Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-03

were all LEFT with the Governor and Council
or Secretary Of Slater
Ayes.
Q-Was that your course during the year
eighteen hundred and sevepty-nine, to the
end Of the yearS
Alt wss. excepting the second last pay
ment got of seven hundred fand fifty dol
lars / presented no account then i had done
about twelve hundred dollars worth of work,
but bad NOT any time, on account of pressing
business. TO draw detailed account: and
went before the Governor and Council and
explained my position and asked them to
make me an adrance.-what they thought
would be right; they gave me seven hundred
and fifty dollars on account of current ac-
count that was the second last payment
/ got on work that had been done.
Q-When you got that seven hundred and
fifty dollars on account, you had actually
performed the work.
Ayes; / had from eleven hundred to
thirteen hundred dollars worth of work done.
| Q-When did you present your final ac-
count for work done, up to the end of the
year, with the vouchers and accounts show
ing that!
A-Either the thirtieth or thirty-frst of
| December.
i Odd you then have complete settle
Dutut OI WOTk YOU ttau uOUt- anu re-
ceiye your pay for the same!
Ayes; all for which had vouchers, all
the work that had completed.
Q-And you put vouchers in for all the
work you had completed?
Ayes, that those bills covered.
Q-So that on the thir tieth or thirty-frst
Of December you completed your account for
all the work that you had done up TO that
date, and put in your vouchers and accounts
for the same and received pay for the same!
Al did.
Odd you after that, and before the
change in the government, receive any fur
Their orders or moneys through the Governor
and Council, and if so to what amount?
Al received two thousand dollars after
that.
Q--To whom did you make application for
the two thousand dollars extra that you re-
ceived and that you have just referred to:
A-To the Council.
Q-Where?
AIN the Council Chamber.
Q-There were no vouchers for work done
that were left for this two thousand dollars,
as in the other cases!
A-No; but some such statement as
showing that | was to have work, balance
of twenty-six hundred dollars still to be
done.
Odd you receive from the Governor and
Council a warrant for two thousand dollars
for this advance!
Ayes.
OWL you examine the inclosed report
of the committee, read it, and see if it is the
report that goes with the warrant that you
received?
Al would not be supposed to see this
at all, although knew of it on account of
the misunderstanding that occurred.
Q-State what you know from commune
cation with the Council?
A-They talked it over and came to the
conclusion, first. they would draw me war
rant for twenty-five hundre} dollars From
the appearance of the appropriation book
they thought there three thousand dol
lars still undrawn. 1t was mistake. and
they reconsidered the matter and concluded
to give me two thousand dollars, and they
thought could easily collect the five hun
dred dollars.
Q-IIow does the warrant read as first
drawn?
A-"Two thousand dollars
Q-lIow does the report read?
A-''Two thousand five hundred dollars. "
Q-Drawn upon what appropriation, first?
A-Upon the appropriation for Binding
and Stitching
Q-After they found there was no
money left in that appropriation what change
was made, as shown in the report?
A-From the Free High School.
Q-The words appropriation for Bind
ing and Stitching" are struck out?
Ayes. and the words Free High School,
put in. The sum of two thousand five hun
dred dollars is stricken out and the words
"tro housdRd' written over that, and the
figures $4,000 written under.
Q-So that the report was changed, on
learning the condition of the Appropriation
for Binding and Stitching, from two thousand
five hundred dollars, to two thousand dollars
and the Appropriation for Binding and Stitch
ing changed to Free High School?
A-The matter of the figures was matter
all apart from the appropriation, as it was a
reconsideration. The warrant was drawn on
the Treasurer on the Binding and Stitching
Appropriation, and / presented that at the
counter.
Q-When you presented the warrant to the
Treasurer, what did you learn with reference
to that appropriation?
A-The clerks looked into the matter and
learned that the appropriation had been en-
tirely exhausted.
Q-Then what did you do?
A-One of the clerks, Mr.. Caldwell, /
think. went to the Council Room with the
warrant and explained the matter to them; |
waited in the Treasury short time: Cald-
well returned and handed me the warrant and
told me to take it up stairs.
Ole returned with the warrant you had
presented to him and instructed you to 90 up
to the Council?
| Ayes.
Q-You returned to the Council with the
warrant which You had just presented to the
Treasurer.
| Ayes.
Q-What took place when you returned?
Al went to Mr.. Brown with it. as he had
drawn the report. or had the appropriation in
his hands.-and told him that Mr.. Caldwell
instructed me to go up there. He took the
warrant and took the appropriation book and
went over it and showed some of the other
Councillors how he had been mised by the
standing of the appropriation book. There
were two appropriations for binding and
stitching last year, and they were kept on
two different pages, and in posting the appro-
priation blotter they were both added togcth.
er on one of those pages and the other page
was left blank altogether. and there still
seemed to be three thousand dollars unused
of that appropriation, and Mr.. Brown ex-
planned to the other Councillors how that was
n that 10 al neal ~