Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-24
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS.
State Treasurer's Office-Charges 5gains
Supreme Court Clerk NicC.rtbx

supreme Court Clerk Mccarthy.
meeting was held yesterday morning
by the special Senate Committee, appointed
to inquire into the defalcations in the State
Treasurer's office. The witnesses examined
were ". NJ. Petrie, Edward Lyon, Joseph
German, James O'Reilly, Controller Dunn.
eX-Treasurer We'll and John Chapman.
The weight of the evidence went to show
that most of the County TreaSurers were in
the belief that the balances they left on de
posit with the State Treasurer. and fo1
which they received certificates of depoSit
were held by the State rs any other funds
were held, and that they were not aware OF
the segregation of such deposits from the
general funds to special deposits, for which
the State Treasurer individually was re.
sponSible. The testimony was to the effect
that the Boards of Supervisors of some
counties counted the certificates of deposit
of the State Treasurer as cash that the
certificates Wee printed by the State
Printer. signed by the State Treasurer, the
| only difference between them and other
official documents being that the official
seal was not attached.
Controller Dunn testified that he had
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special deposit receipt until after the defal-
cations were discovered
EX-Treasurer We'll testified he had CON
versed with Mr.. Dunn about the matter Z
year ago, and had told him that the Treas
urer was issuing receipts for special depoS.
its, and that he thought the County Treas
urerS were deceived by these deposits, and
| that the thing ought to be stopped. He did
not mean to reflect ON Mr.. January, but h(
thought somebody might be in the Treas.
urer's Office who would not act properly
ahd the County Treasures would have t,
suffer The Controller said the County
Treasurers had no business to have any
money on special deposit; they ought tc
have taken it home ~ their respective
counties.
Mr.. Chapman, who was day watchmar
under Mr. EStudillo, testified that il would
have been impossible for any person tc
take money from the special deposit fund
while he was there without his noticing it
He could not understand how Mr.. Ran
kline who had been day watchman during
Mr.. January's administration, and whom
he had instructed in his duties did not no.
| tice the money disappearing SO rapidly.
Ex-Treasurer We'll stated that the system
of receiving special deposits has been in
vogue for number of years, and the re.
! firing Treasurers turned over the specia
deposits to their successors the same as the
| State fumes. When he went out of Office
he turned over to Mr. January $4,000 o.
special deposits. He thought the depositor.
ought to have been consulted, but as it haC
been the custom all the way through tt
turn the funds over he did so, too, as h,
disliked 10 cast any reflection upon hi.
successor.
TheControllcr said that there is an excess
of $3.50 in the cash on hand at the present
time. The mistake of $4,000 previously
announced had been rectihed, it having
been merely clerical error. He expected
! they would soon find an error which woul(
clear up the excess of this $3.50.
The Committee adjourned until $3.50 \
NJ. to-day.