Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-03-06
Retienchment.

| CutHiieh, recommend d reduction OF tic
salarirs Of the DloWing bfiters
tfbrcynor, from $4,000 ID 1900, with d
contingent fund of ss------. ass5 3=tt
| Secretary Of State, from $4,000 to 81 800.
| dtto,uey Gcst,di, from $3 900 TO ~ 800.
/ Treasurer, frotn %I 600 to $4,000, 10
lave one clerk Mt u salary Of s1 ,0U0 2
Ahiitor, from ~ 900 to ss2 800; TO have
one 1st clerk at 81 200, second uletk at
$500.
Chief Justice, salary BY fednced ffonf
NC, 600 to III 900 as sJUn MS eau ba
consti,ttonally DONE
Assoctate Judgcs SA3jrtfne Cdnst,
$500 to $4,000, and thai tile present
number Of Supreme Judges be reduced to
three.
District Judgrs. Their salaries re-.
main at Ss,5tjU, but the number Of Dis.
tricts lbe reduced from sdsehiseii, tlief
preHehtinnntmr, to twelve, did the District
Attorneys lie feduced to twelve. A saving
can be thus effected Of $4,000 annnaiiy.
and Without detfiment to the pubic ssrt
vice .as lhe com,iittee believe,
District attorneys salaries I'd remain at
5000, except the First District Court OF
New Orleans, the number being reduced
| to twelve. s9
Chtef Clerks Of the Senate and House
| Of Representatives DO fellited from
$4,000 to twelve dollars per day, during
the Session md for ten days after. W
| Minute CLERKS of the Senate and
House of Representatives, fixed IN future
4 at ten dollars per day during he Session,
Other Clerks Of the sntne, to receive
tho same ray as is allowed by Inv, to
membsrs Of tile Legislature per diem.
Scrgca,tts at Arms Of tile Senate and
House of Representatives, bs fixed at the
rate of $6UU per hnnuni, hhd to take
charge Of the Stats Hoitse uiid tile pnblic
property therein .dufing the fetess Of
the Legislature, and that, with tliu State
House Keeper, they be required to per
form the further duty Of taking care Of the
public arms, under the direction aud su.
pervision Of the Adjutant and Inspector
| General Of the State. Fl. a
The Adjutant ald Inspector Generals u
Office require In the opinionion OF the
Committee, only nominal duties or neurly
so they therefore recommend it to be
abolished and reconstructed 30 as to re-
anire that officer TO perform the duty Of
Secretary to the Governor, aud for both
the duties of travelling over thefState for
i the purpose, OF reviews superseded, to re-
xf Ill Ant.
lars. Therefore this would reduce the
expenses Of these two otlires $2,150 so.
/ from tiat of last yent. The care Of tile
|arsenal properly belongs to the Adluttiht
and Inspector General Office, aud is now
/ maintained in the city Of New orleans at
Ian expense of $3.50. The committee
recommend 1t to lie removed to Baton
i Rouge, aud such rooms In the base,nelt
Of tie State House, as may be selecied
q by the Governor, lie set uptft, for the re-
ception of tlie pnb,ic Mms, leaving such
now lii The Hands Of volunteer'sto to femain
as now. The co nlnittee recommend that
| the offices of State Engineer and Assist
ant Engineer, tile salaries Of which now
amount to $1,000 be both abolish ed ainl
| in lieu thereof, a division Of the State in
to four equal internal Improvement dis
.ricts. That the Office Of the bonrd d
:. cnrrency, consisting Of the Treasurer and
Secretary Of Stale, whose salaries are
now Si,aOo, each, be abolished The
Parish surcrinte,dents, forty-seven il
number, each with a salary Of $500 pei
annum he abolished. a saving of four.
teen thousand dollars will be effected hy
Hit, which will 60 to the Public Srhoo
fund and incfease the means Of Pub ie
, Schools. The Office OF State Superintend
cnt Of Public Education BE- abolished AZ
it now exists by law, and reconstructed
merging into it the duties OF State Libra
, rian and that Of the Superintendent o
the bureau of statistics, and that salary
J Of one thousand dollars be assigned fol
!. the performance Of these duties as stated
before. These duties nre not iilcompati
bic and eau be easily performed by ono
!, officer, and the compensation proposed
!. equals TINT of majority Of the states fo
!. similar services, aud effects q saving o
/ $500, as compared with last year, Tilt
committee recommend the merging Of The
Office Of The clerk of tile district courts o
! 1.-The Stute, and that OF retorder Of deed
and mortgages. into one office. Ths
!, Committee also recommend the merging
/ | of the Office Of State Tax Assessor. Stat'
|, Tax Collector and Parish tax Collector iii
/ ia one office--tliat Of the Sheriff Of til.
! different Parishes. There was paid to th'
Il i .l;fIoronf sscsSf,rs iast wear tho slim d