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

\. Anv hnn,ls thate1 registered =

I " Dlu lIit SstElt liiiu5 OCCUR W Htn
Mr.. Clark marked them redeemed .
upon tine Register? so
3 a. Most generally.A
-. Nh9called for him?
=. Sometimes myself and some
times Mr.. Ryan, they We're co rectly
called when | called them.
q. What was done with the bonds
redeemed by the Auditor from the
Treasurer aiter thqyyYese marked re
ldeemed', the -S9ejSter2 - L =
y. They were rolled lp and tied
.and placed in-tAe eiiy5eard IN tlie front
room Of the Auditor Ofiica.
! O. Were tlley locked 50 that they
could not b. reached by outsiders?
\. They We're not. r..r=
q. Were the.y sealed il euveiopeS?. ,.
4. They NeTerot, to me Uest OF my
knowledge. '
/ G. Where vera they kept before
j theX, Were pat in envelopes and before
Tthey were marked ':redeamed?n
Ar was not often that they were
| in our possession long before they
Were marked redeemed" anytime
! that they were iii our possession not
marked redeemed the same day
they were deposited in the safe in the
auditors office ".' --..
QssSg IS there any marks of ciinceiia-
/ ton upon tAe b0ad9 wien Put away in
lthe cupboard you spsak Of, ;nade eth
| er by yourself, or the Auditor or the
IEeasarer, or the Commissioners, or
.Iany one else? ti5-,!H i ''.f5 -..'t
A.,There Was. .-a-7-. --s-. =
q. How were they cancelled
/ ~. =
the Treasureris Office of Belmont
county, l believe the day of the month
with the word in that inscription
paid" were stamped on these bonds.
1 Q. We're they all cancelled in that
way? 90
4 81 AL cant say that they all were,
mCstigenerally, or nearly all. E't
1 Q. D2 you know from your personal
knowledge, that they were generally
so cancelled?
A. / have examined great many OF
the bonds ''redeGIhed" andthey were
all So marked. .3... .:a i.;.. 80.
Q. Who put that mark Of ,cancella-
1ti0n upon them? :
"A. do not know-for all of them. !
have been present when lIr.- irwin
was redeeming those bonds ana col-
pons and have seen him stamp them
in that way.
Q. Were they 80 stamped before they
We're redeemed by the Auditor from
the Treasurer? aiat . A.-- -.....
! \; HeS, SO far as my observation ex-
1tendej.
+ y. Who h:ld Possession of thai
:. stamping machine: i'...i.-- =
| Tine rI'raaSnrar
! q: Have you any knowiedge of any
boTps OF coupons after they. were re
fdeethed, being taken from the Audi
tor2sohics by any person? si 81.
\. l have not. ais ..as....i T..
: Q. W hen t'ir. Treasurer produces
, bonis fJr. sett!elnent, did you at any
such settlement, notice any diiferenc,
in your amount of bonds and coupons
and thai claimed by the Treasurer
} and credited on the Auditors books? :?
: \. | cannot say as TO that.
Q. Was it the custom Of the Audi
| tors Office to put any mark OF cancella
ton on the.ooiyIS;lnd coupons received
: from the Treasurer atsettieneiIt:
sfi A. I believe not.
IF 't1, We're they 1:efaced in any way
otby ,either the Auditor or the Treasure
: 50 as to prevent iai second presentation
Of them? "a, "a -sfc.. -,,,.',.-.. 3. ,r-
: y. Nothing more than the stamping
! tOf the'seme to Wliicfi referred.
III Q9 did the Commissioners at th
e s3lkHHHent Withthe Apditor, examin
:. Fhe bonds and coupons TO ascertain
4 the amount credited to the Treasure
:, was correct? -
A.nI;cahnot: say;' Z have see1 then
IeXamine the bonds and coupons, bu
for WAT objectlI don't KNOW.
q. Did the Commissioners ever t
your knowledge, compare the bond
paid with the bond Register. =
Al dom now recolect.,i .'--a"Id
e q. How did the Commissioners 81 q
: these bonds? ... .....-.. ,..-, 80. =
, 4. In blank.
Q. How many bonds I'D they sig
( in bi&s!Isi ut any one time 4? - /
A.. / cannot state any partieGla
j. rnumber,- but about What WAS suppose
4 would do from one melting to another
-17 q. WIS there any number of bond
= fsiga6d in blink by the Commissioned
Il eftanpsed Whe you left the office? 81
2 ~ think there was. ...t. ,.,..-..
ajc =. Can yo4 approximate to III
1aIuouDt: - '''-
i a.. eannOtuotv.F L might by refer
Eence to the bObks. '.ii4a1 .t 80
r h 9, There, is anapparent deiieienc,
il the aggregate upon all OF the pike
:, Iin this C0dntv, Of about $12. 900. tcai
"iton give Us any information as t0h6y
g tit oecuFTel-u 81: 80 iZHH7i go: .,V
i2M a. Id2l't know that Lean. = gd
AL, q. Did YOU al any time before yoi
:. left THIS Office know OF CT discover an,
z deficiency? ts-' Yi2a;ti,s's 'i.'7''s'
n !. a. never did. 7 never did .kaoY
:, pay word OF action, ofany County of
Il Ger that there vas anything wrong o
=, cUrruptlin eitiier Office. .' iS9l
tA Q9iSappose that the bonds rejeemeI
99adfthe bonds outstanding disappear
: Iby the Re9ssistter,. appears TO be Si2,G0
g more tban- the bonds Issued, wha
would be your! theory OF explanation
a. If such is the state of the fact, tn
! only, eH pianati0a' 4couid give OF Il
would be this: that there had beei
l. bonds redeemed that nave never beer
= marked "redaCtHe,l's on the Register.
= II Gl .Wasy0 bond Register elrrec
to the best of your Knowledge anC
/. 4belief? gf q: ..s.....-. .i..rs, :. s. j.
|. \. Substantially it is. . 49,. >.
G. IF there is no discrepancy be
4 tween the retleenedi bonds on han,
J in the Auditors Office and those mark
s ed redeemed, en- the Register woui,
,r your theory then account for It22 go.
el \. II. there was 10 discrepancy. rs
mattef. of course it would not. is,.-
OI Q.gSapposing that to be the case
would. not the bonds on the bond Reg
l. ister .not marked *redeemed" be stll
.rhthe n,umber of bonds outstanding?
nj A.1As a matter of course if they az
p fnotmarkcd 'taedeemed they would b
Iststill outstanding. zoo nr. :.
.Ito Q.r Where oUslft any bonds to b
!. tifat' have been redeemed by the Treas
rurer and taken up by the auditor, an
p tnot marked redeemed en- the Register
, / A.olAnyijbonds redeemed by tn
a Irsasurer and taken up by, The Audi