The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-27

Is ;II- pre-, ide.sf ~ fke Ist National
i.aHk, al Oiathe, ard this hank also
has for lis cores p6n6snss augi de-
posiicFs IA New York. Messers.
Gilman, Sons & Go. Your ccm-
Ihiiiee call attention to The fact that
on the examination al ihe Stale
Treasurer. On the 24th a! N0Yesn-
her, 1879, BIZ order 81 chr State
Board Of EEamineF-, there was
counted as assets Of the Treasurer,
q biii OF exchange drawn. by the
Usage City S sYings Bank, on Henry
Clews s., Co., Of New York. dated
November q, 1874, for $7,454 OF,
bank had knowledge that Henry
Clegs G. Co. had suspended. The
Ossge City .Sayiugs Bank neyer re-
ceived any money for this ex-
chauge, and same was returned to
said 0ssge City Savings Bank late
ia December without being trans
mitted ia New York. This bill of
exchange Was .Teceireil from 3.
Haywood, one Of the. sErities Of
the State Treasurer.
Again, about October 18Th. 1873,
the Treasurer used State funds in q
bill OF exchanges On the Peoples
Bank cf Oiathe, on the Hanover
National Bank OF New York for
S9,987.55, and the said bill OF ex-
change remained Oh deposit ia the
State Tres snrcr's Office uuiit after
the eonvenigg OF the Legislature,
snd was then turned oEer 10 the
Peoples Bank sud currency OBJ
tanned therefor. At the date of
| issuing. this bill OF exchange The
Peoples Bank of 0lethe' had no
deposit with the Hanover National
Bank of New York, TOR was the
said bank its correspondent in that
city. 1t il eEident thai the Peoples
Bank of Oiaihe had the use of this
S9,9s7.55 fer = period of three
months. -
NJ. Collins, lie eliiefcle. ( Of the
State Treasurer. makes ths follow
ing statement concerning the check
of George w. Crane for 50, TOO, ceF-
tilted by s. X. Lskin, cashier. of the
Topeka, National Bank, and paid
in the treasury in November, 1873
Sometime during the summer O,
fall L advanced the amount in pay
ment of his (Mr. Crane's) bill fol
blank books. I5 was probably several
weeks before it was paid out again
and there was no necessity of making
the payment to Mr.. Crane until ht
desire to oblige him. (These italic!
are the committee's oWn.}. -
The two certified checks OF TIA
I'd National Bank of Lawrence, aFt
signed by w. G. Ransom, Treasure
of the LeavenWortb, Lawrence ans
Galveston r. r.. OF date May. q
1873, one for S1,5O0,0Q, and the 9th
er for 100000, were received il
the Treasurer's Office during tt,
summer Of 1879, and were retaine,
!. lin the Office until December, 1879
before being paid.
1t also appears the exchange 0
the Capitol Bank OF Topeka, on tn
Park Bank OF New York far $40,
O00.00, of date Nov 15, 1873, wa
: obtained 70" the Treasurer's Ollie
, and was afterwards returned agail
to the CAPITOL Bank for other ex
change. In various instances othe
large amounts OF exchange hag
been received at the Treasurer
Office from banks S3d the sam
, have been retained ia the office. c
the Treasurer for an indcfuii
period, and then returned to u
1I banks which issue tho satno 70
payment and cancellation wiiEoG
! passing through the hanks o
which the bill, CT exchange Msr
drawn.
, In the examination OF the treasu
ry, Jan. 2, 1874, there was couHte
Of hn hn
3 $4,000, as. the amount forwarde
) to Messrs. Giiiman Sons, 8 Co., 6
New York, of date D+ceRber 2
> 1873. Mr.. Collins iesiiiles that thl
/. sum was transmitted in. exchaeg
, about December 25, 1873, snd. ~
the books of the ;reaSurer's offic
0 show that the last transmission {
o money in 1873 to Messrs. Gilman
Sons & Co, was on October Sd, an
the sum then sent was S2,GG5 s.
