Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-05 | Page 5 | County Treasures Short

COUNTY TREASURER SHORT Indiana I Found to lo be bethe le iC Ott 0 in 11 time the tie Public FumK Terre Tetie Haute Haul In lad Ind Mity h 1 The I The citizens citizens' committee of live five 1 which was WitS appointed a year ago to ise e the tIme theIn ln obligation In In of county records s has made Its is report an and Chairman RankIn Rank Rank- In III states that William llam Clark who ho re retired re- re tired lied tred as county treasurer measurer December 31 last is short An report ma made e some time ago placed the shortage at 55 C- C Quo iu an and amid since simico Clark went out of once he has been breit reported as lul making pa meats ments The au auditing committee does oes not nol give ghe him him cre credit lt for fur U for fOl which he lie hel held a u warrant on an au allowance allow alow- alow once ance by th the county commissioners U us I lut Interest jt on money he lie claimed to have hae nd ancl advanced at a when the appropriations exceeded the thc revenues of ot th tho count county A question queston has been raised as to his right to this money moner on the ground roul that It was wa COUlt county monc money with wih he lie paid the drafts draUs Chairman Hankin that the says sas money mone paid In b by Clark since he went I out of ut was wa on the shortage e In Inthe Inthe the he Cun funds s in the time cl city of Terre Haute for or which he lie also ser scrod en ol as treasurer I rhe committee also aljo thuds a discrepancy of oC f in time the school chool fund hut but another investigation n must be made to locate ocate responsibility Clark will wf contest content t settlement on the basis of oC th auditing company's re- re I ort it