Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-03-13
THE ORPHANS HOME FUND
The Committee Appointed to In
vesiigate The Matter Make
Their Report.

The following report was yesterday
made to the Senate and House by the
Standing Committee appointed by the
two Houses to investigate the Orphans |
Homo fund, which has caused so much |
discussion by the press .f he State. Tine |
matter is pretty wei! Gi.>ccted by the
Joint Committee:
Mr.. PREsIBrNr:-To,Ir Standing Com
mittee on State Affairs III connection
with the Committee OF the Assembly
have had under c,nsidcration matters
connected with the Orphans Fund and
beg leave 70 report the following facts as
we find them:
There seems to he an impression
abroad thai this Fund has been enbez
zled or n!sappyopriated in some manner
by the Directors of the Home, who were
responsible for it's satis keeping. The
fact is that the original Fund amounted
to the SUM &C eight hundred and fifty
(SS5O} dollars; 500 of which WAS be
aueathed by Peter Lynch Of Gold Hill:
$500 was donated by James G. Fair and
$50 was. donated By the CALIFORNIAN Club
of Virginia City.
BY iut,icious investment OF part Of
this Fund i. had increased. on May Oh
1879 to $3.50; that seems to lie the maxi
mum point reached by this Fund at any
time. We find that on January /, 1883.
u. L. Sessions. who up 10 that time had
been Secretary Of the Board af Directors,
turned over to bis SUCCESSORS in office the
sum Of ss07.57 i'll coin. 1t may be neces-
saTy to state here that this Fund vas
created for the sole purpose Of providing
little delicacies and Injuries for The
Orphans at set times. such as Christmas
and the Fourth Of July and other festival
times. Now when it is understood that
there has been no addition to the original
fund since its creation except by invest
ment as above referred TO. it is easy to
explain that the Fund must naturally
diminish.
For instance in the single year of 1881
there was expended the sum of S29l Go
one business house in Carson receiving
the sum of S136 for holiday goods. Com
ing down to the % of January, 1891, with
out going into yearly and monthly de
tails, we find the Fund reduced to thu
sum of 1927 AZ; of this sum, four hundred
y .
uete of J. F. Jones (who at that time wa
one of the Beard Of Directors of TIT
Home. leaving a balance Of 81 AZ il
cash in the Fund. This note is still hell
by the Board of Directors OF the Home
but there is serious difference Of opil!
ion abaut its value. Professor Ring. VIII
was a member of the Board at the tim
the note was executed and fol four year
thereafter. and VINO is a member of til
present Board, does rot know whethe
there was any interest paid on the not
or not during the years lS9!-lS9o-lsSS IN
1894. nor does he know what use wa
made OF the balance, 81 a, which was
the Fund when he entered on his dutie
in January, 1891. There was 10 recor
kept of anything connected with til
Fund OF note since January 1891.
Besides the DOte Of j. z. Jones. thei
remains the sum of three dollars an
forty cents and a receipt for s..
This is ali that is left of the Orphan
Fund The note was presented to tt
heirs Of the late j. f. Jones for paymen
by order Of the Board OF Directors OF II
Home, who were in office during II
years Ic'D- !S3o-lSJi ana 1870. lie hc!
said that they were unable to pay sa
note, ans! no further action was take
We are Of the opinion that the Directo
of the Orphans Home, from the list
January 1891, 70 the lst Of January. Is.
were eacl. and all culpaGly negligei
and guilty OF nonieasance in Office, whe
they did hot take action to enforce Il
payment of the J. +. Jones note. The
is wide difference Of opinion amor
lawyers as to whether this note can
collected from the estate of Mr.. Jones
not. We would respectfully call the g
teGtion of the Governor and Attornt
General to the matter and would recoi
mend that they take measures to collie
the Jones note if possible.
All OF which we respectfully submit.
[>igned.l
Measrs. Green, Hardesty and William
Senate Committee.
Messrs. Jacobs, Sweeney, Coryeli, Sti
son and Whitacre, Assembly Commute
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