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Show STATE "WILL NOT LOSE. It Has Assumed No Liability in the Fraudulent Bounty Certificates. Contrary to a general belief, tho Auditor ot Stato has not audited and passed on the fraudulent fraud-ulent bounty claims. Thero aro In tho hands of tho Auditor many ccrtlllcatcs which wero issued by County Clerks and turned In for payment. But thcro has been no monoy paid out on warrants Issued by former Stato Auditor Tlnttey slnco January 20, IWl, on account ac-count of bounties on wild anlmaix. This iu duo to tho fact that tho fund was exhausted. When holders of tho certificates prew.'ntMl thorn to tho Stat Auditor a rocelpt was given the holder, but this receipt Is merely mere-ly an ovidenco of tho Ming of tho certlilcaUs. Tho certificates wero not audited for tho reason Btated that no funds wero avallablo with which to pay thorn, and tho cortlflcatos wero filed us other claims, to bo taken up in regular regu-lar ordor. Those having this knowledge of tho matter say tho State Ib in no wlso llablo for tho fiaudo, that iho 8tato has not passed on them, and that, therefore, tho State will loso nothing. noth-ing. "It Is absurd to say tho Stato will bo tho lorer," remarked a prominent Joint building cmployeo who has been looking Into tho status of tho bounty frauds. "Tho loss must fall on tho purchasers of tho certitlcates, and tholr rccourso Is on tho clerks who issued tho certificates." |