Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-16
Answer, "1sso. when meeting is regularly

warned"
When monies are to he drawn on account al
hospitals from any OF the funds now existing or 70
accrue by what authority shall they be drawn,
oy the commissioners, or any three Of thsin;'
Answer. by warrant from the Commission.
ere"
We call the attention OF our readers 10 thess air
documents and beg that they be borne in mind. a.
explaining the control which the Secretary of tho
Navy has right TO exercise over the NAVY Her
pital Fund. II will be seen that we are fully
borne out in charge, which we have heretofore
made viz that this sacred fund has be en- most in,
properly nssd by Mr. til'ebrown, under the coz
hvance oil The Secretary
We learn that up 10 the 7th November, 1625.
this fund was placed in the Treasury, TO the cred
II OF the Treasurer Of the United States and pai,f
away upon the order OF the board On that day.
the Board, then composed OF Messrs. Southard,
Barbour, and Rush, appointed Mr. Thomas File
anpum.
Upon an examination of Mr.. Fillebrown'ssc -
count, copy OF which, made out in his own hand
writing, is submitted below we find that two hun.
dred and twenty nine thousand eight hundred and
hfty-six dollars and thiFy-two cents of this fsna
have been placed in his hands without anthori,yo
law, and without requiring OF him bond for lie safe
keeping, or proper disbursement. How that was
done, will be seen by The account itself.
MT. Fiiiebrown admits that be paid Mr.. New.
ton nine thousand dollars and he has admitted 10
the 4th Auditor and the Secretary of the NAVY,
that the money improperly drawn from tie
Treasury. How II was done, we are about TO ex
plain.
BY Mr., Fillebrown's account il appears. tl,atho
pocketed on the % day of March, The last cent Of
this fund, being S9i0 II. BY memorandum,
which he has lett behind him, it appears that.on
The Sd oil March, Mr.. Hay wrote to The Secretary
OF the Navy as follows:
Cspyef a note signed c. II. in mcneil
"DEAE SIR: MIR. Newton is here aud wants L;e
money. The bill for the Hospital Furd is passed,
but II will take days TO get il certified and in
operation. l can advance Fiiiebrown the suu
necessary, or advance it 10 Mr.. Newton, and have
Inc account settled afterwards. Shall do So;
Yours, &. X
Upon this note, NJ Southland endorsed in ne,..
Gil as follows:
81 wish you would-perhaps the pay had Better
be made to f. as the Secretary Of the Board''
This memorandum Mr.. Fillebrown has left in
the office, with the following endorsement:
''The document attached to this by wafer, j
wish preserved, il being the authority upon which
a requisition OF $1,000 was issued in my name ana
Thomas Newton, Sd March, 1929.
tsigpeD TIL; FiLLEBRowN."
II here appears that Mr. Fi!ebrown wac the So
cretary and Agent for this fund. On the Sd al
March he knew that the fund was exhausted, We,
he consented TO permit his name 10 be used for Tho
purpose OF drawing the sum OF nine thousand do.
lars out OF another fund.- and applying il 10 lie nav
Inent OF MIR. Newion's demand!
Fhe act Of the 3D. March, iSO9, provides
'1hat al scG'rGHtS 6rclrfl by the Seere;gyy
81 the Treasury, or If HTd7', or 0ffhe Nam ,,,
on fhs Treasury Of the United States, shall spe.
Guy the particular appropriation or appyopyia.
ftons, 20 Wiieh the same should DC charged. Tie
MONIES pad oy ptrfue Of Sitch tcGsrdnts shall Il,
conformity fhereoith, DC charged TO sueh oppyo
Pr,asion or appropriations in the books kent ir Tho
Office OF the Comptroller OF tlie Treasury, in the
case OF warrants drawn by the Secretary of the
treasury, and III the books of the accountants OF
fhn u Macs h..,,a
the case OF warrants drawn by the Secretary IS
the Navy; and the officers, agents, or other pe.
sons, who may be receivers OF public none VS. sra.
render distinct accounts Of the qualification a..
such moneys according to the appropriation ~
appropriations u1'der ichich The same shall 6nre
been dyapn; and the Secretary of w az and Of the
Navy, shall on the first day OF january i'm each
anu every year, severaly report 10 Congress dis
tInct account OF the expenditure and application
OF al such sums OF money may, prior to the thr.
tieih day OF September, preceding, have been b.,
them, respectively drawn from The treasury In viz
tue oil the appropriation law of the preceding wear
ana me sums appropriated by lar for each Jrancy
OF expenditure an the seUerak DEPARTMENTS shnIi
be solely applied 10 The objects tor ,chict thcv are
respectir&y, appropriated, and TO no other: Pro
rided, ner1thetess, That, during the recess ~
Congress, the Pfestdcn. Of the United Stats
may, and he is hereby authorized on the annEca
ton ot the Secretary oithe proper department., and
not otherwise, TO direct If in his opinion ne
Tor the public service, that portion Of the MONEYS
appropriated for particular branch Of expenditure
in that department. be applied to another branch OF
expenditure In the same department.; in,whiehcase
special account OF the moneys thus irapsferred
and Of their application, shall be laid before Con
gress during the first week Of their next ensuing
session."
Could law have been more explicit II is al.
miited by MIR. Hays note, that the Hospital fund
was exhausted: the law expressly provides, thataH
warrants drawn upon the Treasury, shall speci,y
tne particular appropriation 10 which il should DO
charged, and forbids the transfer OF approximations
even by the President himself unless il be in the
recess OF Congress. Yet these restraints, known
as they TO MIR. FiIlcbrowp did not p,evar,
him from lending himself TO this "mproperH trans.
action. We will explain why we say so.
1t IS seen that this fund is provided by a Tar al
twenty cents per month, levied upon the officers
seamen and marines, ip The service OF the United
states; and one would suppose that an honest mar
would sooner plumber the grave of a gallant ta-
than peculate upon the fund provided by his corr,
rades TO shelter bic old age from disease or wan.
We are told that CFaney leland, below and nsa.
Norfolk, s Che property of the United Ststes; 4, il
said TO be healthy situation, and every way be-.
ter suited Tor hospital than tie site selected ior
that purpose, Mr. Newton, oil Norfolk KNOWN n,
the public as sdeyoted and willing instrument Ia
the hands OF the Coalition, claimed barren, ur.
productive tract Of land, near Norfolk, which we
are informed, could not, under any circumsances
be valued al more than $1,000; yet Mr.. Southland
under an agreement with MIR. Newton, which can,
not be traced TO any binding or valid shape had ex,
pended upwards OF one hundred thousand dollars
upon il. On the third OF March, the last Hay Of
the late administration, MIR. Newton lawyer
presented himself to the Navy Department
and demanded NfHc ThOWsond dollars, his deed
calling for sixty aCycs, mare or 'sss, ddiofu.
ing Fort Nelson! y Why did not Mr.. New.
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'lbe following note j. appended 10 this qnerv.
which. appears by way Of explanation "AHor
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