The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-09

to prosecute to . final determination
the remaining claims embraced in his
contract, the collection of which de-
ponds upon the procurement Of Con-
gressional legislation, and the ultimate
collection of which is problematic,
while the expenditure of a large
amour. Of money and labor in the At
tempt is certain.
In the collection of the m ney, al.
ready received by the State, Mr..
Heard performed an immense amount
Of labor. Upon an examination of
the papers and records which consti-
tuted the evidence upon which he
must rely to establish the States
claim. the prospect WAS disheartening
but with his characteristic determine
ton and with tireless energy, he pur-
sued every possible avenue of infor-
nation to the end. and as q proper re-
ward for his diligence and Intelligent
efforts, the State received the sum
above named. In him the State has
q worthy representative and her in
teresis will not suffer.
HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD
CONTROVERSY.
This administration was inaugurated
upon the 10th day of January, 1881,
and soon thereafter the Fund Gem
missioners consisting Of the Cover
nor, Auditor, and Attorney General
were notified by VIM. Dowd, Presi-
dent Of the Hannibal and st. Joseph
Railroad. that under the act of 1865,
the company proposed paying into the
State Treasury the sunsOf So. 600, 600
and the accrued interest to the date
of the payment, in discharge of the
States statutory lien on the road and
equipments. George w. Easley.
Esq, represented the road. Several
interviews were had between Mr..
Easley and the Fund Commission
ers. prior to the payment of
the money; but as the details
of the preliminary or intermediate con-
troversy are of no special value to the
General Assembly, l pass them by,
and present the material facts. In
1881, the Hannibal and st. Joseph
Railroad Company rendered to the
Fund Commissioners the sum ofs3 900
600, in payment of what the company
claimed to owe the State, for bonds
issued BY the State, under the acts of
1851 and 1855. The Fund Commiss-
iOners refused to receive that sum a. q
payment in full, but expressed q will.
iagness to receive and receipt for the
same, in mart payment Of the amount
due under the act Of 1865. This
course was finally adopted, and, on the
Goth day Of june, the company paid to
the State Treasurer s., 900, 900 Of
which 1000 we're to be used to pay
the interest maturing in ten days
thereafter /; and the remaing s., 0O0,-
900 to pass into the State Treasury,
to the credit Of the company. On the
payment Of the money, the Treasurer
executed his receipt to r. g. Ralston.
Heman Dowd and Oren Root. trustees.
in form as agreed upon between the
parties. In order to oblige the com
pany and avoid the cost and danger of
transmitting - large . sum Of money
from New ork to Jefferson City and
return, the Treasurer went to New
York and received the money and de-
posted it in the National Bank Of
Commerce, in accordance with
an arrangement made with
the bank of Commerce of st. Louis.
Subsequent t. the payment Of the
money, Mr.. Easley, who represented
himself - the attorney ofthe Hanni-
bal and st. Joseph Railroad Company,
and certain persons as trustees
in the mortgage-executed by the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad
Company to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, to the amount Of 50,
600, OO0-appeared at my Office and
demanded, under the act Of loss, that
l, as Governor, execute q release Of
the statutory lien of the State, created
by the acts Of 1851 and 1855. This
I refused to do. IS the company had
not, in my opinion, paid the full
amount Of its liability to the State. The
company. claiming tnat the amount
paid covered the whole sum due to
the State. instituted . proceeding
against the Governor, in the Supreme
Court Of the State, to compel him to
assign to the company's trustees the
lien Of the State. rs provided in the
act Of 1865. This application having
been denied by the court, the company,
thereupon, flied in the court An apph.
cation for . mandamus against the
Treasurer Of the State. to compel him