| Show AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I Mt Pleasant Utah May 28 Hon Do Board rd of County Commission ers ManU Manti Sanpete County Utah I Gentlemen For a number of year wo we lia have a e efell felt fell there has baa been a a tc to comply with the law in tho the mattero muter matter o of of ot publishing the annual fin financial ancial statement of S Sanpete county Disclosures made in the recent trial of Commissioner John Gun Guu derson reveal in a most moat forceful 1 manner tho the necessity ft pC a publication tion such as is required by 6 ec 1555 Compiled ComplIed Laws of Utah Utah Utah- 1917 1317 as amended by Chapter 63 L Lalus of or U Utah h 1927 The annual u l statement of the financial cadlo condi condi- condition condition o tion of Sanpete County for tor the year 1930 appearing In the on Gunnison Valley News In Its Issue of ot March 12 1921 1951 lacks in our opinion most Important feature ure required by bythe bythe bythe the section above referred to namely a statement of ot mach Bach Warrant warrant warrant war war- rant rant issued to whom and on n account provided that If It more than one v warrant has been teen Issued to one 1 on the same Bame account during during during dur dur- ing the he year the aggregate amount shall bo shown in ion the statement as one warrant and provided r that that various arious items paid out to Individuals In In- in individuals that are charges on Ui the count county shall be published but th the same samo may be he stated as a total and tho the itemized statement of tho same game shall be on file flIe in the auditors auditor's of of- fice This language is unmistakable able in its terms and if it your pour am an annual n nual published statement complied compiled l with it any officer or person In Inclined in In- In to be unscrupulous In in the use of public money would probably probably probably ably be deterred In the misuse e atthe of or orthe the same samo by the knowledge that thet 1 t what he Tec received i d or did 1 itji ith tho the money entrusted to him hid would be he opened to the tho minds of of the ho pu public public pub pub- lic yb publication of such such statement We might state at length good re r re i A sons why this 13 law W should b be enforced en- en enforced en on- forced but It seems unnecessary to todo todo todo do so since it is th the law an and our Legislature has undoubtedly recognized recognized re ro cognized its Ita worth or It would not have been on the Statutes of the State for so many years We demand a strict compliance with this statute We demand that you ron publish a a. proper financial statement statement state ment for the year 1930 and for as 1 many other years as the published reports reports fail taU In the particulars mentioned men mon mentioned since John Gunderson has haft been a County Commissioner P. P Po I Respectfully yours J Signed Burke urke McArthur H. G. H 0 Erickson John S. S Blain Bert Deil c M. M t. t Wright Leonard J J. J cely Ed d J M. M Johnston Am Amasa a n- n nW Wt W W. p P. P Winters Mina Laurita Larson b The a Ie bovo tt f tW r Continued Ip on t la gt I An Au Open o Letter Lettero J To Commissioners Comm Continued on page 6 5 county Comity Commissioners the latter I part of May flay and It seems that they h have Ye disregarded it as they have failed ailed to let us know what they intend to do regarding the above matter or even write a reply to the communication One is almost led to believe that when some of our public officials are ire elected to office they feel teel that that I i they have haye become Lords and Masters Mas Man MasI I tern I of or the People instead C of be becoming i coming servants of the tho people Mt Pleasant Pyramid I |