) and the only money tran mi:ted !
.. January, 1874, was 81, 500 o.
Again, IL, the examination of til
State qfeasurer's oR9e, On Januaf
n 2, 1874, there was presented by TIA
Clerk OF Che Treasury (Mr. Collin;
+, 1.-The following letter, TO cover III
credit of S9,755.59, REPRESENTED 4
in tse treasury: v .5=--s
. OFFICE OF TIE SHAWNEE Co EASE,3
: Capital IS 0 900,
Z foPEEA, KAs-; Dec -, 1eS3
lIoIi. .. Z. Hayes, Treasurer;
1 Dear Sir-ThG exchange you gaze |
z FOR collection on the Hsnever Bank 4
y SaC. coo, e. subject to YOUR order; at tn
? Board Of New York Trust cad. Indeuu
Q t. Co., New YORK. Respectfully.
: q. -PARAELHE, Cashier.
The writer OF this letter, NJ
0 Parmelee, makes the followin
Z statement in regard 10 thes7me:
4 al wrote g letter. All. the eirsuinstss
a ces were theae: Our president ~.
: Terry said to me thai he had receive
/: | some exchange from Mr. Collins, and tbs
! he had arranged toplace some $50, 900 Q
!, 800, coo TO the credit Of The State Treasui
! er, Dir. Hayes, In the bank meant In I'll
!, letter, ana before had time to hear froI
the hank or from or president, wrot
: the letter based upon the statement {
/ orr president, with theGsI, s3d the7ex
3 chsnse thst tAiS letter was 10 cover We
! psid.',5 al
I This method of keeping accounts an,
de.sesitst Is TO as inexpHcs5le. The t.:
ttimony In regard to The receiving
checks. certificates Of deposit and bills
| | exchange from banks and other parties
! the Treasurer's oGlce. and the fRancI.
! hicting and painfully embarrassing. 1t
! claimed by the Treasurer and his eler
D Itkat the receiving OF checks. bills OF 81
change and ce-tIfcstes OF deposit are
Z matter Of necessity in the In. iEess OF th
Office; and admitting that kuch action
una yoidab'e, m the necessity therefor
: fully justifes the failure to comply wss
. | the law Oh the etatu.e book. In that r,
! spect your committee are still Of the opiI
. ion that there is no reason whatever II
the Treasurer TO permit his Office 10
: used as = brokers shop for the accommt
. dation of banks and private indIVIauxf
and sf retaining in his possession sYid-r
: ces OF Indebtedness fer al Unlimited p'
! rfo3, thus releasing the d.3wers Thereof
J for W ant Of diligence.
- review 81 the evidence will substaT
ttafe the facffhat tbs exchange and trans
/ fer of ceru6cates debteiness and bin
or exchange In the 'FreasureEas Office, an
the retention Of the same therein, have r.
/ suited IN actual yiolstion OF the law " bic
2 prohibits the depcsiting OF fumes Of th
Treasury in q bank or other place. =
I We Ind from, the testimony that th
TGoyernor, Auditor and Secretary cc Stat
have not made the monthly examinatio
Of the Treasury requires by law. The res
sons for this omission 0, duty are given /
the evidence CT thsss officers herewith II
Two examinations were hat In 1873 an
one Ia 1874 BY the board of examiners
| but The examinations n 1873 were not ha
Without preSiails notice as required by tn
law. al, e-
Your committee, il yiewof this fact RI
| quest that the person appointed TO com
pIete the investigation Of the vouchers. ps
pers and ho,kS Of the Treashrer'S ofdet
and the counting CT the Pres Raief sSriE
be; required 20 cont the currency fl Is
TreasureT's Office once each week until 3
has ma lie his report.
Yorir committees ind inst the note Of ]
l.. Phiibrick for $a.2fe.7i. ia tho TreEsstr
Ier's Office, was given 10 August. 1865. q
Wsrden, CT the Stats Peaiteutiary, an,