Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-21
Files with Board Reply 20 Report Of
the Checking Committee.

Files with Board Reply 20 Report of
the Checking Committee.
In compliance with the instructions OF the
Board of Supervisors contained in a resolu-
ton adopted at its meeting on February
e. II. V. Battey, clerk of the district court
filed with County Auditor Cheyenne yester-
day a report and showing as to unclaimed
fees and moneys reported by the checking
committee, composed of J. NJ Matthews
and w. B. Reed. The report of the check
ing committee purported to show that Mr..
Battcy had in his possession court costs,
unclaimed fees and other moneys amount
ing to 50, 1853, which 1t was alleged should
have been turned over by him to the
county. This amount, as reported by the
committee, included the court at Avoca.
In his report and showing filed yesterday
Mr.. Battey takes each separate item, as
contained in the report Of the checking
committee and where he has found that
the money Is still in his possession and
should have been turned over to the county
on or before January l of this year, he has
noted Correct" Items where the money
is not in his hands or is rightfully still in
his possession he has made notations, Not
accountable" Claimed" Not in my
hands," Held under order Of court and
not accountable to county"
Mr. Battys report reveals a wide dis
crepancy between his figures and those OF
the checking committee. Whereas the
checking committee in its report alleged
nearly $1,000 in unclaimed fees, court costs
etc, was in the clerks possession, Mr.
Batteys report only shows $4,000. Mr.
Batteys report, however, does not include
the Avoca court, except as to court COSTS
as Mr.. Tollinger, the deputy there, has
not owing to court business yet had time
to prepare it.
Mr.. Battey prefaces his report with the
following statement to the Board of Su-
pervisors:
! I find in said report tthe checking COM
mittee's reporD several items called county
costs" l do not know what the committee
| intended by that term, but If II means
| thereby such costs as are taxed and col
| lected by the clerk and which go to the
| county, I have to say that said report is
! totally and unqualifedly false as to said
| Items of county costs" and each of them.
county costs" which they enumerate and
| state are in the hands of myself at this
| time or at the time the committee formu-
lated its report has been by myself paid
| to the county treasurer and reported to
| the Boafd of Supervisors with the treas
| urer's voucher therefor attached thereto,
/ and that the committee had my reports
showing this fact in its hands or posses
| sion at the time 1t made the statement
| lndt tHe same utu NOT beeu IepOl Ieu anu
| paid over provided by law. And ] I'M
| hesitatingly state that had the expert
: checking committee carefully checked my
| reports they would have discovered this
fact: that they did not do so is no fault of
mine.
Regarding the checking committee report
on the Avoca office, Mr.. Battey makes this
| statement In his report to the board
Regarding the county costs" alleged to
| be in his possession: These items appear
! a number OF times in the report upon the
/ Office at Avoca and the report indicates
| that l have withheld or kept back costs
the intent OF the report / declare It to be
| false in that respect. And that the men,
bers OF that committee should deliberately
| charge me with Withholding from the
| county costs which were paid to the deputy
in charge, ten, twelve or fifteen years ago
and which could not under any circum-
stances come into my possession, is as
! founding. Yet this Is what they do in
their report. Receipts for the payment OF
costs generally appear upon the face OF
the appearance and fee docket, and are
or should be, dated. They are In the
instances cited by the committee. leave
IT with the board to determine the motive
report,
Mr.. Battey closes by stating that veri'
fication of his statements can be had by
reference to his reports filed during his
two years of ONCE with the board.
The Board of Supervisors will hold Its
session April /, at which time Mr.. Battey''
report will be laid before 1t.
Wanted-Strong young man for deliver
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