The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1912-03-13

Mccormack to flle his checks ant
vouchers covering expenditures, ais
books showing the income in detail. IN
der his registration act from the time Q
his fire in 1895 until 1906, DIR. McCoi
mack has failed and refused 10 fl
same. Ia a misleading and artfull
prepared statement, which he sue
ceeded in having published in the dali
papers just after the rule was issued, b
pretended TO file these papers and insin
uated ne had been unfairly treated
about the issuance of the rule. Thi
committee will resent his published
statement, as well as do. You all know
that he has failed to file what he prom
Used 10 file and what your rule demanded
that he should file. You all know
we have treated him with the utmos
fairness and consideration; and that he
has been given a wide range and every
advantage in presenting his case to thi:
committee. Not once have been heard
to object to anything he has said Of
done, although many of his statements
and much Of his conduct has been oper
TO objection. 1 hive always tried tC
show him more than the respect he wa;
entitled to.
PEOPLES MONEY.
The truth is, he could file these
vouchers, bet he didn't want to. Prior
TO 1906 the peoples money and DIR. Nc
Cormack's money were one and the
same thing to the doctor. Both were
mingled and commingled indiscrimi.
nately. Both were deposited to his in.
dividual credit in bank and checks were
drawn for his personal expenses and his
Board OF Health's expenses from the
same bank account. The checks which
l hand you show you that this is true
Here are a number of checks signed by
]. n. Mccormack individually drawn
on Matlock-Potter Trust Company,
Bowling Green, TO pay the Board Of
Health's Expenses. Later / will show
you more of these checks and what they
were drawn for.
sHoRN OF SOME POWERS.
Under the act of 1904, DIR. McCor-
mack was shorn of some of his powers.
One homeopath, one eclectic and one
osteopath were given places on the
board. A new regime commenced.
Accounts had to be kept differently.
New friends had to be made Supposed
enemies had to be placarded. No longer
could DIR. Mccormack claim all the
fees. A division was inevitable. To the
discredit of DIR. Mayer, be it said, that
DR.. Mccormack must have induced him
to present to the board on August 10,
1906, the following resolution:
That the sum now on hand arising
from fees of applicants, 500 shall be
paid to each member as compensation
for examining and grading papers; that
the remainder, not exceeding $500, shall
be paid to the secretary, DIR. J. N. Nc
CormacK, for services rendered. That
Of the funds accruing hereafter from
registrations, examinations and recipro-
cal relations, after all expenses in sd
ministering the laws have been paid, 10
per cent shall be paid each member and
the remaining 80 per cent shall be paid
to the secretary.
This is the first dividend Dr. Nc
Cormack ever declared. He had been
getting all the fees. Under the division
process he was able to hold on to 30 per
cent of them. He is still getting his 30
per cent, although the resolution went
through many years ago, when few, if
any, of the present members composed
the Board of Health What splendid
evidence of the altruistic spirit that ami
mates the doctor.
FIRST DIVIDEND.
81 hand you. gentlemen, the checks
showing the first dividend the doctor
declared under the Mayer resolution ,
You will see these checks are drawn by
J. n. Mccormack. individually. Each
check is for $780, 1t is needless to say
that it was unnecessary for a check to
be drawn in DIR. Mccormack favor.
The money was already deposited in his
name. All he had to do was to pay the
other fellows. The money that re-
manned on hand was claimed as his own
and there was nobody to deny his claim.
What became of DIR. Mayer, the
man who introduced the dividend reso-
lutiohT When his term expired he was
appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector
at a salary of 500 per month and ex-
penses. DIR. Kellar, his successor on
the board, testified that he performed
practically no duties and that the board
let him slide at some indefinite time;
that he was dropped from the payroll,
he knew not when nor where.
''The following provisions will ts
found in Section 1920 of the Kentucky
Statutes: The questions shall
be prepared by committee of the board
to consist Of five members The mem
bers of the board shall be entitled to re-
ceive SO per day and travelling ex-
psnses for each day devoted TO such ex
aminations. The examination book,
which | hand you, shows that the fol-
lowing number of examinations have
been held since the Mayer dividend
In 1906 four examinations,
liz examined; 1907, two examinations,
So examined; 1908, three examinations,
1877 examined; 1909, two examinations,
$50 examined; 1910, two examinations,
PIG examined; 1911, two examinations,
l28 examined.
HINTS AT SUIT.
The testimony, as well as the ex-
pense accounts, shows that each exami-
nation required three days. All five
members Of the examining board, at
each examination, were therefore enti- |
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