Mountain Democrat., 1857-12-05

Treasurer, and finally by the affidavits
OF the Treasurer. On the first Of each
month | administered the Oaths to Mr..
Reed, and they are now on iile in the Office
OF the State Controller. His swOrR state
ment had no right to reject or disbelieve.
Farther than this l could not 90, even
though might have known that there
was defalcatiOn existing, which 1 did
not know for a certainty; neither did
have any such suspicious until about the
fret Of July last, when several things
occurred that led me to suppose that all
was not right.
Some little time prior to the first Of
July last, the quarterly settlement, as
had between our County Treasurer and
State Controller, should have been filed in
the Auditors Office. The Treasurer failed
to perform MGt part Of his duty. That
settlement was something over @I8, 200.
l asked Mr.. Reed why he neglected or re-
fused to file the settlement in my Office,
as the L1w directed, and was told by him
that he did not get full settlement, but
only got vouchers for what money he had
paid, which were not vouchers in my Of
flee, and which it was useless for me to
file.
Immediately after this Mr.. Draper (the
committee appointed by the Supervisors
for that purpose, submitted his Scmi-an-
nual report as to the financial condition
of the county, embracing, in said report,
the receipts and expenditures for the six
months previous, to wit: From the LIST
day Of January, 1857, to July first Of the
same year. Upon examining this report
with tho one submitted six months before
(JanuAry firSt found the following, lin
round numberS)
January 1st, 1857, county indebted
ness, exclusive Of assets, in round
numbers: $4,000 90
Expenditures up TO July lst, 1857 42,30O 90
Receipts into county Treasury from
January LIST to July lst, 1857, as.
sets Of January lst, included
49,sOO 90 69,3oO 90
Deduct expenditures
---t TO July Isl, 81 800 90 -----'-'--
Showing IN round numbers true in.
debtedness Oh the LIST day Of July
1857. 2s,7oo 90
mittcc, $4,000 OO
1t was a mystery to me how our cOun-
ty could 60 back 81 900 in six months,
when the receipts erceelcd the crpendi-
tuTes! / sought explanations but could
get none that were satisfactory to me-
Thus matters continued with this discrep-
ancy Of gil 900 in the two reports, unex-
planned, until my going out Of office pre-
viOuS to which time the Board Of Super
mnnOsnN.,A oavaUNsNNnn 20 ans ,sNs
gate and adjust any error they might find
in the TrcaSurcr's bOOks might as well
say here that this committee was appoint
cd at the SuggestiOn Of Mr.. Reel himseIr::
While this committee were at their laborS,
made known to Mr.. Draper who, think,
was chairman Of the committee, that one
settlement with the Controller for some
$lS,0U0 hat not been returned, and gave
him the same explanation that had re.
ceivcd from Mr.. Reed. l also told him,
of which fact he was already apprized,
that there was balance Of 81 ,O85 in Mr..
Reeds hands which ShOuM hare been
PIdccd long ago to the county .tunds, but
had not yet been allowed by the Control
ler. l also desired the committee to csti-
mate and allow the Trcasurcr's commits
sions, which they did.
In short, all the facts in my possession
| communicated to this committee, and
could do no more. l had -no power to
count money, and could, consequently,
come no nearer to the actual amount OF
money on hand than Inquirer" himself,
but took it for granted that when COM
mittcc had been engaged in investigating
the matter some tecnty days receiving
-four hW"dred dollars for their serriees,
and reported that there was more money
reported by Reed as being in the Treasury
than should Of fright be there, that it was
all right and that my suspicious were
groundless. Is Inquirer" satisfied!
Yours truly, {. N. NOTEW ARE,
Late Auditor Ell Dorado Co.