The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-03

tanning q list Of new corporations and
the filing of certificates in 1884? How
many new corporations were there up
Zone hundred n Twenty-Five" al
1iow was $3.50 expended for extra
seryise j A. compiling and issuing those
wei, he law is not very clear. re.
piled Mr. Kelsey. who insisted that he
.How do YOU pay your clerks. by check
or inpcashg' asked Mr.. Corbin.
L *.By checks. usuallyb
balance with these amounts you have
retained for corporation business. added
to the $4,000 q year allowed for clerk
hire, should they not?" inquired Mr..
@Yes, / supppse so,v answered the
Secretary rot inspecting the trap ne
wa awe es.ri Sa ie isss sn'9 the amount retained
added 70 the s. 900 makes s. o75; n 1890 |;
g $3.50; in lss1, se,SS2' y n ~ 1882 ss 8. Pc; II #
1sss' t Msls'; than ana the Re EXT sntlr sat Clerical aGw Service Is e
Of your office costs considerably less IN
that he paid out 1880 a year for clerical
QUITE A DIscREPANcY.
Then besaH the tediSus examination hda1 mnnf q
by month. For the year ending with
September, 1894. it was found that he
had paid to his clerks 1885, or sl,29o
for 1888. s., 4s5, 81. Of s. 1921 less for 1892
iissl. sS,gla. IS. d sisass7 less. showing q
discrepancy Of e,a4S- "a for the four years
For the year ending with September,
1890, there were sevral months missing
Europe that year and that the checks
might have ben drawn on another bank.
Then apparently + dawned upon MN nm
amounts, anne be had previously reported,
and he protested against "the u%nreason-
ableness of being submitted to this kind
Of .4 an " e~x nos g foIr and proper way to
1T at The e0i information,S he Exclaimed.
r.I was. not aware. replied Mr.. Cor
s eia: "f hook. yG I supposed ppts leS you had ais a pay pay
roll we are compelled to use the check
book. as 1t is the only source of informa-
ton. WIG Y arsg :. the checks while you
II did, before going away. and they
may have been drawn on the Sussex
no you intend to keep. on in this hap
hazard wayg, demanded : sdtt Kelsey Wsv,. in
quired Mr.. Corbin.
make a schedule. It is unfair to me- to
as it will byathis method. We awe al
ready discovered three items. that were
missed in going over the books, and
there m M. K RE gtsiES; PROTESTS.
Then Mr.. Kelsey. sprang to his feet
with fire flashing from his eyes and
Il submit this Is not q proper and Air
Il have only looked in my check, book
usually paid my clerks. But / have paid
some of them during the. month as is
shown here by some checks which Mr.;
w wSgEhesa ad through ha Ike book and Which
do not appear in these totals for that
year e i Th e. wn paid ! sq hase q ke Iae no s,es aes
count and / submit this is not a fair
way to conduct this examination"
Mr.. Corbin suggested that as they had
only two more years 70 e h ovsf ' and
then Mr.. Kelsey might have more time
"Then you think this Is a fair way to
go out to the public with a hoorah and
o boo HOOP" 49,
Mr.. corbin replied that s there n mighdt
in that manner being. wrong but 1t could
easily be revised and corrected.
"Possfbilityp' exclaimed MT; keisey,
ing more heat than before during the
s~HamlnatiItenii Is 4 faet and there is the
fact there now" fappilg nls onsl sarna Jn
81 fhe committee for a minute and then
dropping into his seat resumed the bag;
gard, careworn look whish he wore bT al al
81 presumed we'd find this matter in
shape" said Mr.. Corbin, land the method
I have adopted was forced by the metnoo
senator DAILY urged that, In fairness.
Mr., Kelsey should be given, time to pre-
pare a schedule The other senator's
Nj Corbin said he was anxious to wind
up t~heSinatter and would like Mr.. Kelsey
to,ssendI to- his office for the check-book
which he thought contained the missing
Some discussion arose as to whether
Mr. Kelsey's request for time should pc
granted, and it was decided TO give MIN
M The r committee adjourned to inset Fri
dav of next week.