The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-10

CONTINGENT EXPENSE.
This account was probably intend
ed for miscellaneous petty cash dis
bursements, but instead of being
handled in a proper amer whereby
a regular voucher would be drawn for
specific items and amounts, war
rants for various sums from 5000 to
$1,000 were drawn and no voucher
or accounting was made other than
the bare statement in the journal
that so much money was spent for
such items as freight, express, inter
est on coal vouchers, etc.
Exhibit o. contains a number of
such items for amounts which should
have been supported by actual vouch-
erS.
On page To of the minute book,
May 2, 1899. is recorded a resolu-
ton from which the following is IN
extract, and ship to Bond Bros, Es-
pamela, N. NJ, ESQ, 600 brick at the
rate of not less than $500 per thou
sand"
The bill as rendered was ~$1,127.ss,
but the amount paid was $677.23, the
| difference of $45O.66 being explained
by G. w. Bond & Bro, as an agreed
freight rebate on account of the price
having been made as $500 per m, f.
o. b., Espanola-this netted the peni-
tertiary about 1910 per M, and three
cars of lime We're not included in
the bill.
The journal containing charges and
other entries during the first four
months of Mr.. Bursum's administra-
ton May, 1899, to September, 1899,
is missing and these transactions oc-
CURED during that time.
August 80, 1899, the cash book
shows a receipt of s144.SS, but that
particular amount was not turned in
to the treasury.
On the same day G. w. Bond d
Bro, of Espanola. N. NJ, paid in by
/ I Il nhnnI- NJ nnn 80
1899, $677.23. but Mr.. Bursum did
not charge himself with the receipt of
such an amount. He. however, took
credit for that mount and used this
check as a deposit to the territorial
treasurer on August 80. 1S9 and for
which t~reasurer's receipt No. 355 was
issued. There is no apparent reason
why more money than was received
should be deposited and we are con-
fdent that this rewritten cash book
is not a true copy of the one which
has disappeared.
The ledger account of convicts'
earnings shows the charge of S677.23
as we'll as the credit.
| Mr. BurSum is therefore short the
amount of this item, s677.23.
Since the above was written we find
that on May 25th, 1900, Mr.. A. Wind
sor was given a rebate of s91.44
which represents soc. per thousand
on 49,, $50 brick sole to Bond Broth
erS.
Section sos Of the compiled laws
of New Mexico, 1897, reads as fol-
lows:
Should any member of the
board of penitentiary commission
ers, officer or other employee of the
penitentiary, become interested in
any in any contract for
providing provisions, clothing or
other accessories for the use of said
penitentiary. or become in any way
interested in any contract for
buildings or the construction of any
buildings of any kind Connected with
said penitentiary, or for furnishing
materials for any such building, or
in any contract for the labor of the
conV1cts, such of said
board, officer or employe so inter
ested, shall be deemed guilty of q
mIsdemeanor. and on conviction
thereof shall be removed from Of
flee, and shall forfeit any interest
he may have in such contract. and
shall be fined not more than two
! thousand dollars, nor less than five
hundred dollars"
The following transactions appear
to conflict with the above:
: V. No. 479 Warrant No. 2749,
Dec. 1, 1904, H. O.. Bursum,
$50 head of sheep ........s7S7.50
V. No "A Warrant No. 245s.
Jan. IA, 1904, Bursum& Nc
MILAN, 23O sheep 4O2.50
We find no accounting on the books
for the pelts.
v. No. IS Warrant No; 1889,
Feb. -, 1901, r.. c.. Garrett,
constructing brick plant. 10000
54TH FISCAL YEAR.-V. No.
Glib. Warrant No. $3.50, J..
5sTH FISCAL YEAR.-v. No. 'V'''
IS. Warrant No. PAST, j.
H vaughn 10000
Vouchers not approved by board of
p~enitentiary commissioners.
Detail given as cash-no further
accounting.
Car book shows February 7, 1905,
car No A. T. & S. F., 77,S7O, 10000
vitrified brick. H. o. Bursum. Albu-
querque.
So far as the records show, as turn
ed yer by Mr.. Bursum. this brick
was not paid for.
The penitentiary did not receive
credit for all that it produced, but
was credited only with such amounts
as were actually turned into the con-
victs' earnings furd by the superin-
tendent.
The total earnings from the output
of the penitentiary in brick. lime, and
money received from the counties IN
the territory for the care of prisoners,
not including earnings for care Of
United States prisoners. for the six
years, eleven and one-third months
of Superintendent Rursum's admins
tratfon, according to the rewritten re-
cords. were s~84,310-63, of which
SS1,30S-97 had been collected and
So, We're unsolicited at the
time of his retirement, April IL. 1906.
($3.001.66 plus ~s1,165.75, the amount
due from the United States equals the
total shown by Exhibit GO
This represents an average earning
of So, 1000 per annum or about
| 81. 10000 Der month.
The earnings from the same
sources for the twelve months en- ted
December 81, 1905, were S19.243.4a,
or about $1.603.00 per month.
The earnings from the same sources
for the first three months (April 13,
dent TreIfcrd's administration were
S11,365.41, or S3.7SS.47 per month.
The above comparison does not in
cIude earnings derived from care Of
United States prisoners and convicts.
COMMISSIONERS SALARY AND