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Show AUDITOR DiSCOVERS MOHE OVERCHARGES Salt Lake County Will 3-c Asked to Make Refund to State on Jury Fees, Pol In wine his di.seoverv f ''W riny? ayr -' ovorehni cs ol' $ilOU mailt; by t-ut liftkn r-ouniv a'Jiin.-.l the, r.;it;, f'eputy iSt.ati- Aii'litur William J. H'-ely, who is niak in tho annua, I audit of Salt Lakn mu u l y 's book-;, lias unruv-vro.d unruv-vro.d muro o ! 'iia J'e.s a mount i to t 1 liuO. The total oi oven-hit rjn-s thiirt tar t'nuuil Jy Mr. S.t'iy in :imi. T' muni ropi'rar ii t -i jii mrs ' fWs in civi. ff-afs before tin 'J'hinl H im r r ii t f on rf,, wli ich should ha vo linen ;iMinicd hy tho county, but which were euiirjn-ij to thn Htatc Under the law the KiaU: pays t he jurors ' 1 rn in criin inal en and the county defrays thn coal in civil suits. Tho errors were found by Mr. Setdy in lii.s nudit of the hook: of the eouty clerk, the record bein thu.so kept hy deputies attached lo the different branches of the district court. Air. tSeely has not finished his examination of these records and will hu at this work for several days yet. Until Mr. Beely 'h audit h concluded no claim to recover the overcharges will be put in to the county by tho state Auditor. When the audit is 0 v e r , the Htato will make a statement of all the mi in & it be) iev es it shim Id ret-over because be-cause of the miMdiaiKf's and ask tho county to make reimbursement. As Salt Lake is the largest, and wealthiest county in the state, it is moro of a task i'or the state auditor's office to check its books than tho other counties. Mr. Seely has ben at work on the Salt Lake county records wince ,1a nuary 4, most of that time on the court clerks' records. Thia discovery of tho errors noc.ossitated considerable time heinr ta ken in rorhceking them. When the deputy state auditor has finished exa mi nation of the couiitv clerk tb record, he will make an audit of the records of the county auditor hi id the county treasurer. |