New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27
No. 3 .
JOINT RESOLUTION

For the relief OF H. j. Twitohell, late ia,
collector for the parish of Red River; r
A. Devices, late tax collector for the PAL
ish Of De Soto. and d. Fl. Boultt, Sr.. lat
tax collector tor the parish of Natchi
toches, and the sureties on their severa
official bonds.
WHEREAS, Inasmuch as H. J. Twitchell
late tax collector for the parish of Rel
River, was most foully and brutally muir
dered by body of men banding together
unlawfully, on or about the twenty nintl
day OF August, 1874, and the safe and rer
son Of the said II. J. Twitchell was robDod
| and all the moneys collected by saiC
Twitchell as tax collector and belonging tt
the State, since his last settlement with the
| State, say ON or about the tenth day o.
July, 1874, being the second quarter for the
| year 1874, was stolen and carried away by
| the mGrderers; and
| Whereas, Ipasmuch as 4. 4. Devices, late
tax collector for the parish of De Soto was
most foully.and brutally murdered by a
| body OF men banded together unlawfully
| on or about the twenty ninth day of August
1874; and the person of the said r. A. De
! wees was robbed OF all the moneys collected
| by the said Devices as tax collector afore
said and belonging to the State, since his
| last settlement with the State, say on or
about the tenth day of July, 1874. being
| the second quarter tor the year 1874, was
stolen and carried away by the murderers;
and
Whereas, 1nasmuch as a body of men
banded together unlawfully, in the parish
OF Natchitcches, resisting the lawful State
government, did by threats of violence
take from D. H. Boullt, Sr., tax collector of
the parish of Natchitoches, the tax tab
leaus for the years 1867, 1865 1869, 1870,
1871. 1872 and 1873; also the delinquent lists
{1v oil 81, 4
papers belonging to the Office, except the
assessment list for 1874, all being the prop
erty of the State, on or about the eighteenth
day of September, 1874; that said Boullt,
tax collector, has been unable to collect
taxes in said parish OF Natchitoches on
account of the unlawful taking of said
tableaua, books, ETC., since his last settle
nent with the State, tor the second quarter
for the year 1874, in the month OF July,
1874; that said tax tableaus, books. etc, are
still in the illegal possession of persons
unknown, and the State is deprived of the
same, and whereby said Boullt, tax col
lector aforesaid, is unable to make or
return delinquent list to the Auditor of
Public Accounts, as the law requires;
therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, That the
Auditor of Public Accounts be and is here
by authorized and required to remit and
cancel on the tax tabieaus of Ii. j.
Twitchell. late tax collector for the parish
OF Red River, and r. A. Devices. late tax
collector for the parish OF De Soto. the
amount Of moneys collected by each Of
them belonging to the State, cole cted by
them since their last settlement with the
State, on or about the tenth day of July,
1874, being the second quarter of the year
1874, and which were stolen from their dead
bodies, or their persons, before being MUIR
dered on or about the twenty ninth day of
August, 1874, on the legal representatives
of the said H. J. Twitchell and r. A.
Devices, late tax collectors aforesaid filing
a delinquent list in the Office of the Auditor
of Public Accounts of delinquent tax
payers in the parishes of Red River and
De Soto for the year 1878; that on filing
said delinquent list in the office of the Au.
ditor of Public Accounts the said H. j.
Twitchell and Il. A. Devices. tax collectors
aforesaid they, together with their legal
and they are hereby
relieved of any and all responsibility to the
State for the moneys aforesaid, stolen by
their murderers and belonging to the STATE;
that the sureties on the official bonds of said |
Iwitchell and Devices, tax collectors afore- !
said, be and they are hereby discharged |
from liabilities on said bonds, and their said |
bonds be and they are hereby Cancelled; |
that the Auditor OF Public Accounts be and |
ne is hereby authorized and required to |
grant and give to legal representatives of |
jhe said H. }. TVitchell and Il. A. Devices, |
AK collectors aforesaid, a quietus in full |
settlement to the legal representatives on !
heir filing said delinquent lists as atore-
'aid, and said quietus shall evidence on the
courts of this State as a settlement with the |
State in full; be it further
Resolred, That the Auditor of Public
Accounts is hereby authorized and required
o grant and give to d. H. Boullt, ST., late
ak collector for the parish OF NatchitOches,
! quetus as a settlement in full with the
Stale, inasmuch as his office was illegally
AIKEN possession by body of men uu-
awtully banded together, and resisting the
awful government of the State, which was
'Owerless to protect and maintain it's
Ulcers, and all OF the tableaus, books and
'apers belonging to the tax collectors
flee at Natchitoches were taken by force
nd threats of violence, of which said
sOullt was tax collector. The said Boullt
t the Auditor of Public Accounts a delin-
uent list Of'the delinquent taxpayers of
he parish of Natchitoches for the year
oI3. That said tableaus, books, ETC., be-
1g still in the possession of parties I'M
nown. That said D. II. Boullt having
etted with the State for the second quar-.
or, being the month of July, 1874, and the
AID tablea9s, books, etc, being forcibiy
er, 1874. he is hereby relieved of any and
Ii responsibility to the State as tax col
'ctor. That his official bond be and it 1s
ereby Cancelled and his suretes hereby |
ischarged from liability to the State, and
lat the quietus issued by the Auditor of
uolic Accounts to said Boullt, late tax
'llector aforesaid, shall be evidence in the
'urts OF this State OF the final settlement
i h the State; be it further
Resoieed That this Joint resolution do
ave effect from and after its adoption and
asSage.
(Signed) MICHAEL HAHN,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
(Signed) & c. ANTOINE.
lieutenant Governor and President of the |
Senate.
A true copy:
n. DURAND,
Assistant Secretary OF State.
Received in the office of the Secretary of
ate April "a, 1870. The foregoing act
wing been presented to the Governor of
e State OF Louisiana for his approval, and
1t having been returned by him to the
onse of the General Assembly in which it
iginated within the time prescribed by
g constitution of the State of Louisiana, |
rs become law without his approval.
N. DURAND,
Assistant Secretary of State.
No. :}2. | I
AN ACT
, authorize and empower Frederick G. :
Hudson, an emancipated minor, to prac.
tice law before any of the courts of this |
State. I
WHEREAS, BY a decree of the parish
urt in and tor the parish of Richland, t