The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-11

that whereas a 50, 900 note was due May u,
another $1,000 note was due June 1st and
/ SIS, 900 note was due June 18th, aud the
county not having funds to pay the same
nor to meet current expenses, the notes be
renewed and q new loan of s., 600 Oucgotiated,
for which a note for $50, 600 due in three
months was issued 1t was signed by the
defendants and Clerk COnuell
He also read a carbon copy of the note for
100000 signed by the defendants and Clerk
Connell. The notes due May Grand June lst
drawn March 2Sth and April 2ud, respec-
lively, were read along with the resolutions
Mr.. Schalck The resolution of April 2nd,
1896, showsa a renewal Of $1,000 loan and
the note for that amount indicates it was
originally drawn for $4,000 and was later
changed to S5,000 do you know why that
was done?
A. 1t would be hard for me to explain
what happened before | came into Office.
| O. Can you explain why the note for Si5,-
900 due June 9th is cancelled with a circular
punch instead Of with cross shaped hammer
like the Others
| A. No, sir.
To other questions Deputy Payne read the
note and resolution renewing the S3O, 600 loan
for three months on September 4th at per
cent. interest
O. These papers have not been altered
since coming to your Office?
A. No, sir, not to my knowledge the lead
pencil mark is not in our handwriting
Q. When was this note Of September 4th
paid?
A. My impression is it was paid December
18th, 1896, by Commissioners warrant with
another $4,000 note, which, with some in
terest was included in a warrant for $4,000.
The $50 was three days interest on the $40
600 which was due December 4th. This
warrant was signed by Rentz and Allen.
Witness, while his clerk, Andrew Glass, was
hunting up the papers, told of payment of
Sl21,S7 on July 3rd, 1895, to the same bank
for interest. The discount on the $50 900
amounted to $30l6s and there were other
small items for interest included.
Q. Did the Controller keep an account of
the moneys received in 1896?
A. Yes, sir.
deputy Payne gave an excellent delivery
for the court lawyers and reporters, every
syllable and word being clearly brought out ]
He then read from the book of the receipt
of $4,000 from the Safe Deposit Bank July
g. 1895. This is the date $4,000 should
have been received according to the note
issued by the Commissioners on that date to
the said bank.
Although the original SIS 900 not has not
been found the resolution of September 4th
renews the missing note.
, Cross examined by Mari, atty.
Q. When was Controllers Office organized.
A. The Controller was appointed in
October 1895 [by the Governor
| n when ala Won ,,o tbero and rbat ,,,os
/ . l.n,. a = ,.,ctI I,.
V"V oJilNi''on i,'il Vi 'llo oll,0o
A In september 1870 there were lie"
pens and holders and pencils desk OF two
and an inkstand.
Q. What books did you find.
| A These two ledorrs a check hook and a
? bool, ,i,,;r,, finn, biIIs ,,,,,. ,,sssod
, ~ " 5id ,,at d. an,i I,nsinoss ,,,tir
" ~" u,u "o' Wv ""S ~ u.'''
january loo'i IheIe was CohtcsI peI"een
the Controller and the Commissioners as tC
the legality of the Act creating the office O
2 Controller was there not?
f A. Yes sir. The Supreme Court declared
tb. Act Unconstitutional I'm Julv 1sg5 and
.i'o -,.. III ,a'
"1auun'' Ia" "os" NCP' W " '',"' '
Inc witness theh uescrlDeu the hc'nou o
: keeping the account
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t
5 Secretary and Treasurer of the Safe Deposi
Bank, was the next witness. lie told OF The
[ presentation TO the Dank OF Jne Sl3,uDu nOl'
. of July 3, 1895, by one of the clerks from the
Commissioners office, to whom he gave
= treasurer's check for $1,000 and $4,000 il
cash, a total of $4,000. Witness coulC
T. not remember who brought the not
e and got the money, but he though
' it was either Phil. Connell, or Clerk lryil
a MOser. lie was positive none Of tn
Commissioners got the money. 1T wa
shown by Deputy Controller Paynes testl
: mony that but $4,000 of this $4,000 reached
s the County Treasury
e Mr., Hazard traced the various renewal
y of this SIS, 900 note, beginning with Septem
Vi Der A. 1895, until it was merged with tn
$50, 900 note of June g. 1896, when $500
II more disappeared. Interest was paid ON tn
full amount, right through, 50 that tn
. county loses the interest in addition to tn
e principal. The rate Of interest or discount
u was also increased,
rs Witness stated that the bank ohclals ais
D. required resolution from the Commissioners
Office, IN addition to the note, before the loa
would be discounted. The rate pald range
from four to SIX per cent.
y When the note matured ON sunday, Jun
Z, 1896 the loan became due the Iay peIoTe
7 but under the present law II woulu De Jun
Sth.
st Mr.. Hazard had no recollection OF reS'
tAe Dank peoausI IL was hoV piOpeiM. I ~ Ni"" h"in