Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

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think there was. Al least, IL there was
think would have remembered II.
Y. You never noticed any erasures OF AN.
ktnds A. No Sir, don't recall any.
q. You never noticed any figures that wort
No sir.
q. You don't remember of his purchnsin,
any thing for his personal use? A. No dom
recgA
q. He never made anS statements to you;
| =. | don't recall.
O. Did Mr., Perkins ever complain to you
that his duties we're too arduuuS? A. don't
| recall that he did.
| might spend Vacationt A. / don't recall
| That he ever asked. He may have asked Tor
day or Two To visit some OF his family. |
don't recall that he has ever asked
| q Do you recoilect what snlary Mr. Per
ktns receives. A. No, I don't. | see IL is
mentioned here .l5OO, / understood Il was
higher than that, but don't recall what It
was,
q. Can you state before this committee
whether IL Is customary for him to draw his
salary each month? \, ! think II was lie
made up the payroll altogether | think
MS salary was In that payroll
| q. You don't know OF any sums deducted
from the payroll for his private purchases
| A. No sir.
q. Generally was paid in fun each month?
| A, Yes sir.
q. Did you ever receive any money or have
| any money IN your possession as trustee of
| that institutions A. No sir.
q. Did you ever deposit any money with
| the county treasurer \, No sir,
| q. You We're under bond during your term
! OF officer a. don't recall, but | presume /
| was n II was customary for trustees TO give
| bond.
q. 1t never occurred to you that Il was
| rather an unnecessary thing TO give bond
innsmuch as you never received or dishurS-
| ed any OF the money! A. when I gHvp the
bond had never attended any meeting of
! the Board of trustees,
| q. You knew that Mr.. Perkins was not un-
| der bond, did Nous 4. No, did not,
! 9. During your term of office, aid you
authorize the superintendent TO 20 70 CHI
cogo or Milwaukee TO purchase supplies for
! the Home or Asylum 4, / cannot recall.
/ We may have granted him permission, but
| don't recall any particular instance, um
| not sure,
! @. You don't recall any bills that were pre-
/ sented for expenses attendant on these
/ tripst A. ! don't recall any. There may
| have been, but don't recall.
! q. Did you ever Inquire OF Mr.. Perkins the
manner in which he uisburscd these co1nty
ordersP A No sir. | don't recall that any
| member OF the Board ever asked him.
| q. DO you recall any discussion OF the
| matter at to the distribution OF these Orders2
I A, cannot recall any definite instance. /
| know they talked with him personally dur.
Ing the meeting of the board and | asked
/ him how he paid she bills, and my recollcC-
| tion Is that he took these county orders or
/ the orders OF the trustees, and purchased
! drafts AT the banks and RENTED them.
| think That was the practice that he adopted.
! q. Can you tell the committee and this
board II these county orders had ever been
! rendered as payment for bills of merchan-
disc and whether they were ever refuScdy
/ a. ! have never known that they were ever
presented and don't know that they We're
! ever refused.
! O. In your opinion, Mr.. Jones. would you
| consider that a proper method OF paying
! there billst A. Wen not necessarily, no sir.
! think they might In Chicago or MtlWau-
/ kee, but don't think that would uecessRri-
| ly be "a proper payment
! q. Where items OF exchange are charged
! at ten or fifteen cents a hundred, would IL
/ not bC in your opinion proper thing to
| have rendered these county orders In pay
meut of these bills? A. j doubt very much
| whether any of the wholesale houses, espcCi-
/ ally In Chicago, would accept these With
| out charging exchange know that pri-
! ware checks rendered in Chicago now are
subject to collection charges. | think u IS
! one quarter of one per cent. That is, II ]
chase the banks there viii take the deposit
/ but they will charge the house making the
deposit collection charge, And take IL
these county orders would be subject to the
( same charges. AZ least, 1 think so,
q. DO you know If it IS customary with n
great many firms TO pay all their bills by
| personal Checks2 A. Yes, and until the last
two years Chicago banks took them ~ mar,
! Milwaukee banks do now but don't think
Chicago banks viii now except ms a favor To
4 their customers.
! q. 10 goa think they might take the
I check OF a county? A. don't know | doubt
IT. although they might do IT..
! VI.
| recommendation of Mr.. Perkins only, that
! were outstanding for one or two yeurs. with
ont a certified OF sworn statement from the
party by whom the bill was rendered. A.
don't recall but very few that were sworn
/ to.
q. Were most of the bills recommended by
Mr.. Perkins oniys A. Practically all OF
! them.
/ O. DO you remember how long standing
| some OF these bills were? A. My recollection
Is that they were not very long standing,
! Yn "A 1 IA
/ trustees while | was there of one or two
years standing.
q. II there wa a bill OF that long standing,
don { you think II would be- wen TO nave an
itemized statement A. Most assurcdly, !
4 would want an itrmized statement, | think
/ you Ould feel insultcd II knew hud you
! knew that the account was perfectly cor
q. wouldn't feel very indignant hit had
I run two years and had not presented II in
/ that length Of time when ] had the Oppor-
tunity of doing SO every month. A, Wen,
7 there Is tendency on the part OF many
I local merchants To- let accounts run six
months oru year before presenting H., /
don't thinkit is good practice, o. the proper
! way OF conducting the business OF the
/ county still don't think there rs anything
! repre- hcnsible about IT..
/ q. You are familiar with these blink forms
upon which All Of these clnims against the
| county are presented, or should bee present
| edy A. Yes sir
! TINT provides that all these bills shall be
/ sworn to ns TO thcir accuracy, and attested
/ to by the superintendent A, My recollcc-
I ton was that there was blank form attach
/ ed To each one OF these sheets.
/ q. Did you observe that at all tlmes they
! we're nlled out iu proper form? A. don't
/ think they were,
4 q. Were they generally? A. ldont think
many OF them we're. II seems TO me That
/ bills coming from Chicago or Milwaukee
| were, hut don't remember,
! q. | refer more particularly TO bills from
! local merchants or trndespeoplc in the
/ county? A. ! don't recall whether they
/ generally were or not, but IL seems To me
that bills coming from bodKcNiIe were
generally sworn 70.
/ q. Would you be surprised II / told you
/ [ hat very few Of them were sworn tOY A,
No I wouldn't, a. ] told you before thnt ]
didn't think many Of them were
| q. DO you think IT was good policy a. J
don't think there IS any Importance 20 bt
on on motion Of Mr. Ryan, the Board adjourn
/ ed until 30 D. m.
4 1902. m. Board called to order hy
Chairman
Examination OF Mr. Jones resumed. Mr.
l Rewey IN the chHir.
| a. Would you think ~ necessary Tor th'
superintendent Of the Asylum ana Home e
advance money ln pny ment OF biilsY a. II
ought not be necessary.
/ a. He has made the statement thht ne dot'
Il frequently and I'm large sums, 4. ~
ought not be necessary. Conditions ought
70 be such that 10 would not be necessary foi
him to do 80. There might be- "a shortage ~
funds and IN order % bridge over an emer
gpncy he might DO u.
q, You don't think ~ would be necessary
to advance money 10 meet local bills iron
one month TO another a. ] would MOI