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Show AUDITOR S REPORT IS GOJjMII Alleged Discrepancies in the ! j . Books Due Merely to Few Clerical Errors. COMPREHENSIVE REPORT v More Than $3,000,000 Handled Han-dled in Year; Books Out Only Few Dollars. The city treasurer's department of the former administration handled more than 5,000,000 during tlio year 1D11 and its books como within loss than $80 of u perfect balance. This showing in confirmed con-firmed by the report, of special auditor? employed by the new administration to check the accounts of its predecessor In offices and determine that the accounts taken over by the commission were correct cor-rect in every detail. The report, a very comprehensive one, which was prepared by J. TV. Edmunds and H. H. Green at a cost to the city of $2325, was submitted submit-ted to ihe commission a I yesterday's meeting and received and referred to the commissioners of each department. The audit of tho book? of the previous administration was decided on by the hoard of commissioners shortly after the new form of government went into effect. An unexplained deficit of $396,614.7-1 appeared ap-peared on the treasurer's statement when the commissioners took office. Several Oversights. This was speedily accounted for as follows: fol-lows: Sidewalk extension No. 10S had been ordered by the council and S13.S,-2U6.SS S13.S,-2U6.SS charged against the department. The original ievy was afterwards repealed, re-pealed, but no credit war, given the department. de-partment. The. same oversight was committed com-mitted in the repeal of the levy in sewer district Xo. JSO. which amotinted to SSo,-94R.D0, SSo,-94R.D0, The remaining shortage was accounted ac-counted for in similar errors of omission. , Although the discrepancies were thus jp- accounted for, the commission decided on yf having a complete audit made and this T- was completed and the report filed yes- f terd.iv. The. report contained expressions r of praise for the efficiency of the former administration and the systematic and careful way in which the city's funds were handled. Tho report covers 100 ivpewrllten pages and every Item of expenditure ex-penditure and receipt during 1911 is fully covered. In reference to 1 lie auditors department depart-ment the report has the following: "The books kept !n this department are in perfect balance. Xo warrant was drawn during Iks year 1911 without proper prop-er authority from the city council. The expenditure has .been distributed in a very commendable manner. The system observed in filing the numerous documents docu-ments pertaining to the department Is highly exemplary. The records have been kept with unexceptionable neatness." I Would Simplify Work. The report makes several suggestions for simplifying the work of the. department, depart-ment, looking to the securing of greater efficiency with a more reduced force. Anoiit the treasurer's department the report says: "The accounting system in this department depart-ment Is worthV of the lushest praise. It Is concise, effective, self balancing and readily cheeluiblo." The city recorder's department "was found to be in an excellent condition." In the engineer's office all permits during dur-ing the year 10 1 1 were checked In detail de-tail against the receipts given out, and even' permit was accounted for hut two, the oversight In which was later found. Tho accounts of the building Inspector, land and water department, sealer of weights and measure-'', ostray pound, plumbing Inspector, civil court, street department, de-partment, city sexton, dog tax collector, park department and waterworks department depart-ment were "carefully checked for the vear 1911. and in every Instance all re-( re-( elpts were found to be fully and sails-laclorlly sails-laclorlly accounted for" Concerning the poll tax collector, the report rends that "tho receipts of this department were found to be in complete com-plete agreement with the cash remitted to tho city treasurer." The suggestion is made that the receipts of the department depart-ment may be possibly increased by placing plac-ing the poll tax collector on a commission commis-sion Instead of a salary basis. The accounts of the library department depart-ment -were also examined and found to be in exact accord with the reports submitted sub-mitted to the city treasurer and auditor. I Alio v Temporary Wires. Permission was granted promoters of Sail Lake City's "Great White Way" to install overhead wires for a period of ninety days, when they are to be replaced with underground cables. H. S, Auer-bach, Auer-bach, W. S. Halloran, the Judge, company. P. Overfield ami G. S. Holmes united in a petition to the city commission for this permission. It was explained that a special cable is being constructed which will not be completed for several months and the promoters were reluctant to delay work on the project, . The purchase of a new motorcycle for the police department and the exchange of the two now In use for new ones was authorized, by the commission. Police Chief Grant recommended the change and Mayor-Commissioner Park indorsed the application The total co3t to the city -will be 5550. 15. W. Senior of Poplar Grove addressed ihe commission, explaining the needs of the southwestern portion of the city for a viaduct on Seventh South between Fifth West and Sixth West streets. A fffceen-minute car service la promised this section if conditions at the railroad crossings will be remedied. J. TV. Me- "Donald also addrcaaed the commission, reminding them of the needs of viaducts at Fifth South and Seventh South streets. |