VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1808. 85

for Camp, but that he was sent for by the deponent's brother, Washington Tuck; that he, this deponent,
never would have received the order in part for Dolls. 1700 of the 12th Dec. 1807, but that he wished himself
to pay those whom he thought ought to be paid, and that he wanted money for that purpose; that in presenting
his account for settlement he does hot recollect himself having produced to the council any bills or vouchers for
particular charges specified in it, nor was it required of him; that he has never before seen Mr. Crook's valua-
tion; that the difference between that valuation and his account, as it regards the desks, is owing to considering
as one desk the space allowed for four members co set at; and that Crook has considered the desks as separate
where they are by small pieces of mahogany between the cloth; that the circular desks are in one place three, and
in others two, screwed together, so as to give them their present appearance, and this occasions the difference in
the manner of charging between Crook and himself; that the desks were all fixed up as they now stand when Mr.
Crook valued them; that Crook, although the manner of specifying the charges is different, included in his va-
luation the whole of the work in desks which is charged in this deponent's account; that Crook's valuation also
includes the charge for furnishing the room with chairs, which were all standing as they now do at the time of
the valuation; that the bill of Dolls. 94 7 charged in this deponent's account as paid to Lewis Duvall, Esq.
(the original of which this deponent now produces,) was not exhibited to the council at the time his account was
laid before them; that as to the charge of Dolls. 850 for raising the floor, when he told the council, or certain
members of them, that it was a lumping charge, intended for the purpose already stated; that he did not point out
to them any other items of the work as being undercharged, but that as they had required a specific account
of him, the charge of Dolls. 850 was intended to make up the aggregate amount of his claim, as it had been at
first presented; that with respect to the charges mentioned in the explanation which Mr. Camp in his letter
to Washington Tuck of the 8th of April, 1808, states that he wished to be signed by Mr. Crook together with
himself, and to be annexed to their valuation; that those charges, spoken of by Mr. Camp, as said by the Messrs.
Tucks to have been omitted in their account, to wit: for glazing, plastering and scaffolding, brass for lamps,
expenses in going to. Washington and Baltimore for materials and furniture, are reckoned under the following
items mentioned in this deponent's account, viz.

Painting and glazing. Dolls,. 13 80
For plastering 21 dollars, scaffolding 4 dollars, brass for lamps, as per M'Parlin's bill, 6 dollars, 31 00
Expenses going to Washington, 15 00
Ditto to Baltimore, for chairs,...,,. 24 50
Ditto for procuring inkstands and sandboxes, 15 00

Dollars 99 30

And that as to the remaining expenses mentioned in the said explanation, this deponent never made out or stated
to the council any estimate of the additional expenses on account of alterations which took place after the work
commenced, nor can this deponent now state particularly the probable amount of said additional expenses, and
that this deponent always considered himself ill treated by the conduct of the executive towards him in this af-
fair, and had so declared himself publicly before his account was finally settled.

(A true Copy. S. Lowdermilk, clk.)

WASHINGTON TUCK, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that soon after the dispute between the Coun-
cil and his Brother, and about three weeks after the date (March 4th, 1808. ) of his brother's letter to the execu-
tive, he went before the council himself: That the charge of 850 dollars for raising the floor, was the only one
objected to by the council, and that he stated to them that the charge laid on the floor was the only one which
could be laid to compensate generally for the other disadvantages of the work; and this deponent states, that
the plan being arranged and settled, the whole job could now be done 400 dollars cheaper than it then was, as the
patterns of the work arc now understood: That this deponent was sent for by the council about six or seven
weeks after his first interview, or about the latter end of May or the first of June, and that he then made the same
explanation to them which is now given: That the executive did not then say whether they were satisfied or not
with his explanation; that he also told them, although the intention of his brother and himself was to make any
repairs, if any of the work, such as gluing and other work of that kind gave way, yet they would nor agree
to admit that as a condition in the order for paying their claim: That in conversation with one of the council,
Mr. Duvall, this deponent had two or three times urged the payment of the account, and once declared, that un-
less it was paid, they might be obliged to take, the benefit of the insolvent law; and that this deponent had be-
fore and always believed Mr. Duvall to be in favour of passing their claim: That the bill charged in their ac-
count for 94 7/100 dollars, was the one for articles furnished by Mr. Duvall, in doing the said work, and that there
was no other account, except a private one of about 200 dollars, between the deponent and Mr. Duvall: That
this deponent refused to shew Mr. Duvall, as one of the council, the different bills of the expenses of the work,
but sometime before the order of the 23d June, for 753 dollars, he shewed the said bills to Mr. Duvall, and that
he satisfied Mr. Duvall of the propriety of the account: That this deponent never had any other conversation
with the members of the council on this subject, or with any other person on their behalf: That this deponent