The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-04-27

House has concurred in the Senate
amendment to House bill No. LAG.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk.
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
The House has conculred in Senate
amendment to House bill No. 200.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
Mr.. Pierce presented a petition of the
Board of Managers of the Orphans
Home, Seventh street, New Orleans,
asking for aid, which was referred to the
Committee on Charitable Institutions
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr.. Ray, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported favorably, with
amendments, on Senate bill No $50, to
be entitled an act to authorize Eugene
Mccarthy to sue the State of louisa
ia.
Laid over.
Also, an original bill to be entitled an
act to define and regulate the costs of
clerks, ETC., and to provide the mode of
collecting payment for transcript of APP
peals.
Laid over.
Also, submitted the following re-
port:
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate
The Judiciary committee, to whom
WAS referred Senate bill No. 206, direct
ing the Treasurer of the State to pay
Charles Kilsham warrant issued by
James Graham, Auditor, on the Treasu-
rer of the State, in favor of S. A. Isaac
or order, and which was purchased by
said Kilsham from said Isaac, have had
said bill under consideration, and res
pectfully submit the following report
The evidence taken by the committee
in writing, and which we herewith sub
NIT, shows that on the sixteenth of
August, 1870, James Graham, Auditor of
Public Accounts, issued his warrant di-
recting the Treasurer of the State to pay
to the order of S. A. Isaac twelve thousand
one hundred and twenty (s12,12O) dol
lars, chargeable to the interest tax
fund.-" This warrant was predicated on
sundry interest coupons, described on
the back of said warrant. It appears
from the evidence of Mr.. Kilshaw, who is
Il banker and deals in securities of this
kind, that on the same date the warrant
was issued, MIR. Isaac, the person to
whose order it was made payable, ap-
piled to him, at his clearinghouse, to
sell the warrant, and not being per-
sonally acquainted with Mr.. Isaac, he de-
clined to purchase without reference to
some person to identify him. Isaac re-
ierred to the Canal Bank, and to Mr.
Newman, broker having an Office near
by, who sent his clerk to Mr.. Kilshaw to
identify Isaac, upon which Kilshaw pur-
chased the warrant, being well acquaint-
ed with Graham's signature, and the
warrant being in proper form, and stating
the consideration, by reference to the
coupons to which it was predicated.
From the Graham's testimony we learn
that at the time he issued the warrant
he had no suspicion the coupons, the
consideration of the warrant were not |
genuine, but that two or three days after
the warrant was issued his suspicious
were aroused that there was something |
wrong about it, but he did not become
satisfied of this fact until about the first |
of September. On the thirty-first of
August Mr.. Graham published a notice
to the public that payne 1T Of the war
rant in question had been stopped. This
advertisement was called to Mr.. Kill
shaw's attention by Mr.. Graham, on the
following day, which was the first notice
Mr.. Kilshaw had OF the facts.
Mr. Maybin, broker long engaged in
dealing in such securities, testified that
he never supplied to the Auditor to know
whether a warranS was genuine or not,
when offered to him for sale; and Mr..
Graham says that he, as Auditor, is only
applied to know whether warrants offer
ed for sale are genuine when there are
suspicious circumstances connected with