Clark v. Lower Providence Township School District

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 5
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 121

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Treasurer of school district — Compensation—Auditors’ report — Minutes of school board.</p> <p>1. On an appeal from a report of township auditors upon the account of the treasurer of a school district, the court of common pleas cannot be charged with error in refusing to surcharge the treasurer with the amount which the auditors allowed as his compensation, where it is established as a fact that the rate of compensation, which was two percent on the money passing through his hands, was determined by the board of school directors at a regular meeting, was agreed to by all the members, and was a reasonable allowance. The fact that the official action of the board was not reported on the minutes is not conclusive against the claim, inasmuch as it was competent to show that it was regularly taken, by the testimony of witnesses cognizant of the fact.</p> <p>2. In such a case it is not necessary to produce an order issued by the directors to the treasurer for the amount of the commissions, if it appears that the auditors, with the approval of the directors who were present at the audit, stated the treasurer’s account, and, after calculating the amount of his commissions, allowed it as a credit.</p>