, 1874-09-05
AN AUDITORS AUDIT,


sas sf~Ns"~" ~ ss~~ss
tContinned from tue First Fnac.1
.,s ,,ro, ill., .os,oaI 1o-,1o y trIo f7.,,nitto-
Srosonf ~ fai,,r eunuoi A"ua'' 4no
aonEDu1r 1S OF aosir or TIE nErAnoA71osa
Of MoIlrath which thoir Investigations brought
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inr r,,t ~ 1v ~ ncs,nit ,,,,o1, ~ ncin1i
innda' " peiaAs "l'oA4 "'uoo I po o.xo
Amnnnt - . . ~ - - MI oeio'''@a
n ti,n Htnfo T.eanusas n s - A' m ooo an
Aroant Amount a,a nst 14i!.' gs!a s0loao4
ier out rI Without uu pormt nit 81. M ecLno tu
A,namnt =; s:,,c III; sc. ~ h 'aAo
r. ti,a atatn arr TrGan"eN AM ms't " H'n1 onoo,
arn,u,+ ~, vat, ,r.n a.ot,s
Amount raid 10 Moilratii for lin. v''1'@''o
aso.s,n9 6os sat On other 6sase 1anda not
.,na,,mt eaaaa,aea: c9 -. 4s89oo
10 'no e'aso a'eaa"fer. '''.'''.' e.i2o.'o
Amount not mill ovcr. aaaaoo
''-@' srooNn nisTnicr. '''''0''1
Amount paid to McIlrath for linl-
bor cut by rormit upon school
adnt asmns :; 49,. :st12,le2ca
to te tato daD1s Traanror nalm ovee ny nna aso.o,
'''''. o1.o.o.o.
Amount not pata over. ..,,..,. sao,1eo.o.
ber cut BY permit On university
{ands. ,...............,...,,,3 30bB3bb
Amonns 9n shn s.sa e fafTe M,1 PAID over by him
Amount not paid oyor......... sl5,ob3,eo
Anoan. 1,sa IT. pala ~, 70 MoiratA Tor tm-
A1noans Il ao,nc !, ps,i over by lin i0''4o'z'
to atato Trassltrur. .... 1s.1a7ss
-
Amount not paid oror........ $3,512,G0
Amount paid to h1c1lrath Tor tim
esnoI gG1 Gus ,,3e1.s ~ 6to mnas NOT c'as-
Amount Of sn,no ns1 nrcr hv III, '''1'''o
to Btato Trpssurer. .,,..... aqa68l
-.
Amount paid 70 Mc1!sasA for tim
sta,o 1T eus snd y I'll ncen1is 11, on swamp,
AnaoMnt 81 sasne naia ns Z, ;;,; 4aai'2
to Biato Treasurer . s..'s .'e. ~ a44A
Amount not paid over....+... $4,1m,12
OTHER 1TEs1B,
In addition to tho foregoing no find that. On
about tho 9TH day Of Augunt. 1909. McIlrath.
A8 6tnto Auditor, furnished to tho o(1ccta of tho
Lake Superior & mississippi Railroad Company
nu official statonont OF tito amount Of money
that had boen collected BY him in payment Of
lumhcr ont in tho winters of 1866, 1867, and 1868
tue stato for tho construction OF tho aaid Lake
Superior & Mississippi nailrood, aud alao Of that
cut IN tho Bamo soasons upon eertain swamp
lands then hold by tho stoto In trtat for eaud
hlcllrath certified that he collected the following
suma:
Eor timber cut upon awemp lands. e.lo8.49
so' ''''SSF ea' upon oa0 8ss''0hS 9,zss.ss
NJ rocora - tno.o t-,ns.ct;on. H. - -
m o fnr y, ~ ~ 20 no foMna
Ws lad ut : 20 pSssea Il ILL., sss'ss hss
heon paid into the TFoaaury Or tho btatot and
Bh1Wn TO exist: 50.
- me Gommttoo dlscoger atnpto evidence that
Mollraeb. while State Auditor, Was q
ssonEr pARTKEn or rAnT1Ea TaEaPAsstso on
6onooL AMP UNIVERSITY FINE LANps
under charge Of the Auditor, an d givo Lat Of
th9 e. lands 60 occupied !, ,,
14e testimony OF +. n. MYors, OF New YORK,
tends to convince tho Committeo tlat Mcllreth
kept, for two years, Missouri stnto bonds belong
tne 70 aho sehooa iui'a IN tne hanaa Of AYERS
I on which ,h b. {MclIath) regularly drsw the r.
woro tinally Legally transferred to tie school
fund.
r aoV. AuBH1N.,
Aftos alluding to many other transactions
which hlcflra:h failed to explain. whereby tho
State or tho School Univoraity and swamp lands
fund waa tho loaor, having proved tho dofnlca-
ton OF Mcllsash up TO sas'os9, the Committee
EaY:.
Your Committee, having ascostalned tho FORE
going facts, tho inquiry suggested ituolf as to
what romedy tho atato had, II any, to indemnify
itself for tho lossos thua doyoloped+ Mr. Nell
offloinl term Of throo yoars. His official oath
vas duly fled aud recorded IN the Office Of tho
Secretary Of state but no bond Of tho State
Committee to explain Why tho Executive, tho
Hon. Horace Austin, ehould hago overlooked SO
imnortant On official duty,n No other charge Of
olte9L compnolty Will Mcllrath IL malo against
e1-eaov. aust1n' -
coScLusfoNs.
w.: ne Commhseo oloses ITS report sa foloMa:
ea4 1uI1 Comnttoo cahh9t eonoluae tnla ropo1t
~ gex - hoa 70 ss sSssos y no
stern demands Of tho public duty and rcsponsi-
blity Imposed upon them BY your body. No
cllzon OF our young Btaeo can loarn Of tho facts
horein disclosed without feoling humiliatcd and
indignant at tho discovery that ono Of tho most
sacrod trusts imposed upon q public officer
Las boon thug violated, Every CitiZGu