Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-24
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TIIE ANSWER OF MILES KING,

have BY INV own admission made unawhii advances
10 contractors and Dealers, (meanug thereby pre-
sumo, nothing bu partial paymeu's on account Tor
work done, articles delivered contracts not corr
eted) aud many similar thing IN which re most a.
mu.ingy seeks 10 hrd sufficient reason Tor NY re-
moval from office although It is evilen, that they
could not have been known to his honorable TREND,
whom no one has taken for prophet, until some
time after that eventcnly referring my reader to What
have heretofore submitted on these points winch m
deed hardly belong tn this ontiovery-an pas on az
once 70 notice something entirely new with when ne
has favored for the first time in his reply ms II
he grand discovery which he announces with no NJ
tie triumph that drew from the Bank my checks
as Navy Agent in the year 1926 and 1927, more mo-
than entitled draw tor the public service,
aud of course applied the excess to my own
other private use. Now, in TO this really new
charge have 20 observe Ia the first place that II II
true, il would not justify the least reflection ON
my conduct in the aiair Tor a. my account under the
prac ice and instructions OF the eparment was never
entirely closed at the end OF the year, it easy to see
that might well have happened that might have
drawn more in particular year than was enued 10
draw for in that year, and yet not more than was en-
titled to draw altogether, because there might have
been balance due TO me for the preceding or some
prior year, and the auduence therefore, OF selecting
two years only for this sort Of display, must be
obvious to every accountant Indeed our Auditor bim-
self tells us, that in 1927 and IS, the amount OF my
che cks few thousands, (he does 10, tell US how
many here) greater than the drawn, and if SO,
(hough acknowledge it is difficult 20 conceive how it
could have beeu must have drawn con'iderably less
in those years than was entitled to draw IN mem.
But our Auditors pretended ftct, usaul, will be
found 10 be fact at all hot only another trick his
egeTdemaiu; Tor shall easily shew that did not draw
ally less than was entitled draw for in those very
years-and shall shew this from his figures and
admissions again.
But bo fore do so, Just remark for moment,
in TO the gross insnuaon which he has couchcd
in his remarks the deficiency of my checks, which
he nimates, has alone prevented him from making his
exposure of my overdrats Of this Kind still more COM
pete that from the first adoption OF the arrangement
with the u $ Bank, which he mentions in 1919, L
have always and invariably kept the public money sent
TO me for my agency, in the Bank Gas did also betore0
and have never drawn single cent Hcm IT, but upon
my checks specifying, in all the object for which
the money was drawn and my checks have always been
left of course, with the Bank, TO be sent the De-
partment according 10 the arrangements If they have
not been sent then, in any instance it certainly has not
been any fault OF mine. There were some OF them,
however, which the Bank had returned to and these
when our Auditor wrote to the Bank for them (about
month or two ago, beieve,) | sent them back again
to the Bank, including these very ones OF I. Watkins,
which he afterwards comments upon, to be sent up to
him for his purpose. IT, then, they Incomplete the
rest of them may probably be found in some of those
boxes i'm his office which he tells us in another place
contain he does know what Ii IS certain that have
never kept back single of them. And II is more
over, certain that sent my check-boo also, TO the
Bank, which contains, of course, memorandum of
ry check, and the object for which drawn; and from
which, therefore, list might have been taken that
would have given him full information upon the subject
II he fails then, TO make good his charge against
IT cannot be- as he pretend because he has not had
far concerned at leas', most ample materials for
his investigation and there will be nothing TO excuse the
disgrace of his attempt if he fails in it. With this
mark, let examine lis statement of my alleged
drafts from the Bank in his selected years of 1926 and
'27. 'Among the checks returned for 1926 and ~
found some for of money never charged in Mr..
Kings account and others Tor sums never carried to his
credit From the checks themselves, have made out
statement of these items which is annexed marked G.
From this it will be that during the year 1926 Mr..
King drew from Bank for commissions, interest, clerk
hire office expenses travelling expenses and to pay
san drafts $ll,471 90
Deduct his lawful commissions $4,000
Authorised clerk hire and Office
} expenses 1900
Travelling expenses ls6 go 1856 60
f Applied TO other than puplic pur-
poses 1855
During the year 1927, he drew
ont for like purposes except
ing the drafts 1859 20
Deduct lawful commits
sions $4,000
Authorised clerk hire, Of
/ flee expenses 1000
! Travelling expenses 6S 10 3,663 20
i Applied to other than public
n purpose in 1927 Sl,02I
Applied to other than public
/ purposes in 1920, 27 S1l,7O6
Now this, is very clevery got mp indeed, butt strikes
me at that although debts, as might
expect quite enough, the credits, usual
Their shetland must beg leave the account
little ollow,:Frs deduct lrem the gross amount
OF The debts, drawn from the Bank for 1926 and
| '27 az taken from cxhbi, c the item Of $500 for a
quarters commissions, drawn for, appears by said
exhibit ITSELF The let of January, 1928, and OF course,
not within the selected yeor'; 2ndy, allow adj
dona credit lor the sum Of 50 ,SI2 is, as Auditor
himself admits (snd indeed charged that this account
had been allowed by The Alb Auditor on the 10 OF May,
1926 aud is certain a. he also adds, cr another pur-
pose) that l"consdered that claim a. settled" 3diy,
allow also, an additional credit OF S3,3GS 60 for
much o OF cOmmissiOns flical
disbursements in these years standing precisely
the same principle with the last which considered
as setted;' 1thlY, allow full credit Of 81 600 for
two years extra clerk hire at $500 per aInum which
as he afterwards admits regularly passed to my
credit by the 4ih Auditor; hly allow further
credit for the amount of the 18th Auditors first draft up.
or for $1,000 which accepted and paid and charg-
ed "contine emit dire cted; and which there
fore, properly and correctly drawn for by me for
public purpose, and not for private Observe,
claim no credit for the other dras, amounting 10
The sum Of 50 500, which the All Auditor afterwards
drew upon me, and which accepted and paid but
E which have never charged TO the Government-for
s reasons which will appear) And now, applying
these DIRECTIONS to Auditors account, the result
will be at glance, in the following reformed
e statement
o First, for the year 1926.
II, Regular commission on expenditure for the
year 1926. $4,000
/. Extra commssions per account charged and
o allowed 5,Si2 10
Regular clark hire, allow d O0O
. Extra clerk hire, az allowed 500
House rent, stationary, fuel, &c. 600
. Travelling expenses TO and from Washing
,, ton to Richmond and back to Norfolk al
- lowed 1Ol 90
: Further claim for commissions duly vouch-
= ed, which entitled according
II cond charge Ss.c, '''' s,a6s 65
Il This amount paid Cohen's for amount Of lh
y Auditors draft me, Navy Agent,
. properly and correctly charged 900
o Si4,sO2 Al
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