The Russellville Democrat., 1882-06-01
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGA-
 TING COMMITTEE.

report or tue lnNeSJlSaIlhS committee, barring such para graphs and sentences as reflect upon ex Gov. Miller:
 From all we have observed, the committee seem to have gone to the bottom, and exhausted every re- source which would tend to give light on the subject of which it treats. For a detailed statement of the vafi7 .ous items treated of the report itself must be consulted It commences with a brief history of the difficulties connected with a complete and thor ough examination of the auditors S and treasurer's books, followed by three statements, one for each term, giving the amount of moneys received during each term of two years. This is followed by an aggre- gate statement of all the terms, com menclng on the 18th day of Novem- Der, 1874, and ending on the 18th day of January, 1881.
 Next in order the committee gives q history of the sale of thirty year { (Loughborough) bonds for scrip, with quotations from the act under which they issued, and from which they deduct that the treasurer. is liable to the extent of $59, ,000 princi- pal and $21, ,250 interest.
 Here follows a statement In refer ence to the payment of currency for state scrip, and the failure of the treasurer to account for the scrip. A history of tue whole transaction; the double payment of a warrant issued 10 k. o. Wolfe; over allowance of in terest on thirty-year bonds; $20,000 due the treasurer, with full his tory of the transaction upon which it arises, follows.
 Then follows history of a trans action with the German bank, and the redemption of auditors warrants by the state board of finance, and by the treasurer of state. In these transactions, the committee tell us, the treasurer got a credit twice for $l3. .074.31, when he was entitled to credit but once.
 The next item refers to $2, 2,265.92 due the county of Jefferson, which the committee state, was pald into the treasury, and treasurer's certifi- cates issued instead.
 The committee state that the state owes ex State Treasurer Page, for money paid to Counties on taxes due, $2017.3l in state scrip, $213.Sl in county scrip, and $457.30 in cur rency. Page, it is stated, had re ceipts for this amount, but the au- ditor had given him no credit for it thence, when he went out of office, he paid these amounts, as per au- ditor's books. Pages successor Churchill, after Newton,) finding these recelpts in the office, reported them to the auditor, { Miller ] and got credit for himself as to the curren- cy.
 One hundred and seventy.two thousand dollars, the committee re- port as warrant given to the treas urer to settle loan of the state winch he had prior to receiving the warrant.
 It appears from tho report of the committee that the sum of SIP, ,393. 20 was paid into the treasury by col lectors in auditors warrants. This was done under an act authorizing warrants to be received for dues to the state. These warrants did not require scrip to be issued on them. In turning over the office, Gen. Churchill turned over warrants upon which scrip and cash had been issued to the amount of $4, ,S45.71. For this sum, the committee states, a like sum was left in the treasury, up on which no scrip or money had been paid, and consequently the com mittee is of the opinion that Gen. Churchill is entitled to no credit.
 Next the committee refer to what it claims as an over charge by the ex treasurer of S24, ,000 in currency on account of interest due on the thirty year (Loughborough) bonds, As to this, the auditors and treasur- CTS books agree precisely. The committee raises the question as to an appropriation to pay this inte est, which we will not discuss at the pres ent time.
 The committee states that the late treasurer received $5,41S.20 Tn elght per cent. scrip. Oflts dispos- ition there is no record.
 It is charged by the committee that the treasurer paid in cash and issued bonds and certificates in ex. cess of the appropriation oa account of ten year bonds.
 The committee states that there are $2,163.G2 unaccounted for on account ofcity certificates of indebt- edness due the city of Little Rock, and that money paid into the treas ury to pay interest on county bonds registered in the auditors office has not been properly accounted for.
 There are bonds of Jefferson coun- ty to the amount of $GG328 which, it is stated, were paid in violation of