the stubs in the warrant book, or with the orders…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

ly therewith. This, he states, he did to close up the business of the meeting of the board, in order that he might sooner return to his home, and because of his implicit confi- dence in the integrity of Mr. Morehead. He never checked up the warrants cancelled with ( 35 ) the stubs in the warrant book, or with the orders of the board to ascertain whether or not that confidence was deserved. We do not think it necessary to suggest that in the future no officer of the county sign any orders for money in the blank, or that the commissioners have such record kept as well show a complete history of every warrant issued and upon its cancellation check it with every record pertinent to it. Mr. John H. Bragaw, county commissioner, seems to have considered his full duty perform- ed by his attendance at the meetings of the board, and participation in the transaction of the business thereat, without investigating or examining any of the records to learn what action was taken upon the orders made by the board. He claimed entire ignorance of the ir- regularities herein reported before they were brought to his notice before the grand jury (as did also Mr. Carpenter) ; Mr. Bragaw also had the most implicit confidence in the integrity of the clerk.