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Charles Mix County adopts supplemental 1938 budget and schedules hearings
Summary
Charles Mix County commissioners approved a supplemental 1938 budget at public meetings in December after earlier publication and a hearing; the board recorded specific transfers between the motor, bridge and poor funds and instructed further public notices and audits.
Charles Mix County commissioners adopted a supplemental budget for 1938 after a public hearing and routine approval at the board’s December meetings. The minutes record the board’s vote to formalize previously published supplemental appropriations and to publish the hearing notice in official county newspapers.
The county auditor presented the supplementary budget, which listed targeted increases to offset depleted funds in several county accounts, including motor maintenance and bridge maintenance. The board reduced one large requested line for care of the poor and recorded smaller increases elsewhere; it also approved transfers within funds to cover immediate needs, including a transfer from the Mothers’ Pension fund into the General Fund to cover poor relief costs.
The board followed statutory procedure: it filed the proposed supplementary budget, published a notice of hearing in the county’s official newspapers and held a public hearing on Dec. 27, 1938, at which no objections were recorded. Commissioners then adopted the supplementary budget as published, with the adjustments recorded in the meeting minutes.
The minutes list specific administrative steps the commissioners took to make the county’s finances current, including a transfer of funds described as follows: a motion to transfer $1,582.10 from the Mothers’ Pension fund to the General Fund to pay poor relief; and a motion authorizing the auditor to transfer $7,600 from the “new machinery” fund into motor maintenance and repair to cover immediate equipment and maintenance needs. The board recorded its action to publish notices and to proceed with required accounting entries.
The board also adopted a resolution asking the state auditing authority to conduct an immediate examination of county books and records and requested the State’s Attorney to present matters it had identified to the grand jury for investigation, so any irregularities could be publicly examined and, if necessary, remediated. The board minutes say these requests were adopted unanimously.
The commissioners closed the Dec. 1938 meetings by setting standard procedural items: continued review of treasurer’s reports and claims, and scheduling additional sessions in January 1939 to complete routine business.