The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

cIusire of interest on the bonds, amounts to
$50, 6l3 29ss. Deducting therefroin the amount
of the bonds, say 50, 730 39ss, and the amount
of unlawful warrants, 81, 7O4 49 the amount
of the legal debt would be So, 10 Al twenty
two thousand one hundred and seyenty-hYe
4l-l00 dollars.
Fffth-We deem it proper to inform your
honorable body that on the = of -, 1871,
in accordance with a resolution Of the Police
Jury, committee was appointed 70 direct
and superintend the improvement OF the
public highway commonly known as the
:. New River Road and bonds of the parish
to the amount of two thousand five hundred
dollars bearing interest at eight per cent.
per annum from date, were issued by the
president of the Police jury for the purpose
of meeting the cost of the work. "A p0ftlon
of said bonds, amounting to fifteen hundred
dollars, were delivered to Mr.. Welsh, the
contractor for the work, and the remainder
Of the bonds, amounting to one thousand dol
lars, were subsequently delivered by the
chairman OF the New River Road committee,
Mr.. Dunlini Leblanc, in whose hands they
then We're, to Dir. SaIn1 III. Fields, as your
committee is Informed. in accordance with
"a resolution adopted by the Police Jury at
its session of ---, 1877. We have further
to state that, so far as we are informed by
the records of the parish, no account has
ever been rendered to the Police Jury of the
manner IN which the latter mentioned bonds
have been disposed Of We have found, up
on examining the books of the Parish Treas
urer, that these bonds were delivered to the
Treasurer by c.. T. Smith, Parish Tax Col
leetor, in settlement of parish taxes collected
by him; they are now in the possession OF
the Treasurer. We did not consider ourselves
authorized TO go further into an Investigation
of this matter, and therefore have not COM
munieated with Mr.. Fields relative thereto.
We would respectfully recommend that a
aoY fap of IN n
members of the Police jury and the Parish
Attorney, be appointed with instructions to
ascertain what disposition was made OF SAID
bonds, for the benefit of the parish, and, #
necessary, through what channel they passed
into the hands of the Parish Tax Collector.
Sirta-An examination of the bills of par
ish officers for criminal expenses shows the
necessity of reducing the fee bill for mileage
as now fixed by law. Youreoinlnittee, believ-
ing the same may be materially reduced, and
those officers still adequately renfunerated
for their services, would recommend the fol-
lowing tariff of fees, viz That the Sheriff
and Constable shall be entitled to demand
and receive, III all criminal eases, six and a
quarter cents for every mile they may actu-
ally and necessarily travel Ill going to AMI
returning from the service OF any process,
but this shall be construed so as to GLOW
mileage only to and from the place where the
process was actually served to the seat OF tho
court from WHENCE pKOCcSS AiANo
issued. and in no case shall mileage be allow
ed for Il greater distance than the place OF
residence OF the person upon whom the pro-
cess was served. That where there are moro !.
than ono D. rson named i'll any process, all
living on the same place, no mileage shall DO
allowed for q greater distance than the place
of residence of the persons on whom the pro-
cess was served, TO be charged only once,
aud when there are more than one person
named in any process, living on different pla>
ces the officers shall only be allowed mileage
to the furthest, and from thence to the others
named in the process.
In compliance with your instructions, We
beg leave to submit for the consideration of
your honorable body the following statement
of expenses of this parish for the current
year. You will perceive that we have not
included the whole amount of the floating
debt with the probable expenses OF admins
tration. This we have not done for the rea
son that the aggregate amount of both would
greatly exceed the limit prescribed by the
9TH section of Act No. ~ of 1871.
Statement of Approximate Es.
siIElsale OfExperssesO of the Par
iSh Of Ascension fOE. the Wear
HAS1s