Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-12
Many CHARGES AGAINST STATE
OFFICIALS IS CONTAINED IN THE
REPORT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

the support of the university had to
be diverted TO replenish the depleted
goyernmnt funds. An extract from
the accountants report is pertinent:
Contradictory Actions
al pointed out on page 4 of my
last report the deficiency and errors
in the Mackay donation account, and
on page the errors and double pay
ments in the o. & NJ college fund
and the Hatch and Adams funds,
stating that such things were possible
only by improper connivanee Of off
cials and poor checking by the au-
thorities. In turning over to the
comptroller the legal and other pa
pers Of the university, Secretary
Taylor has produced the July. 1911,
report of the NJ. e. A. college fund,
which could not be found when
was in Reno February last, and |
want to state right here that my re-
mark improper conniyance of offici
ais" is amply borne out, as report
to the United States secretary OF the
interior showed a balance on hand
Of $4294.34, while the balance In the
bank at the same time was only
Sl70,32 Secretary Taylor's expana-
tory letter to the United States gov
ernment officials, accompanying the
report, contained a glaring misstate-
ment and the president Of the univer-
sity evidently appreciated the seri-
BUSINESS Of the situation when he Of.
fered to make good the balance Of
$429434. which the report to the
government called for
That section Of the report devoted
to the affairs Of the office OF CLERK
OF the supreme court is given. as fol.
lows
Pursuant to assembly resolution
this committee investigated the
charge that Joe Josephs was not a
citizen We called on the author
of the letters. Miss Somers. TO fur.
nish proof OF her allegation, which
she did through her brother.in.law
D. p Morgan. who appeared before
the committee.
THE letters showed that Josephs
was born in Berlin, though he always
registered as having been born in
Albany, ~ Y. Josephs was called
and produced papers showing that
he had been naturalized at Stockton
Cal, on October 22. 1871 A copy
of the minutes OF the court was
afterwards secured showing that the
papers were genuine, Josephs de
Tended himself by saying that h,
was led to declare his American
birth through pride and by the influ
enoe of the company he kept HI
stated further that he hesitated t
correct the error after the matte
had run so long
However. your committee is com
PEELED to report more severely ol
another matter-that of accepting
division of salary from deputy
has been a hard matter for the CON
mittee to fathom the rumors tha
have been current, but II finally sue
ceeded. The testimony shows tha
Josephs demanded and afterward re
ceived indirectly for seven month
during the years 1911.12 the sum G
$35 per month to his own use o
for his benefit from Guy Guinan, hi
regularly appointed deputy, all
2 which is in violation of sectio
, 6313 of the Revised Laws,
: "The deputy at present employe
: by Josephs is paying 500 a mont
:, for assistance Until the first
> this year the wife of the clerk wa
the assistant. We commend the re
o ord in this case to your consider
$ ton as the entire transcript r
), veals pitiful incompetence and
/. bored effort to show that things al
e as they should be. II Is apparel
/ that the deputy in the office of Il
d clerk of the supreme court is Who'll
u incompetent, matter for Whit
l, Josephs alone is responsible.
e 1--WE recommend that this repo
5 be referred to the judiciary comm
r tee Of the assembly for such acti'
e as is provided In cases Of this CHI
'r acter"
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