San Andreas independent., 1858-04-03
The Amador County Warrant.

Auc AWduoI Oouuty w dIIdut.
We copy the following from the Gala
veras Chronicle, in reference to this war
rant. We expected history of the same
last week, but failed to receive it. In
the absence of information and data
(Which can only be obtained 5y labor and
expense at the County Seat we felt a
delicacy in writing on the subject, and
prefer giving its history second-handed,
to running the risk of an incorrect ver-
sion. The history is given as follows:
Some time in the year 1856 the Supreme
Court confirmed judgment of the District
Court, in favor of Calaveras county, and
against Amador county, for the sum of $780,
900. A warrant was issued by the Auditor of
Amador county, to IS. L. Magee, County
Treasurer of Calayeras County," for that
amount.
The Board of Supervisors of Amador coun-
ty met the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras
county, at Mokelumne Hill, ON the 26th day of
February, 1857, for the purpose of making ar
rangements for the payment of the warrant is
sued to Calaveras, which was made as follows:
That Calaveras county receive any evidences
of her Indebtedness from Amador in payment
of the said warrant. An order to this effect
was entered on the minutes of the Board of
Calaveras. The Supervisors of Amador made
an order, setting apart a portion of the county
revenue for the purpose of buying up Calave-
ras Indebtedness to pay the above named war;
rant, and appointed an agent to carry out the
provisions of the order.
Shortly after this time a decision of the
District Court was confirmed in the Supreme
Court, commanding the Treasurer of Calave-
ras county to pay warrants held by A. B. La
forge, former Treasurer,) to the amount of
$4,000. Magee, the then Treasurer, insisted
that he had acted under the instructions of
the former Board of Supervisors, and deman-
ded of the then existing Board the authority
to raise money on the credit of the county, to
satisfy the above named Judgment. This the
Board denied, but mace the following order,
which will be found on the records, under
date of the 2Sth February, 1857:
The County Treasurer is hereby authori-
zed to appropriate all moneys received into the
general fund OF the county Treasury, to the
redemption of the warrant now held by A. b.
Laforge, as specified in his schedule, upon
which judgment was awarded in the Dis
trict Court and confirmed in the Supreme
Court, January Term, 1857. Provided, That
this order shall not be construed to effect war
rants draw on the Treasury for cash, prior to
the passage and entry of the same"
Thus the matter rested until the 18th of
September, 1857, the last session of that
Board, when it was discovered that S. L. Ma
gee had hypothecated the Amador county war
rant to Vim. BealS, as he said, to raise money
to pay the Laforge judgment, and had stipu-
lated to pay interest at the rate of from two to
four per cent month. The Supervisors find
ing matters thus situated, and knowing that
the runous rates of interest contracted for
would soon amount to the full face of the Am
ador warrant, which at that time, interest and
principal, amounted to S3l 900, proposed to
sell the warrant to said Beals for the Laforge
and other Calaveras county warrants, which
was agreed to, and the Amador warrant was
transferred to Beals-the amount of it recei-
we'd in Calaveras county warrants and cancel
led by the Supervisors of Calaveras county
Thus Calaveras received the full amount from
Amador of her proportion of the Indebtedness
at the time of the division of the county
Amador still owes the warrant to the holder
which she refuses to pay.
During the time between the 26th of Feb
ruary 1857, and the 11th of September 1857,
Treasury of Amador, of which the Treasurer
of that county refused to release his CONTROL
even to allow the Supervisors to fulfill their
contracts with the Supervisors of Calaveras-
The Treasurer of CaIaveras had financiered
in such way as to have good excuse to not
receive the warrants of Calaveras, even had
they been presented by Amador. Thus be-
tween the two they had virtually annulled the
proceedings of the Supervisors of both coun-
ties and got the whole matter into their own
hands. Amador county now refuses to pay
the warrant to VIM. Beals, the present holder
or any portion of it, although she has some
$4,000 in her Treasury set apart for that pur-
pose. To obviate this difficulty, and get pos
session of the money in the Amador Treasury
Beals, Magee and others, with the assistance
of Mr. Briggs, member of the Assembly from
Amador, have introduced Bill into the Legis-
lature, authorizing Amador county to pay that
warrant in Calaveras county Indebtedness, and
also repeating the Law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, providing for the re-
demption, by Calaveras, of her Indebtedness
prior to the 18th March, 1851. Magee, Beals
4 Co., while I" they were Treasurers of Gala
veras county," managed by some MEANS best
known to themselves, to get possession of the
larger portion of Calaveras warrants and bonds,
and would therefore be the only persons from
whom Amador could purchase. They would
sell the amount to Amador for cash-exchange
the warrant of Amador for the warrants of
Calaveras, (the funding or redemption Act re-
lating to Calaveras being repeatedly come
back upon Calaveras for the full amount of
the Amador warrant (amounting now to some
S33 ,OOO), and thereby become preferred cred
itors, and compel the payment of the full
amount, before another cent could be used
from the Treasury for any purpose whatever.
The above facts are taken from the public
records, and the conclusions drawn are plain
to be seen by any one.
FoUND.-Mr Gordon E. Sloss, deputy sher-
iff, found on the person of a suspected Chi
naman. the following goods, supposed to be
stolen: boots, one no. 6, the other no. Z, with
a label, manufactured for Nash & Beamis,
Stockton" :" also, one pair of dark-brown cas-
simere pants one gray flannel shirt; and one
figured silk ocket-handkerchef-all new
The Chinaman also had on his feet pair of
new boots The articles are now in charge of
the officer aforementioned, in San Andreas,
and any person having lost them are requested