Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-26
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witness PaEsons b nos kaing sxnmine
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koilowtnR va she exaEninAaian q n
PaFaouss
Q-Hase yua made any sxamlnatios
tat9 the cfNe1is eFSnEa ard double ~
seEsnenfs given Oepaain Hiii In the "a,
fctl Of 1854 - 20 4hashef the credit 1
ccFfect o. nett
Al examined The snme.
Q-ko year exADtnatioa are you ahil
- Stale washer OF no4 she credit gives
70 him ~ the order. tOwie. &&56 IS, i
Al tound No eRrug b bis credit.
1-Did xou examine tbs eKsdit gives
20 captain Aill On aoe0an1 Of the road
receipts N lea Of taxes DARING The zeal
1854 relative 10 its eoERsctnes9
Al did.
Q.--kfom ycur examination as an 40.
ecuntants what DO you say e. 70 thai
credit, lowit, e1o66.26f
Al nsd thai Il 10 incogFsc4.
Q-Hsvs yon examined the amount
o. credit a. should be given on accoanl
Of road rscaipta IN lieu Of taxes 0D tha
roll OF I854f
AL have.
Q.-state IL the Lat made BY yea b
correct as to the road receipts, the
amount Of each. and also a. to ths eur
rect road tax assessed against the tax
payer named on the duplicate roll.
Ali H.
Q.-From your examination what DO
Jon dad 10 Be the aotual total credit due
on account Of read taxi
A.-&lef9.l3.
Q-Whas did ron nnd The actual 10
tails Of the receipts ileds
A.-e2iI25a.
Q-HoW, as an accountant, do you
account for the difference between what
you say IL the total Of the receipts nled
and what you say is the actual total
credit Of road tax assessed to the parties
named in the recesptf
A.--Ihe parties In many instances
paid to the road supervisor In labor,
possibly 10 cash, greater amount than
wss charged 20 them on the assessment
roll, Q large amount being q road poll
tax that did nst appeAR on the assess
ment roll charged 10 Captain Hill
Q.-Havs you made q list Of such re-
eeiVts taken up By Captain Hill that are
TOR q larger amount than the assessors
roll had against the taxpayer named, or
wRs the captain entitled 10 credit on 40
count Of that particular taxpayers taxi
Al made no separate list.
OIL Wish that you would take these
receipts. which the county andifor says
are the receipts filed that year, pick cut
the particular receipts which are for
larger suns than the read tax to which
tka treasurer was entitled TO credit.
Al. Adams, John l.. AlexaudeF,
John Anderson, John Andrews, William
Ashwood, II. p. Baglsy, and on the as.
visor no rseeipt found, II cents; Bow 4
Son, Peter Buckley, balance on Joseph
BTanass, II. ID. Burke, Thomas BaFke,
J. q. Gard, @. Z. Carpenter, James
Clark. IL. Corners, LsWis OeuFville, Gil
bert OouFville, Edward OouTville, ID. d.
Crane, VIM. Crawford, r. NJ. Stewart,
M. Cummings, James Curtis. O. &. Gus
ser, Geo. Il. Davis. L. Day, ]. d. Dick
inson, Nathan Dodge, "a. Darlan, Jerry
DsvsEEe, reference 10 roll g line Is, on q
Andrew fagerbegR, John Fields, Joe
Foster, 81. b. French, Martin Gleason,
David Graham, Robert Graham, VIII
Arson Harris, William
Hart, A: HAsefeamp. p. hayes, Emil
Holm, James Hughes, ]. Hutchens,
less, Indian Jack, Charley WhAtcom,
II 10
Jones, W. L. Jordan, A. O. Kimball,
Robert LeaseQres John MacEeady. re-
fsrs to roll page 102, lines 5 and 6.
and s. MeMilleR, N. b. Maddocks, J.
w. Maple, John Matherson, James
Vaudeville, refers 20 roll page Ice, /
line Is. =. Meeker q Co.. Miles
MeFFick, Julius Mess. j. Il. Mnnk,
Jobs Monstan. J.. II. Moore, Martin
Mullen, William MeaeheF, Frank Ms
gie, Andrew Nelson, o. r. Nelson,
John Nichols, Hanson 4 Olson, w. Per-
Iigo, ID. z. Price, Joseph b. QainD, III. |
Robbins, John Ross, Robert Ramsey,
AF. Saxon, refers to roll page 14S, line
ID, James Shsrkey, n. l.. Shulze, w.
D. Simpson, p. J. Smith, Rollin Smith,
Loais Smith, Israel stevens, Il. IA.
w. d. Stone, Charles Sutton,
Theodore Tamm, ID. n. Taylor, w. II.
fayloE, Chris TyRerson. George w.
ribbetts, Ohares Toppen, Henry Van
Asselt, Robert Wedding, william n.
Weston, Edward Williams. James Will
ligms, Charles Wilson. Englebrechs
void, l.. Weld, Void Brothers, Henry
Z. Wood. w. ]. DFiscoll, T. w. Cloudy,
Frank Hayes. r. Jansen, O. P. Lacy,
Henry Morris, James O'LeaRy, q. p.
flank. Robert Ulie.
DIN considering these receipts
ghioh yen say are for larger sums than
tie tax roll shows road taxes against
the persons named, have considered the
AmouRt written on the face Of the re-
esipt OF the amount written IN red ink
on The corner Of the Heceipsi
Al listed them from the faee
Of the receipt; excspl In two In
stances.
Ronald.-we nov offer In evidence
this envelope Of the auditor, No. lis,
containing she receipts, hied In lieu OF
taxes for 1884. and also the paper pnF-
partine 10 DO tbs treasureE's statement
q taxes for 1854, dated January q,
1855.
Hsuford.-we object 10 the introduce
ton because Of 10 being immatsriaI,
second, because 10 ID is not the best evil
denoe; third, the evidence offered is nos
intelligible; fourth, the handwriting is
NOS proven.
Q--Hog does the total which accord
ing 10 you is the correct credit, due on
aoeount OF road receipts hled, agrees
With the total credit given by the aud
isoF TO The treasurer on account Of tie
same itemsf
Alt Is less in the amount.
Q-HoW much :
Aisle S..
0.-Did yoa examine into the receipts
Of the treasurer dating the year 1884.
from other sourcesf
Al did.
Q.-state If you found any sums IN
accounted for received BY the treasures
from ether sources, and II 60, what sums
and from what soarces.
Al found q receipt gtvGn, think, 30
| II. II. Cam, justice Of the peace, fog
zines collected By him Rmo1atlnR 10
Sl25.
Odd yea end any account given
| for thai. either By the treasurer OF on
his books, % any chAfgs Of % against The
treasurer OF any books Of aecount7
Al did not.
Odd you and any other plaee OF