National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-06
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
(CentiaueG froI. First Pace.


1reG That authorized the issue OF sucn cei''"
Gates =.
Q. No such thing was known, then, peiore'
"A. No, sir.
O. Please state whether or not certncates
have been sold representing these Sixty oou
thousand dollars Of taxes. a; very Jew
scarcely any, Debts have been paid Win theh
TO some extent, but not to any maternal extent;
@. Csa you now tell us-li you cannot, VIII
YOU plessc ascertain and furnish us with
statement of what portion OF saosc Seruncales
have Sscn paid out IN uischafgc OF oeoss a.
That Information all appears in my report
Q. Year by year. A. Yes, sir.
q That Is what WANT want 10 sck NJ II
wear by year. You do not saesu IN your last
Icrs 1T, do yous A, l meaa in the report that
teinished 70 you with the governor shsMeF.
g. Docs that aclade TIC year 1ssla Was
there not = report made fer the year lS1lf A.
No, sir; there were 10 certificates.
q. There were no certificates taen! lney
~ ere issued under this net of 1873 A. Ih
report that rcSer 10.
Q. is the last reperta A. Yes, sir tha |.
states the au.znt of certificates on hano' s~a
the amount dssposedsef.
O. You do wet remember how much IN is
Witness. Ecu are speaking OF schools.
By the Chs.irmsss Yes, sir; am speas<ine
of schools
A. No, sr; hMe not made the disnne lion
two ysars-tbe past two years.
O. Do prsl mean school enrtificatesi "A. No
sir l s<snsn altcsether-we have no s1epara
ton.
Q. Tie usual course rs to issue ceiSahcate'
against Ssse PrQp@ty for al the taxes due. A
Yes, sr> but 1893 go were issued, ana
think there are about $3.50 600 still Oh hand
that is ny recollection; my report shows that
.. OF the rest portion were SOLD ana
portion need in the payaent of debts by per
sons who were willing - use them. "A. les
sir.
9. Ofhesethat were sold DO you know q
what rate they were sold! A. AT pr anu IN
terest-
Q. Those fhat were taken IN payment o
debts, At xhEt rate were they takans A. A
par.
Q. Whist kind 'ofdebts were paih wAn them
A. Any debts
q. Any defss whatsoever! "A. any Valis
debts.
Y. No matter Tor what purpose the heot MAJ
been createdE A. PROVIDED there wac an ap
preparation Sar 1t anu thar It was alright AM
legal.
q. As for instance you paid IN ccrtmcatcs
contractor with the Board OF funilc WORKS
A. No, sir 1 have nothing TO dowhh I'M
Board OF fnhhc Morks. Ny ONCE Is rs ois
tnct from that as rs thet0hee OF ithe LUMP
trolier oil the treasury.
". None OF tnem were hseo ior 'n''' Pui
pose! NO, SIT. r.
=. None Oh these certlhca.es were uSeo io'
tnat purpose A. no, sh; iiot .. aona. a.,
Y. Mhen you useu inose .nm'. Sn ,r i ,;S
payment oi haeo.ea! . ~" W.
the schooi iund ger NE PofIoh " nv .',one'
tnat was raised e,tner W lhe sas VI ,n"s. 81,
nncaleS or nen .t u ,,o, az ao '''' VI
oe0ts. a oy tan,s VI. III d.sI3a ,.,o-o a.,
in'. eour, oe LII 81 . ,to ,nnne~ rc,.c;r rn
Ger .ha,,' Tho ,,orcon,,.,a could or course
.pr 'hen ime NH, $1,000 oorr;og 70 t"a scbnoi T,nd
,s.,', h",r ,Shc,, tbev wcrc nsed for the nav
Jul. or ot.ss That Il rir.naiIv receiYing
Sha none, for them II is the same as II we
III 'S mn" Ia ,I,a nan ,he monev and he had
- ,S,,,d and hnrcbt tho certificates Of ms
~ Ir,'a.a ,ha III. 49, cra.t.d for ono MIR
49, anvil ro,, mid II with certificates. did Won
pn' tI." $3.50 ,hat car,e into tho treas,rv
a,. Va. LII ,a,, ,Ga, ,,onor mt 70 The
49, ca ,rh.t ,rn,,IJ rn,rnsc,,i tho rronor
or ,u so,'naI T,,,J ~ tPat naT,;fc,teS
NJ ta Va, ,,a;I 20 .he scboaI trnstees a I,r,c
49,. =, thee eert;fcatss and thev hay
,,aoi Tn and ,,s,S he;rtescbers, salaries with
-, Ia co. iha;r noal for ,ho;, Vol With
thor, nv, Isra r,iJ tbe salar;as of Tho Are
.a'e,' I'd -, nd III aIsn Eor Lorscs for
III e'.a r., -, W. taro rs;j the ,.n,s
~ ny - s,".;s ,,,,,h ,ho,i ana al, that
- ~ ttTins, IT NO ,'a;J tho ,ont of q noi;ce
a,; y, - WI p oI'aro :, ~ ,t. i.oiico
. ~, s We ,o1;ns S,,,i ~ " ''' po''@e
X 4 nJ 20, ,,oyo Lnr, Tho mater o,,o, t,s,,
r., & oo"t F',nd N ~ ,,r uu si.res W.
cs g,,s eaon nui,o Il, po ra,'11 IT, "A W.
~ rrar ,s an ~ 70 t.at ri Of them
@, How is the trustees' account with the
school fund. Have they y s: amount 5a
school PURPOSES. or have they not drawn the
full amounts A. They have Oyerylrawu for the
Il,
@. They have oyerdrawn the full amount
leyied3 <. No. sir. not the full amount levied.
The amount collected they have. The amount
collected is 300 G34 90 There has been cx-
pended Ss73 167- That is for the tbrcc wears
@. Is that difference between 500 .tr,4 90 and
ssh. 1857 represented by these tax certificates
yon sneak on A. Not Altogether.
o. What then represents that difference?
A There are some finIs that are under ]r.in
and then we issued bonds to the sinking fund
o. Please explain that. The old CORPORATIONS
of Washington and Georpetown were indebted
to the present District government for money
that we had maid out for their interest. Then
we issued bonds and gave them to the sinking
fund, and they in return gave them to us to
reimburse us for the amount we had paid for
the old corporation.
fund.- A. 1t gives us so much money by by
pothecating them.
O. Do YOU mean YOU delivered to these
school trustees these bonds for them to sell
A. No, sir.
o. How, them A. That went into the gem
eral fund, There is no soecific account of that
at present, There will not be, until the bonds
are sold.
q. Then, do not comprehend. Perhaps Il
was rum nv want of familiarity with the
subject. do not comprehend how those
bonds were used for the support of schools
A, The sale or hypothecation of them added
so much money to the treasury. We do not
keentbe money In the treasury separate. We
do not keep the school fund separate at all.
We keen the money all In one bulk. The treas
urv knows nothing about any difference of
fund: neither do we when we draw the war
rant. only once in six months, or once q year
when we foot up.
Q. misunderstood you. / thought you said
these bonds had not been sold. A. They have
been hypothetical. We have borrowed money
On them.
Q. With the bonds as collateral? A. Yes,
sir.
O. How much money has been expended
within three wears for the completion of school
houses A, Twenty-six thousand three hum
dred and seyentv-six dollars. That is from
taxes- Tn addition tn that there has been
eynended s2I5 94S %
In addition tn the amount raised nv fay