Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-04-10

on the outside Of the envelope, and the
amount of the bonds in the envelope,
also. The amount of the bonds were
taken down on each of our tally sheets,
they keeping one and we Keeping an
other. After ali the roads were thus
divided and footed mp, the coupons
Were.then divided. This was done by
the aid of the Auditors Bond Register.
ana the stubbs OF the bonds, first sep
arating them by the numoer of the
coupon and the Amount to each road.
Next the coupons were divided into
Denominations; then each GenomiDd-
ton was counted either first by the
Auditors clerk and then by myself or
my own clerk, and then the number
taken down GA our tally sheet and
footed up; the denominations Of each
road were thus footed up; after they
were divided and footed up, . e road
AZ time, they were placed in a large
envelope and sealed up. The number
of the coupons of each denomination
generally, ana always tle amount OF
the coupons Were placed Or the back
iOf the envelope with the name OF til .
road: these We're also each taken down
On the tally sheets. That finished our
settlement SO far as footing up was con-
cerued The Auditors clerks then
took charge of the bonds and coupons
and brought them to the Auditors Of
Gee. | never carried bonds and cou-
Dons from the Treasurer Office To the
Auditors Once; kept il tally sheet.
cur settlement sheet, with the amount
of the bonds and The coupons upon
them for each F0a |, until after settle
meiit with the \ uditOr, and seen that
had a proper settlement with the
Auditor for tle amount to each road
| aud upon no settlement was there any
difference between their account and
mine; after the bonds and coupons
were taken 40 the Auditors Office /
have no knowledge of ever seeing
them again.
Q. Did you have duplicate of the
| bond register?
=. did not sir; L an speaking only
tof Clark's time. During Longley's adj
ministration the bonds were taken W
at different times between the settle
ments, they coming, Longley or Wise.
perhaps, coming and taking them up;
| 1 think the same as we had figured
/ them up before, and dividing them
into roads, merely figuring up the
lamount of the bonds and coupons and
dividing them between the roads
They gave me receipt at each time
this was not the habit Of Clark.
Q. asked you if you kept dupli
cate Register?
4. [ did not sir; at one time sug
ges5ed the propriety of the Treasurer
having Il Register III his Office, to.tht
Commissioners, but they seemed tt
think it was en- unnecessary expense
/ q. Did you keep any account of tht
number of bonds; the denomination
aud the roads upon which tiey were
Issued? ?
I. did not sir; kept no book OF tht
Kind.
Q. Have you any means now il
your Office Of asc,.rtaining the numbe
of bonds paid by you as Treasurer vi
to the tjuie that Mr.. Clark's tirHe eX
!pired"
\. believe not exactly, have rath
ier private book that [ kept my5el
for the purpose of balancing my dali.
. cash, in order that l might know from
it whether was going safe Or not; bu
that VIII not show exactly the amour
of bonds and coupons redeemed fer tW'
) reasons; we kept that book SO rs t,
: show the amount of cash received OF
each road separate from that recciveC
on the general duplicate, but it WOul'
not do it; there were seven roads aiIt
seven accounts to be added to the gen
eral duplicate again; l f0und it coul'
not be done; | had to drop that an;
then | found that in the rush it W'2S al
most impossible to keep the accoun
between the bonds and coupons, Cour
certificates, and orders redeemed, an
: very frequently we footed the Who'll
thing right up, all our vouchers put tC
gether, and got credit on our balanc
book without designating betwee
r bonds and orders.
Q. AS you paid the bonds did yo
cancel them?
a. That was done mostly just wit
the stamp; we had little stamp wit
a ribbon ia it; when they were not car
; cehed at redemption from the paftie
holding them; our custom was t
stamp them when they were taken vi
if this was not done l cannot :couI
for it.
@. Have you examined any bond
returned TO this Office to ascertai
whether they were cancelled?
A. have not until to-day; Isaw on
shown to me here, there is no mar
on it.
@. Those that were not marked, ha
y0u any means Of ascertainiug whethe
. vou paiG a bond Of that kind more tha
5 once? Ht .-l l eai.
{ a. suppose not; if they were M
cancelled by the Auditor or the Con
missioners, / had no means of know
, ing whether it had been redeemed I
D whether it had been presented nlol
q than once or not.
@. wish you to turn to that Aud
tors Register and look at the entry fl
August 81, of the redemption o.,
: bonds of the Barnesville d SonertC
: Road and say what is the amount
: credit given you on that day on th
road? -' =
: A. S7,348 40 seems to be the amour
| @. Have you any recollection of th
i settlement? .
i. I have not sir.
Q. DO you know who counted II
: bonds ana coupons at tha. time: -
u i. ] think il was Mr.. Adams.
It Z. hen. ga you see that entry u
r fore? .....
= a. may have seen it at the tin
we compared our tally sheets with
$ we always compared our tally sheet
they always compared.
@. Ifyou compared your settlemen
and that credit was there, have "
:. any doubt us to the fact of having pr
sented that number of bonds to Il
Auditor?
\. Not the least in the world.
Q. How many bonds had you at Il
March previous to that?
a. have no knowledge from Il
fact of having no record to show II
anything about it.
O. Have YOU any knowledge of Il