The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-12-12
THE NEW POLICE JURY.

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vember, met at the Court House.
There was present: Messrs j. r.
Andrews, John A. Williams, J. II!
Sorrell, A. B. G. Dean and B. F.
Lambright. The law does not re-
quire that their election shall be
declared by the Returning Board,
nor that they shall be commission
ed by the Governor, they therefore
exhibited their certificates Of cleo
ton from E. j. Barrett, Esq, SUI
pervisor of Registration and were
duly sworn in by L. V. Marye, Esq,
Justice Of the Peace, and proceed
ed to their organization.
Mr.. John A. Williams was called
to the chair, and the Jury went in
to an election of President, which
resulted in the unanimous choice of
Mr.. James Il. Andrews. Messrs
Fl. NJ. Labat and Chas. Owen were
then put in nomination for Clerk,
and the election resulted in the
choice Of Mr.. Labat. His salary
was fixed at $3.50 90 per annum.
Mr.. Levi Stewart was elected Off
Ger of the Jury, with a salary of
5000 90 per annum. Mr.. John NJ.
Barrett was elected Parish Treas
urer, and his commissions fixed at
% per cent. on the receipts OF his
office. His bond was fixed at &c.,
600 and was promptly furnished
with the names of the following
gentlemen as Securities to- wit :
NJ. Paul Jr. s. Co., Jacob Irving,
Dennis Kelly, II. st. John and B
G. Duke, which proved satisfactory
to the Jury and was accepted by
them.
The President appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen OIL the Finance
Committee Mr.. John A. Williams
Chairman, and Messrs Lambright
and Sorrell. The Jury then went
into the election of a Parish Physi
clan, which resulted in the choice
of DR.. a. Cockerillc, with a salary
of $3.50 per annum. They then re
duced the salary of the Parish At
torney to 800 per annum.
The Jury after the transaction
of some other business of no par
ticular Importance, such as audit
ing a few claims, granting permits
sion to change one or two roads
and receiving from the securities of
L. r. Biossat, payment of the
Judgment of John Clements, Presi-
dent Police Jury vs. f.. r. Biossat,
Parish Treasurer, amounting to
*1419 they adjourned until the first
Monday III March 1875.
The retiring Police Jury had set
tied mp all the matters pending and
left the new Jary but little to do at
this session. The gentlemen com
posing the present body are deter
mined to conduct the parish affairs
upon an economical basis, and we
congratulate the people of our par
ish upon once again having their
financial affairs in the hands Of such
able, conscientious and efficient Of
icers. They find themselves upon
taking possession burdened with a
debt of nearly $4,000 according to
the statement of the Parish Treas.
urer published elsewhere, and it
will he some time probably before
they can develop fully their meas
ures of reform.
Mr.. John A. Williams as Chair
man of the Finance Committee is
a most admirable selection, and we
doubt if there is in the parish a
gentleman better fitted for the pc.
sition or any where one more able
than he to rescue our parish from
her load Of debt. His qualification
for this position was the expressed
reason at the time why he was not
elected President, the position be
filed in the Fusion Police Jury OF
1872.
! Holders of Parish paper may
confidently expect to see IL advance
in value very shortly, and persons