New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-03
@. What is your business in the Office?
A. I keep the Journal; I am book

A. Very laoorious.
O. One of the most difficult places in the
office?
A. No, not difficult, but laborious.
Cross examination by counsel for Re-
spondent:
@. How many clerks were there N the
Office, while Mr. Wickliffe was there?
A Sixteen or eigteen.
O. How many have there been in the
Office since then ?
A. There are now twelve or fourteen,
Sir.
Q. Were you present in the Auditors
office when the experts appointed by the
Committee of the Legislature examined
the books?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you: know what books they ex-
amined?
A. The examined the appropriation
book, sir, and the ledger, and that was
about all; they are now in the room on
the other side of our Office examining
books.
0. They examined the appropriation
book and the ledger
A. Yes, sir.
O. What il the ledger; what transactions
are recorded in the ledger :?
A.. Tax trans actions 90 in the ledger.
O. The collections of taxes
. A. Yes. the collections of taxes.
O. Do you know whether Or not they
examined the assessment roll
A. do not know; they may have done
50: but, do not know.
@. Did they examine the Journal that
you were keeping?
\. They looked at it.
@. What do you mean by"looked" at it
A. To see what was doing?
Q. They gave it merely a momentary
glance?
A. Yes, sir.
O. Where are these assessment rolls kept?
A. Back in the office.
Q. Are they very large documents 5?
@. And it was an immense work to COM
| pile them?
"A. Yes.
O. How long would it take to examine
| these works carefully?
A. have no idea, but it takes very
long time to do it.
9. How long would these experts oc-
cupy per day in making the examination
A. saw them there most every day.
90. I mean prior to this investigation?
A. They were there about month ago,
| perhaps little over.
@. How long did they attend each day ?
A. We'll, have my own business to do,
| and do not know how long; Saw them
there once in q while; they were not in
the office; they We're on the other side OF
the building.
@. Bat at the time of making this ex-
~, hn hnt ITua
per day were they engaged?
A. From nine and half or ten till two
| or two and bal clock.
@ Haze you ever examined the returns
made by the tax collectors, the tax lists !?
A. No, Sir.
O. You dc not know anything about
| them?
A No; the chief clerk generally does
| that business.
TESTIMONY OF SENATOR IoHS LYNCH RE-
CALLED
Counsel for respondent objects 70 rur-
| Their testimony OF this witness on The
ground that be has been examined once,
and can be recall ed only tor the purpose
of rebutting testimony of respondent.
The Chiet Justice: The Chief Justice Is
Of opinion that the objection urgei Is well
made in strict accord tnce with law, but
he believes that in practice, and from bis
own exp Renee, that the rule has been
violated more frequently than it has been
observed It is for the Senators, there
lore, to decide whether or not. under the
circumstances to admit this testimony
Mr.. Semmes, of counsel for respOn-
dent; Mr.. Chief Justice, on consultation
with my Client We withdraw The obiec-
ton.
Examination in chief by Manager Low
ell.
Question. Were you member of the
commission appointed and authorized to
sell levee bonds in 1869?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How many Of these bonds were
there?
A. 1886.
@. Were there any matured coupons on
these bonds?
A. Yes, sir.
@. How many?
A. Six.
@. What was done with them?
A. They were cut from the bonds, count
ed, and destroyed.
@. All of them?
A. Yes.
@. From how many bonds?
A The whole Issue.
@. Do you remember the number
A. believe 1886.
@. Were taey destroyed in your
presence?
A. They were destroyed my presence.
@. How were they destroyed?
a. By fire.
Cross-examined by counsel for respond
ent.
| O. How many of these bonds. and IN
what capacity did you receive them?
A. They were received by the commits
sion to be disposed of.
@. Who constituted the commission?
| A. The Governor, the Treasurer
of the Stale, one member
of the House, appointed by the
Speaker, to wit: General LIE and iDys@lf.
@. This commission WAS authorized 10
receive the bonds for the purpose OF SELL
ing them under the act of 1867?
| A. The act of 1868, Sir.
@. From who did you receive the bonds!
A. The bonds were produced In the
Governors parlor. l suppose they were
received from the Auditor; that is my i'm
preston.
| @. So that the commission got posses
sion OF the bonds, through whom? Who
physically received them? Were all the
five members present, Or only three, or
two or one?
A. believe, sir, that the private secre-
tary of the Governor had them; they came
In his charge to deliver to the commits
| siOners.