Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-04-03

q Have you aty dosat Of the seor-i
reolness ofsthe 30 at Register ii thist
ofiee. which cohafhs the Ijohsis And
coupoas Issued upon the several roads?
y. / have no doubt Of its general
correctness as Register Of the Bonds,
but believe there are bo4Is redeemed |
that are notso markell on the Register. |
q. Ifihere are bonds redeemed that
are not marked redeemed" upoa the
bond Register. t.tess sfeaiti bezTn-tise
Auditors Q!Iif9a, wQHld they no:, il ra-
deemed by. TIE treasurer, ..rr.aasr
i. They Should be here. .a
Q. 1fan examination of the bonds in
the Auditors office redeemed.by the
Treasurer, upon actuqt -e,;aniasstioR
should correspond With ;Ae ponjsl
marded '..redeemed' Oh lie bond Reg
lister, and no more, what then: 4
\. That still might be the case, and
yet there might lie bonds redqalued
and not marked so on the Register,
@. Explain hoy that could be? l., \
\. This might explain it; tnata GER
tain number Of bonds might have beeqt
redeemed b.. .tas treasurer, taken ipp-
{ by the 1iuditgr aui the treasurer giY=
en- credit for them, -peyer nl2gked-''re-.
ideemed'' on the RegY.sn, and the.
bonds themselves amoqS the aceumu-
latioa Of papers in tle,Auditor's office,
might have been QYeril.2l4f.Sfed, QYeril.2 2lf.Sfed, aF de-
stroyed, or nii-i,,.,> ..,...a. -..,,.....
Q. Was il @4gh;g Y; rtl4, q i24A4iflll TX. re :.
deemed on tAe -boud} IKqgis,er, before
giving the Treasurer a ff credit, or .agtST atgtSeTT.
wards? sra -..-,f a.--.-. -.,.9n-y
4. ibid personally. very littla Of the
marking ''redeemednr. on the Rqgistcr,
but the bonds were marked ,redeefled
after the Treasurer was. given credit,
1 think, but they were; kept in the
safe, to the best Of my recollection, un-
til after they were marked ''redeeem-
ted.n ...
@. If there's no discrepancy etYeen
the redeemed bonds on iand il the
( Auditors Office, and thos9 marked Gre
J Ideemed'' on the Register, woulfit be
possible to account for a large defaien-
cy in the way you have mentioned?
} 4. OF course the larger the defcien-
cy, the more difficulty Of accounting
for it in this VI ay. ~. r, ~.
Q. You haze said your Bond Regis
! Ter is correct to the best of your knOwl-
, edge; should not the bonds and cou-
: pons paid and marked redeemed" on
the Register, and the bonds. and c2u-
, pons outstanding, as appears from The
) Register, correspond with the amount
OF Bonds i5sued?; ~ ..;.-
\. 1 think it should, if there are 10
: errors in not marking bonds ''redgSl.Qll-
: ed" that have been paid. a,c,izs,.
? Q. Were you ever present at The
4 TreasureE,i5 Office upon the presenta-
; tion of any. bends, by anybody, itQ. th4f
/. Treasures, for Redemption, |? ,,i.fy. -,
d J. I haye been, but dQn'tnow recol
lect bis mode ofrqdeeuiDg them.
& O. Did you ever present any bonds
Or coupons for payment at tie 4 IEeafs f}af
: urer''s eflcel??o ~, ...s',7o5 e'.r
? a.. 80, sir,,a,} ,,,,,.a. 90 sdj - !
sF G. Was 1[r. Irwin furnished with :
1 duplicate, of your Bond Register by
.tthe Auditors ofice? -,.. ........ .....-
s a. No, sir.
el JAMES DARRAH, -...;.,.
: being first duly sworn, testified as fol.
? lows: ,, a.....
e you were a Clerk in the Auditor's OF
y fee, how long you were Clerk, when
; fyou commenced and when Tour service
as Clerk there ended? ~ Il .s.a..
n A. L was Clerk during the admins
Itration OF &. II. Clark, ,ifscInNencec
in March, 1867, and el1tiea Oh the l3tl
S of November, 1871. ..ifua- YI,.i~.
$ G. What were your duties. aat pleFl;;
: a. sIhe general duties of the tofice
Q. Didyou make any entries igpog
the bond Register? y..a 4fiaiu -3fnoz
V Al think did an one or two. ,Oe
o casions. l--!a t.aiI sDuidGi,!ti !
ri o. look at the bond d1Fagister ant
see if yQurecognize,y Your hand Writins
in the word t-redeemedp to the:hoslas
n Witness examined the bond Register
4 a.. Inotice son1e OF tny Handwriting
here in 1879 of bonds taTeSleemed," in
+ my hanawriting, some ill Septembes
also in March, 1859, and I871. 1T 90
Q.a.Does it generally appear iniyom
a hand writing. . 20. 70 , ', e..
q a. 10, Sir, it is. generally in Dir
u. Clarll's hand writing" ;a s:sa.
at @. Were you present at the, settle
. lment between the Auditor and Treas
tuTeE in August 3ist, 1870? 5ujfls re
t ~. From memoryI I have. 40 iiHelol
p itctioa OF being present and I seq m
q indication from fthe Register 5h;,t woult
SHOW that I was prsfen.{.n.a.BD. .lai.i.G
@. Whose hand writIngfi5 ther -Au
-jist balance sheet iii t;l:.t.? ..-
Il. I believe it to De IN the hant
y ,yffting'of James p. ADAMS. ''i'- '-r.--'
ISL @. Look and see whit ianOunt j:
a. aFcredited ta Ma. HWiElu5onr apeQunti o
> fbonds and cogRoqs, redseMea ON tht
c Barnesviiie and S4iiarton road"
{ A. lie is credited here with $73is 4
on that Road. F" ii1a#- ~ - - -..,'
q @, Were you pre5entiat the presen
: itation OF these boIds by, the Treasure
: lat that settlement and did you assist il
Il tcounting the same" i''
,ri Al don't recOiiect whether Iva
present or not at that ssttlemeHt4a-.
never assisted alta settlement but once
the date of which I don't rec0Il2ct.
5, 0. WHO generally made the settle
fnent with the EreasuFprg i --hid bio
- a. Mr.. Clark I ,GlEa -!I iii y