Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04
TUESDAY, Nov. 80.

TUESDAY, Nov. 80.
1lemaaer Buchanan, snorn-Am Clerk OF
the Board of County Supervisors; this book
is Z record of the Board from the 18th of June,
1858; The proceedings of July 24 are in Heen-
an S nandwrtlng: he kept the records from the
18th of June to August 18th, inclusive; he
q, ed as the Clerk of the Board during that
period; (Mr. Buchanan then, by request, read
an extract from the records of August oath,
viz: report Of Edward Hcenan to the
Board, con- crning the amount of scrip issued,
taxes collected, etc.; find on page "a, Sept.
l4th, rcsolution appointing the Clerk of the
Beard 10 demand of Edward Hecnan all books,
papers, tax-lsts, records, &c, belonging or ap-
pertaining to the Board of Supervisors and
their business, together with all monies due
from him; the next morning delivered to Mr..
Hcenan the resolution, and asked him to con-
form to il; he gave in an answer in writing,
(recorded in page so stating that he had paid
to Mr.. Buchanan $l49.7O! amount In hjS
hands as contemplated in the demand, taking
Mr.. BIS receipt therefor; he denied the right
of the Board to the posseession herect, also re-
fused to recognize any one but himselfa as its
Clerr but transmitted papers, &c, connected
with the taxes from 1907, which he alleged
were all the documents not belonging to his
Registry records, demanding that the same be
returned for safe keeping in his office; (here
Mr.. Buchanan enumerated the trash handed
over to him as the documents demanded
such as roll Of persons Hable to do military
duty, without any date-asscssment books
without date, antiquated and broken sets Of
worthless rolls, originals, copied, etc. these
are al, to my knowledge, Mr. Heenan erer
turned ocer, except one book of records. There
was no certificate made by Heenan of the cor
rectness of the return, nor of the amount Of
money paid over.
There was another demand made for books,
&c, Oh August Il, under direction from the
Board, by the Chairman. One book was de-
livcrcd him, an old record book.
The &l5S.70, is all the money Hcenan has
ever turned over either to me, or the Board
of County Supervisors.
On August 2S, demand was made for all
lelinq cnt tax lists, and all old records Of the
;oard, accounts, papers, cancelled scrip, etc
The demand was made by me, pursuant.to a
resolution, a certified copy of which left with
clerk of Heenan for him. No reply scas
made to it, II. told me that there was guam
tity of cancelled scrip in an old desk in the
room. He said this in reply to demand
for the key of it, so could use it, as it belong
ed to the Board.
The records of May Sd, 1858, are in the
handwriting OF Hccnan. That day, the fol-
loviugbiil was audited, and ordered paid.
Edward Heenan, services signing and
| filling scrip, and services as Clerk of Board
$679,5O.
Cross-eramination.-T statement of Mr.
| Hecnan made on July "a, has been since ex
plunged by order Of the Board none of tho
books, documents, or papers delivered by
| Heenan to me. have ever been returned to tht
office OF REGISTER of Deeds. When Mr.. Hee
l.an gave the register Of scrip issued, las
week, think he said nothing about no demand
being made prior to that Of Mr.. Branch. The
desk mentioned has been removed from thu
room-dont know where to. The scrip ant
other papers were taken out before, how
ever. adjourned until three o'clock.
THREE O'CLOCK, p. NJ.
Daniel Rohrer, slrom-I was employed by
"a committee of the Board of Supervisor
last summer, early in June to investigate tn
county matters, and was engaged in the in
vestigation from about the 10th of June til
the last OF July; only examined the affair
OF the Register Of Deeds so far as he wa
Clerk OF the Board of County Commissioners
! | examined the matters so far no his actio,