Show MORE POWER FOR AUDITOR IS FORESEEN City Ci Official to Be Given Added Control Over S. S L. L Money Increased power of c control over city money will be vested in in th the city auditor following the ret return rn of Mayor Louis Marcus from front th the east cast it was reported Wednesday at the city hall A pla plan is under way vay y in the city commission to empower Samuel F. F Nicholls present city auditor to keep a detailed audit of finances as aswell aswell aswell well as property i e ery department o of the city government t an art authority heretofore not conferred upon the elt city auditor To To accomplish h this the city commission com corn mission will pass a number r of new ordinances and revise some of ot the thc theold theold old along the line of l' l recommendations made by Newland K Vincent special auditor who has just st turned over a special report to Mayor Mar Mar- cus cl The present city ordinances give the auditor authority to examine all books papers vouchers and accounts of the city treasurer Yet there is nothing in any city ordinance which gives the auditor authority to audit other departments of the city In my opinion says Mr Vincent the auditor should be given unlimited and unrestricted power to conduct conduct con can duct audits and examinations of ot each and every department of the city at t tan an any and all times Cit City Auditor Nicholls has not nol waited waited wait wait- ed for the passage of an art ordinance Continued on Page Pace Eleven 4 1 MORE 11 POWER FOR AUDITOR IS FORESEEN Continued From Pan Page Seven which would empower him to go into I 1 a detailed audit of every dep department of the city government He has appointed appointed ap ap- pointed Frank a deputy deputy deputy dep dep- uty in his department to act as outside outside out out- o side auditor and several departments have been put under the microscope 7 At present Mr is l making an audit of th the the- police department depart depart- C ment meat including the property and evi dence room and the desk sergeant I The present ordinances empower t the city commission to name two deputy dep dep- I uty auditors This should be changed declares Mr Vincent in his report l because the office ortice of auditor Is elective elective elec elec- tive and the ordinance should give the auditor lull jull ull power to select his own staff subject to the approval board o of commissioners As a result of the work of Special Auditor Vincent the report says all printed forms and other matter have been placed in the custody of the purchasing purchasing pur pur- chasing agent and stored in the auditors auditor's auditors auditor's audi audio tors tor's vault A perpetual inventory fc of all aU printed matter maUer has been installed This record if properly used will vill in the future be the means of controlling the purchase of printed print- print ed matter providing the auditor is t t by ordinance given authority to pass f upon all desired changes in the pres pres- fi ent any new forms desired r by any and all alt departments t WOULD LIKE ORDINANCE J I would like to see the commissioners commissioners commis commis- pass an ordinance outlining the definite accounting and financial procedure to be followed making it mandatory that all departments follow follow fol fol- low this procedure in every detail and giving the city auditor the power to pass on any and all changes says the report One of the the main main reasons for the deplorable condition of the records prior to the adoption of the new ss s's system tem tern was vas the fact that changes in methods and procedure had b been n nI I made from time to time by any individual individual in in- regardless of at the effect upon the procedure as a whole Notable among the reforms brought about by the new system of printing forms was the abolishment of dozens of printed blanks and the merging of all aU into one Tons of printed blanks now obsolete were piled plied in various departments of the city government |