The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-12


of the district, and put them to his own |
| use and benefit commingling them with |
his personal funds. and has kept them and |
| persisted In keeping them at time ana |
| times when the district. its contractors |
and Its people were badly III need OF |
money; and that while he still .wrongfuIly |
| and unawfully kept these funds, and |
other officers OF the district wrongfully |
and unlawfully held funds OF the district |
and so held them with Mr. Par6inson's
| full knowledge and consent, the district |
was compelled TO and did, with his full |
knowledge and on his advice. borrow
| money 10 meet the bond interest, on
| which borrowed money the district. was
| compelled TO pay interest
And that while these moneys were so
| wrongfully and unlawfully held by MIR.
| Parkinson and by others, officers OF the
district deposited, and through his fail
ure in the performance he allowed them
lateral security for personal loans. sup
posedly to meet obligations of the dis
trict and prevent litigation against the
district. On which bonds the district did
| through Mr.. Parkinson, Its treasurer, pay
interest. though 1t has never received
consideration for the bonds so deposited.
| And that while said moneys were so
wronsfuly and unIawfully held by Mr..
Parkinson and Others with a full knowl-
edge OF Mr. Parkinson. the district did.
through Mr.. Parkinson. its treasurer,
pay interest on warrants on which the
district had refused and was unable TO
make payment for want of funds.
| Il.
urer. that. the taxpayers depended. 1t
was entirely within his power, IT was his
sworn duty & TO- protect their funds and nd
| his trust. neglected his duty and betrayed
his people. -
We charge specifically:
That he failed utterly In the perform
ance of his duty; that during the year
1904, though no drew the treasurers full
salary, he did positively no work as treas
| urer
| THAT 5,,r3nv t,,s x,o,r, long 1ooc ,ad
until the time of his resignation, Novem-
Der s. 1907. he performed only a part OF
the treasurers duty, though besides re-
for services rendered in Boise and else
where. and for expenses, During the
years 1905, 1906 and 1907. to his positive
| had In their possession, wronGfully, 81
| legally and TO the detriment Of the dis
| trict. It's bonds and thousands Of dollars
OF its funds, yet not once is there record
| ed u demand for those funds and bonds:
and not once did he advise the taxpayers
that the moneys were wrongfully with
held. Mr.. Parkinson set 1t down in his
| own handwriting that on August %, 1905.
there was due to him. as treasurer from!
| the district to the sum of s66. 1850.
Within few days OF that date Mr.. Hart
presented to MIR. Parkinson for his sigma
hereto attached). in which 1t is proposed
that they work together. sharing the
a.' that ali y surplus m a moneys @ ~ that come into Into
| Mr.. Parkinson's hands as treasurer be
loaned out at interest, and the interest
| divided equally.
Inasmuch as the contract. though
| written on August 1. 1905, states definite
| ly that 1t was made on the 1st day OF
| January. 1905; inasmuch as IL was care
fully considered by and is backed in the
handwriting OF George c. Parkinson,
though not signed; from the fact that Mr..
| Parkinson had earlier In the year shared
| profits from the district money so Illegal
ly investedi from the fact that not once
did he protest against this misuse Of dis
trict moneys, and that there Is not on
| record single demand for the return to
| the treasury OF these moneys. and from
the further fact that Notwithstanding his
| knowledge that Mr.. Hart was owing him
| as treasurer large sums of money, name
y, s66,7T2.ee and Notwithstanding Mr.;
to Mr., Hart the further sum OF $4,000
of the districts money on October 3. 1905.
| tBetween tho dates mentioned namely,
May .. 1905. and August %. 1910. Hart
did not return to the treasury one dollar
| of this money! We charge that we are
fully justified In, and It Is our best belief.
| that such agreement was entered into
| January l. 1905
And we further charge. that had there
been no such agreement, In the face OF
Mr., Parkinsons knowledge of the facts.
| he was equally responsible with Mr.. Hart
for the misappropriation and the misuse
OF the districts moneys; ,
October 3, 1905. Mr.. Parkinson. unlaw-
fully, turned over to Mr.. Hart, and with
and SIS 900. respectively; $4,000 OF the
districts money when OF his own knowl-
edge Mr.. Hart was already In possession
| of thousands of dollars Of the districts
| funds. and these funds were commingled
with personal moneys for the use and
benefit of individuals.
| We charge that on and prior TO April
g. 1905 Mr., Parkinson received from the
secretary of the district checks for dis
| trict moneys amounting to S32. 900. on
dates and In sums as follows; On Janu
| a on E,,hy 0rt-1 I
| $1,000 and on April 3, 1906, $4,000; total.
| s22 900. These checks were all drawn to
| George c, Parkinson, treasurer, and by
!. him indorsed to George C.. Parkinson and
deposited to his personal credit in a Salt
Lake bank, unlawfully and illegally dis
| regarding the statutes OF the state OF
ferrcd to the credit OF the Oneida irrigu.
| tioD district, with this Salt Lake bank
the sum OF 5000: on March %. 1905, he
transferred 10 the credit OF the district
| the sum OF S1S2; on March 80 1905, he
transferred to the credit Of tho district
| si00.S5. on April 5. 1905. $3.50. and on
April 26, 1906. $2S,6O4.14, making a total
of S29, ,393 50
The balance of the s32. 900 he did not
return TO the credit of the district until
some time in August. 1908, more than
! treasurer. and only after 1t had been
| discovered by the auditor. and II was
part of his shortage reported by the
| auditor.
son took from the treasury OF the Oneida
| irrigation district the sum of $4,000. which
he placed, TO his credit and for his own
personal use and benefit.
That the sums of money above men
toned. namely $2606.4l and $4,000, re-
maned in his possession for period OF
several years, during u part of which |
time the district was badly In need Of !
and suffered for want OF funds, and that |
on June "a. 1907. while he had in his pos
session. according 10 his own admission, |
and which he has since paid 10 the dis |
trict, over 10000. and while. To Mr. Park |
inson's own knowledge. Mr.. Hart had In |
his possession thousands of dollars OF the |
districts money, Mr.. Parkinson report
ed to the directors, according TO the min
utes OF that date, that the treasury was
without funds. and advised that an
amount should be borrowed TO pay the
bond interest, and the money was so
borrowed and interest paid upon IT,
We charge that Mr.. Parkinson has re-
celvcd interest on district money de-
posted I'm banks which has not been re-
turned to the district.
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