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Excerpt from Report of the Commission to Investigate Charges of Fraud and Corruption, Under Act of Assembly: Session 1871-72 Gentlemen: The Commission appointed under an act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act Creating a Commission to Inquire into charges of Corruption and Fraud," ask leave to submit the following report: The Commission organized formally on the 21st day of March, 1871, and had a full consultation as to the extent and nature of the duties imposed upon them, and the plans to be pursued. They found from an examination of the act creating the Commission that the scope of their investigation was of a most comprehensive character, inviting an inquiry into a disposition of all the bonds, or their proceeds, issued to various Railroad Companies since May, 1865, as well as an inquiry into all charges of bribery and corruption against every official of the State, and against every officer of every corporation in which the State has had or has any interest. The Commission entered upon the discharge of their duties with a desire to give a full and thorough investigation of all the matters submitted to them, and if they fail to meet the expectations of your honorable body, or of the people at large, it cannot be attributed to the absence of an honest and earnest effort to do their duty. The field was an extensive one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.