The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-03-23

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parties at the times and for the amounts
respectively, as the committee have
stated IN that portion of their report,
bearing on this question. They were
drawn upon my responsibility though not
always for my benefit ASH fbe agore
gate amount, | was led to believe from
the estimates OF those who were better
acquainted with the subject, than my
| self, that the work when completed would
amount to considerable more than the
sum for which orders have been drawn.
also supposed, that under the resolu-
ton | was at liberty to draw my pay
without submitting the account to the
county Board for approval, a supposi-
ton which seem to be supported by pre-
cedents. | also understood the COM
pensatlon to be cents for each separate
description, opposite each tract or lot OF
land have nothing more to say under
this he'd, than that have acted in per-
feet good faith In the matter, and intend
to immediately complete the work and
shall at once make good to the county
any overdraft, that have made for
compensation.
Q 5. What amount of salary was
paid Judge Barker. during the last year
ot his term. in county oroe-s?
y $4,000.
Q. 6. What amount Of county orders
were issued to f. B. Treat. District At
torney, for salary during the two years
Of his first term?
} A. $l,700 IA.
@. l. How mnch does this exceed
! the salary Of the District Attorney, fixed
by the County Board Of Supervisors ?
A. 500 a.
Q. What amount of orders marked
in the order book, or On the stub book
salary have you drawn, during the
two years Of your first term. as Clerk Of
the Board?
A. S4,S75.O5, which exceeds my sal
airy for the two years. the sum of So O5.
This excess Is Occasioned by three or
ders, marked improperly salary" as
follows:
One drawn for purchase of safe, of T.
G. Shove, $500.00.
: Order No. 1872, November 25th, 1869,
paid County Treasurer through mistake,
which Will Immediately rectify, $350,05.
Order number 1885, drawn Sept 25th,
1869, by mistake marked in the order
book salary the stab book lost $25,
t making total Of 1878 o.
4 tNote by Committee: The Clerk took
up the order No, 1872 $3.50 O5 10y pay
! ing to the Treasurer, cash for the same,
and the order was destroyed and cancel
ed in the presence of this committee J
: Q. 9. Examine the list of accounts
t for which, orders have been drawn, but
10 accounts presented in the list ard
state what you know about them?
a. have TO state, generally, that at
, the time the Board was in session, when
: these bills were presented for allowance,
: had the minutes to keep up, in addi-
| ton to the ordinary business of the-af-
! fee, and much that should have gone in
J to the minutes, was undoubtedly over
looked | have distinct recolIection,
that many accounts were put over from
time to time, and at the last of the ses-
S sion, L think, they were allowed, though
e not appearing so in the minutes, for the
: reas above stated. As the Chairman
who was exclusively attending to this
business OF the session of the Board, is
y required to sign each order as Cha T.
: man, and would not be likely to en-
orders, except for accounts, which nc
e knew ha been allowed, | think the o.
ders must be right
= q 10 Have you examined in the or
i der book the record of orders Nos. 4G7 s.
4G8, under date, July I2th 1869 also or
5 ders No. 5l4, 5l5, Nov. 23d 1868? If so,
l. state to the committee what you kLow
about them
! A The book shows that the orders
? No. 467 and 46S have been altered as TO
i amount. The order book together win
stubs, used by me from February G,h
0 1869 to November 23G 1869 IS lost /
p, have no recollection Of seeing it since
i the session Of the County Board IN No
vember last, at which time | thisk the
finance committee had it. Ii This COM
nitsee had the stub book at the time of
: comparing orders on hand With the sehed-
uic made by the Treasurer, the amount
/ Of these two orders. as given IN the
schedule. must probably agree with tie
T stubs, and at that time with the record OF
orders. IF so, these orders have been
} altered from SI17,ST to 77,S5 by cra>ing
the figure l at the left Of and froa
$4,000 to $4,000 by erasing the ''5 and
! making Of the first cipher to the left.
9 The record of County orders issued shows
these erasures and alterations. As there
? are no evidences Of alterations made on
n the books In the two orders number 5l4,
: SIS, on record, of s., each, if they COM
B. pared with the stub book, must have
L been an error in entering Oh the record
. book, and taken by the committee for $50
each-the amount in the orders. Jhe~e
t discrepancies amount to $3.50, which L
shall pay OUT before the Investigating
Committee report to the Board Of SUI
0 pervisors, not, because have made tic
o alterations in the books, but because [
0 am satisfied from the care used by the f.
0 nance committee in comparing orders with
. the schedule. that the orders must have
0 been on hand for cancellation, CORES pom
= ding with the schedule Of the same, made
. by the Treasurer and also, for the reason,
i that | hold myself responsible for all
n losses to the County from any transac-
t tons occurring in the Office Of the Clerk
0 of the Board, while | hold the Office.
5 But [ wish to make this statement, as
positive and emphatic as language Will
do it, that such abstraction has not been
G made by me, or with my consent, and
that | had no knowledge Of it whatever,
until my attention was called to it by
L your Committee. [ can say further, that
t orders No. 467 and 46S are not entered
on the order book in my hand writing,
and / dc not know and cannot tell, with
2 out seeing the stubs, if | filed out the
orders, and cannot say, that | ever saw
the entry Of these orders in the record,
after they we've copied from the stubs.
I O IL State If you have compared the
t list Of rcdemptions made by the Com
mittee with the books Of sale and the
r certificates cancelled or held for cancella-
ton, if you corrected the same, and
whether the same is a true statement
e from the books of sale?
C a. ] have, and think the list correct
+ or nearly SO.
D O. II. From the committees list,
: state the whole amount Of redemption
money that should be in your hands at
? the date Of the last entry on said list.
A. $I0,1G6 90.
+ Note by tie committee: The answers
of =. r. Fuessenich to the last three