Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-07-05
you as to others, which time and space

you rs to others, which time and space
forbids us to here produce.
lat. On page 2l0 of Clerks cash
book il found the sum OF 1894 ,34, chools
fund interest paid to Treasurer, in
bulk by G. ID. Gray, Deputy clerk.
Also on page 2l1 of same book the sum
On page 2Os two instances are found
one of l9S, 90 and another of Il, ,63.
I'd. On the 18th day of FEBRUARY 1862,
clerks books show T.. w. Mitchell to
have paid 1900 interest. Treasurer's
book of same date shows same
amount paid by Mr.. Coleman.
3D.. On page 198 of clerks cash
book, interests of payments made by
Pratt Shous Sherman, Bagg & Allen,
of date December 3lst, 1858, marked In
pencil note as follows, viz: all paid by
Coleman should have been paid in
amounts to have been paid by Mr..
Coleman, Dee. 31st, 1852.
4th. Page 21I clerks cash book
shows William Wheeler to have paid,
Dec. 31st, 1865, $4.4S interest on School
Fund Loan, when School Fund Loan
book, page 90, shows Sl2.48 to have
been paid on the Goth of December,
1866, and the Treasurser's book shows
S8.4S to have been received on said
10Th day of December, no further
account is found Of the deficiency, $4.00.
5th. Compare clerks cash book with
Treasurer's account Of interest received
for the year 1861, 1862, and although
there are vary wide differences still
at the end of each year the account ol
thetwo officers balance to the cent and
this will also apply equally to tho foot
Ing of pages and to amounts reported
to the Board of Supervisors from time
to time and to the auditor of State; cx-
amino the 107, pages Of clerks cash
book the footing of this page Is put
down ut 32l0,04 corresponding precise
ly with Mr.. Bunnell's footing OH
Treasurers account but OH further ex-
animation 1t Is very plain to be seen
that this footing Is incorrect and call.
ing the entry of James Kennedy IL, ,0f
changed in pencil from 1900 excluding
30, 80 paid by w. G.. Parr and includ.
ing Al, 10 entered in pencil as also the
last entry 10000 in ink and ii cents In
pencil makes this page foot up 3234. .94
and deducting from this IS17.79 the
leaves balance OH hand to be ecarried for.
actually brought forward on the book
The entries ON This page as to the or.
der of the months in which the pay.
mcnt perports to have. been made are
as follows viz: February--May Feb.
ruary -March-April- -March-April-
February--.April-- --May---Feb
May, clearly showing that the entries
could not have been made rs they
should have been in regular consecu.
tive order rs the respective amounts
were paid In. These Irregularities
pervadc to greater extent the whole
book, and gives rise, no doubt, to the
many difficulties we have had to en-.
counter In our endeavors to settle
them aud rendering balance of them
impossible:
SWAMP LAND.
The account with this fund has been
very much neglected aud Is worry mea.
gre; We do not find enough regarding
IL to be able to present any very clear
and satisfactory report. We find In the
Office large blank book prepared fol
the purpose of keeping full record OF
these lands, but there Is nothing en-.
tired I'm 1t but a short list of ianGs
without any heading to designate
what they are; there are also several
other lists upon detached sheets, some
of which we find folded up and placed
loosely within this book, and some
other lists again found i'm other places
within the Office; two of those detach
ed lists appears to be selections o
swamp lands made by w. l.. Christie
in the year 1868, and by Jesse Wussor
In 1863 by authority Of the Legislature
of the State, one other also, comprises
the list Of lands selected by Cleo
Bishop, agent for the county, I'm the
Fort Dodge Destrict, I'm the month o.
July 1855, with his appraisement Of
tho same. Below we give O list o
the parties to whom some of these
lands have been sold with the amount
paid by each, excluding certain lands
bought by =. Bagg aud Bagg & Allen
which we are informed were paid fol
by professional. services rendered as
swamp land agent, and upon which nc
money was received, amounting to two
hundred and seventy-five dollars and
upwards.
This list Is taken from one recorded
on page !, 2 and 3 Of Swamp Land
records: @