| Show v i 1 1 eke WAY OPEN FOR KED OUSTER I RICE I INTIMATES CHARGES Will BE filED oJ SOON r Special Auditors Auditor Make Report on I O 0 U Aspe As- As pe Shortage COVER 26 POINTS Criticise A Action Aon of f Salt Lake Auditor County Attorney ney John D. D Rice in intimated intimated in- in Thu Thursday that he will in inthe the very ne near r future file an ouster ster complaint int and and possibly a criminal complaint int in in the city elfy h shortage case cace He i-fe indicated this att after r st studying a written report of the special lal Auditors audi Dudl auditors tors Joseph N N. N Casella and anil N. N K Vincent covering the Keddington aspect of tho the shortage scandal The report was first submitted to the d city y commission eo later tra transferred trans tralis- ts erred to the county attorneys attorney's office with a a request st that he immediately ly the file an ouster action n against the city auditor This Rice said sald after reading the ti i orl i apparently wh what t 1 J 1 hay haye requested It n indicates the the of i I should uld it b placed b before fote oe the district c court urt Inthe In Inthe th the form 1 r. r rno no ouster ter or oz ouster u. u ter a. a ac Il indicates at that i criminal complaints na l ints B should be fl be-fl filed d I against one Jor or more persons who ar are arc apparently pai implicated In the h cas case s 's comment on on the situation was I 1 1111 will welcome me a atrial trial trial the s sooner oner Ute the b better The Ih r report p ort covers co twenty six specific eWe points each one m rn the natu e pt f pf a a certification of ot the tw twenty six nt counts I cont contaIned in the tho ac accusation us tion tentatively pre prepared some come om Weeks ag ago aO by City Attorney y Shirley p p. Jones s 's for for- presentation pres nt to the county coun oun- t ty attorneys attorney's office DRAWS DRAWS CONCLUSIONS The ie r report port after le rehearsing earsing the Incidents leading tip up up to the dis disclosure los I ure lire of t th the shortage e. e draws the fol- fol J lowing lowing- conclusions s concerning the city auditors auditor's office i 1 1 That Jd e evidence is positive that largo large sums of the money have C Continued e on page page 5 6 J RIG R c Nt MAT S. S CHARGES WILL BE FILED D. D SOON 1 Continued d from page 1 b been on cn misappropriated and rn sap sap- plied during the term of office e of r City Auditor Reddington r 2 That it Is evident that this thila condition could not have exl existed ted for lor forSO forso so long Jong t fc period without detection had the auditors auditor's office per per- duties' duties prescribed by law 3 That the reasonable conclusion Is that the city treasurer having In his possession the I 0 p Us U's allegedly signed by by K was v in a a po position po sitton t to dictate to the city auditor as to the nature and extent of audits conducted by the Hie auditors auditor's office and that the existence of these I IOUs IOU's O 0 Ua could readily have been the tho cause for tor the tha otherwise unaccountable negligence on th the part of ot the city auditors auditor's rs office I lOUiS O 0 US U'S HELD BONA FIDE FIDE 4 4 That n aLl ail l evidence points to the conclusion that the tho two I 0 O Us U's one for tor and one for tor are bona fide tide the only Information Infer Infer- mation of ot a contrary nature being I claim that tub till or a a. apart part of ot the handwriting In question Is a a. forg forgery ry fi L That the payroll records of or S Salt lt Lake Uke City corporation co n show that Keddington n has b. b been en paid currently currently cur cur- cur cur- and In full for for- all services rendered during his his' term of ot office to and Inclusive lve of oC February 28 1929 and that it is 19 therefore apparent that that the the- amounts represented by bythe bythe y the I 0 O Us U's were In excess of any salary due the city auditor as of ot February 28 The report m mentions that during the calendar years 1925 1926 1927 and nd 1928 financial reports which h appear to bear bearth th the p personal signature signa signa- ture turo of ot I and antI which purport to show the actu l cash r received c ived from all aU sources durIng durIng during dur dur- ing the tite the respective periods were d to the city commission n. n All AU of r th these rp reports the report concludes concludes con con- con con- w were re false and Inaccurate by r reason s ri of if the fact ct th that t they did not hot cl clearly arty and accurately ly S set t forth th the full run amount of the actual money re received re re-j during during- the p period c cohered t red by en each h respective tive report DISCREPANCIES P F FOUND UND In Iii our audit of the cash rec received lv by bythe the city treasurer during the p period d d from from January nuary 1 I 1 1924 24 to and Including March 31 1929 the r re report report re- re port continues many items items' have b been cn disclosed disclosed- representing receipts by the cU city treasurers treasurer's office which have o not been beeh r reported p as received on th the r reports ports of ot casK cash received bythe bythe by bythe the treasurer to the city auditors auditor's office After a a. careful study of ot all aU th the details In Sn connection with these unreported un uti r reported Port d rc receipts we have havA deter deter- that th t. t th the city r office h has recorded only such uch re receipts fel ts In tn Ini iI i 1 I 11 r records as ha have hab been b th reported d' d I 1 Ito to the tho auditors auditor's office Ul e by the treasurers treasurer's trull irene treas trul i l ers er's of office lc and indo apparently r noat tempt I hits has as been by tI thu city citi I auditor to to verify the ec r c of of t ih c tr treasurers treasurer's reports report By rea reason on of this fact the th r records of the a auditor auditors auditor's audi audi- dl- dl t tor's tors office I in respect to money mo ey n actually tun ly received ed by y th the h city tre treas trea treasurer ur r. r are ore false and Inaccurate It that From our findings appears I as city lly ity auditor did not require the tho city treasurer to Ito report lo to o him all 1111 cash receipts as illS and nd when received Had Hod Mr fr K Keddington Inthe In the regular perfo performance mance ce of or his duty compelled the theS city tr treasurer to ic ic- c currently the Uie actual cash re received received re- re elved by the treasurer er and and- had He be made it it-a. it a a. part of ot his duty to examine exam exam- Ino ine ma the tte original data in Sri the treasurers treasurer's treas- treas office it appears that the cash sh shortage or or at least a a. part o of it it discovered would have been CRITICIZE The report lurther that the tho shortage in inthe the the tax redemption re receipts re- re would have b been cn discovered some somo time ago ngo had the auditors auditor's of of- of flee Ice ascertained by the simple proC procesa pro pro- C cess cesa S of ot an exam examination n of at the triplicate tripi- tripi date ate copies of t the tax sale redemptions redemptions redemptions that all receipts from this thi- source were currently reported Wo We are re of th the opinion tile ape ape ape- cia auditors add dd dd that the r of Stilt Lake City should have deemed it st his his' duty to ascertain a at regular r Intervals that all of ot th the taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers' tax tax- payers ayers money money ivOs was vas accurately ac accounted accounted no- no counted for and that the city treasurer treas- treas as custodian of ot s such ch funds had In his possession the unexpended ded d- d ed b balance at t the close of t each ead monthly accounting perl period d. d The special further auditors a. a state stat that the Ute shortage In the tho bank ac accounts accounts accounts ac- ac counts would have long Jong ar ago been discovered had the city auditor compared and reconciled the tr treasurers treasurer's treas treas- as- as bank statements statements' with the account ac account account ac- ac count count books hooks of ot the treasurer |
