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CONTENTS
The fi rst 2009 issue of the State Audit has a special character, because
the date of its publication comes close the 90 th anniversary of establishing
of the Supreme Chamber of Control [of the State], which took place
on 7 February, 1919. This occasion has inspired the the State Audit editing
team to prepare a two-part anniversary issue.
Part I divides clearly into three sections. The opening is made by the
three Former Presidents of the Supreme Chamber of Control – President
of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński, Deputy for the European
Parliament Janusz Wojciechowski and Member of the Polish Parliament
Mirosław Sekuła – with articles presenting their reflections, and the concluding
utterance contributed by the President in Offi ce Jacek Jezierski.
The second section contains articles devoted to the evolution of the
institution of state audit in Poland, and tradition vs. modernity in the
European Supreme Audit Institutions. Next comes a unique material composed
of excerpts from lectures delivered in 1925–1939 in the Parliament
building by Zenobiusz Rugiewicz Vicepresident of the Supreme Chamber
of Control as a part of up-grading courses held for state audit staff
members. Its interesting supplement is the article on the staff members
employed at the Supreme Chamber of Control in the period between the
two World Wars; it is based on the documents from their personal fi les, at
present kept at the Central State Archives – New Records, Warsaw.
Anniversary Book I finds conclusion in The Report from 1922 Activities
of the Supreme Chamber of Control, never before presented to the readers
of the State Audit.
Part II supplements the above collection of reflections, analyses,
and documents. Yet it can also be read as a separate whole, as it collets
biographic notes of the heads of the supreme audit bodies which were in
existence in the Polish territories in XIX and XX centuries (until late
1940s’).