[355] In the latter part of 1868 and in 1869 the governor paid to a certain H. I. Kimball $54,500 from the treasury. He paid this to be used in furnishing a building which was at that time occupied as the state capital. (Bullock's statement, B. A., p. 29.) There was no law authorizing this payment, nor was the state under any obligation to make it. The state bought the building in 1870 by an act of the legislature which provided that the $54,500 should be counted as part of the price. Thus Bullock's advance was ratified by the state. (S. L., 1870, p. 494.) This, however, does not change the character of the act. [356] See C. R., April, 1871, and April, 1872. Bullock was accused of indorsing the bonds of three railroads contrary to law. In the case of two of these (the Cartersville and Van Wert, or Cherokee railroad, and the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus railroad) he refuted the charge beyond contradiction in his address to the public of 1872. In the case of the third (the Brunswick and Albany railroad) he admitted that he had indorsed bonds before the road had complied with the conditions required by law, but said that he did it for the public good. (B. A., pp. 39-41.) [357] Atlanta _Constitution_, Jan. 3, 1878; Minutes of the Fulton County Superior Court, vol. N, p. 261. [358] _Ibid._, pp. 263, 273. [359] Atlanta _New Era_, Oct. 31, 1871. Printed as an appendix to B. A. [360] Appendix to B. L. (printed in K. K. R., vol. 7, p. 825). [361] K. K. R., vol. 7, pp. 767 and 780. STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. VOLUME I, 1891-2. Second Edition, 1897. 396 pp. Price, $3.00; bound, $3.50. 1. The Divorce Problem--A Study in Statistics. By Walter F. Willcox, Ph. D. Price, 75¢. 2. The History of Tariff Administration in the United States, from Colonial Times to the McKinley Administrative Bill. By John Dean Goss, Ph. D. Price, $1.00. 3. History of Municipal Land Ownership on Manhattan Island. By George Ashton Black, Ph. D. Price, $1.00. 4. Financial History of Massachusetts. By Charles H. J. Douglas, Ph. D. (_Not sold separately._) VOLUME II, 1892-93. 503 pp. Price, $3.00; bound, $3.50. 1. The Economics of the Russian Village. By Isaac A. Hourwich, Ph. D. (_Out of print._) 2. Bankruptcy. A Study in Comparative Legislation. By Samuel W. Dunscomb, Jr., Ph. D. Price, $1.00. 3. Special Assessments: A Study in Municipal Finance. By Victor Rosewater, Ph. D. Second Edition, 1898. Price, $1.00. VOLUME III, 1893. 465 pp. Price, $3.00; bound, $3.50. 1. History of Elections in the American Colonies. By Cortlandt F. Bishop, Ph. D. Price, $1.50. _Vol. III, no. 1, may also be obtained bound._ Price, $2.00. 2. The Commercial Policy of England toward the American Colonies. By George L. Beer, A. M. Price, $1.50 VOLUME IV, 1893-94. 438 pp. Price, $3.00; bound, $3.50. 1. Financial History of Virginia. By W. Z. Ripley, Ph. D. Price, $1.00.