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Show AUDIT r,EVE;.LS FUND SHORTAGE; How epaclal audit of Pluta county funda made about two yeare ago re- ' veal ad a ehortaga of Until In se- , count of tha than retiring county traaaurar. L. A. Whiukar, waa disclosed dis-closed Saturday in a report of tha audit forwarded to Slata Auditor Ju- .' Ilua C Andcraaa by tha Pluta count. ' commleaton. Tha report, compiled by the audit-ln( audit-ln( firm of Reavea, Wood t Oallar ' of Salt Lake, aaid that tha shortage v had bean explained by bookkeeping mathoda. In which partial payment ' to tha county for land aala and tax redemption certlflcalaa had bean placed with county fund, but had not been recorded. Mr. Whltaker term of office waa from January 1, 1827, to December 31, 1930. Tha audit covered that pe- . rtod and waa adjusted to January T, 1931, whan Pluta county funda were ' turned over to Mr. Whltaker'a luc- , ceaeor. Tha report (aid It had been tha ' practice of Mr. Whltaker' pradecea- . aora to receive land aala and tax ra- . demptlon payment In part with fly- " lng receipt! or entering tha pay men ta. ' When a peraon redeeming hi proper- . ty or buying land made final payment pay-ment to Mr. Whltaker, receipt for payment In full wa given and tha ... full amount wa entered In the book, tha auditor stated. Thi reaulted In " tha book ahowlng larger receipt o. than had been recorded in caih ac. count, thua accounting for tha ehort ' age, they aaid tha former traaaurar ' explained. When tha audit wa made, $3083 OS in a apecial "unaccounted for fund" t waa discovered, which exiated when Mr, Whltaker took office, represent- ing these partial payment. If Mr. Whltaker' explanations'? war received as being true in every particular. It would be impossible for 7 him to have had a ahortag in exree of hi unaccounted for fund. The -actual fact la, however, that he la . short 94219.32, which ialvOg more than . the unaccounted for funds of 11)27 , and partial payment of later date," ' the report states. The audit wa dated October JO, .. , 1932, when (ubmlttod to the Pluta ' county commission, and the a (-com- .', panying report urged "draatie action1 .. ' to correct tha "careleaa practice In 1 tha traaaurar' office." . |