Show CERTIFIED accountants SUB aar REPORT WHICH PRAISES management OF GRAND BUSINESS the county records and the general economic condition of grand county are in good condition and dal position of the county has continued to improve during the year which ended june 30 1928 according to the report of L S timpson company certified accountants who re a bently completed an audit of the recy of the county copy of the report was received by the board of county commissioners tuesday was read by the board approved and ordered filed the auditors found that the general fund surplus on april 1 1926 amounted to 8 81 while on june 30 1928 the surplus had increased to 16 the balance of the funds tied up in t the defunct moab state bank and sureties has been fully realized plus an additional sum to compensate the county for interest the bonded in debt edness of the county has been re i deuced to 78 and the interest on these bonds has been paid currently when due all of the dewey bridge bonds have been redeemed and the interest and sinking fund cash on hand june 30 1928 amounted to 3 the deficit of fixed assets over bonded debts was reduced 6 71 during the year i referring to the records in the var j lous offices the report states the tax rolls of the county have been pre 1 pared and kept in excellent condition our audit of these rolls disclosed no t errors the accounting system eastall 1 ed in the county treasurers treasur ers office durl tag the year 1926 has proven very sat Ista etory these financial records have i been kept in very good condron the county treasurer has collected nearly alof the transient stock taxes due the funds the claims and vouchers paid by the office of county clerk recorder and auditor during the period vere examined no errors were found in these disbursements all claims awe been carefully checked by the county auditor the fees collected during the period were checked and found correct the accounting system installed in this office during the year j 1926 has also proven successful these records have been maintained along the lines outlined by us and a complete control is now in effect between the county treasurers treasur ers and county auditors departments the expenses of the sheriffs office have been reduced during the period covered by the audit the report show tog that for the past three years there has been a steady decline in the sheriffs expense account as indicated by the following figures april 1 1925 to march 31 1926 1 1928 to march 31 1927 april 1 1927 to june 30 1928 1758 62 in referring to the county hospital the report states that the hospital ref were checked against the ledger accounts with patients and all revenues have been properly accounted for the hospital bookkeeping is carried a by the senior nurses in charge who ave had little or no previous experience with bookkeeping work while the books are not in the best condition the auditors found that all receipts have been properly credited and w funds have been turned over to the bounty treasurer at the end of each month an increase was noted in the tures for medical supplies and inspection of the hospital 7 revealed a considerable stock on dezao the report questioned whether jt this stock was excessive A sid erable number of unpaid ac bounts on the hospital books was not d the report recommended that strenuous effort be made to collect summing up their findings the aud state practically all of our M s enda tons have been and further suggestions tons have ro outlined during the course of our work the county records ana the general economic condition of county is good al the meeting of the commissioners y members don taylor mel wart and R T edwards county I 1 mf H w balsley and sheriff 0 C auer ere present in addition to rera and discussing tho auditors sl drable routine business transacted george hurley was tasa to expend for the am ment of the brumley ridge road ww paid after taxes are collected in tho A umber of claims against ne county were ordered paid |