The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-28
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Thursday, January 18th. rss7
Mr.. F. Can't, collector of the P,r;sb s.xo
of the Parish Of St. Landry, for tile YEAR Is65
presented a list of names Of persons an. ~
Tax Roll, of said Parish for the said yeay 1as5
who have become insolvent, left the p.,;Sh
or died without leaving sufficient propsrtr A..
pay their taxes-also, errors on the Tax Ro;A
amounting to the the sum Of $94l2 G5; whrrt'
upon,
On motion of Mr.. Dunbar, it was
Resolved, that the Treasurer of the Paris}
of St Landry be and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to credit the said Ebert CAN'T.
Collector as aforesaid, with the aforesaid sum
OF MN thousand four hundred and twelve dol.
lars and sixty-fve cents ($94I2 65).
And / it is further resolved, that the said list
of taxes be placed in the hands Of John r.
Bihm, Rrq., and that he be authorized to col.
lcct and Recount for SO much thereof az may
be found collectable.
June 18th, 1867.
On motion Of Mr.. f CAN'T,
Resolved, that in settling with the Parish
Tax Collector, for the year 1866, the Parish
Treasurer be andeAe is hereby instructed to al
low the said Collector his percentage on tho
iull amount of the Tax Roll.
John c.. Barry, Collector of the Parish taxes
for the year 1866, presented lists of said taxes
by him uncNlecte for which lie claimed u
credit, viz Persons who have been erroneous
ly assessed, left the Parish without leaving suf-
ficient property to pay their taxes, persons as.
sessed on said Roll who have no agentin this
Parish upon whom notice can be served and
persons Chose lands have been overhowed,
amounting to the sum OF $500 76-persons
| whose property is situated within INCORPORATED
towns, amounting to $49l 62-non residents,
amounting to $6093 O3-making the aggre-
gate sum of $ll7e5 66
On motion, Resolved unanimously BY the
Police Jury of the Parish of St Landry, that
the Treasurer of said Parish be and be is here.
by directed to credit the said John C.. Barry.
Collector Of the Parish taxes of 1866, with the
! aforesaid cum Of eleven thousand seven hun.
bred and eighty.f& dollars, and s~ixty.sis
cents ($li7o5 66)
February 18th, 1868.
John c. Barry, Collector of taxes of 1866,
presented a list of uncollectcd taxes amounting
to 1914 81. On motion it was
Resolved, that the Parish TreasGPer be au.
thcl:s.d and instructed to credit the said Co!-
lector with the aforesaid sum. q
February l4th, 1866.
On motion Of MI. John c.. Barry,
Resolved, that the Collector, Mr.. Ebert
CAN'T, receive 9! per cent for the collection Of
taxes and licences-taxes of 1865 and licences
of 1866.
On motion of Mr.. CAN'T,
Resolved, that there shall be a Parish So
perintcndent of Public Roads elected by tie
Police Jury, and that the salary ofthe said STU
periutendtnt hssnd the same is hereby fixed
at the sum Of t [rlve hundred dollars a year
The ballot Vas dispensed with and John
c. Barry MAS duly elected Superintendent Of
Public R&pds,
March 9th, 1863.
On motion ofMr. II. s.. Dunbar,
Resolved, that the vouchers accompanying
the report of the Parish Treasurer tor the yesr
ending the Sd Monday of February, 1863, be-
destroyed, and that a committee be appointed
for that purpose.
The President appointed Messrs, Dunbar
and Josph Zincourt Fontcnot.
April 9th, 1868.
On motion of Mr.. CAN'T,
Resolved. that a committee be appointed to
destroy the old vouchers of the Treasurer Of
the Parish q St. Landry.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Ebert CAN'T
and Joseph Zincourt FontenOt.
May 18th, 1867,
On motion Of Mr.. Dunbar,
Resolved, that the officers of the Police Jury
and the members thereof, where the amount Of
pay is fixed, shall be paycd in current funds or
in Parish Warrants at the rate at which they
are selling in the market.
MI. T. C Anderson hero requested the &C
couutants to state that his books as Treasurer
were examined by them and found to be coz
rect; whereupon the President observed that
this was merely a partial report.
MIR. Jos. Moure moved that the report be &C"
ccptcd as far as it goes, which motion was
unanimously adopted.
Nh II J. Smith offered the following series
of Resolutions, which were read and concurred
in unanimously:
Resolved, That this meeting, in their own BE-
half and that of the entire tax-paying poPuia-
ton of this Parish, do feel and are deeply Oh
liped and indebted to their accountants, Messrs.
Felix A. King and Evarist Dejean, tor the clear
and satisfactory manner in which they nave
thus far investi gated and exposed the past ad'
mlnistration Of the parochial affairs OF thus Ear
ISL;
Resolved, that the said accountants be re-
ouested to continue their Investigations until
fully completed; and when ready to make
their final report, that two weeks notice Of the
same be given in the newspapers of the place
of the time Of presenting said report;
Resolved, that the Police Jury, in a matter
which concerns the entire interests under their
administration, having declined to offer or
make any appropriation to compensate the
said accountants for services which, in a large
ought to have been performed by them,
the Chairman of this meeting do appoint W
more citizens in each Election District to so
for that purpose contributions from the peo'
pie, to be rendered and paid 6'ver at tho next
final meeting of tax-paye;}
published with the proceeding by both papers
Of this town. Adopted. H..
On motion of Mr.. R. J. srAith the meeting
adjourned until the call of The accountants
B. X. ROGERS, President
Joel, II. SANDOZ, Secretaly.