New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-01
x,S.r the hsas Of the Auditor and his ssssta..,
Th.y nigh, II they bad the power TO perform :hen:

.S<y the Rad Of the AUDITOR Aod his sasstas.r
They nigh, II they bad the power TO perform hen;
but they wanted belp.
n IA vow think that you had power upser .hs
bsrter 10 appoint a clerk 10 this duty A. Ithoaght
had the power call upon any one oi the csrks q
INV Office 10 perform any Of the duties Of the Office
o. Would not the proper course have been 20 sp-
10, smith an Assistant Auditor A. I did not
consider that had the power 20 make new emc.
once appointed an additional assistant during W.
Timpsons Illness, and the Coumou Council deInasdsd
10 know whether ! bad any person "hon laa 70
right 10, and / had 10 remove bln.
% When A. After Mr. TImpson recovery NJ.
Tnlpson said he was desirous that thus young naa
should stay but told hinf that could not Keep
him after the Common Conne1i cailed upon me 70
Dismiss him. ..,,
o. Would it not be safe TO have let smith hand tie
abrsct 10 the Auditor for examination before pre-ent
ing them to you a. oYn Soocese .ns' y
certihcates; did not think that he would commit
forgerv and trusted IN him; thought, oi course,
that his abstracts were were correct
N Woud Won not be better satisfied If the abstracts
s,s w nrssented by the Auditor than by clerk not
srno;nted by the ordnance A. Well, would as
ION have trusted as the other have been de-
c.iyej YOU see in both cases ! have s.gned war
rsnts coming from the Auditor though inpHir no
intention of wrong on Dis patt pu' ' ~ ~e"~
not 10 have passed them e, r.n.
O. How did YOU ascertain that iac, ~ ~ 80
case of Erben requsltion was mace eu1 ~ tnc
Street Department aud signed II IN the eobheenco
thar all vas right: even in the Street Department "e
had no mesus of ascertanng whether It wac nsnt OF
wrong. it, :. ,ha. all.
srsct came from man in responslole o'nS,a' pye
,ion A. A mans confidence DON depeno ou ps
official sition-it depends u man intesh'!i 'Oo
whole matter il, he deceived me. s,,.
o. Was there any time when you had no cVhl"enoo
n Mr.. Timpson A. | always hsd confidence 10 I'm,
o. Was il on those grounds that you empHyed
smith A. oh, no. It was from pehei mat Ea
abor required more assistants. ,r~o..o. .n,o,r.
a
tbsn was due by the CITY if the Controller looked MO
the contract book, and compared the dlnefenl pay
nepts with the last warrants A. lhe contract ooSk
is in the Street Commissioners Department, anu .hc
Lonts there are arranged suit the hsures ID 'he
warrant If had suspected that Smith wa osSsiV.
ing me- would have sent another CLERK ~ .nc 20
of Assessments, aud then be could nave Conf"" ~
Ibaye been signing papers for thirty years on no
donsJepcs in the men who made them out; You see
the labor is so great that oI man could not P"sS'oY
discharge the whole OF II. ...., .,oa :, 40, 81,
Auditors duty 10 examine the work on the contract.
A. Ii was undoubtedly Smiths duty.
O. But was il not the Auditors duty also IL Lee,
anv one who audited the account.
o. You can state no authority lot giving 'ini' no
same control az the Auditor! a. did not give nm
the same control but gave him services 10 perform
which considered had right TO do. AUDIT &C"
counts myself . 4, f,
o. Have there been any other wrongs or defiea-
,ons by other members OF your Department except
smith a. don't know OF any
o..
ton that YOU thought there other persons impi-
Gated A. ] did not say so.
o. | understood from some Of the paper that yon
conveyed that idea. That's all, Nh. FlaSg. We WI
adjourn now. ,..A.x
Mr. FLAoG.-I think ii proper TO state here tha,i al
considered the case of Smith, IN regard to the SOoOu,
as one ought TO lay before the District AttoIney;
and on Monday, when got clue, made an eihda.I',
| ON which Smith and the parties who received ina
bonds were arrested for conspiracy. We are exam
ming other cases about which do not deem It proper
to speak until get at the result OF the present mat-
ter Papers connected with this sl0oo0 transarhon
have been put ont of the way, at all events We
can't find them. .,ooD,
to directly -.
patrick and receipted by per named Breungan,
clerk in Devlins office, suppose under the power oil
attorney which Deyn put on file to receipt all claims
coming 10 him when he assigned his contracts 20 Ftk.
patrick but We don't find this original contract sup.
| posed to have come from Sharp to Fitzpatrick.
Mr.. GEsfI-Who are examining the books ID youf
Office A. Mr.. Cady.
o. ANY other personsl A. lie has some assistance.
| O. Who are they A. M. Storrs, who helpe him
part of the time With regard to the surveyors, ws
employ sometimes Mr.. sesrle or one OF the Ewen..
The Committee then adjourned 10 Saturday next, a,
| O'Clock D. m. Mr.. FLsGG said that any further
formation he could obtain ho would lay before them
THE NEw-YORK TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
| This Association met at it. room 10 the hall Of
the Board Of Education on saturday evening, 70 EJECT
| officers for the ensuing year.
The following the results Of the election Pse.s
dent, ". W. Smith, Principal of Grammar School No.
in place Of ID. u. Scott, esq Vice president, II.
w. Dunshee; Treasurer, j. w. Mather, Principal Of
Grammar School No 90; Recording Secretary, q. W.
Micks; Corresponding Secretary, John II. Fsnnng;
Librarian, John Peterson; Trustees ID. b. Scott J.
II. Partridge and l.. Hazcline.
Mr.. flaming named Essayist for the ne,. meet.
ing. The meetings are held on the evenings Of the s
Saturday in each MONTH
After como suggestive remarks from various mem.
bers, the Association adjourned.