The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-15
RICHMOND, VA. FRIDAY. MORNING. 81

! the city and county governments to the
New York Printing Company, or mo-
| nopoly Of the stationery supplies to the city
and county Offices, to the Manufacturing
Stationers' Company.
The deponent further says that be is not,
! either pecuniarily or in any other manner
whatsoever, directly or Indirectly interest
| ed Ia the New York Transcript assoHla-
tion, or in the New York Printing Cons
pany, or IN the Manufacturing Stationery
COMPANY, or in any of them !; that he was
! once u stockholder in the New York Tram
script Association and the New York Print
ing Complny, but that he duly assigned
! and transferred all his stock i'll said assO-
| Citations on or about the 9th day Of April,
! 1870, anl has owned no stock In either OF
!: them since that date, and that he never was
n stockholder or In any manner interested
/ In the Manufacturing Stat0nerS' Company.
And this deponent further says that no
| officials Of either the city or county govern
otherwise associated themselves together to
set Mt defiance the laws referred to IN Tho
complaint, or any law OF laws, in order to
secure large or any pecuniary Dement'S 81
| the public expense, or otherwise, or have,
by their acts, or any Of them, destroyed or
removed any barriers, checks or safe
guards which had been erected by the Leg.
| islatllrc in order to protect the treasury !;
nor, to the knowledge OF this deponent,
have any Of the provisions OF the law re-
| ferred 10 in the complaint as beneficial been
! in an open and filgraDt manner, or in any
manner whatsoever, set ut defiance by
! either the city or county officers. -
| And this dcpOnGlii- further s&rS &:at lie
has never individually, Or IS au official Of
the city or county government, openly or
otherwise, associated himself with any per-
son or persons to set at defiance any law or
! laws whatsoever, nor to secure large or any
pecuuiary or other benefits at the public
expense or otherwise, and that he has never
! by his acts or by any acts destroyed or re-
I moved any barrier, check, or safeguard
| which had been enacted by the Legislature
| liz order to protect tae treasury, nor have
any of the provisions OF the law re;erred to
! in The complaint as beneficial been in IN
open and 1lgrant manner, or in any man
ner whatsoever, set st defiance by this de-
ponent.
and this deponent further says TINT Jas.
! Fl. InEersoll is not and never was the con-
| fidcntial or any other agent Of this depo-
ncnt, either personally or officially, for duy
| Of the purposes or in any OF the alleged
matters mentioned in the complaint, and
that the said Jas. Ii. Ingersoli never was
authorized to act as such agent, and never
| 10 tUc huONlc vi lillS HSlCu
or has pretended to act as suca.
| And this deponent further says that none
| Of the claims referred to in the ninth SUBJ
division Of the complaint were to great OF
to any extent fraudulent upon their face;
nor any claims which he ever certified that
he had audited and allowed, nor WAS any
certificate ever signed By this deponcnt
either false or fraudulent on the part Of or
with the knowledge OF depoucnt.
And this deponent further says that the
| expenditures for the department OF the
city government over which be Drcsidcs are
not or never have been in excess of the
sums allowed by law, as deponenl is ad-
vised and believes: ami this dcponent fur
ther says that it is not true, as alleged i'll
the twentieth subdivision OF the complaint,
that no regard Is paid by the departments
agents or officers Of either the city or coun-
tty governments 10 the provisions Of the
statute therein referred to; but, on the
contrary, due regard has always, and with.
| out exceptions, been paid to ali the prnyi-
sions Of The said statute by the department
/ over which this deponent presdes, and by
this deponent, who has carefully studied
| the provisions OF the said statute, and inYa-
rlab!y complied herewith.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
! The vouchers misSin" are, a. Tar as known,
those which accompany the following ac
counts: lnscrsoli s. CO., S5,GA,7l6.7O; A.
J. Garvey, $3.50, ,3GJT6; Ecyser & Co..,
S1,23l ,S177G; J. McB. Davidson, $t04.-
24s.72; =. II. Jarobns, $50, ,72S.6G: j. W.
Smith, s59, ,940.l6; printing, tGc., g en-; 900,
| and sundry miscellaneous accounts, aggrc-
gating about 500, 900 more.
| HOW CoSHoLLy WAS APPOINTED.
| The Times says that originally the Office
Of comptroller was elective. but the youn.
! Democracy being determined to run Mat
itheW II. Brennan some time ago, with q
prOspec: OF his beating Connolly, the ring
rcSorted to the trick Of inserting clause
in the tax levy of 1870, abolishing the olliae
Of comptroller ~ IN elective Office, and
authorizing Mayor Hall TO appoint comp
| trCller for four years. The fact that such Il
| clause had been Smugged into the tax levy
| was not known to dozen persons till after
the adjournment Of the legislature. The
Mayor was authorized to make the appoint
ment within five days after the passage of
the ACT. and before the people OF New
| York knew that such au act had been
passed, Mayor Hall had made the appoint
ment and placed Richard b. Connolly at.
the head Of the inlncc department for four
years.