Report of the Committee on the Expenditures of the Board of Internal Improvement (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the Committee on the Expenditures of the Board of Internal Improvement The Committee on the Expenditures of the Board of Internal Improve ment, in discharge of what they conceived to be their duty as faithful guar. Dians of the public interest, and as the especial supervisors of that portion of the funds of the State, commonly called the Scrip Fund, raised for In ternal Improvement purposes, and subjected by law to the order of the Board of Internal Improvement, deemed it proper to ascertain the entire amount of money received into the Treasury on account of this fu'nd, during the fiscal year, commencing on the 11th of October, 1838, and ending on the 10th October, 1839, and whether or not, it was entered on the books of the Auditor, and certified by him to the Treasurer at the time when it was received, as required by the laws making the Auditor and Treasurer, each a -check upon the other. They next determined to ascertain the entire amount disbursed during the fiscal year, 1839, and whether the money disbursed was drawn from the Treasury under all the sanctions and guards establish ed by the laws. In takingthis course, it will be perceived that it would be come necessary for your committee to balance the account of receipts be tween the Auditor and Treasurer, and of disbursements between the Audi, tor, Treasurer and Board of Internal Improvement. Your committee have performed this duty the more cheerfully as it would enable them to decide, at once, whether the receiving and disbursing officers have performed their duty according to law, and whether the laws themselves, regulating the re ceipt and disbursement of money for Internal Improvement purposes, create and organize such a system of checks and balances, by making each receiv ing and disbursing officer a check and guard upon every other, as will be most likely to ensure the faithful preservation and administration of the funds provided for Internal Improvement purposes, and thus furnish, at once, tiara: best protection for the interest of the State, and the character of the o cer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.