Report Of The Auditor Of The Territory Of Arizona

Annual Report of the Auditor for the State and Other Departments for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30 ...

Office established by Act of March 3, 1817 as Fifth Auditors' Office. Name changed in 1894 to Auditor for State and Other Departments. Abolished by Act effective July 1, 1921 and duties and powers vested in the General Accounting Office.

Reports of the Territorial Auditor, Territorial Treasurer and Bank Comptroller

The Fiscal Case against Statehood

New Mexico and Arizona joined the Union in 1912, despite the opposition from some of their residents. The Fiscal Case against Statehood examines the concerns of the people who lost the battle over statehood in the two territories. Moussalli examines their territorial and early state governments’ fiscal behavior and reveals that while their fears of steep increases in the cost of government were well-founded, statehood also significantly improved their governments’ accountability for their use of the public purse. She concludes that fiscal officials enabled statehood’s growth in government by improving the financial reports and processes. Moussalli examines New Mexico’s and Arizona’s financial reports before and after statehood, and compares them to the state of Nevada’s reports as a control. Through detailed, systematic analysis, Moussalli reveals the fiscal costs and accountability gains of statehood for the residents of New Mexico and Arizona.