Show AUDITORS REPORT AUDITORS OFFICE G S L city J I 1 dec 20 1852 j 5 to the honorable council and house of representatives of utah territory in legislature assembled GENTLEMEN in submitting this my annual report I 1 must crave your vo ar indulgence for its imperfections the lick lack of information herein in is owing owing to circumstances entirely beyond my control I 1 the act of the Leois legislature lature providing for the appointment of auditor of public Acco accounts unta makes it the duty of every person having the handling of the public funds either in collecting in or disbursing the same to make a report auditor on or before the first day of october in each year I 1 That provision of abe statute has been but partially complied with the counties of weber I 1 utah otah and millard not dot having yet reported to this office the auditor depends almost entirely upon the r reports or t s of the several officers of the territory Tox for t the h e requisite information to enable him to make a complete and satisfactory report of the revenue ex expenditures p endi tures and liabilities of the government the following table will show the amount of taxable property and revenue derived in the counties from which reports have been received at this office to wt wit i gr S T L co benl ast asit tax tt it I 1 per c cent e nt 64 davis 11 do do 1441 1443 ja 16 tooele thoele do do 09 juab do I 1 2315 do 15 iron aroa do 3 8 ia do 39 31 san sail pete do do 43 86 i showing a revenue from these six counties of 86 of this amount there has been collected in ca cash sh and otherwise the sum of 75 76 showing an amount of delinquencies of 11 this delinquency is owing in a great measure 8 to the small amount of money in in circulation among the people the tr treasurers treasur ers books show an amount received into the treasur treasury from the date of the last report from this oace office on the ad day of january to the day of march last of 5 7 17 53 the books do not show what proportion of that amount if any was received in cash the following statement will show the manner in which the 53 63 have been disposed of viz paid robert pierce on aalt of terri roads 31 00 49 e J W fox surveying do 9 00 cc rockwood and tanner per commissioners ners order 36 40 cc A P rockwood Kock wood do 75 00 cc E H pierce on act of territorial road 2 00 cc J A little on act of salt creek kanyon 48 66 99 ira eldredge commissioner on order 20 00 A gardners gardeners Gard ners order on act of cottonwood canal 49 53 cc quarter masters order cannon 7 50 cc johnson removing nuisance nuisance 1 00 49 deseret university orders 40 cc wolf bounty 00 cc W richards for printing 35 cc for bread to rangers on indian expedition 43 37 c W pratt on String hams ra do 5 10 cc sundry accounts do 32 cc HS H S eldredge assar and 1000 00 cc tithing tiling office on sundry aeilts acts 90 I 1 53 there has also been received into the treasury from the of march to dec 1852 the sum of 28 of this amount 1 1875 83 have been received in cash on taxes for fines and docket fees 1859 65 on account of ferry and merchants chants licenses total cash 48 otherwise than cash 03 the following statement will show the manner in in which the same has been disposed of to wit I 1 paid tithing office on sundry acts 16 11 miller sperry on act of work in salt creek kanyon 40 50 cc T W bean do do do 6 00 cc gaw and Guy guyman inan do do 5 50 cc alex hill for lumber for cottonwood bridge 34 18 11 ira eldredge for work on state road 50 00 cc J W fox for survey surveying i 0 on do 37 00 cc c T B foot on account of 0 sevier bridge on contract crin tract 23 cc E miller per T B foot foo do do 5 50 cc I 1 ira ra eldredge on aalt of bage ge 56 60 cc R W wolcott on act of cot conwood canal contract 00 I 1 cc J W fox for surveying do 24 00 I 1 cc W richards for advertising do 9 50 cg wolf bounty 24 21 cc Z draper on aalt of deseret 1 university 52 00 I 1 tc 11 for a mouse trap f or ool coll house 1 00 11 c E ewing W i ng and bryan on account of indian expedition 21 00 cc sundry individuals do 98 cc D DH H wells f for of arms andain 60 16 quarter masters order and repairing cannon 38 00 tc cc james ferguson esq attorney Ati orney in the cases of lucas 40 00 11 W H kimball marshal do 11 00 69 W I 1 appleby clerk lucas 17 05 H S eldredge witness do 1 25 sundry sandry jurors do 25 00 ai and Stol dard criminal prosecutions 16 00 64 G D grant on account of J owen criminal 4 65 1 I W richards public printing 00 cc do cc postage 35 53 11 H R S eldredge assar colar 21 I 1 11 W C staines salary as liban 00 11 J grimshaw clas books and preparing catalogue 31 00 cc A carrington ington do do 75 00 I 1 ic T W ellerbeck EU erbeck do do 39 00 cc 0 waterhouse Water houpe freight on alks 8 15 11 W 1 appleby f or books for arly 11 00 I 1 83 showing a balance of cash in the hands of the treasurer of 10 45 there lias has also been 26 out of the delinquent lin quent taxes of 1850 and 1851 1 expended X ended under the direction of the territorial riar commissioner by A P rockwood supervisor of roads in G S SL L county the bridge over the sevier is completed and accepted and orders have been issued from this office for 2000 on the treasury of which 73 have been paid leaving a balance due to T B foot on that contract of 1627 27 there have been 2 miles of the cottonwood canal put under contract at 1225 and one mile and 4 40 rods of the same at both of these contracts were let to R W wolcott on these jobs there have been orders issued on the treasury from this office for of this amount have been paid the work is rapidly pro grossing grassing the state abad around utah mountain is under contrast to philander bell for the sum of 1500 this work is also steadily progressing the work in salt creek kanyon kany on has not no been accepted or appraised there has been a practicable road opened to the coal bed in coal creek kanyon in iron county on which 84 have been expended there is is also 34 of the taxes for the years 1851 and 1852 still on hand but it is thought expedient I 1 not to lay the gonei money out until next spring I 1 there will necessarily be bomea some 6 or 8 crossings of the creek cre e and the estimated coltof cost of the bridging is from 1500 to 1800 I 1 the state road north from malloris Mal lorys to bear river a distance of 31 34 3 4 miles has been surveyed and located at an expense of 40 there has been no application by mr gaunt to draw from the treasury any portion of the amount appropriated to his use by the legislature of last year for the completion of the woollen factory there has as yet brenno been no report to this office of the expenses of the cottonwood canal under the administration of gardners gardeners Gard ners the foregoing f foregoing ore going is all that is deemed necessary to refer to 1 in n t this is report the auditor holds himself in readiness at all times to comply to the best of his ability with any request which your honorable body may make 1 pertaining 0 to the business of this office I 1 remain gentlemen your obedient servant A auditor of public accounts |