Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-13

examination
Thousand vouchers These vouchers file in the office of
the State Auditor.
From my office general given
On day May last drew from treasury
of said fund the of $4,000; of this amount
medatey paid H. Vajen Cuartermae General account
of already s616 SO paid tegraphing the
balance 50 $50 81 deposited the of the State
contingent and is still unexpended Since that time
have passed vouchers of sl3377
7e OF this $4,000 paid by loan made from the
bank before meeting of the Legislature The
all expended for subsistence clothing, equipments and anspoa
of troops State, Federal pur
poses incidental expenses herewith be
fund exhausted This results from that the troops
hand provided ap
propiation made until the Both Of Maywo days ago.
All of which is respectfully submitted
OP NORTON Governor
Here 1861 less than thirty days the passage of
the granting
contingent fund.- that officer the Senate that the fund
exhausted" leaving impression had all paid
obedience the and for objects which the law contemplated
without accuracy,
and especially the House of Representatives the Senate
day May 1861 bill appopiating further of
twenty-five thousand dollars for the Governors contingent
AS the General Assembly had already passed act aPpropiaing
million dollars the general purposes the organization
of troops this body did not the prope of granting fur
special the the bill the House failed
to sanction of the Thus stood the
close the session. and the further history of the Governors
contingent report first
November, 1861
In that report Auditor LANCE says:
a report submitted the Legislature the session.
would that Governor Morton aboed under the impression
100000 charged the military fund.- had
charged the mtay contingent fund.- Twnty thousand dol
lars being support
troops Governor properly charged the mil
ary contingent fund" The rest properly charged mill
iary fund will appear from the vouchers file this office
discovered in the the Auditors
port that when he speaks of the military contingent fund.- he
contingent fund.- This should be borne
understand the condition these funds
the time to which this investigation refers There has been
rregulary drawing separate
and the Governor and State officers do comprehend
system regularity essential conducting properly the
affairs like this. We will briefly
Irregularities sample of Others For instance: War
rants 294l 1914 upon
contingent fund the 2O 2l and 22d days OF May
21st day of May, 1861, Governor Norton
rant W. S. T. Morton, who had furnished
courements drew upon the Governors contingent fund for 49,
$50 payments charged this military fund.-
the fund upon which they drawn This shown
Auditor and Treasurer of State The mi
ay did the date of the and money
pay the law approprang the of
one million of dollars for this "miay fund.- did pass till the
May approved only the 31s of that month
By authority the change made for what purpose the
committee have of knowing but the whole operation
be both irregular and The statements OF the
Governor hand and the of the Auditor and
Treasurer of State o the Other do not harmonic.
report the Senate of June l. 1861, the
contingent fund is all exhausted" while the Auditor says that
100000 dollars that fund expended and that
drawn himself The Treasurer State,
reply to the Senate says, under date of January
90 1868 paid for purposes between the
DAYS specified THE 18th day of April and Both day May 1861
contingent and military contingent funds S470 So
out of the military $49S19 o. The State fund
S2232 So have of knowing the precise de-
the above of S4770 So the
the contingent fund and the military contingent
fund, blended together"
testimony the Treasurer of State: and the
mitee believe that blending together funds specifically
Appropriated objects dmllr is liable great abuse,
should be discontinued altogether guaty commenced at
of the expenditures The bank debt made be-
fore the assembling session S25O00 and which
drawn against the Governors contingent fund"
fund ALL but has been transferred the general
military fund.- and the paid of the
ceve without To decide this point only
ask the Governors contingent fund such
this $4,000 could be paid out of remaining
expended!
committee the authority of the Governor, the Auditor
and Treasurer State, unhesatngy declare that able
discharge that debt.
Auditor LANCE says his report of November 1861 that the
Governors contingent had been drawn but for s2OOO0