The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-07-21
FELICIANA DEMOCRAT.
LINN Dan ~ zoe, COMMUNICATED.
KNOW NOTHING ECONOMY.
A Statement Of Facts, 10 the Tax Payers Of
Egst Eplicisna ,a.U me-
East FeliCiana.

LdSl FcllCldIld.
The Police Jury met at its regular session,
June 4, 5, and Q. 1855. Various subjects OF
parochial affairs came up and were passed upon:
accounts OF the Parish Treasurer and School
Superintendent came up, the parish treasurer
minus $ll &C. School fund 81, OS7 SO. found
to be in the hands Of w. w. Chapman, Mills
4 Cleveland, and Poole & Frank why and for
what purpose they were in these hands was not
stated these funds were asked for by one of
the examining committee, to be counted, but
were not Forthcoming. Fa
The Commissioners of Bridges, in Ward No
2& s, acting together, had disagreed as to the
price to be paid for the building of bridge
and the matter was referred to the whole Jury
II committee was appointed, who accepted and
paid $500 for said bridge, Moore, dissenting
when it was IN proof that the builder had bid
the building of said bridge down to 1886 90
against another competitor who was willing to
take the building Of the same for $3.50.
A Committee was appointed to ascertain for
what amount the printing of the Police Pro-
cccdings could be done for the term of one
year, which committee reported that the Par
ish Treasury was Banfrnpt and that they
would not publish the same at the expense of
Printing. Mr.. Brown then proposed that the
proceedings be printed, provided they could be
done at the same price, it cost to ,critc them III
for publishing in the different wards, which
proposition was accepted and the Patriot was
proposed to do said printing; it was offered that
the Democrat would publish the proceedings for
nothiDg.* Agreed to, and bond was moved
forby ID. c. MMillan, Of $500 to he required
of the Dcmocratfor the faithful performance of
the duty, for ~othidg; this proposition was
lost. The democratic Office having subsequently
received printed copies Of the jury proceedings
very properly concluded that his proposal to dc
the printing for nothing, was by some higher
law, nMitfed, and did not publish them.
The jury again met on the 9th July. The
question of the printing was again taken up
!. n. Dc Lee offered a resolution that the A
merieam Patriot be elected printer for the en-.
suing year and that SITS be allowed for the
same. Is. NJ. G. Brown offered as an amend
mcnt to the above, that the Democrat be elected
to perform said duty, for one year, for the sum
of 800; lost. Yeas Brown, Moore; Nays
Gore, Perkins, Flower, De Lee and NJ 'AIilnn
1t was then moved by Mr., Brown, that mas
much as the parish was reported as iasoireat
the printing Of the proceedings Of the jury be
dispensed with this motion was also lost by
the same vote. The fual vote was then taken
on the original resolution as offered by De Lee
which was adopted as follows, Gore
Flower, Perkins, Dc Lee, M Millan,-nocs
Brown, Moore. So the proposition to do the
printing for SIS, was accepted over the Offer
to do the same for 500.
These with other extravagant appropriations
and payments of cxtravagant bills of various
kinds, will very soon let the tax payers Of East
Feliciana kmop something of the benefits to be
derived from know nothing economy, in the affairs
OF the Parish Fnrther comment is unnecessary
A MEMBER OF THE JURY.
The Parish would have incurred no expense YET
the publisher would have received full and ample
private remuneration therefor.