his special spe-cial audit will end this week, with exhaustion of a $3000 fund set up for th work, unless more money Is provided. He asked Tuesday whether the board wanted a "spot check" of Salt Lake county welfare. wel-fare. The board said It first wanted to consider th Utah county report. re-port. Ceatrel Attacked Mr. Carey reported an asserted lack of Investigation of cases In Utah county and a "complet lack of control dear up to th Ut administration," over th welfare -fund. He said that. In his belief, administration ad-ministration of funds for relief of unemployable could be "greatly unproved." Mr. Carey cited numerous case. Among them were: Case F, aid to dependent children. chil-dren. Client receiving $30 a month for two children asserudly spent considerable money for whisky, buying 13 quarts and seven pints in January, three quarts and 12 pints In February, Case "D," aid to dependent chll- -dren. Client receiving 133 a month for two children while having hav-ing aaseta of (3069 In property and -Insurance and owning 40 acrea of land producing (270 annually, livestock live-stock worth 393 and salable produce on hand worth tl65 Oaaea Cited - Case "C," aid to dependent crfl- ' dren. Client receiving 21 a month, while owning property valued at $2548 and free of encumbrance'?-cept encumbrance'?-cept two years' taxes en part-of it; holding Insurance policy paying pay-ing t a month. Case "A," old ag assistance. Husband Hus-band and wife receiving total of $27.20 a month, owning home and land valued at $1700, renting part of home for $13 a month. Clients reported church tithing payments of $85 In 1938, Indicating Income of $850. Clients spent winter In California. Case "B," old age assistance. Husband and wife receiving total of $22 a month, while owning 300 laying hens, 300 pullets, 28 acres of land, a home, all valued at $3938. Clients have reduced mortgage mort-gage on home, paid off delinquent taxes and paid off Indebtedness to a poultry association. Record la "silent a to where clients obtained ob-tained money." Poultry association associa-tion official reported client "should average $60 month net from chickens." 'ChixUnc' Claimed Case "C," old ag assltanca. Wife receiving $20 a month. Husband Hus-band owns home, 30 acre of land, 400 laying hens and 275 pullets, livestock and paid-up life insurance insur-ance policy for $1000. Husband recently sold flv acrea of land for $900 and gav money to son. Case "B," general assistance. Client Cli-ent a widow, receiving $9 a month, while engaged In pastry-making, business. Owns furnished four-room four-room home, carries charge accounts ac-counts with prompt payments. Conclusion: "She 1 not doing all. this on $9 a month." Cas "C" general assistance. Client receives $12 a month, while owning six acres of land and home. Also owns 130-acre farm In Idaho, which she rents out |