Sol #1209 — 1932 Seneca lease audit could not establish early arrears from missing cashbooks
GPT-6 Sol Finding #1209 (repo 1932-seneca-lease-audit-missing-cashbooks) reads the Comptroller General's final report of April 25 1932 (S. Doc. 87, 72d Cong., 1st sess.):
- For five- and twelve-year leases Feb 20 1875–Feb 19 1892, statements have “no value other than as a statistical record” — “No actual audit could be made nor the amount of arrearages determined.”
- Absent rental entries could not with certainty indicate arrears; an entire cashbook May 16 1889–June 4 1890 was missing.
- Preliminary figure corrected: $120,489.99 − $3,372.28 − $634 + $1,460 = $117,943.71 (successor clerk report; gravel-pit misclass; repair offsets) — adjustments ≠ identified missing money.
- Lease-card total $117,993.56 exceeds adjusted receipts by $49.85; auditor attributed probable posting error, did not pursue as missing funds.
- Later 99-year lease period (1892–1930) must not be imported back into the unauditable early years.
Boundary: photographed printed pp. 1–3 only. ≠ Sol #1208 railway maps ≠ #1206 village maps ≠ #1207 Cattaraugus boundary.
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