Office of the State Auditor Journals, 1890-1943.

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.