The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-18

and injured, and the Attorney Oener-
al should be instr ucted to at ence
take such steps against SAID anks as
in his opinion will be proper To re-
cover from them the loss sccIuing To /
the State for their conduct, or, a
least, to hold them liable for the a
mount of the credits which hey |
wrongfully entered on Mr. Folks ae-
count As Treasurer. The checks
drawn by Mr.. Polk to balance the
false credits are all signed by him
alone and payable to himself. and are
not in compliance with the law, and
action should be taken to hold the /
said banks liable on the same. Il
There are also = large number of i
checks drawn by Nj. l. Polk, as
Treasurer, on different banks through
out the State which we're not pr -
perly countersigned by the Comp i
troller ms the law requires, aHd which |
we're paid by the banks. For all
such checks so paid the banks are, in
the opinion of this committee liable F,
to the State, unless they can show
that the State la fact received the
benefit of the money paid OH same.
This your committee has found to bs
tho case in many instances, while IN
many others they can End no evidence
that the money was ever paid to the
benefit of the State, These checks
will reach perhaps to $4,000 in all.
They recommend that the Attorney
General be instructed to examine in
to these checks, and In all cREts
where he can find no evidence that
the State has received benefit Of
same that he take all necessary steps
to recover same from the various
banks.
Your committee are also Of the
opinion that the So, 100 taken from
the Treasury by NJ I. Polk, on Jan.
l. 1888, ana paid to the Merchants
NatlunaI Bank, In satisfaction of his
private individual note TO said bank,
was such a misrepresentation Of a trust
fune as will render the said bank
liable for same, and the Attorney
General should be instructed to take
the necessary steps to recover the
same from said bank.
There is, according to the books of
the Treasures office, IA balance due
the State, IN the Mechanics Bank, at
Knoxville.
The committee have no statement
from said bank, bun learn from J. Z.
Fleming, the boOkeeper, that the
bank denies there is any such balance
but claims it has paid same to Tho
mas O'Conner for NJ. I. Polk. Eo''r
committee will at once send a sub
committee of their members to KNOX
vile, examine into this matter, aud
report fully as to same.
The committee has employed An
expert accountant to go over the
Treasures books carefully, and COM
pare each credit with The vOncaer,
and See il there are any errors iii
said account, commencing with Polk 5
administration in January, 1873,
his work will he completed in "A few
more days, and will be reported up
ON.
In this cOnne elton, ysur comm =
tee would respectfully recommend
that they ie empowered tn eXteRd
such examination back t. 1870, in
order 10 thoroughly ex pore any and
all irregularities, if such there be In
the business of the Treusurcr's office.
The committee also find, that on
Jan. u, 1881 NJ I. Folks accounts
as Treasurer, was short 81 900, and
that he collected from Thos. OCon-
ner, on the 18th Of January, ST, 900
which vas placed in the Treasury in
time to make his deficit good and cna-
bic hrm 10 pass his settlement with
fhe committee from the Legislature.
The 500. 600 collected from OCOn-
ner, was in The way Of a certificate Of
a deposit in the Mechanics Bank, at
Knoxville. This depos'; did not
appear on the Mechanics Bank hook
until after March a, 1891, but vas
then entered ,Il. said bank book, as
the com1aiitee is informed.
The edmmittes will make a further
and supplemental report OF to the
matters referred 10 them, as soon AS
they can ascertain 0lher facts
Respectfully sulsuitted7
y. T. Porter
Chairman Joint ComInittee- |
VIM. f. Bibb.
NJ. d. Smallman,
Committee on Part of the Scu4te.
". A. Millikeh,
Chairman House Committee.
w. j. Mo ris,
Josiah Patterson,
7. Il. BurnzR,
W. f. Ba letinr,
CoumIit'oe ON Part Of the House
Jan. II 1888.