Show Bookkeeping Mystifies State What Emery county reeds peeds it appeared Friday is Professor Einstein Einstein Einstein Ein Ein- stein as county auditor and a couple couple couple cou cou- of carloads of bookkeeping and adding machines machin s. s Attorney General Grover A. A Giles one of whose duties it is isto isto isto to answer questions puzzling state and arid county officials didn't say so in that many words but he did admit the county's bookkeeping system has been wrong for 20 years and that he doesn't know I what to do about it The whole problem centers about the county's practice of taxing tax tax- tax taxing ing transient cattle For 20 years County Attorney Duane A. A Frandsen Frand- Frand sen of Castle Dale wrote Attorney General Giles the county h has a s taxed cattle that are in the county county county coun coun- ty only part of the year and then distributed the tax money among school districts road funds and other units When the time came to settle with other counties for their share of the tax money based on the amount of time the cattle spent in the other counties Emery Emery Emery Em Em- ery county paid from the general fund rather than taking the money from the various agencies in proportion to what they re re- re- re And now queries Mr Frandsen Frand- Frand sen how can we reimburse the general fund That is beyond me Mr Giles replied in effect pointing out that statutes forbid juggling of I funds after a fiscal year is ended |