io8 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



Afterwards, and before any of the claimants had been paid, it was discovered that 

 the estates of two other protectors, then deceased, were entitled to share in the distri- 

 bution. This made another apportionment necessary. 



Your Commission, therefore, decided that the money should be distributed as 

 follows : 



On September 8, 1894, the late Secretary drew from the Comptroller on this 

 appropriation two thousand one hundred and fcirty-five dollars and twenty-four cents 

 ($2,145.24), leaving a balance of three hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventy-six 

 cents ($354.76) in the hands of the Comptroller. 



It appears that all the claimants except John Sheridan, and the estates of the two 

 deceased protectors, were promptly paid. On November 26, 1894, Mr. Sheridan 

 wrote to the late Secretary requesting him to remit the amount due him, having filed 

 a receipt therefor. To this request Mr. Sheridan received reply saying that all the 

 accounts were "hung up at Albany" until the papers in the cases of the two deceased 

 protectors should be completed. 



November 2, 1895, Mr. Sheridan wrote your Commission, stating all the facts in 

 the case and requesting that action be taken in the matter. A few days later, or 

 about thirteen months after the money had been drawn from the treasury, Mr. 

 Sheridan received the late Secretary's check for two hundred and six dollars and 

 sixty-eight cents ($206.68), leaving a balance still due him of thirty-four dollars and 

 fifty-eight cents ($34.58), which was paid by the Comptroller December 21. 1895. I" 

 the case of the amount due the estate of Peter Leonard, it appears that Mrs. Leonard 

 was paid one hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy-five cents ($135.75), 

 November 22, 1894, although a receipt for the full amount ($157.41) had been filed 

 with the late Secretary. 



