The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

ance of his contract, but that by the terms of
said contract twenty per cent. OF each estimate
| is withheld until the building is completed, to
secure the faithful performance thereof.
| IT. To the seventeenth interrogatory your
respondents ansW er and say: Your respondents
| have negotiated bonds of Cambria county to
| the amount of twenty two thousand seven hun
| dred dollars, between No. ! and No. 80, and
| have received for the same twenty two thous-
| and and thirty four dollars and fifty cents, and
have applied the proceeds to the erection of
| the new Jail. Your respondents decline an
| sw ering to whom each Bond was sold, unless
required specially to do so by your Honorable
| Court, believing that the sa me would be pre-
judicial to the interests of the holders of the
Bonds and to the interests of the taxpayers of
| the county
IS. To the eighteenth interrogatory your re-
sponden answer and say; We have given
William Callan Bonds in part payment of his
contract, the same being given at par. Your
respondents further say that they have given
none of the Bonds of the county to anv person
| 10 sell at discount
l9 To the nineteenth interrogatory your re-
spondents answer and say: That the purchase
of the ground paid for in Bonds at par,
| and that your respond ents have drawn orders
Oh the County Treasurer in favor of " llam
| Callan for the sum of twenty thousand two
hundred and thirty-two dollars; and, besides,
have drawn orders in favor of the architect, and
on account. and to pay printing bills.
30. To the lwentie h interrogatory your re-
spondents answer and say: Your respondents
have not loaned given the credit of the
county for the purposes aforesaid, except in the
sale of Bonds, as before stated.
| 81. To the twenty first interrogatory your
| respondents answer and say; That this inter
Iogatory has already been fully answered in
the reply of your respondents to the nineteenth
interrogatory.
%. To the twenty second interrogatory vorr
respondents answer and say; That the ground
occupied by the present public building is two
hundred and siXty-four feet square, about one
third of which is occupied by the Academy
| building, over which your respondents have 10
control, and upon The balance is erected the
Court House and Offices, the old all and out
buildings.
%. To the twenty-thi interrogatory your
respondent answers and says; That he has paid ,
on orders drawn by the Commissioners, to W IN.
! Cailan the sum of twenty thousand two hun
dred and thirty two dollars; that your respond
| ent has paid no money to Eliza Mcdonald
any other person or persons on account of the
| purchase OF land from her; that OF the money
! paid William Callan, ak hundred and ninety
| seven dollars and fifty cents were derived from
| taxes, and that the ba lance paid said William
Callan was derived from the sale of the Bonds
| OF the county.
%. To the twenty fourth interrogatory your
respondent answers and says: That your re-
| spondent has received from the sales of the
Bonds of the county, nineteen thousand fSe
hundred and thirty tour dollars and fifty cents,
and that your respondent knows nothing further
| in regard to said Bonds.
25. TO the twenty fifth interrogatorE your
respondents answers and saws: That your re-
spendent borrowed no money upon the Bonds
or credit of the county.
20. To the twenty sixth interrogatory your
respondent answers and says: That your re-
spondent is not authorized to sell the Bonds of
the county, nor Goes he know of any party
authorized TO sell the same
81. To the twenty seventh interrogatory
your respondent answers and saws: That he
has no Bonds of the county in his possession
OF control
CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS:
and Maurice Mcnamara, being severally sworn
according to law, say that the foregoing snswe ers
are true, to the best of their knowledge and re-
membrauce, and also to their information and
belief. J. a. KENNEDY
MAURICE MCNAMARA,
Sworn and subscribed this l4th day OF Septenl-
Der, 1870. J. K. HITE, Prcthonotary.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, ss:
William Linton, being sworn
according to law, says the foregoing answers to
the special Undergraduates @ directed to him are
brance, aud also 10 the best of his information
and belief WILLIAM LINTON.
sworn ana su oscrIbsd this 18th day of SepteIn-
ANSWERS OF WILLIAM cALLAN
%. To the twenty third interrogatory your
respondent answers and says-That he filed !
his bid for the construction of the new itil on
the tenth day of November. A D. 1868; that
said bid was endorsed in a sealed envelope: !
and that previous to the filing of said bid your |
respondent had no means OF knowing and did |
not know Mr. Haviland's, the Architects, es
innate OF the cost of said Jail that your re !
spondent did not know Mr.. Haviland until the |
day of the letting
"a. To the twenty fourth interrogatory your
respondent answers and says-Thst he did not |
know the Architects estimate of the cost of |
the new Jall prior to nor until after he had re- |
celved tho contract, nor did he know what aby |
other person or persons had bid upon said inii |
20 TO the twenty fifth nterrogatory your
respondent answers and says-Y Your respon- |
dent ii ed but one bid, and upon that bid |
he had received the contract for the erection of |
the new Jail Your respondent further an
swers that said bid was not altered or changed |
after it had been filed with the commissioners
20 10 the twenty sixth interrogatory your
respondent answers and says-That he has
given no security for the performance of his
contract, but that under said contract twenty
per cent is retained upon each estimate to Sc
cure the faithful performance thereof
a. 10 the twenty seventh interrogatory
your respondent answers and says-That no
other berson than himself is directly or indi
rectly interested in said contract, and that no
other person is to receive any profit or advan-
tage out of said contract.
~. To the twenty eighth interrogatory your
respondent answers and says-Yo our respondent
has been paid on his contract by the County
Commissioners the sum of twenty thousand
two hundred and thirty two dollars Your
respondent further answers that he received
County Orders for the above amount and with
part OF said orders your respondent purchased
Comfy Bonds, taking the Bonds at par Your
respondent further AYERS that he has no Coun-
ty Orders on hands-that he has sold none of
said orders at a discount, and that all the
money be received on said orders was paid to
him by the County Treasurer
~. To the twenty ninth interrogatorv your
respondent answers and says-That he has
parted with none of the County Bonds or
County Orders at discount, and your respond
ent further AYERS that he is not authorized by
the County Commissioners to sell either the
Bonds of the County nor County Orders. in any
manner.