The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
such times ana in such amounts as he

such times and In such amounts as he
might elect The further additional
sum Of s2,500.00 was appropriated by
said act for engraving the said bonds
and advertising the same for sale. BY
section Of the said act 100000 was
appropriated with which to pay inter-
est on the State-house bonds aforesaid
for 1900.
I confess to much pleasure in being
able to report that no part of said
bonds has been prepared or sold, and
consequently there has been no occa-
sion to use the money appropriated for
interest, or for lithographing, and that
the State has thus been saved four
per cent interest, or $4,000, for the
two years since the passage of the act,
NEW STATE FARM.
Under the provisions of a law
passed by the last Legislature author
lands in the Mississippi delta
for additional penitentiary farm (see
Chapter Sc, Acts of 1900, beg to re-
port that, acting in strict conformity
to said law, the board purchased 49,
1892 acres lying in the northern part
Of Sunfiower County, Mississippi, ira
versed by the Yazoo Delta Railroad, at
and for the price of $5.78 per acre. j
am pleased to report that Of the many
thousands of acres which were offered
and personally inspected by the Board
of Control, the tract selected was, in
my opinion, wisely purchased. 1t is
fertile, we'll located, and well drained
X by means of permanent streams and
bayous; the vast majority of it is first
class delta land, susceptible Of being
put into profitable cultivation, and
was purchased at a remarkably low
figure. 1t is being rapidly cleared and
furnished with necessary and suitable
stockades for the safety and care OF
the convict labor, and / confidently
predict that within the next two years
sufficient land will be cleared and ac-
commodations provided for the con-
centration and work thereon of all the
convicts, except such as will be needed
for the cultivation of the other convict
farm properties owned by the State.
STATE TREASURER.
Owing to the unfortunate occur
rences in connection with the State
=
the legislature, it Becomes my unpleas-
ant duty to lay before you Officially the
facts which brought about the vaca-
i ton of the Office by Treasurer Showers
4 and the election of his successor.
/. In August last, acting under the re-
quirements Of Section 2159 of the
Code, | counted the money in the
vaults Of the treasury, and, upon
notification, there was found a shors
age in the cash called for by the books
to the amount of $181, 252.52. Where
upon, acting under requirements OF
, the Code, made and caused to be pub
lished certificate covering in detail
4 the facts and conditions as disclosed
, by such Investigation and count, q
copy of which certificate is as follows:
"On August 18th, 1901, I deemed Il
proper to verify the cash balance OF
hand in the State treasury, as shown
!, I by the books of the treasurer, and tt
that end | went to the treasury Office
on the morning of the said 18th in
slant, without giving notice to any one
in said office, for the purpose OF count
ing the money ON hand, but was in
, formed by j. r. Showers, Treasurer
. that the time lock had been put on
and that access to the cash was impos
, sible before o'clock that evening.
: returned to the treasury at that hour
when counted the said funds in thu
presence of and with the assistance O
Auditor w. @. Cole, J r. Showers
Treasurer, and Charles Lowe, book
keeper, in said office, who verified thu
correctness of said count, and founs
: the condition of the funds of the treas
ury on that day to be as follows, TO
wit:
10 cash on hand August 1..............
TO cash received since .................
BY bonds and warrants paid in August +.
L Balance $3.50. ...... -.
) Currency on hand
9 Gold ON hand ........... .
! Cash items In the drawer ........ .-..
T Penitentiary accounts overdrawn for whicl
{ The treasurer presented the following as c
that they be counted as cash. to-wit
, Due bill O. j. Waite, cashier First Nation:
Receipt for draft for collection by +. b. n
of Merchants Bank 1920.
Cash on deposit in Merchants Bank.
: Allowing the treasurer credit for the .agl
: three items claimed by him as cash,
ance belonging to the State unaccou
amounting to the sum OF .......
| INDUCED in the hope that tn
! amount of said shortage would be r.
|, placed if opportunity and time wer
: given before publicity of the result Q
! said account, and to the end that tn
!, State might thus recover the none
!. without further trouble, expense 0
loss. l enjoined secrecy of those pre-
n ent on the whole proceedings. an