The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-10
WILL KEEP THE FUNDS
Commercial Club Will Turn Moth
ing Over Without a Court Order.
Advice of It's Attorneys-Auditin Com
mittee's RepOrt-Nominating COM
mittee Appointed.

AT meeting of the directors of the Com
mercial Club, yesterday afternoon, the COM
mittee on nomination of the regular ticket
Tor directors to be elected at the election
IN February was appointed consisting of
Judge r. n. Lamb, A. b. Gates, A L.
Metzger, Frank A. AIaus and NJ B. Wilson.
The committee will nominate a ticket as
required by the bylaws, not later than the
18th inst. 1t was determined by the di-
rectors that the hours Of voting should be
from 10 a. m. TO p. m.
The assemblage committee, to which was
referred Colonel Lilly's statement at the
last meeting of the directors, giving the
facts with reference TO the remuneration
OF 5000 paid to Mr. Fortune for services
as executive director of the CT. a. r. Ma
tional Encampment, submitted report veri-
flying and indorsing Colonel Lilly's state
ment as far as it related to the commit
tee. The board ordered that the report be
concurred in and spread on the records OF
the club
The assemblage committee further sub
mitted TO the board the following legal
opinion with reference to the balance of
$4,000 remaining in the hands Of the CON-
mittee:
ID. z. Erwin, Esq, Chairman Commercial
Club Assemblage Committee:
Dear Strive have considered the rela-
ton OF your committee and the Commercial
Club to the undisbursed National Encamp-
ment fund, and of the opinion that
neither the club nor any officer of the club
can safely part with the possession of any
part of that fund to the city of IndianapO-
lis or any other claimant without an order
of court that would give protection against
the possible claims and suits"
This opinion is signed by Charles w.
Smith, Baker & Daniels, Evans Wooden
a motion was adopted by the board au-
thoriZing the assemblage committee to in
vite the city attorney to meet with the at
torneys from whom the committee had
taken counsel for the purpose of consulta-
ton, with view to arriving at legal de-
termination of the disposition or the fund.
Auditing Committees Report.
The auditing committee appointed by the
city Council to audit such funds as might
be drawn from the city treasury for the
encampment yesterday handed TO the city
controller its report prepared by Albert
Sahm and signed by John w. Murphy, A.
Kiefer, j. l.. Reach, Michael Steinhauer,
B. c. Shaw and Albert Sahm. OF the $685.
coo turned over to the citizens board,
$264656 of unexpended balance is returned
to the city treasury, leaving $50, 1914 as
the portion of the expenses borne by the
city. The city money was kept a sep
arate account and the vouchers for each
expenditure accompany the report. The
committee, in the course of its report, says:
"In pursuance of our plan of procedure,
adopted bills were audited before consid-
cradle amount of the executive committees
subscriptions became available or definite
calculation could be made of that fund
total availability, as understood, nor
could the total expenses of the encamp-
ment have been determined at that time,
even If it had been fully understood that it
was any part of our official duty To ascer-
tain.
''As a matter of fact, at that time your
committee did not know but what many
more accounts would have to be paid from
the city funds to liquidate the expense as
one share of responsibility incurred, and we
were agreeably surprised when appraised Of
the balance left in the hands of the treas
urer from the $50, 900 this board of audit
had deposited which would not be needed
Therefore, if in addition to the balance re-
funded to the city there is yet a balance
in the hands of the citizens executive
committee amounting to $4,000, as alleged,
representing the difference between the re-
ceipts from subscription and the amount
paid out of the city appropriation, above
the total expenditure on account of the
encampment, that is question of differ
ence to be settled by the city officials and
the citizens committee, who alone can aG-
just it,