Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-06-02


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The Committee Of Investigation yes
terday made a report in the House of
Representatives. The following is the
conclusion of the Report:
First-That the evidence referred TO
and examined, does not support the
charge of having mismanaged the pub
lie funds.
Second-That The .uncurrent no. ee
mentioned in The second charge, appear.
by evidence satisfactory TO The commit
} tee, to have been received and deposit.
ed by the Public Receiver, at tis G
when they were receivable, under the
resolution of Congress of 1917. Tina,
III the principal case, that of the bank
OF Mlssourii the Bank did not make it re
; sponslble for such notes in cash, ant
therefore the Secretary was bound 70 re.
ceive them from the Banks, that, al.
though the Banks of T'omheckbce and
Edwardsyllle were liable to account for
such deposites, as cash, if the construc.
tlon which the committee gives to their
contract be correct, yet that both the
Secretary and the Bank expressed DIFF
ferent opinion, as to the meaning OF
those contracts and that the Secretary
(; in receiving fifteen thousand dollars.
from the one, and twenty thousand dol
arsfrom The other OF those banks. a2-
pears to have acted according TO what
he supposed to be the rights of the par
ties, and with proper regard TO the in
terests OF the United States, under .he
circumstances which then existed.
Ihird-That no intentional misstatc-
; ment has been made TO the House, OF
the amount of uncurrent bills received
from the Banks, although sum of tw Q
5 hundred and eighty dollars of such bills
was omittedthrough mistake.
!; tourth-That although the Secreta-
s ry may have mlsconstrued the effect OF
some OF The contracts with the Banks to
the extent before mentioned, the com
miltee ind no grounds for the charge,
that he has mlsTepresented them, in as
much as the contracts themselves were
r submitted with his report TO the House.
Fltih-That the Secretary did omit to
s communicate TO Congress, the reasons
which led him 10 direct the deposite OF
. Public monies, in the three local Banks
; otChiiicolhe, Cincinnati, and Louisville.
/; where the Bank Of the United States
r had branches but there is no reason
for supposing that aoy concealment was
s intended, or that the omission was occa-
stoned by design.
j sixth-That in some instances papers
called for by resolutions of the House,
r have not been communicated with other
papers sent in answer to such calls. bu,
: that these omissions have happened
either from accident or from a belief
that the papers so omitted were inma.
terial or not called for: and that there
, is no evidence that any document Or in
S formation has been withheld from i'm
proper motives.
FROM THE, c,oO,-r1,rr,.,,r ,,,ooon