Series 23505
Cedar City (Utah) Expense ledgers
Dates: 1906-1942.
2 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
Expense ledgers itemize expenditures for the city, including salaries paid to city officials; expenses for maintaining streets, sidewalks, city library, park, cemetery, water systems, ditches, and dams; and for other costs, such as feeding prisoners, paying jury members and witnesses, paying interest on city bonds, and paying costs of electricity, printing and publishing, and putting on July celebrations. Year-end financial summary reports are also included for 1909-1922.
Gaps in Series
No ledgers are included for 1908-1909, and no year-end summaries for 1906-1908. Ledgers for 1906-1907 are less complete than later ledgers.
Research Note
Expense ledgers for 1906-1907 were recorded in a book which was later used by the Cedar City police department to log arrests made in 1938 and to list sleepers in the city jail for 1942. The arrest log includes each person's name, what he was charged with, how he pleaded, and the fine or punishment awarded. The sleepers log includes the name and home address of each person who spend the night in the jail.
Research Note
Expense ledgers for 1906-1907 were recorded in a book which was later used by the Cedar City police department to log arrests made in 1938 and to list sleepers in the city jail for 1942. The arrest log includes each person's name, what he was charged with, how he pleaded, and the fine or punishment awarded. The sleepers log includes the name and home address of each person who spend the night in the jail.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Related Records
Municipal financial reports from the Office of the State Auditor, Series 19994, contain financial reports for Utah cities beginning in 1928.
City Council minutes from Cedar City (Utah), Series 85021, contain an ongoing record of expenses and bills paid by the city.
Indexing Terms
Finance, Public--Cedar City (Utah).
Municipal finance--Accounting--Cedar City (Utah).
Cedar City (Utah)--Appropriations and expenditures.
| REEL | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1913 - 1923: Expense ledgers followed by year end audit reports |
| 1 | 1906 - 1907: Expense ledgers |
| 1 | 1938 - 1942: police reports |
| 2 | 1910 - 1912: Expense ledgers followed by year end audit reports |