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Show 00 OVER ASSESSMENTS TOTAL I 174.460.83 Salt Lake. July 3ft That Salt Lake City has on Its special funds books excess assessments lor special Improvements Im-provements covering the list twenty years amounting to $174,460.88. vvhlch should be refunded or abated, as the case may be. Is shown in the report of H H. Green special auditor employed em-ployed to audit gpeciai assessment ac-countsr ac-countsr which was tiled with ihe city commission yeaterda Of the total excess amount there la shown 10 be on hand as surplus cash In the treasury a total of M, 56 which should be refunded to properly owners This total represents , agfa paid b properly owners in excess Ol I actual cost of ihe improvement The excess assessment other than the ?4,000 56 surplus has grown up during a period of more than twenty years and represents differences between be-tween the amount of assessment on j improvements and the actual msi of ihose improvement s these difference not being propcrlv checked oU on the special fund books In the auditor's and treasurer's nffi,-rc Mr fSrii recommends that tin excel assess-1 metits he discounted by abatement of assessments not already paid and by I proper checking off of accounts oti I tbe city books, and recommends fur-1 Her that changes be made In the svstem of accounting and checking In these funds so as to eliminate this I difficulty in the future |