The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-06

 is that correct?
 A. They could have. yes.
 c. Now, you said the other day that this $21, ,70e.16 was paid direct ly out of the sinking fund. Is that correct?
 A. No, originally it was made from the general fund and then this transfer of December 31.
 @. You didn't mean, then, that this money was paid out of the sinking fund? !
 A. No. The vote says that it shall be" and that wasn't done.
 Q. The vote? A. The vote says that these bills shall be paid from the sinking fund. e. You said in your testimony that these were paid out of the sink ing fund. A. No. They were previously paid in the month of April, 1881, from the general fund without authoriza- tion. (After reading from the recorO Transferred Q. Doesn't this mean that that was transferred from the surplus resource sinking fund over to the general fund? A. It was transferred over. o. That is what the Kingsley company auditors report shows.
 A. That is what it shows.
 e. That it was entered from the surplus resource sinking fund to the general fund? A. Yes.
 @. And that it shows that it was paid from the general fund? A. That is just what have been telling you all the while.
 Q. Then the record isn't cor- rect? A. The record is correct. o. Your statement here that they didn't show it as a transfer isn't correct? A. They accepted that as trans fer. e. So that the record isn't cor rect? A. I think it is correct.
 o. With reference to journal voucher of December 31, 1882, which sets forth a transfer of~$127, ,887 .28- this is a journal voucher which sets forth a transfer of what? A. Transfer of cash from the sur- plus resource sinking fund second district to increase general fund, first district appropriation, by vote of sinking fund commissioners.
 o. Turn to the sinking fund com- missioners' votes for that date. And do you find there an authorization for this transfer?
 Authorization
 A. There is such an authorization here, yes. o. The total of that transfer Is $127, 7,887.28? A. The total of the various items, yes.
 o. And that transfer refers speci- fically to floating indebtedness, doesn't it? A. It does. o. And this journal voucher spe- officially says that the record of this transfer of cash from the surplus resource sinking fund is to increase appropriations?
 A. That's right. @. So that the B. of Sinking Fund Commissioners on December 28, 1892, at a duly warned meeting, passed a resolution transferring $127, ,887.28 for what they referred to as floating debt. Is that correct?
 A. That's right.
 @. Will you turn to the next journal voucher? What do you find there?
 A. The transfer of SIPS, ,o00.
 o. What does that say?
 A. Record additions to appropri- ations termed transfers, voted by the Board of Finance, December 2S, 1882.
 c. Did any of those members of the sinking fund vote against ad- ditions to appropriations? A. No.
 0. This resolution upon which they voted the transfer of $125,- 900 from special school fund to in- crease other appropriations sets forth in great detail, doesn't 1t, every item that they credited?
 A. Yes.
 Journal Available
 o. So that the Kingsley company assistants making the audit for 1882 would have seen a journal voucher setting forth transfer as an ad- dition to appropriations together with vote of the Board of Fi- nance?
 A. They could have seen it.
 o. In view of the fact that the Kingsley company auditors report reflects this addition to the appro- priation, it is safe to assume that they did see it?
 A. No, I don't wish to assume it is like that at all, MT. Sea- man.
 0. The Kingsley auditors report agrees with the books? A. The report agrees with the books. o. So that if the transfer mak- ing additions, to appropriations was made, the Kingsley company must have seen it in order to record 1t in their audit report. A. NO. I don't know that. They recorded it.
 o. But you won't say that they must have seen it in order to record it in the audit report? A. Not necessarily, no. Further on: Meet Reouirements