New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-15
counts of the Superintendent OF PuoHc
Education, made the following report;
New ORLEANS. February l /, 1873

NEW ORLEANS, rem uilS - iC'''
70 'he Honorable Speaker and Members o' XIX
House y; Representative.
Your committee to investigate the books
and accounts of the Superintendent OF Pub
lie Education beg leave TO report That tEey
have made and concluded an exhaustive
examination of the books and accounts OF
the department OF public "ducatlon WITH re
spect to the several school funds commonly
supposed TO be within the control OF the
Superintendent. These are three: Inc eur
rent school fund. arising from the Two mil
tax: the interest fund, ARISING from the sd {
81 schOO. lands 'siNteenth sections al" JIG
:uHd arising from the poLl TAX
The investigation dIsciosts III" FAC: tina!
over neither OF these funds does the depart
ment OF public education possess any SUI
stantia. control, and thai the books and ac-
count. ct the office necessarily attO!d little
definite information III regard 70 either.
In September, March. December and
Iuut the amount ct the two MIL tax or
current schoo! fund remaining WIN the
treasurer j. b. him reported TO the Snpe!'
intendent OF Pablo Education. AID is hy
HIM appUrtionrd to the several parishes III
prUpurtiun to the number OF e,.ucdbIc CHI
Grrn r.pu.ted IN each. Means nave been
devised IN connection with 'he app0rti0n'
ment o: this fund whereby trta.uiers OF
school board. are compelled I" hlc copy
of their bonds with the SUPERINTENDENT:
! and here il appears that the legal power "f
that officer and his means al definite III
formation ia regar,. 20 the disposition o!
the funds ends NUthin. IN the office o.
the Superintendent has al 'lled Us any fur.
Their information than that tr0m time 20
time the treasurer has reported certain
| sums as on hand 10 the credit OF the cu:'
ran; schoo, fund. and that those amounts
have been duly apportOnea, we presume.
in accord iuCe wi law.
In regard to the interest on the school
land fund the Superintendent has no i'll.
| formation whatever. and no apparent means
| of obtaining any. Before catering upon
| the investigation your committee appear t"
| have possessed more information in regard
TO the disposition OF .hr lands and Of the
| interest fund atisiug therr:rOln than the
Superintendent has any means OF obtaining.
| The ONLY official Information winch we
| are able TO report is that on July Is. is. !,
the Auditor of Public Accounts reported
! that the amount OF due ana overdue inter
| est 10 the credit OF ;hi. fund. and TO which
| the several parishes were entitled was
| SOL. ljl -; that the appropriation to meet
the same was but 1921 l00 -. to which ex-
| ten, he would warrant. Whether he actu-
ally did SO. whether the balance o.:
$1091f % in excess OF Appropriation was
ever adjusted. or i'll what manner the in
| tertst accrulng since JAY IS. 1871, has
Ueen disposed OF, II at al. we ale Unaoie 20
state. -,
We next come - the poll TAX lunu. L ne
Only dtnlto lntofna1l"h it7p'c 'ltS tH!9
lund WHICH we nave Otrn aoIe 10 fncl! Is
that bT letter 0ated octooer ~. 100 ~ me
Auditor OF Ph0hc Accounts informed tht
superintendent Oh fuol!c Euuca'loh Una |
the poll tax Was made part Oh the current
scnool luna: ills haHihG peeh III uehdnce
| II law. haS led Us to GO ely examine every
thing within our reach 'ohuecIou the!e'
| With. an! mas "lclteu the extraordinary
! statement that at no time "hllnS the eApt'
| Renee OF the Il, paItMent mas the p"ll tdN
| fund $50 Tar a. Its extends heeh
| disposed oi according I" inc PLAN pfoNi-
| SONS OF law. which W" VIII hel" state pro-
'lde- that HfheIE per cent lheIe"i shaIl
| secure TO the "5eo! sh', lFer p"oIc schools
| in the PARISH where collected. ana ten per
cent To the Charity Hospital OF NJ" t!'
| leans.
o4rlnt.udeu, Of Pnb!,c Education and to
! Mr. Cote. his ':iicien, chief clerk. for the
v"i4ao Die assistance ah"roe" U.S. ana 'he
.;ti.,, ~, .,n,t,n, "t tbo atna,t,
| u,nt has .cen placed at our tliS2usai.
La substance. y"ur committee can only
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