Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-04-24

proper and legitimate bonds to b.
issued:
A. Yes Sir.
D q. did you ever discover in you
examination of The bonds brough
, back to the Office by the treasurer, tina
they acre uncancelied by hiIn?
a. Yes sir.
, q. What aid you do in that case:
A. / can't say " hat done with al
Of tneni, cancelled part Of them by
punching, ~h"ther they were ali punch
ed or rot Ican't say, have not exanlin
Ell theiIi, haven not seen one since have
been cut Of the flee.
/ q. Assuming the fact TO be that
there are 6onds anu coupons taat were
uneanceilei hy either yourself or the
. Treasurer ur t . Commissioners, wha,
NCuiu prevent them from being pre.sn-
tesi Il second tue and Iedeenle-i?
\. [ don't know anything that
would prevent it.
! Z. ii such was the case, when would
! you discover il?
i y. Just as soon as the bonds were
| presented secouii time TO me.
Q. Did you ever discover anything
OF that kind?
4. 1 never did.
Q. Could you nave discovered it in
the coupons as we'll as i'll the bonds:
a. Ne sir.
| q. Why not?
\. l had no register OF the Lumber
of the coupons, and they are separate
irom the bonds. --
@. Did you ever have any intina-
ition or knowledge from Mr.. Irwin
that there was any discrepancy in his
tbtlanee sheets?
y. / never did.
@. (by Patterson How did he
COIN pare with mis- balances Eith You
at Your setni-annuai setIiemsntso
| A. There Wa. never any disagree
nent " ilatever.
! @. (by kennon.) Have you any rec
oileciiou of the settlement of August
/ 81, 1870, WITH the Treasurer ef bonds
of the GAINESVILLE and Somerton Road
where he receives a credit of $734S 40?
A. / have no recollection about it
now.
q. AT the March settlement the
treasurer is credited twice with s7204
81, can you explain that?
A. can, gave Irwin credit for
the amount of bonds and coupons that
he had redeemed, Darfah not knowing
that, issued orders on the treasury for
the same amount that I had
already given credit for without
issuing an order, my habit was to give
credit without issuing an order at all.
After discovering that in the August
following, | charged Irwin back again
with the amount ei the orders that
Darrah had issued, leaving the original
amount the same.
Q. That is the explanation OF the
double entry on the Warnock Read
and other roads?
A. Yes sir, il is the same eXplana-
Rtion on ali the roads.
/ q. (by Kennon.) On June Il, 1871,
there appears charge of five hundred
dollars, you received an order for fifteen
hundred for Auditors fees and it ap-
pears upon the Auditors register as
only Ave hundred dollars, but is carried
out in the total as $500. The original
entry of $500 appears to have been
scratched so as to make it appear as
$500, can you explain how that occur.
rcd?
y. can't do 1t. don't know any
thing about it, was harged with the
whole Si5O0, and | received it. The
first notice received of it, got when
Hunt was gong for me in the BELMONT
CHRONICLE, don't know anything atE
all atuut il, / know that | was charged
with the full $500, and received it, and
don't deny it.
Q. You say sou cannot account for |
this discrepancy. If the bono register |
is correct should not the bonds paid and
on file in the Auditors Office and the
bonds outstanding on the register un-
paid, correspond with the whole num-
Der of bonds issued?
A. They should, provided all the
bonds redeemed are marked redeem
ed on the bond register.
@. Were all the bonds that were re-
deemed SO marked?
A. Yes sir.
O. Did Mr.. Irwin ever demand OF
yen duplicate of the bond register?
:. Not from me he diun't.
Q. Was it your habit to give the
Treasurer "a receipt at the time you took
up bonds and coupoi.s?
n. No, i gave him credit on the
book for the amount ut the time.
NJ wy SIdttSiSOu.J bIu yOu rNel SiFS
Mr. Irwin credit for bonds and coupons
that he did not present to
YOU at the tinte?'
A. Not 10 my knowledge.
@. Did you ever own any bonds?
A. / never owned one in my life.
= @. Did you ever present a bond at
the Treasurer's Office for redemption?
A. never did, l have presented
coupons for friends and would get the
and send it TO them, but L have
no recollection of ever presenting any
bond at the Treasury for redemption.
@. Were you the agent Of any OF
these contractors for the sale OF their |
bonds.
A. Ican't say that l was agent, 1
dealt in bonds, mean by that that
bought them for other parties who
wanted to get bonds. They would
come here and inquire for them (bOnds)
and deposit their money in the bank,
when the contractors came in with
their estimstes I would buy the bonds
from them and take them TO the bank,
deposit them and take the money out. |
Q. What w.s the custom in regard
to the Commissioners signing bonds for
the purpose of being used during Va
cation? /
A. The custom was, while the COM |
missioners were in session we would |
have them sign enough until we sup
posed they would meet again.
@. These bonds were not signed and
filled up by yourself until they were
issued?
A. No sir, the Commissioners |
names only were signed to them.
@. Where did you keep the book
which they were contained?
A. The book was kept in the safe
after we got a safe.