The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-01
To which our messenger brought

To which our messenger brought
the following answer:
That ne (the Mayor did not find
any such book in the Clerks Office,
and if there had been any such book
in the Clerks Office, it must be there
yet.
The Committee then asked Mr..
MCGRIFF, the Clerk, the following
questions:
Question. Is there a book kept by
the city in which bonds, &C.. issued by
the city are registered?
Answer Yes.
O Where Is it now?
a l do not know where it is now;
the last time | saw it it was In
Mayor Walkers possession.
Q Wien and where did you see il
in MS possession?
A 1t was al out six months ago,
when Mayor Walker brought the
book into rhe Clerks office to show
Mr. WIN B ker, in my presence, what
he (Waiker) supposed to be an error
In the bond account.
O What has become of that book?
A. Mayor Walker carried it away
with him, and [ have never seen it
since.
Mr.. George Liant was then interro-
gated by your Committee as follows,
o-wit:
@. Do you know whether the city
keeps book in which Register of
Bonds, &C., issued by the city, is
kept?
A. | believe the city does.
Q. Why do you think so?
A. Because [ have heard Mr..
Walker say that he had such
book.
Q. Did he state that that book
contained an account of the bonds?
4. He said that by that book he
could tell when every bond was is
sued. and when every bond was due.
@, When did the Mayor give you
that information?
A. | have heard him say so several
times since last November
O. What was the occasion of that
conversation between you aud the
Mayor?
A. l held bonds of the city, issued
in 1867, and then due, and made ap-
plication to the Mayor for their pay
ment, and he issued to me other
bonds in payment for those [ held.
He also gave me ten year bonds of
the city, bearing ten per cent. interest
in exchange for city bonds which |
held bearing six per cent. interest,
and not due until from July to De-
cember. 1869, and some of them in
1870 the average time which my
bonds had to run to maturity being q
little over year. This exchange was
made about december, 1868.
And as to bonds issued by the city,
being denied access to the books IN
which the bonds are registered, we
were restricted to such information
as is afforded by the Ledger of the
city.
From this book we find, under
loan Account" and Bond Ac-
count" the following bonds appear to
have been issued from April 6, 1868,
to March 1, 1869. viz:
one year bonds ,669 40
Ten year bonds q, ,416 ~
Bonds, Time not stated..-... 4,275 81
Total amount issued as appears by
10
But from Mayor WALKERS report,
the following amount of bonds were
issued from April 9th, 1868, to March
1st, 1869, and were outstanding at the
latter date:
Bonds sued for oans..................s5S37 37S 96
for Hizh School BuIlulng.. 1851
Franklin street sewer. ,Sg7 90
BOwldering Streets....-.. l4,l7 %
' Glave ing ...... 1900 90
Opening " s $50 90
Payment of Loans...... 57,754 90
sl5O,623 4s
Showi by Mayor Walkers Re-
port an excess of bonds issued,
over and above The amount Ap-
pearIng on the City'S Led ger, offs 1902 43
As we found eSterd ~, amOInt
OF money bOrr wed from banks
anu not paid INTO the City
Treasury or appearing on the
City's Ledger, OHM. 67372 2S
Discrepancy on the two acc'ts Sl5S,574 IL
j. A. LEMCKE,
Z. Q, DECKER,
w. +. HoLIINGSWoRTH.