Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-24
Ey's Statement
in Vindic0ti0n Of
Hernandez Honesty

The Items marked paid, on N
y general tax roll were taxes aescssc
} against good. reliable people In on
communiiy and personal friends q
mine. ! didn't want them 10 appcn
as delinquent on the roll and to hay
to pay a penalty. | considered then
jail perfectly good. and intended /,
4 carry them on my personal account
, (which | did In that way. No receipt
were issued for these amounts an,
really each person WIS delinquent fo
. the amount Of his taxes. When W,
came TO figure up the amount OF m.
commissions from time to time. W,
merely footed up the columns N
which the items appeared and paid n,
} attention to the memoranda In th'
column opposite so that didn't cod.
Icct any commission ON these items
and they were missed and not deduct
ed from the commissions coming Il
me from the other collections. II was
merely an omission, because the ta>
roll In big and they we're not noticed
one way or the other. never re-
ceived this money from any OF the
people and never issued any receipts
for II as the statement Of the travel
Ing auditor shows.
When the auditor went through the
books he found that | had actually
paid over TO my successor $f0211
moro than was coming to him. but he
charged my account with the delin-
lquencies of my friends. including the
Amador Mercantile company In
which am Interested. holding me for
1.-THE Items marked paid but which
really had not been collected, and for
which no receipts had been issued 1
notice that he speaks Of II In his re-
port as shortage" but he treated
each item as delinquent tax. and
you Will notice that he added $3.50
the amount OF the taxes as the legal
penalty running against the delin-
quent taxpayers. This / agreed to al
1.-THE time as being fair because the
money had not been actually paid into
the treasury Of the county Then he
deducted the amount of the commits.
sion due me for making the collec-
lions. as was right. and I paid the
balance. Hf
think you will find resolution or
memorandum Of some sort on the
minutes OF the board Of county COM
missi0ners in Rio Arriba county TO the
effect that final settlement between
ME ns treasurer and the county was to
be effected through q final audit by
the travelling auditor OF the state.
Hoping that this explanation may
be satisfactory to you, | am
Yours very truly,
Il. G. HERNANDEZ.
In confirmation OF this statement l.
sent 10 Rio Arfiba county and asked
for the facts from the county COM
missioncrs who served at the time this
statement was made. / have been
furnished with affidavlts by Martin
Lopez and Antonio A. Valdez. The
third commissioners who served at that
time, Ii dead The affidavits of VAL
dez and Lopez which | have, are idon-
ficnl In form and phraseology. | am
therefore only printing one of the
same,
state Of New Mexico, county Of Rio
Arriba.
|, Martin Lopez. being first duly
sworn upon oath say. That at the
time n. G. Hernandez retired from Of
flee as treasurer Of Rio Arriba county,
New Mexico. and turned the affairs OF
anid office over to his successor, Ven
ceslado Jaramillo -I-was member OF
the board OF eouiity commissioners
OF said county. and he. the said
at that time requested
TINT the state travelling auditor
be called upon TO audit the books
In the office to ascertain what, II |
anything. was due from the county !
to him whether there were any
discrepancies existing In his office.
and II was then and there agreed that
such should be done and that final |
settlement should not be made bed
tween said Hernandez and his success
scr, Venceslado Jaramillo, until such
time as the state travelling auditor
should audit said books and make his /
report; that said travelling auditor i
WAS called upon at the request of MIR, /
Hernandez to said board, and made an
of said books In the said /
office for the purpose of determining
the accounts between said Hernandez
and said county, and a final settle
ment was not made or considered
made uuntil after such investigation.
MARTIN LOPEZ.
Subscribed and sworn to before me +
this 18th day of September 1914. Six
10 chaves. notary public In and for
The county Of Rio Arriba. state Of New 4
Mexico. My commission expires April |,
Is. 1918.
In confirmation Of the statement Il
In the letter of MIR. Herman /,
1ez above set forth In the affidavit OF
Valdez and Lopez We found In the
minutes Of the meetings of the county +
of the county of Rio I
Hat - lax NJ
January, 19l2.that when Mr.. Herman
lez filed his tentative report us treas
arer. he did request that the Same be
accepted subject to correction by the
travelling auditor beyond any perad- u
'enture This Arrangement was en- Il
cred into the minutes OF said meeting. /,
certified copy Of the minutes fol-
ous:
TERRA Amarillo, n. NJ,
Sept. 10. 1914.
At the meeting OF the board Of
ounty commissioners OF the county. OF !
Rio Arriba In the state of New Mexico
ield ON tho 22nd day of January.
sl2, the same heing the January
erm for 1917
The following among other pro- 4
eedlngs were had
E nv lfftdt htPttt " ttit tftGhith =
vas submitted 10 the board, the same
cling from January LIST TO January
End 1914
balance on hand January 7
LIST, 1872 $780,. ....$4S, 402.S7
Receipts during month OF
January. 1878 ......s s.sia.7s Ii
Total $500. go, $50 2260
'ayments during month of Is
January, l9l2- .4.......,. f2.24I6a lc
n
Balance on hand ...,.. Ss.a7t.93 Ii
Said sum above mentioned Is de- I
xpfel Ia larnn1llla the aef1ia1 I l.