HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 3823 
Mr. Evans. Nothing more and nothing less. 
The Cuarrman. The officers of the Treasury Department have to 
furnish additional bonds? 
Mr. Evans. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. The same amount that you do? 
Mr. Evans. Yes; as the old bonds lapse in issuing new bonds they 
make the amounts the same. 
ih a How much do you have to pay for that bond of 
yours 
Mr. Evans. It is costing me about $125. 
The Cuarrman. $125 a year? 
Mr. Evans. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Henry. Have there been any discrepancies in the accounts 
that have made these recommendations which have been made seem 
necessary ? 
Mr. Evans. This has really come up on account of the War De- 
partment trouble, the trouble with the disbursing clerk there. If you 
will remember, a short time ago the disbursing clerk of the War De- 
partment died and after his death it came out that he had been raising 
vouchers after they had been paid, and in one instance he increased a 
voucher from a very small sum to the amount of $10,000, and it was 
paid and allowed by the Treasury. 
Mr. Henry. That was some years ago? 
Mr. Evans. Not very long ago? 
or Cuarrman. How did he do that; how did he get that voucher 
aid? 
: Mr. Hewry. It had been paid, had it not? 
Mr. Evans. No, sir; he raised the voucher from a small amount, 
whatever it was, to $10,000. That voucher went to the Treasury, 
and there was nothing on the face of it to show any irregularity in 
any way, and it was allowed there, and he was given credit for it, and 
he drew a check for $10,000 and made it come ina roundabout way, so 
that he got the difference between the small amount of the original 
voucher, whatever it was, and the $10,000. 
Mr. Scorr. Suppose you tell us the manner, the method, in which 
your appropriation is drawn from the Treasury? 
Mr. Evans. In the first place 1 make a requisition on the Treasury, 
which is signed by the Secretary. That goes to the Treasury, and it’ 
goes to the division of bookkeeping and warrants. They see whether 
there is money on their books, suflicient money, to cover this amount. 
They refer it to the auditor, who audits my accounts, and he compares 
it with his books and sees that it is all regular as far as is shown. 
The Cuarrman. The Treasury keeps account of every one of these 
funds? 
Mr. Evans. Of everything. 
The Cuarrman. Of each bureau fund? 
Mr. Evans. Yes, sir. Then it goes back to the division of book- 
keeping and warrants, and they enter it up in their books, and from 
there it goes to the Secretary of the Treasury, who signs it; and then 
it goes from there to the Comptroller, who sees that it is all regular 
as far as his office is concerned; and it goes from the Comptroller back 
to the Secretary of the Treasury, and from the Secretary of the Treas- 
ury down to the division of accounts, and from the accounts division 
