New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-30
NEW ORLEANS REPUB11CAN TUESDAY, MARCH 80 1875

for legal services rendered the State and
- acting assistant attorney general, five
thousand dollars (e5OOO).
Appropriation TO pay j. @. A. Fellows
for legal services rendered the State in the
case of the State We. Chattanooga railroad
relieving the State OF the payment OF two
million tive h2pdred Thousand dollars in
bonds, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500)
Appropriation tn pay j. B. Cotton fol
legal services rendered the State in the case
OF the State We. Chattanooga railroad Com
paDy, relieving the State of the payment
two million five hundred dollars in bonds,
twenty five hundred dollars ($25O0).
Appropriation for the maintenance OF
health and quarantine. the sum Of twenty.
four Thousand dollars ($24.OOO).
Appropriation for contingent fund for
Board of Assessors, city OF New Orleans,
one Thousand dollars each, five thousand
dollars ($50oO)
Appropriation for the Blind Asylum,
Baton Rouge, eight thousand dollars t$S00O).
Appropriation for the salaries of the par
ish judges, one hundred and thirty two
thousand dollars ($l32, OOO)
| Appropriation for the relief of Mrs. r. H.
| Chiffon, payable on her voucher, approved
| by the Governor, thirty-fye hundred dollars
| (s350O).
Appropriation for the erection of a tomb
| for the remains Of the late Lieutenant Gov
ernor y. J. Dunn. payable on voucher ap-
proved by the Governor, twenty-five hun
Appropriation to pay B. Bloomfield g. Co.,
or their assigns, for two hundred and fifty
copies each of the following works, to wit:
The Code of Practice. the Revised Statutes
and the Civil Code, for the use Of the State,
payable at the rate of ten dollars per copy
for said works, upon the presentation of the
receipt of the Secretary of State for any
h<vp ne L. l.
exceeding two hundred and fifty copies OF
each of said works, seven thousand five
hundred dollars ($7500).
Appropriation to pay Alfred Shaw eight
hundred dollars for legal services in the
case of II. Bellocq VS.. State ($s0O).
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., The
following amounts enumerated in this Sec
ton be and the same are hereby appropri-
ated, out of the revenues of 1874, to cover
deficiencies existing and due for said year:
Appropriation to board of administrators
OF the Charity Hospital, fifty thousand dol
lars $500
Appropriation to sherifs and clerks of
court for services rendered in criminal
cases, as required by law. seven thousand
five hundred dollars (s7500).
Appropriation to pay deficiency in appro-
priati0n to State Printer, forty five thousand
dollars ($45,0OO).
Appropriation for parish Official journals
for publishing and advertising for the State;
thirty five thousand dollars 1886, OOOC
Appropriation to pay balance of salaries
due parish judges, eleven thousand doll ars
ISL, 000).
Appropriation to P. j. Lanerth; one hun.
dred and sixty-fve dollars (Sl65); j. Nixon,
one hundred and forty dollars (Sl40); Viii. |
liam Gray, two hundred and sixty dollars |
($260). for work done ON levees in 1877.
AnvNrnnri al inn Tn AoTo
by the Returning Board officers of 1874,
payable on vouchers of the said board, SIX
teen hundred and fifty dollars ($l65O).
Appropriation to board of Insane ASYLUM,
ten thousand dollars ($l0,0CO).
Appropriation to pay A. & E. B. Talbot
for services as counsel for the State, by
appointment by the Governor, in the suits
II K. 0. Hebert, tax collector, vs.. E. J.
Jay ct al, being No. 4573 on the docket of
he Supreme Court, payable on their own
out OF any money in the State
reasury to the credit OF thssgeneral fund
or the year 1873. three thousand five hun. |
lred dollars (s35O0).
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.. That |
q order to determine and liquidate the in
lebtedDess Of the State, and to provide for
he payment of all back taxes and penalties
o certain warrants, q Joint committee Of
10Th houses shall be appointed BY the
espective presiding officers, to be composed Z
seven members on the part of the House
nd tive members on the part Of the Senate,
hitch shall be known as the Board of Audit
the Floating Debt. The Attorney Gen. ,
raj and Auditor of Public Accounts shall
Q ex otficio members thereof. The author.
y and duties OF said Board OF Audit of
1e Floating Debt shall! be as hereinafter
rovided.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
q aid op1 0f & Al l
ebt shall, immediately upon the adjourn .
ent of the present session Of the
eneral Assembly, organize by the il
ection of chairman, solicitor
I'D secretary. The solicitor and
cretary shall not be members of the
)ard. The board shall sit at the city of II
ew Orleans, at the State House. Its l
Is sions shall not exceed ninety days from =
10 fourth of March, 1875. A majority of q
10 board shall constitute quorum for the s
ansaction of business. Immediately after =
ganization they shall publish in the off. y
al journal of the State NOTICE to all whom 81
may concern, that they are prepared and G
lthorized to receive, classify and approve n
the floating debts and obligations not u
arranted for or funded, which have &C.
ued or become funded prior to the first :.
y OF January, 1874. "
SEC. ). Be it further enacted, etc., That Of
1enever any debt against the State shall CT
approved by the said board, the same "
all be recorded in the books of the board =,
be kept for that purpose, stating the ii
1ount, name of person owning the debt, hi
to OF approval, and to what class or year a.
g same belongs. That after the said debt bb'
obligation shall have been duly approved de
said board, the Auditor of Public Ac- m
UNITS shall iseue his warrant upon the IL, IN
easurer for q sum equal to the amount of II
On debt or obligation, which warrant "
all be paid out OF any funds in the treas oh
? which shall be collected from DELINQUENT IN
kes now due and uncollected for the year &c
which such debt OF obligation shall be fe1
ssed, and shall be receivable for all taxes irt
d penalties due for the year in which said o or
legation or debt shall be classed. Said Q.
ard shall classify each and every debt or DO
igation SO passed and approved by them Tn
above provide d, in the year in which the for
ne accrued or became due The Auditor for
Public Accounts shall stamp upon each No
rrant so issued, as above provided, the ma ma
So and year to which it belongs, and the the
ne shall be receivable for taxes for that OF,
II alone in which it is classed.
&c. G. Be it further enacted, etc., That it ing
ii be the duty of the solicitor of the said
rd, when approved by the board, to g.,
'lish in the official journal of the State, Ar Ar
alphabetical and classified list of ali Ar
rs passed upon, approved and warranted
as herein above provided, stating the c,o
Dunts, ownership and class of each and &c le
ry one of them. In like manner there
II also be transmitted to each tax COL Sto
or in the State q Only cort;t;od COW ~ Ste
list. which shall by him be kept posted r r
! conspicuous place in his office. The s oai
citor shall be person learned in the day
and
&c. T. Be it further enacted, etc., That bal,
hall be the duty of the Treasurer to ali
lsfer all moneys received for taxes still day
, and nncollected for any year or years ls4