, 1876-03-30
THE SOUTH TOWN.
The Board Nr Audit Begins by
Correcting tho Town Clerks
Records;
And Noxt Fichco Up Some Bogus Cor.
tiacatcs Made Ont by "Little
Joe.!'
Esans' Report Referred 10 Committee
for Investigation.

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io Office. No. 20l Laaallo stroot. ProRont
ustces D'1Yolf Hntnos, Toote, Wallace Pnllak.
nd Moocl,, Supervisor Ryan, mud ToWn-Clerk
3toasou. Absent JuHtice 6umn1crteld.
CORRECTING TIE nEcoRns
After tho reading OF tho minutes, Justice Whl.
aea objectod To that pnrt Of thom which nosod
he fact that certain certificates had boon mado
n fnvor of tho town officers.
Juuttco Pollak Bnid that be nBvor presontod
,ortain resolution attributed to him.
JuetIce N1oooh said that the minutes verc a!l
wrong, aud that they wero purpoaely so,-that
saB tho way be chose to put 1t. Tho minutes na
10 tho records Of tho certificates woro wholly
yronE, aud Ind no sort Of buBineBa in tho clerks
books At All.
T.rLo mattor about which this discussion aroPe
was tho statement IN tho miuutoB that at vntl-
ouB and coTtain meetings Of tho Board, about
Sept. last, resolutions were introduced AUD
paseed showing that tho olt'cers in thom named
had been voted tho GUMS named at tho regular
meosiug In August On explanation II appGsaFed
anything Of the kind In tho minutes OF tho
Boasd, for tho Himplo reason that no auch reso- |
lutiouH were over introduced, voted on. Or
passed.. Whnt 1t grew out Of was g INC 1aot tnat
at various umpa between tho fall meetings the |
town ofiicors, whose ossimatos had boon ap-
proved at tho August meeting, had drawn up
papess certifying that tho sums ia them named
had locn eetinatcd for, and had carried those
lures until tllny had gotten majority Of rho
Board Tor five peraonY) Oh each papor lnso-
much as this action was not taken At my rogu-
lnr noeting,it did not appear tLat It ahould haSo
been mado 10 appear Sc Oil tho records. -
lilo Town Clork acknowledged that the min
utes we're not perfect record Of tho proceed
ings Of tho meetings. Tho tnattor Of tho cortif-
Gates waa put on tho rccord after tho meetings
woro held.
Justco uainns said that tho certificates wero
nothing but ministerial acts I; they did not carry
with them any approval Of tho BUNS voted.
Justice Wallace said that be wansed the g.
grumbliug citisenn TINT the work Of tho Boara
Ind boen houostly donc. Hc then moved that
tho mtnutea be rejected. Carried. -,
Justice Meooh said tint there sdro no ecttiti-
moved that all tint part Of tho records which
rofened to certificates DO stricken out.
J,l4tice Pollak movca that tho origlnul ninutca
DO revised aud rewritten In accorslance With tno
facts In tho case. Carried.
Justice ualncs moved that the Clerk present
tho minutes to the next meeting. Carried.
on motion Of J1stico Haines, Assessor Phil
lipa WINS authorized to nls In tho Hoard in place
OF Juaticc Summerfield, who waB abscut.
op1LEcToN EvANH
read his account showing. az he said, o1aotly the
amounts he had pnid out and for which ho held
receipts. uo nddad that tho mon named III hiR
HccOuita wore lA eFeEy caho ~'!Hnb ~ oHooA ~
tl1oir chims The amount Of the items was
Justice Mooch asked Mr.. Evana how much
WIS to como from tho county anu park authori-
ties as tho por cent due tho town for colloc"
Evans replied thns there wonld ba somo
In reply to question, Collector Evans said
that o had collected for oil accounts SLOT ,0o0.
/ Assessor Phillips moved that tho account be
| audited. -....,
Justice Wallace objected and moved ~ m
| amendment TINT the accounta be referred to =
committee Of three for examination.
Justioo Eooto sail tfAt ho would prefer to
| havo tho account backed up by m Affidavit from
| EyAoD. -.-.-
auditing Of tho nccount md Ind no objection to
| tho nltldavt, 11e doomed 1t impossible that a
thorough examination OF tho accounts could ba
madn ii an hour, na 6uGGeatod BY Justice llhthos,
and demanded TINT ca1ofu! inspection Of each
| itom bo Ind.
Chnir appointed ns tho Commlttoo Justicoa WAL
lncp 1foech. and Foote and thoy wore instructed
to report III writing ut tho next lneoting.
Tho Chairman aaid that ho understood that
report WIS duo from tho Supervisor.
1 SUPERVISOR RYAN
said TINT he understood that the report was due
to hfa SUCCESSOR whom elected, mud to tho nov
Doard; aud not 10 tho preHent Board. In tht
Go M ~ te
receipts aud expenditures Of tho Supervisor.
| ofIcc for tho year:
Total amount of town money received. 20
Total amount expended a. pei voucherB..-... 4,76
Amount on hand. i..................".....3 :, AS
On motion Of Justice Maocl, It WINS voted thu
the next meeting bo. held Friday evoula. at
o'c!ocd.
Supervisor Ryan. In nnswor to request fro1
Justice pollnlz, submitted to tie board tw
papers passed ovor to him By ex-fo~n G'er
drueuhut: The frat vasa formal cer!ii1cat
that tho Town Doard ,ta0, At lnoeting bel
Ilay l, 1874, audited A. j. Corfigan's bill q
s.8,000 for services as Town AsacsBor. Th
) signaturcs Of John schanlt, snporvlnor: Calyl
DWolf. J. Charles HatnoH. Charles
Daggott Justices md 4. ]. CoTrigan. Assessor
nero written BY Gr1lenlut, and without tho cor
sent md authorization Of tho ownerH Of th
namcs, making pretty clear prina-fsc'o caao
forgery nEntnat ~ Little Joo."
pnpcr purportiug to 10 o certificate OF audit {
dato Aug. 81, 1874, covering various accounts
tho nmount OF s35. .9GU. The natno Of Jol,
Sci,ank signed to this wns also iu Gruenhut
! clear proof OF forgery, !nasn,uch as Sohal
did not authorize tho use Of A!a nnme by tt
| man who Trnto 1t.
Tho papess wore closely examined By the Ju
tices, and Messss. D'Woif and uatues prompt
, rop,,diutel tho signatures said to hayo bee
' mado by then,- Collector EYana' uauo boinE. q
!" tho paper viii, the others. hn waB requested
q say what he know about tho mattort and .
planned that GTsenl,ut bad como to him vi
J, tho papor p,uportlng to ba Bignoa by tho Ju
Il tcos niu he hail signed hls name at tho bottoE
9 son,o question nrose Al to whether any u
,l hgtt boon made Of tho documents which wou
y conntttlte .uttoring" tllom III tho oyo OF Il
i law, aud At leugth ii WAS voted TO submit t!
whole mattor TO the Supervisor mud Town Gle
n for investigation. with Instructions to report
u uext moeting.
II On motion Of Aeseasos Phillips, The Board th
n adjonrned.