Show AUDITORS REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF RICH COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JAN DEC 31 1930 salt lake city utah january 20 honorable bifid beara of 0 county comity commis aci loners boners rich county randolph utah gentlemen herewith is submitted by report of audit of your iana iclal records for th the period beginning january 1 1929 dud and ending Decombe De coniber i ai 31 1930 treasurers Treasur ers cash 1 15 18 certificate of cash Im ilance was secured from the ogden state bank D depository eposito ry of the funds dated january 15 1931 in ili the amount of 3 it was nas found necessary to use this balance bi lance rather than the clo ing balance of the because of a number of insufficient chocks checks having been received by the treasurer la in his settlement of current taxes the date of delinquency having been de deferred ferreI to Doce niber the actual bala balance fice us its sot set forth on oil the statement was therefore unreliable As check no 30 concerns the period subsequent to the end of the year it was added to the balance fund balances december 31 1930 should W carefully considered by the commissioners as the amounts set up presen pre lb tho thiu separate obligations of the treasury the county road fund already shows that it is overspent overspend over spent tn in the amount of in other words nione money y in that amount has hag been used in the county road load fund full belonging to the other funds funda it if the treasurer were required to pay off all the other funds today lie ho would be short 11 the county general fund should lie bo carefully guarded as aa the low tax rate reduced it considerably the county school obligation to the county of will help it some when paid the amount of to the credit of county agent fund may be transferred to the county general fund A comparison of the fund balances at the beginning of tin the period audited with those at tile the end denotes that the expenditures exceed the receipts in ili the amount or largely on oil county comity road or an average of ill per mouth month in ili this connection it Is suggested that care should be exercised to see that every source of revenue produces its as much as possible in the treasurers Treasur ers settlement of taxes it is found that IlD bublo swift int erroneous Erro taxes ire are excessive due to re ducting made orv on cattle grazed in wyoming perhaps it la is ai alright right but I 1 find nothing tothill no thill lu in the ini minutes concerning any action taken by the in allowing it the amount of tax sales Is also larse large if people can call delay paying their taxes and later avoid dying penalty and costs they most probably will let their tax obligations RO go current taxes 1929 1020 19 1930 10 schedule al denotes that for the year 1929 there was an assessed tax of of this amount was collected in 1900 tho the assessed tax was and collected or there Is 1200 85 less in ili taxes received in 1030 1930 than in 1929 dule AT also shows that fewer redemptions ons were made in 1930 than in 1929 these are a few of the points to bo be brought out for consa derivation front fron the statements prepared pie pared general during the audit an examina examination tio n was as made of all tec fee registers resl it was wag found that the clerk had bad made all remittances teul aily na aa clerk find and sheriff fees feea have also been i remitted emitted the taxing rolls were noro are fully examined and computed as were ero also the redemption records tho the treasurer has issued receipts for till nil moneys coining into his hands and all disbursements have been made by check and warr atit the warrant ter has been well kept and claims are aie nicely prepared and filed properly tho the minute book Is a good record I 1 appreciated the assistance riven given me during the audit dit by mr marshall and mr longhurst WILLIAM T RIND auditor and accountant |