The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-17


 the back of that sheet in which appears the signature of D. J. Leary, controller, and the date July 5, 19S5. Under the statement, Approval of claims and authorization of payment by the board of finance" appears the name of Frank Hayes. May I call the jury's attention to what further appears on that sheet. One voucher of tho date preceding the date which I have just read, July 5, 1885, and 69 vouchers which appear on the date subsequent to the 6ate which I have read, July 5, 1885, and that those dates are all down the column 7i2, That Is right isn't itq
 A. Yes.
 e, And I call your further at- tention to the fact that on the 80 vouchers under the entry date of 7-l2-S5 are 8 to Santalucia, 8 to Phil Coppeto, and 3 to the Abrigador Diggers,
 Alcorn;
 I am reading now from the sheet of Page i87.
 c, B, Jackson. J. D. Thoms, and c name I can't make out,
 Purcell:
 H, W, Tripp.
 Aleorn;
 Frank Hayes,
 Now go back to Page ls7 that was signed;
 D. J. Leary, controller. On Page 70 or Sheet 70 are the signatures: Thomas Kelly, acting controller. Board of Finance by:
 Charles Babin.
 H, W, Tripp.
 Peter Griffen.
 c, B, Jackson.
 Frank Hayes, and I call attention to the position of the signature of Frank Hayes on Page 70.
 e, MT, Purcell. will you look at this book and tell me what 1t is9 A, The minutes of the board Of finance for 1888.
 e. That runs through what date to what datee
 A, January 5. 1888 to April 1. I
 e. And is that also c part of tho public records of the City of Waterbury, A
 A, Yes.
 QMay I call attention to tho meeting of March 2, 1885 of the Board of Finance? I call atten. ton to that meeting for tho pur- pose of showing that 1t was c meet ing of the Board of Finance of March ', 1885, and present were Mayor Hayes, Acting Controller Thomas P. Kelly. Commissioner nabin, Jackson. Tripp and presi- dent Griffin.
 Absent Commissioners: doss. Thoms, Judge and Controller Leary. Meeting called to order by Mayor Hayes.
 Those Present
 c. Now will you turn to the meet- Ing of July 5, 1e3b9
 On Page 800 of this record is c meeting of the Board of Commits sioners of the Board of Finance Those present were: Mayor Hayes. Controller Leary. Commissioner Jackson. Thoms, Tripp. Absent 0oss. Judge. Peter Griffin. Meeting called to order by Mayor Hayes.
 Aleorn:-
 a. MT. Purcell, I am showing vol, q group of sheets. I would ask you to count them first and tell me how " many there are'
 e. Now what are the sheets2 A. Month of December, 1887.
 c. And whether or not they are c part of the public records of the City of Waterbury,
 A, They are.
 c. Tell Us what those sheets are and where they are kept and to what they belong?
 A. They are the warrants pay able sheets for one month for the year 1887.
 e.. Do you know what pages they cover9
 A. Number 4ee to 500 inclusive.
 Valuable Data
 c. And whether or not those sheets contain valuable dates that is not available in any other place in the records of the city Of Water bury9
 A. Yes.
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 q. These bills dated January le37 are the sheets of the city of Water bury for the month Of January 1888 aren't thcy9
 A. Yes.
 q. But they are dated January 1888 for the record. Is that correct MT. Purcell? Irrespective of the con- tents Of the sheets themselves, they should bear the date, January teJ6 You said that they covered January 1887. Don't you know t to DC c fact that these sheets should all be dated January ie3e and thereafter7
 A. There are two dates on that c. I'm talking Of the dates On the first sheet.
 4. I think those are sheets MF. Rowland refused to sign.
 c, And they were dated January ieg1, instead of January lgaS7 I Az He refused t0 sign them bee cause that had been paid with- out the approval Of the noaFd Of finance. s
 c. They are al dated January foaT, The correct date for that sheet should De January fs3s.
 4. Yes. q. They should De dated isss snd not ies77
 4. That's right
 e. Az q matter Of fact. those gre the official records cf the control Iier's eificeS