Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-08


enumerated therein have in fact been performed
and furnished, and by due authority; also that the
said account has not been, either in whole or in
part pad satisfied or assigned, and that the same
is now justly due to him.
sworn 70 before me Isl Com. of Deeds.
certify that the articles above enumerated have |
been received, and the services performed; that |
applied to the use of and that the prices
specified are just and reasonable.
NEW YORK ~ Received from Il r.
CONNOLLY, Controller, warrant on the County
Treasurer for the sum OF Dollars, IN
full payment of the above account.
LAWS AND ORDINANCES REIA1ING TO THE FAY
MENr OF MONTY FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
.Acts IF Legislature Of The State Of Ne3c York
LAWS lsi7, CHATTER 40
SECTION =. No account shall he audited by any
Board of Town Auditors or Supervisors or super
of the Poor, for any dsburse
ments, unless such account shall he made out in |
items, and accompanied with an affidavit attached |
to, and to be FLEE, with such account made by the
person presenting or claiming the same that the |
items of such account correct and that the dis
bursements and services charged therein have been
in fact made or rendered, or necessary to be made
rendered at that session of the Board, and stat
ing that part thereof has been paid or sat SIZED
And The chairman Of such Boar Or either Of sad
any oath required under this section.
LAWS 1857, CHAPTER $50.
SEC. ;. No money shall be drawn from the Treas
ury, except the same shall have been previously
appropriated to the purpose for which il is drawn,
and no expense shall be incurred, whether it shall
have been ordered by the Board of Supervisors or
not unless AN appropriation OF money, then in the
Treasury, sufficient to cover such expense shall
have been previously made.
| SEC. 6. The Finance Department Of the Mayor,
Aldermen and CommoBalty of the City of New York
and its officers, shall have the like powers and per-
form the like duties in regard to the fiscal concerns
of said Board as they possess in regard to the local
concerns of the said Mayor Aldermen and Com
monalty. All moneys drawn from the Treasury by
authority of the Board of Supervisors shall be upon
vouchers for the expenditure thereof examined and
allowed by the Auditor, and approved by the Con.
troller; and no such moneys shall be drawn there
from, except on the warrant drawn by the Control.
Ter and countersgned by the Mayor and Clerk of
the Board and no other warrant shall be necessary
for such purpose.
Ordinance Of the Board Of Supervisors ofMe County
Of New York, Passed Dec. 81, ISIS.
SEC 6. All bills or claims on the County of New
York shall be submitted to the Board of Supervisors
in order that the same may be examined and acted
upon before audited by the Controller, paid by
the Treasurer, except where otherwise required by
law ordinance.
SEC I. No moneys shall be paid out of the
County Treasury unless the same shall have been
previously appropriated. Separate accounts shall
be opened with each Appropriation. and each pay.
ment authorized by the Board of Supervisors shall
be a charge only to the proper appropriation.
Sec. g. No payment shall be made for bills incur
red by any Court or County officer in the purchase
OF supplies, unless requistion duly specifying the
several items, shall have been made to the Board
of Supervisors previous to the purchase.
| 1t will be perceived that section G, of the
Laws of 1857, expressly provides "that all
moneys drawn from the Treasury by au-
thority of the Board of Supervisors shall all be
upon vouchers for the expenditure thereof,
examined and allowed by the Auditor and APP
proved by the Comptroller" And here, let it
be remarked that there is such an official as
| County Auditor, and that that functionary re-
ceives $500 per annum salary, and that
every voucher that passes through the County
Bureau must bear the official seal of the De-
partment and the signature of the County Au-
ditor, certifying that he has examined the ac-
count and found it correct But if further
proof of the utter falsity of Halls statemen mt
were needed, we have it in the fact that there
are claims against the city and county amount
ing to millions of dollars which the Comptrol-
Ter has refused to pay. We will mention one
case which will serve as an illustration
The upper floors over Essex Market were
formerly occupied as a Police station and an
p armory for the Sixty ninth regiment, n. G.
About three years ago the police moved into
another building, and subsequently Col. Jas
Cavanagh (who is a carpenter and builder)
{ was authorized by the Board of Supervisors
to pull down the partition walls and construct
more commodious quarters for his officers and
men. He performed his part of the contract
, promptly and in good faith, and when the
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Sc, 700, Ungersoll Miller and Garvey would
have added a cipher and made it $G7 900, } but
for two years no notice was taken of it.
Finally, in December last the bill was taken
up and passed by the Supervisors, and Cav
anagh thought he would have no delay in get
ting his money. Connolly, however, had
wiled it otherwise. Cavanagh is an honest
man and had only put in his bill for the amount
that he was actually entitled to. hence he
could not afford to divide, and on the LIST OF
June last, when more than $500 900 was paid
out for ''repairs on armorlcs, Cavanagh did
not receive dollar.
Having fixed the responsibility where it he
longs, we will now look at the items in detail,
In the Times of the Goth inst, we explained
the mode of manipulating accounts, and
| showed that there are five different heads UNI
der which checks paid out for repairs, &C., on
armories could be entered. The titles of these
accounts read as follows ''Afnories and Drill
rooms" County Liabilities" adjusted
Claims" County Contingencies, and Gre
pairs to County Buildings and Offices
The same rule applies to the new Court
house and the county officers. BY substitute
ing the word New Court house" or County
Offices" for "Armories and Drill rooms,
there are five different accounts out of
which Ipgersoll, Keyser, Garvey and Miller
can be paid for any real or imaginary services.
During the year 1862 Ingersoll, Garvey,
J Miller and keyser received one million one
hundred and twelve thousand, six hundred
! and seventeen dollars and sixty cents for re-
pairs and furniture in nine or ten armories.
The work for which this amount was paid ex-
tended over period of seven months and
twenty days, viz Nov. ~, 1868, to July |,
1869, and the entire amount was divided as
follow:
To Ingersoll, for chairs &C., S4l7,97O 50
To Carney, for p!astering 3O2, 079 rs,
To Keysar far uluuhipv 1QO iSc OF