Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-07-23

halon was expressed. The Committee
which exposed the deficit as above sta,ed
rec mmendec that the keys oe the vault be
entrusted to the Governor. Their resolu.
tion to this effert was adopted, and with
slight amendment, the Senate accepted the
action of the House.
On the 18th of February, 1920, Samuel
Sullivan, then Senator from Muskingum
county, ySs elected in the place of Mr..
Currey. o" the 23d the select committee
which had examined the Treasury. reported
that they had delivered to Mr.. Sullivan the
Keys of The vaults, and tha, the late Treas
nrer, Mr. Currey. had stated in the pres
ence OF the Governor, tho. he was satisfied
no "aiteration" had meantime been made in
the funds. ard that no violence had been
done to the Treasury
Before the Legislature adjourned, reso-
uti'n was passed instructing the Treasurer
to get all the notes and bills in the Treas
ury cashed. if possible, and to secure a final
settlement with H. VI. Currey, authorizing
suit to be brought against him. if a settle
inert could not be otherwise effected.
Various loans and deposits had been au-
thor'zed by law. between 1909 and 1920,
and non R-disposable funds from other sources
had accumulated in the Treasury
| On the 4th of December, 1920, Mr.. Sui
livan reported the amount of those funds
to be S33,933 06. He then stated the OBJ
legations in favor Of the State. for antho--
lied loans. to amount 10 S6.5s2 66, on
which, in compliance with the resolution of
the eighteenth General Assembly, he had
collected 1893 80.
Nothing had vet been accomplished to.
ward settlement with Hiram NJ. Currey
and on the Goth nf December, 1870, a COM
mit'ee was appointed by the House of Rep
resentatives, instructed to demand Of Hiram
NJ Currey to show cause why he should not
pay the deficit with which he stood charged.
The Auditor had reported that, upon final
calculation. the deficit was found to be
| $l,1Il so.
| The committee addressed letter of in
curry to Mr.. Currey. He responded that he
did not stand public defaulter to the
amount reported by the Auditor; claimed
that the investigating committee had been
| wv tihl t''F hu" ''OL 'hhcH
proper pains to guard the Treasury while
they had charge of the keys; admitted de-
! ficit. but before God declared that if it did
not arise from inaccurate accounts and from
the exchange of deprecated paper he could
not tell the cause. He solicited further in
vestigation of his accounts. was willing to
make any reasonable sacrifice 10 have the
unfortunate business adjusted" stating
that he had three lots in Columbus and a
small farm in Champaign C unity, which he
would cheerfully appropriate to the dis
charge of any just balances due the State.
These statements Of Mr.. Currey were re.
ported to the house, and The committee re-
sponded TO them that after a candid and full
examination Of the whole subject, it was
Their opinion no alternative remained for the
State short of placing the bond of Mr. Currey
in suit. A resolution authorizing prose-
cutlon against Mr. Currey aud his sureties
was the following dav adopted in the House,
and wa Immediately accepted by the Sem
ate.
On the 29fh of January, ,lS21.a committee
reported that the Treasury was probably in
debt $4,000, ard that about tina: sum over
md above the ordinary revenue would be
required in that year, to NEE, which, the
State had
Due from II. NJ. Currey. sII,II1.se
Sundrv Individuals for loans. 6572 &C
Derreciared paper amounting to $50 GOO, of
which real value was 1900 90
sees94 IS
To meet the deficiency exposed BY the
Committee, loan OF 20 600 was recon-
mended and authorized.
Loans and transfers from one hand to
another, and from banks and from individ.
uals have frequently been authorized since
rEat period. Their history, amount or char
acter need not here be traced.
Contingent bonds, were, in 1920, a new
feature o. public expense. Mr.. Sullivan
reported in 1921 contingent expenditure
then 600, and his bonds we're $4,000.
The settlement of Mr. Currey's accounts,
or rather effr 10 secure a satisfactory SET
tlempht. caused considerable ex tement in
the 22d. % and Gath General Assemblies,
but Transfers of property were finily accep-
ted. and suits which had been instituted
against him and agail st his securities were
ordered to be discontinued, Mr. Curry hav-
ing paid the principal Of the sum due. the
Auditor of State was. on the l4Ih of Febru-
ary, 1924 directed to release the parties
upon the payment BY them of all costs which
had accrued bef,re July 3Uth, ,iS2 2, dischar-
ging Gurrey en1 securities from all claims
e. .Lo l,Eo;t h h.I bao
reported
Some trihulation was occrs oued in thr
Treasury on accoun' Of difficulties "risinE
out Of tax IN the branches o the United
States Bank in Ohio em,u ,unrinr TO owes o8--
900. amp IN 1922 Samuel Sullivan the treas
urer, as taken into custody. ws'ie Uri cd
States rfficnrs removed iro1' the Treasury
the proceeds OF the tax. upon which there
had been an injunction COR $ me time, and
which had heen kept separate rom oher
funds -Thnsa who arr at all tamil ar with
the history Of the State need not be told
that our Legislators were Obliged. by decis-
ion in the U. S Courts. to forr-o Ruy rev
enup bv taxation upon the branches ot the
Federal Bank.
mlnOr troubles were, iEOm t'mS " tiH'C
occasioned by deprecated paper. and she
failure Of the Miami Exportlng,t the Urbana
Banking, and other companies, to repay de-
posts aud redeem their Lotes, but no cir
cums,ances occasioned an extra examina-
tion of the Treasury until lS47 with the
exception Of a robbery in 1927. On the
night of the sixth of May, in that year,
(Herry Brown, Treasurer) the person who
was employed TO watch the Treasury at
night, being absent the vaults were broken
into and SI2,657 90 were abstracted
The Treasurer was active in the investi-
gaiioE of the circumstances attending the
robbery, aLd by the peculiar detective inge-
nuily of ore Of the officers employed, suspi-
cion was rightly directed. A citizen of Co
| lumSus, not before suspected of rascalitv,
was arrested and SlI SAT 66 OF the stolen
funds. % 979 in bank hills, and 1888 sc in