AGENCY: Office of the State Auditor

SERIES: 512
TITLE: Journals
DATES: 1890-1943.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These accounting journals record monthly receipt and disbursement of funds. Expenditures are noted for a wide range of entities: counties, state officers, courts, state agencies, universities, charitable relief, etc. Entries note to which account they are charged (e.g. county sundries, territorial district school tax, etc.) and the nature of the expenditure, whether for salaries, freight, maintenance, capture of fugitives, animal bounties, etc. Various appropriations and receipts are also noted: state lands, hog cholera fund, cigarette stamps, motor vehicle fees, etc., sometimes specifically citing the legislative act.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the value of the journals in providing a detailed overview of the income and expenditures of individual government agencies.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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