The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-25
A HINT TO A. P. FIELD.


eager to procure indictments against tn
actors in the 18th of September affair. Fl
cannot even wait until his return home, blu
telegraphs Assistant Attorney General Dlbbl
to act Immediately.
Why does not the Colonel show equa
activity ia procuring indictments against th
members OF the Funding Board, for misde
mecnors committed BY them, and also agains
the STATE of1ic ais?
He certainly knows, or ought to know, tina
each and every member of the Funding Boart
has laid himself liable, under the law t
criminal prosecution.
Yet he was not moved in the matter /
would be proper to attend to this offense first
because it was in the order of time, first com
mitted, and is in some respects an anteceden
TO the latter alleged offense against the laws
Of Louisiana.
Here is the law, and here is another fac
applicable to the first
Sec 8, Of Act 3 Of 1874, reads thus: "Tha
if any member Of said board Of liquidation
shall knowingly credit and fund any illega
claim against the State, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con
Uction, be fined not less than five thousand
dollars and imprisoned not less than two
years. at the discretion of the Court"
Now, the facts are these-see process Uerbal,
published in all the papers, August 3d. 1874
Be it known, that at a session Of the
Board Of Liquidation of the State Of Louisi-
ana, at which were present the following named
members: Charles Clinton, Auditor; Antoine
Dubucle', Treasurer; Charles w. Lowell.
Speaker OF the House; P. G. Deslonde. Secre-
tary OF State, and Charles H. Merritt, w. G..
Kinsela, George P. Fernald, Frank Will
son, X. A. Hubeau, citizens Of the city OF
New Orleans, specially requested to be
present as witnesses, it was resolved in ac-
cordance with Act No. 3, session of 1874, to
destroy, by fire, the bonds and warrants here
tofore funded and cancelled under the pro
visions of the said act, which the said bonds
and warrants are more specifically described
as follows
Then follows "a bonds, Act No. los Of 1870,
Of $1,000 each IS bonds, Act No los of 1870,
Of $1,000 each; 70 bonds, Act No los of 1870,
Of $1,000 each.
Here are, all told, 147 bonds, Act los, of
1870, which were destroyed Now there were
only 1874 bonds, Act los Of 1870, authorized
to be issued. Here are $4,000 of bonds
illegally funded according to this process
verbal.
Aeyuir ~ Al oc1
Be further enacted. etc.,. That tax Of five
and half mills on the dollar Of the assessed
valuO OF all real and personal property in the
State is hereby annually levied and shall be
collected for the purpose OF paying the inter-
est and principal OF the consolidate bonds
herein authorized, and the revenue derived
therefrom is hereby set apart and appropri-
ated to that purpose and no other; and that
it shall be deemed a felony for the Fiscal
Agent. or any officer of the State, or Board of
LquidatOrs, to divert the said fund from its
legitimate channel as provided; and, upon
conviction, the said party shall be liable to
or less than two, at the discretion Of the
Court.
Now, more than 81, COZ, 900 has been col
sected and paid into the State treasury under
the provision Of this section of this act and
no interest coupons yet have matured to be
paid yet the money is not now in the treas
my. Mr.. Kellogg says there was in the State
treasury when he vacated s3SO,OOO What
became Of the 1920, 900 not in the treasury?
Will Col Field manifest like vigilance in
having this matter investigated that he has
in procuring indictments against the White
League?