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Show MIX UP OVER AN ACCOUNT IN I A BANK A few months ago City Auditor William Van Dyke. Jr., reported to the city board of commissioners that 1 there was a balance of $131 17 )n the Ogden S'ate bank, due the engineer- ing department of the city, and that tt had been there since 1908. which I was during City Engineer A F. Park-I Park-I er':; term of office. The commission-I commission-I ers authorized the present engineer to withdraw the amount and turn it oer to the treasurer to be credited to J the general fund. This moraine, at the commissioners' M meeting, the city auditor stated that jl the bank had advised hlrn that former Engineer A F Parker had checkerl H out the raonej The commissioners I instructed the auditor to render a bill to Mr. Parker for the Amount. The present city engineer was au- ihonzed to draw the amount from the J bank April 4, 1013 II explanation, Engineer Parker 'n states thai the money belong to the defunct Independent Telephone com- pany and that it was deposited in the bank in his name, he at that time being city engineer. He says that he will turn the money over to the r,uc-4 r,uc-4 cessors of the telephone company M' whenever their identity is disclosed Mr Parker contends that the de- posit was not on account of the en- glneering department at all but an m individual matter between himself and U the telephone company five years ago. M -00 |