do do Brought forward, Jan 18. B. W. Benier, do No. 1,193, do 13 00 No. 1,127, do 10 00 Jas. A. Stewart, do 11 91 do do No. 1,092, D. K. Underwood, 3 10 do on J. Eldred & Son, for lead charged in former account, voucher 1,157, Error in voucher 1,115, John Caldwell, do 1,183, Wm. W. Gale, 12.00 31 50 5.00 Feb. 16. Warrants of Auditor General, 25,000 00 Mar. 13. Voucher, No. 1,128, J. H. Olds, returned, Voucher 1,201, J. S. & S. A. Bagg, for ad- July 25. By vouchers audited and filed in this office do do Havre branch railroad, $28,637 28 401 65 This amount short credited July 26th, This sum, deducted from voucher 492, Oct. Feb. 15. Vouchers audited and filed in this office, I hereby certify that there is filed in the office of the board of internal improvement by L. S. Humphrey, acting commissioner, the following vouchers, which are not included in the statement given by me, bearing date April 16, 1839. For survey in Cass county, "expenditures on Havre branch railroad, (audited,) southern railroad, (suspended.) 66 do $3,920 51 211 46 1,024 83 $5,156 80 A. H. ADAMS, Detroit, April 17, 1839. (D.) STATE OF MICHIGAN, Levi S. Humphrey, acting commissioner on the southern railroad. being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he has in his hands duplicate vouchers for moneys which he has paid as such acting commissioner, and which are not included either in the statement furnished by the Auditor General to R. G. McKec, Esq., one of the committee, or in the statement furnished by Mr. Adams, secretary of the board, also furnished to Mr. McKee, part of which had been presented to the former committee. Expenses of the Cass county survey, which have been duly audited but not carried into the account of the Auditor General, because no legislative provision had been made for the payment of the same, and also a balance of the Havre branch road, not carried into said Auditor General's account, being together, Amount of suspended vouchers, part of which have been presented to the former committee, not less than Uncurrent money, as stated in my report to the board, Amount paid during the last and present month, and which have not been presented to the Auditor General, but not included in his statement, amount not less than And this deponent further says, that he has advanced to Crane and Whitney, contractors on said road, as stated in his communication to the House of Representatives on the 13th inst. more than And which was proved by Mr. Whitney, before the former committee, that the above sums amount to $4,131 97 2,000 00 314 00 7,000 00 4,000 00 $17,445 97 And are not included in either of the statements furnished by the Auditor General or by Mr. Adams, and that the same are justly due to this deponent as acting commissioner, and further this deponent says not. L. S. HUMPHREY. Sworn and subscribed before me, this seventeenth day of April, 1839. A. H. ADAMS, Not. Pub., Wayne Co., S. M. STATE OF MICHIGAN, SS. (F.) Levi S. Humphrey being sworn, deposes and says, that he was appointed by the board of commissioners of internal improvement, as agent to purchase and pay for the railroad iron authorized to be purchased by a joint resolution of the Legislature; that as said iron was delivered in New York, the bills were forwarded for payment, and that he ordered warrants to be drawn for the purpose of paying the same. That this deponent has received from the Auditor General, by order of the board, warrants on the State Treasurer, at different times, for the sum of seventy-five thousand four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and twelve cents; that said sums were deposited in the Michigan state bank to the credit of this deponent; that out of said amount, this deponent has paid the following sums to Messrs. Hicks & Co. of New York. the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars by the draft of the State Treasurer; that there has been paid J. H. Whitney of N. York, the sum of six thousand two hundred and seven dollars and ninety-one cents, which was paid at the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of this city, on the draft of said Whitney on this deponent, payable ten days after sight; that the sum of five thousand dol lars due to Mr. Corning and to Mr. Benedict of Albany, each having an account for spike, was paid by drafts on the Albany city bank, drawn by the Bank of River Raisin, and that said drafts have been paid; that of the sum of fifteen thousand one hundred and three dollars and twelve cents due Davis, Brooks & Co., of New York, there has been paid fifteen thousand dollars by the draft of the Bank of the River Raisin, payable ninety days after date, and this deponent has no doubt but that said draft will be paid when due. There has also been paid to J. L. Whiting & Co. of this city, twelve hundred dollars, for transportation, which payments amount to fifty-five thousand four hundred and seven dollars and ninety-one cents; and that this deponent has in his hands the warrants of the Auditor General for twenty thousand dollars; that this deponent paid the Bank of River Raisin for the draft of five thousand dollars drawn by them to pay Messrs. Corning and Benedict, the draft of the Michigan state bank for the same amount; that said last mentioned draft was protested and returned to this de ponent; and he claims that of the twenty thousand dollars of drafts in his hands on the State Treasurer, he has a right to retain five thousand, if it should be necessary, to pay the Bank of River Raisin for their draft above mentioned. L. S. HUMPHREY. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 16th day of April, A. D. 1839. A. H. ADAMS, Not. Pub., Wayne Co., S. M. Report of the majority of the Investigating Committee, supplementary to the report of the 13th ult. The House having refused to discharge the committee appointed on the 31st day of January last, to inves.igate the acts and affairs of the board of internal improvement, from the further consideration of that subject, the committee have resumed their labors, and a majority thereof respectfully submit the following additional report: That the amount of defalcations placed to the account of Mr. Humphrey, in the former report of your committee, at $18,75734, was predicated on the account of that gentleman, with the board of internal improvement, as furnished to your committee by Mr. A. H. Adams, their book-keeper, and appended to the first report of your committee, was dated on the 27th March last, and consequently believed by your committee, to exhibit the entire account of Mr. Humphrey, up to that time, with said board, except that portion of his account on the books of the Auditor General, in addition to which, your committee called upon Mr. Humphrey for a statement in writing, of all his transactions, as commissioner of internal improvement, from the date of his report, January 1, 1839, to that time, and which was furnished your committee on the 6th of April, and appended to their former report... Your committee, therefore, feel warranted from the statements above referred to, in connection with the fact that they cor responded with the vouchers produced for exami ation to your committee, and by them transcribed, in charging Mr. Humphrey with the above defalcation. Your committee have since became satisfied, however, that both Mr. Adams and Mr. Humphrey committed an error in not furnishing to your committee the full amount of credit to which Mr. Humphrey was entitled, and had actually received upon the books of said board. To explain, it appears that the former board had audited the claims of, or issued their warrant to Mr. Humphrey, dated 7th April, 1838, for ten thousand dollars, through the informality of which, he was unable to procure the endorsement of the Auditor General thereon, and for which reason he did not obtain the money, yet, he seems to have retained it in his possession until the 17th of January last, when it appears to have been passed to his credit, on the books of the board, and which credit was not rendered to your committee in either of the statements above alluded to, and should be deducted from the amount of said defalcation. Yet they still believe, that the amount due by him to the state, on the 21st of February last, (that being the day up to which this account is brought by their investigation,) to have been in his general account, $8,737 34; |