Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-23
THAT MISSING MONEY.
Colonel Teed and Clerk Robin
son Find It.
They Claim 1t Belongs Simply to the
City.
And That the Board OF Education mas
No Title to It-A Full Statement
Of How the Fund Was
Created.

The article published in the HERALD
few days ago regarding the alleged dis
covery by Edgar Moore, "expert &C
countant," of $4,000 belonging to the
school board, has brought out an ex-
planation addressed to council and
signed by W. w. Robinson, the former
city clerk, and Col. Freeman G. Teed.
the present city clerk. The communi-
cation reads os follows:
The undersigned, w. w. Robinson,
now mayors clerk (formerly clerk OF the
counciD. and Freeman G. Teed, present
city clerk, beg leave to call your atten-
tion to the following matter:
For some days past there have ap-
peared in the public press of the city
certain articles intimating that there
might possibly be due from the county
OF Los Angeles to the city board OF edu-
cation certain sum of money, to-wit,
Grafton of the sale of what was known
as the Central school property to the
county OF Los Angeles, upon which
erected a county court house.
AbO oidhoaCUlOA IClOIICo W OCOuhA W
during the time that Mr.. Robinson was
clerk, and diligent search by him of
the records of the council and the
financial books of the city, have recently
been made and the results are as fol-
lows:
There seems to be due to the city OF
Los Angeles $4,000 from the county Of
Los Angeles on the sale of the Central
cohnOl nronarfv IN 1QQE Eor1u in 1QSh
the board of education found that they
could not continue the schools without
more funds than they had at their dis
posal, and asked the assistance of the
council; the funds of the city treasury
being greatly depleted at the time, the
council considered that they could do
nothing, but the purchase by the county
of the Central school property, being
soonafter talked of, it was agreed that
the city should purchase from the board
of education portion Of said property,
the title of which was in the said board,
and advanced the board of education
$4,000 therefor, with the understanding
that it was to be returned on the sale Of
the property.
The sale was made to the county un-
der ordinance No. 172, and payments
were to be made by the county by an
agreement between the council and the
board of supervisors as follows: Twelve
thousand dollars down, $25 900 in six
months and the remainder within one
year.
The first payment, $12 900, was made,
and instead of being returned to the
cash fund, as agreed, was, at the request
of the board of education, who were still
short OF funds, placed to the account of
the common school fund. January IA,
1885, the county paid $4,000, which
also went into the common school fund.
February 2, 1886, the council notified
the board of supervisors to pay the bal
ance of the second payment, and on
February, 8, 1886, the county paid
$2013.94, which went into the cash
fund, the 1884 being probably for in
terest on deferred payments. February
%, 1886, the county paid S38, 900 which
went into the common school fund, and
the board of education having received
all of the proceeds of the sale executed
a deed to the county, but the SIC, 1000 re-
mainder of the amount advanced by the
city to the board of education and which
was to be repaid out of the sale seems
never to have been paid by the county
to either the board of education or the
city of Los Angeles.
The said sum of $4,000 is not due to
the board of education, but is due from
the county to the city: it remains un-
paid and should be collected.
The latter portion or closing part of
this transaction took place during the
year 1886, being the last year Mr.. Robin
son served the city as clerk, and all
facts that are not fully set forth in the
records of the council and the financial
books of the city are within the knowl-
edge of Mr.. Robinson. and also Of Mr..
Frank A. Gibson, who was at the time
president of the board of education.