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Show jCITV RECOKDEK. THE FINANCE CONMITTEE TO REPORT THE BOOKS SHOW A SHORTAGE. Mr. Ilvann Bay. that Kvery Cant of th. Detlolonry hit. Been Mail. Oood and th. City Will be Nothing Out. The rumor of a shortage in the city recorder's ollice has created as much of a sensation in this city as if tho young recorder was in the wild woods of Canada with a swag of boodle in his boots. The finance committee are bent that no stone shall be left unturned to get at tho facts and have made a close examination ex-amination of the books. The finance body, consisting of W. P. Lynn, L. C. Karrick and James Anderson, are the great regulators of city finances, are favorable to exacting a strict account ac-count of every dollar paid into the city treasury by the taxpayer. After making a close scrutiny of the city recorder's re-corder's books they tiud a discrepancy of $1751, which they will report to the citv council this evening. They attribute at-tribute this to bad book-keeping, the system being defective in checking the receipts with the cash book. They are tin able to tell what has become of the money. When asked if they would demand tho rcsicnation of the' recorder as was rumored on the street, they said that that was a matter for the council to determine de-termine aa they could not attribute the shortage to dishonesty but only to a loose method of book-keeping. Recorder Louis Hyams was met on Main street and informed of what the finance committee would report. Mr. Ilyams said that (here was no deficiency de-ficiency whatever, as this had been all made up, aud whatever errors had been found in bis ollice had been made good, and that the city would not be a dollar dol-lar out. |