Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-29

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may b indicated. TIE plainsf6's testi-
mory b ell Ia Ihe bearings hsvs been
asiesrsed zEt.i Wednesday. March .
rext. u The request Of the defense. in
sfdsr thss a. sxaraiusfsoa Of the books
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Psssrus. sad second, Of deciding noon
| The thscfy upSn which tse pl8iot.6'e
eases vii b. met.
The mzia allegations Of the plaintiff
are, that through mistake and error The
county com0issaoners gave ex-Trea1cr-
es Hill credits tn his snn14i and 07ars
esiy setrienenss with then. IN exoess Of
those 20 which be vas Justly entitled;
and also. shat be had eolIecfed moneys
fof vhist be vas ehaR2esbse and viii
which be vss not charged, and for
which be failed 70 account.
That which originally led to ths
bringing Of the srrts Uaa recnEsln< n
dston made BY the grand jcry 10 sne
board Of eSuuty commissioners about
zoe year ago, that tbs books Of tce
county csicers be examined b. experts,
tais with sisv TO Determine the truta
Of faisisy Of charges ttAt Irregularities
existed 1he ec0rsy csmniszionsso
acting upon this recommendation. ap-
poinsed J. Il PaFsons. ". h. Hughes
and Prosecusira Attorney Rousid 20 ex-
anime the books. lhe examinations
began March II. 1851. and ended IN the
latter part Of August fns civil salts
against ex. Tsess1stF Hill ana tbs boUds-
sasn we're instituted soon Afterwards.
rle taking Of testimony bsRan jana
4,v l7ih last.
The sxaminstion OF the books. Is 10
claimed By tie plaintiff. led 10 the dis
aovegy thai fre9lafities existed IA the
records Of school vouchers. coonty var
ssEts, eptriss io tie tax books. lines col
lesled and credits feceivsd therefor.
Tie aggregate Of these isreeulsrtsiss 10
ss,s aed 70 auou 4 TO $5l .0hs 20. tx
elusive u iusefe e, sId that Il
tie amount for vhish the county q
peots to get Judgment. According 20
the ex animation Of the books tte sum
OF t5i6i4 % YES never properly 90
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Tn.s aeessgs,s OF <5i .sI& So IL made
no 40 soilnws. Irrseclsrisizs appearing |
between January 5, 1875 and J January 5,
1881, $37l8.4s Between January 8. |
ISL and March Z. 1851, further
irregularities are alleged 10 appear. |
which ere Distributed as fotioss:
Taxes collected and unaccounted for, |
Gil ,653e5; county warrants allowed BY |
the commissioners ~ credits IN excess
Of the amosuts Treasurer Hill actually |
redeemed, f35. 1897 g, dass recsived ana |
re cespted for tut Nos accounted for. |
t125; school warrants entered IL tie
books for greater amounts than those !
for which they were actually drawn, |
$50; total, &5i ,si4 So. II may bs inci- |
deuiaily stated that this summary rep |
sesepts the resnit OF abont eighteen |
dsys' testimony OF e1peft Parsons. this |
siyls some idea OF the details entering |
into tre summary AID CT tie searching (!
character OF the examination.
1he process oy which the experts claim |
they found Gil ,553 50 taxes colIecteo
aud upsccounted for, IL a. follows: The |
tax rolls we're taken, aud . list made OF
all entries in them which p1rpoFted on
the face OF the roll 10 shos exactly
What taxes had been collected By Treas
urer Hill. Then the stubs OF tbs tai
receipt books were Ike sise examined,
independensly OF the roll. and list
made Of the takes for the payment OF
which recsicts bad been given. Tnen
the tao results we're not only compared
vith sscb other. bat were eaco CON
pared With the amount Of taxes collect
ed and accounted for 40 set fortn IL
Treasure Hills cash book. 10 expiana
tion, IL may be stated that treasurer
Hill ct the date on which taxes became
dsiipQ1eus accounted fos the taxes oei-
secisd 90 each roll for the year In one
Entry In his cash book. No lists which
souid in6iosts how be made no t6s
amounts 30 appearing on his cash oook
could be found BY the experts, except
the tax rolls themselves aud tee stao
books. The experts claim toat the lisss
With Ire,sare Hii.'s cash book eulriea
a d.fi III of 1853 IS. In other words.
he cash took entries aggregated gill;
a53 s. less tran toe sam the lists pre-
p.rsd by the experts indiclte to have
oeen paid 10 Treasurer Hill.
By another process, the experts claim
,hey proved the Substantial correctness
u the rssnit above noted. They exam
ned the steas1res's retarns OF dsiin
qnent taxes. errors and double assess
| alents aud road supervisor receipts
| filed In lieu of taxes for the several
| years embraced 10 their hrss sxamina
,lcn. These returns we're compared
With the duplicate tax rolls, upon which
the treasurer collected the taxes. and
| from thesa rolls listed tha errors. ~
| ALLEGED, In the returns made By Treas
| atef Hill and credited to him By the
county commissioners and county au-
diior.
Then, a. 10 cnursy warrants allowed
ey ,ts county cou, issioners as CT ats
| 10 excess. the experts claim. OF toe
amounts Treasurer Hill aslualiy 70
deemed. tue examination Gas made By
three separate and distirct processes.
Fret. the experts made LIST OF ell the
county warrants issued from May l,
1875. 70 March s. 1887, ~ shown BY the
s,ues OF warrants issued, and found, IL Is
cIaine., the aggregate, including the
xsrrants outstanding May l. 1875. TO be
&tsi $50 s.. Thsn tie experts made
10, OF all the warrants vh CD appeared
| 10 be outssardina NJ rco 8. 1881, th,s list
ssSssgatine tiss, i57 6S. hy deduc.ina
the suoant OF warrants outstanding
March 5, 1851 from tbs total issued OF
tn that date. tie result showed tbs
| smopu. Of warrants actually redee med
fsora MAY /. 1915, to March 5. los!. tie
smoant thas shown 10 have aeiasns
teen redeemed was $slSes5 - Tbs
after smoaas was conpsrei wito an
teamed statement, prepared by sas ex
| psrts, % the entries app ar'na %
/ Treasurer ullfs books from May 9. 1873.
% Nsrch 5, 1851. for SONS expended IL
be redemption Of tie caasiy warrants,
tsrciasive ~ interest. These entries ss-
ereene f350.27s IS Is wsuli thas ap-
ar that treasurer Hi hsd redeemed
ssl sS5 - q csupty variants mote than
! sepesrs to have been issnsd as soovs
| set fayth.