The Frankfort roundabout., 1892-01-23
The CITY TREASURY.
The Treasurer Absent and
His Account Short
$I,656.z8.


pered on the streets that City Treas
urer Hugh Gaines was short in his
accounts and had left the city, and
by Thursday morning it had grown
to be rumor and every one was
talking about it. AS near as we can
ascertain the facts the matter came
out as follows:
The city was indebted to the Sink.
ing Fund 81, 900 and Mayor Tobin, on
Monday morning, directed City Clerk
Payne to draw a warrant upon the
Treasurer in favor of the Sinking
Fund Commissioners for $4,000, but
as the officials of the State National
Bank, where Treasurer CRANES kept
his accounts, had requested City
Clerk Payne on Saturday previous to
make up statement of Gaines ac-
count, he went to work and took off
the statement, before issuing the war
rant, and took it to the bank, when it
was discovered that while the books
of the city showed that the City
Treasurer ought to have $4,000 in
bank there was only about $4,000 in
the bank to his credit. Clerk Payne,
thinking he had made a mistake in
his figures, returned to his office called
Gaines in and asked him how much
money he had in bank, when Gaines
replied about $1,000. "That won't
do" said Payne, "for my books show
you ought to have 81 4,3oO." 'Oh, well
you are wrong" said Gaines. Payne
then told him to come to the desk
and they would go over the account
together, which they did, Gaines do
ing the figuring while Payne read of
the amounts. and the result showed
a.. 800 as the sum there should be
in the Treasury.
When the amount was ascertained
Gaines remarked to Payne that he
knew where the trouble was, that
he had 81 900 which he had not de-
posted, requested Payne, as an &C
commodation to Col. Hoge, Cashier
of the State National Bank, to hold
up the warrant in favor of the Sink
ing Fund Commissioners until after
banking hours, left the office, and on
the arrival of the east-bound G. q. 0.
train left for Lexington and has not
since been seen here. He was heard
of in Shelbyville Tuesday but he left
that place early in the morning for
Louisville.
Mayor Tobin, in consequence of the
continued absence of City Treasurer
Gaines, called the City Council togeth-
er at noon Thursday and laid the fol
lowing communication before them:
To the Honorable Board OF Councilmen
of the City Of Frankfort:
GENTLEMEN:- is my duty to in
form you that the City Treasurer has
failed to make settlement of his ac-
counts for the past year, and has not
executed bond for his present term
as required by law. He has been alb
sent from his office, and has failed TO
discharge his duties as Treasurer
since last Monday, and lam informed
is not in the city. have no authori-
ty under the ordinances Of the city
to make temporary appointment,
as the Treasurer has not filed with
me a recommendation to do SO. 1t is
highly important that the Council
should take some action in this mat
ter, and see that some competent per
son is appointed to attend to the busi-
ness Of the city until the return of
the Treasurer. The Clerk will furnish
you statement of the condition OF
the Treasury on the Goth inst, and
such other facts as you may think
necessary for your intelligent action.
Respectfully,
RICHARD TOBIN,
Mayor.
The Council went into committee
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