Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-14

me for any real or supposed dlrelecticn o
duty.
Having, however, been formally cited b.
your Board to appear and answer, and it be
ing my desire to conceal nothing, but to pu
the public in full possession of the truth,
voluntarily and chit erfnlly submit to you up
on my solemn oath tine following:
The statement that from July 1879 to June
| 1880 an account with the Reno Savings Bank
was kept in my name as State Treasurer ii
true.
| 1t is also true that on the 23d day of June
1880, there to my credit on the books OF
the Reno Saving Bank the sum of $6756 Is,
| and hat from time to time between July 29Ih
1879 10 June % 1880, balances varying from
| tw" to ten Thousand dollars appear.
The inference dednced from these facts by
| the Attorney General, that l, as State Treas
urer OF otherwise, deposited this or any other
sum of money belonging to the State, in the
Reno Savings Bank, is untrue.
The transaction betwe cen the State Treas
urer and Bank, out of which these facts arise
is as follows:
1t has been the custom of the State to re-
celve the checks of individuals indebted to it
for sale. If public lands, interest on bonds,
and on account Of taxes, and to deliver the
cnecks t" some responsible banking house for
c,llecti"n.
At the time Of my induction into Office my
immediate predecessor had an arrangement
WI h il ranking house in Carson City, to re-
ceive and collect such checks for compensa.
ion, Desiring to save the State the cost of
collecting, l arranged with the Reno Savings
B'nk-rn-n supposed to he responsible and
tru>tworthy-,o make thes collections with
out charge land in pursuance of this arrrnge-
nlent, forwarded the checks received, to thai
tank for collection. Wnen the checks were
paid The bank at Reno credited my account as
State Treasurer with the proceeds, and from
time to time the money collected was ia
ken by me from Reno and placed in the
Treasury vault.
When the checks were received at Carson
they were receipted for bv the State Treas
urer and charged to the treasury account Oh
the books of the State Controller There it
was made to appear that money was III tn.
Treasury that had not IA Yet been collect ed,
and was represented only by unpaid checks.
When these checks were paid 10 The State
agent, the Reno Savings Bank the proceeds
were credited to my account as State Treas
urer, and thus it was made to appear that l
had deposited State funds in the bank wh-n
IN fact the money had never reached the |
Treasury vault or come to my hands AS Stat. !
Treasurer. 1t is hardly Necessary for me I"
state that the checks &c ived could not be |
collected without AN agent; and If it be said |
hat erred III selecting the agent, l ans" er |
hat the State not only did not lose IA dollar,
but actually pr"tifed many hundreds of dol
ars in saving The expense of Collecting
l solemnly declare that l never deposited |
'ne dollar Of the States money in the Rem
Savings Bank, and that the State did NOT lose
me farthing by the TRANSACTIONS which ar.
Of believed the agent selecrrd
o be resp"usbl BILE aud trust wo, thy, and in all
have done have been actu"t.d solely by
lesire to serve aud benefit he State
respectfully submitted, L L Crockett.
Subscribed and sworn TO, before ME on the
9Th day Of August. JAMES G. CHEsLEY
Notary Pubic.
Appended to this Was the following aft
avlt
CARSON CITY, August -. 1880.
o the Honorable Board Of Examiners
Gentlemen CONCERNING the transaction
etween L. L. Crockett, S ATE Treasurer, All
he Reno Savings Bank. now being consid-
red and investigated by your h"nnrab.-
GARD, l, L. Z. Batchelder, upon my oath,
,lemnly declare that the time If said trans
ctions was the cashier of the Reno S wings
ank, and as such cashier had and have
nowledge concerning the same. l fur h. l. s
'lemnly declare that the account standing |
q the books of said bank wherein sums Of =,
oney appear to the credit of L. L. Cr"cket',
ate Treasurer, wholly orr .lna ed out 81
elections made by the said bank, as the 4
.ent If the State of Nevada. | furth.r f
lemnly swear that part of the said &C
unit is made up of cash money deposited H. :
i'd bank by the State Treasus-r {
L. C. BArcHELDER
Subscribed and sworn TO before me un the
III day of Angus, 1880.
JAMES &. CHEsLEY, Notary Public. {,
THE BOARD s REPORT.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
CARSON Cry, New, August ID, 1880 { 4
We, the State Board Of Examiners, hav. "
amined the report of the Hon. NJ A. Muir. VI
y, Attorney General, and Investigated tn. u
alter therein referred to las, and have heard | r.
d considered the sworn statement Of Hon. -
L. Crockett, State Treasurer, and L. c.
Cashier of the Reno Savings
nix, and as q result of such examination. #
investigation We make the following B
tement: ~