| Carried forward | $22,637 18 | |
Plenary authority conferred upon the Commission by the parties interested, to cancel the Canal Commissioner's certificates of Feb. 10th, 1875, issued on account of the second John Hand award, delivered as a gift by Lewis H. Bennett to Thad. C. Davis, then Canal Appraiser; by Davis given to ex-Canal Commissioner Alexander Barkley, who claims to have mailed it to Lewis H. Bennett, though it appears from the evidence before us that, if mailed, it never reached him | ||
| 2,000 00 | ||
| 2,000 00 | ||
Canal Commissioner's certificate, No. 184, issued Feb. 10th, 1875, under the second John Hand award, to Lewis J. Bennett, for $16,000, by him delivered under an agreement to the agent of Geo. D. Lord, and rendered void through testimony elicited by the Commission | ||
| 16,000 00 | ||
| 16,000 00 | ||
| $40,637 18 | ||
| Accrued interest to February 14, 1876 | 2,259 21 | |
| Total | $42,896 39 |
"The following sums are shown by the reports of this commission to the Executive to have been estimated to the contractors for work that was never performed, or was improperly paid for through erroneous classification, and for which the receivers should be required to make restitution:
| Denison, Belden & Co.: | |
| Port Schuyler to lower Mohawk aqueduct | $157,337 02 |
| Denison, Belden & Co.: | |
| East of the city of Utica | 16,121 35 |
| Willard Johnson: | |
| Lower side-cut lock, West Troy | 30,595 65 |
| Denison, Belden & Co.: | |
| Bullard's Bend contract | 85,547 62 |
| E. W. Williams: | |
| Building vertical walls at Rome | 3,041 08 |
| Flagler & Reilley: | |
| Fort Plain contract | 5,845 35 |
| S. D. Keller: | |
| Jordan Level contract | 36,568 39 |
| N. S. Gere: | |
| Jordan Level contract | 8,801 90 |
| Thomas Gale: | |
| Jordan Level contract | 6,667 94 |
| Hiram Candee: | |
| Jordan Level contract | 17,567 33 |
| $368,093 63 | |
| Add to this the balance yet due for money paid under the first John Hand award | 30,782 36 |
| Total | $398,875 99 |
"Large as these sums appear, we are fully impressed with the belief that they form but a fraction of the amount that is due to the State from similar sources.
"For the purpose of ascertaining more precisely the extent of this class of liabilities, and to protect the State in future from the irregularities and improvidence out of which they have arisen, we recommend that the Canal Board be clothed with ample powers and authority for taking testimony.