Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-28
MORRIS CHAIR FOR SWEET
AMONG ITEMS PAID WITH
WARRANTS IN SOCORRO
FROM FABERS STORE IN ALBUQUERQUE WAS DELIVERED AT RESI-
DENCE OF Then COUNTY CLERK SAYS REPORT.
MONEY FOR C0NSTABLES WHO KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT IT SAYS GUILFOlL
CHAPTER THREE.


That morris chair, one arm chair
and rocker, purchased by the Hon.
f. Howard Sweet, then clerk of So
crrro county, from A. Faber, a furni.
ture dealer of Albuquerque, n. NJ, was
delivered at the Sweet mansion in
Sccorro on Christmas eve, 1911, and
paid for by county warrant to the
amount of $40 is a small but quite
Interesting little item in the report on
county affairs submitted to Governor
Mcdonald by 4. J. Guilfoil, an expert
Of the travelling auditors office.
The item is scarcely worth com
menting upon in comparison with 9th
et items in which Mr.. Sweet appears
as chief figure, except for the fact
that it demonstrates more fOrcibly
than anything else, the way in which
The affairs of SocorrO county We're run
under the old regime,
In the same connection, the auditor
reports to the governor that he found
five warrants varying in amounts from
$25 to $50 which purported to have
been issued TO certain residents of
SocOrro county as pay for their serv
ices as "COnstables" or "Emissaries.
All OF these "Emissaries" We're for
merry or at present are employed by
the Santa Fe Railway company, as
serts Mr. Guiltoil in his report.
Such of these parties as Mr.. Guilfoil
was able to find, he reports, denied
ever having received any money from
Socorro county or of having acted as
constables, etc NIr. Guilfoil was un-
Successful in finding just VINO got the
money.
The portion of Mr.. Guilfoil's report
with which the New Mexican is deal
ing today, needs no elucidation 1t
il so plain that it is published in full
for the information OF the public.
First comes the accounts OF G. L.
Sanchez, sheriff Then Mr. Sweet 5
financial gyratjons with bl.ef re
sumo of the accounts Of NJ. Baca. The
report says:
ACCOUNTS OF G. E, SANCHEZ,
SHERIFF.
Warrant No. 121, drawn on general
fund, $3.50.
Payment covered in subsequent war
rant.
Warrant No. 50, drawn on general
fund, $133.00,
Represents 80 per cent fees Of last
quarter, 1909. Total fees for this
quarter, $4,000, were assigned by
Sanchez to j. A. Torres and paid to
him.
Warrant No. 81, drawn on general
fund, $111.72.
This amount covered in No. So, is
sued G.. E. Sanchez. Error in extend
ing amount rendered, and for which
warrant given to cover, $4,000.
Total, S343.67.
These items were taken up with Mr.
Sanchez and fully explained and he
agrees to an over-payment of this
amount. Mr.. Sanchez is in no way re
sponsible for these errors as he kept
llo tolipi oNl vi lIIOlu0 anu ldu III
accurate method of rendering ac
counts, simply accepting what war
rants We're rendered him.
| Liquor license of Adolpho Torres
No. S21, check dated June II, 1909
shows endorsement of G. E. Sanchez
No record OF payment of this item
IS found in treasurer's records, S2O1.
/ Liquor license of Mogollon Mercan
tile Co., No. 46, check dated Septem
Der 18th, 1910, shows endorsement ot
G. E. Sanchez No record of payment
Of this item is found. in treasurer
record. $101.00.
ACCOUNTS OF NJ. sACA.
Total, 10000.
Warrant No. 81 over-payment, S75
Issued to apply on salary when full
amount of salary due, was assigned
and paid J. A. Torres.
Warrants covering over.payments
are primarily the result of careless
ness on the part of Clerk E. H. Sweet
and are properly his liability.
{. n. SWEET-ADJUSTMENT AC-
COUNT.
Item No. Warrant No. $50, VIM
Barrowdale, $12.10.
Warrant No. Isl, VIM. Barrowdale
$12.10
Above warrants issued June %, 1910
Noted In lieu OF Warrant No. 60,
Warrants carry an endorsement which
Is evidently not the bonafide endorse
ment of payee. The warrants them
selves clearly show the responsibility
for the endorsement No approval or
authority is found for the issuance of
these duplicate warrants.
Item No. Warrant No. 526. c. I,
Lindsey, agent A. T. & S. L. railway,
5000.
rms warrant given as payment to
the A. T. & S. F. railway for material
and labor by them in connection with
the installation of public crossing at
Lemitar, which work was duly author.
lied by the board of county commits.
sioners. Attached hereto A. T. G. s. F.
railway bill No. 1862 for $3.50. being
their amount in full for labor and ma
terial used in the installation of a
public crossing at Lemitar. Upon in
vestigation it was found that the A. T