The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-17
CITY AFFAIRS.
BACK SALARY GRABS.
n mig Haul Of Packard state WaFF""'s
and the Names Of THOSE VINO
Drew Them.

ana the Names IF Those who
Drew Them
ruuds of PAST Years Checked Against
more "u.eading'' information
for the Committees.
According to the records found In the State
House, the Packard General Assembly passed 81
appropriation bill at the extra session. whel
there was at no time legal quorum Of the Gen
eral Assembly OF the State present.
Acts q. 8 and II are mentioned In connection
with some OF the appropriations, and the ap
pended list of warrants issued will give On idea o.
the parties belonging TO the Packard Kellogg
party who drew warrants against the various ao'e
named.
April II, 1877. Kellogg drew warrant ae tov-
ernor for salary, January to 9. 1877, ior VIZ 10
Packard IL credited with two warrants LOT Janu-
ary 8 to March 81, 1882 25, and for April salary
As Governor, sGe8 &C., all this under act NO IL,
extra session.
Under the head contingent expenses and
special attorneys fees Of the Governor" Packard,
nm Aur,l 10 and 81, drew warrants for $297s ID.
a. A. I,romberg drew, as Psckard's correspond
ine clerk. warrants for January, February, March
and April, 5000.
n. p. Blanchard drew $500 % clerk to the Gov
ernor; J. Edwards, rs porter. drew $500; L. 3.
Kelly, az messenger, drew s2oo.
Antoine drew, as Lieutenant Governor. $3.50. AZ
salary for the FIRST quarter Of 1877, and 1928 as
contingent expenses.
The ex-Auditor warranted for his own salary,
sl6e5 &C, and contingent, s4s15.
The chief clerk, Auditors Office, received war
rants for the quarter ending March 81 and for
April 1877, $1,000.
There is also charged to the ek-Auditor's
clerks for January, February, March and April,
and for
THE AUDITORS SOLICITOR,
1.-THE warrants being issued in the Auditors
na,ne), the sum of $1,000. the "soicitor's" salary
being put down at 1876 per month.
The State Treasurer's warrant for salary for
the first quarter Of 1877 is $3.50, and his book
keepers at $500; the Secretary Of States at
se9l 67; his contingent at $3.50; the Assistant
Secretary Of State drew s455 SO; the clerk, A.
Porche, s4l0; messenger, st10 81; porter, $3.50.
The Adjutant General, George Badly, drew
January to March 81, s705 SO, and Jack Whar-
ton from January l to 6, SAL 67 The Adjutant
Generals clerk drew for the whole quarter, 1916,
and the State Armorer. Crowley. si6g 90.
per b. Bloomfield, SAL.
The State. House Engineer, e. Blessey, drew
$500 for the first quarter.
Three Supreme Judges, MessTs: Howell, Leon
for the last quarter in 1876, $780, Leonhard from
November 6 to December 81, 1876, $1,000 49, King,
December 10 to 81. $f55 90. Az contingent ex-
penses OF the Supreme Court, Ludeling drew
siOO.
rho District Attorneys drew warrants as follows
i. G.. Hunter, per G.. L. Hall, 1915 D. d. Cor
ham, SO; y. Perrodin, s375; J. I'll. Dinkgrsve,
ss35; J. McPhelln, per q. I. dsuche, 1876; +.
under act 35 of 1876, and the warrants issuing on
January 2, 3, 4, s, and 8, 1877,
Under the same act and In the same month
warrants were issued as salary of district judges
to Messrs. Oullom, Abel, Hugh ]. Campbell
and others, amounting to $i0,74l SO.
@Again, under Psckard's act No. II, 1877, Alfred
Shaw, as Judge OF the Superior Civil Court on
April 20, drew for January TO March 81. 1877,
$3.50 o.. Same date, January to Q, 500 As.
under act No. 49, Of 1876 to various parish Judges
amounting to $4,000 and over, being for 1876 sala-
ries.
On January Q, 1877, warrants were issued under
act No. 8, Of 1874, section 7. for payment Of in
terest on consolidated State bonds to the Lou
isiana National Bank for $115573 80.
January 3. 1877, under act No. l25 of 1874, d.
Edwarde, Treasurer Board OF Control Louisiana
Agricultural and Mechanical College. is charged
with ses67 In payment OF coupons OF interests on
bonds held by the college, and due January 1,
1877.
January Q, 1877, warrants were issued to the
!, act No. Of 1871, per Nj x. Tsreton, treasurer,
for constructing and repairing the levees Of the
State" &l3, 600.
The parish Boards Of Assessors, under date OF |
January 9. 4. s and 6, 1877. are charged with |
warrants, under act 35 Of 1876, amounting TO |
about $4,000, these being drawn sgainst four diff
ferent funds |
As compensation for assessors, under the same |
act and fom four funds, Dinkgrave, OF Madison |
parish, under date January 6, 1877, drew $1,000, |
and three others $l400 and over.
Under Packard's act No. II, Brown of the edu-
cation portion OF the State-House, on April Is,
got q warrant Tor s416 GO from the current school
fund as bis salary II January, and Nj. O. Cole, as
clerk, received a 1850 warrant for the first quar-
ter.
Under act 80 Of 1874, for "she support Of pub
lie schools" there was drawn on January Q. 1877,
two warrants, Antoine getting sil "a IS trea-
surer Of the Shreveport schools, and J. W. Har-
rison $64 IA as treasurer OK the Board OF School
Directors, parish of Red River. Antoine got
1859 80, also. from the current school fund
Of 1915 on January Q, 1877, and two other war
rants were drawn against the same fund.
On January Q, 1877, Thos. Q. Anderson got a
warrant TOR $i023 80 az treasurer of st. Landry
school board tunder act 80 OF 1870 from the cur
rent school fund.- Geo. Drury got sl233 30 for
Oscar Jofrrion tHsyes eeotor), got slice 70; Geo.
y. Loud got sla25 for East Feliclana; E. l..
Weber got $ll34 60 for West Feliciana; II. O.
Myers, per Il. Fulton, got s2304 90 for Natchi-
toches; I. A. Gage, OF Terrebonne, got sl608 GO:
walsh, for oaddo, got 1854 80, and in all about
10000 were issued, the dates Of issuance being
from January to March 81, 1877.
To this must be added the mileage and per
Diem warrants issued to the Packard Senators,
and employees, which win foot up
$4,000 or $4,000 to each branch. Next comes
Packards militia, the members of which are in
dividualy charged with warrants for various
amounts.
OF course oil, or nearly oil Of these warrants
have been peddled or sold, and are now in the
hands OF third parties, some Of whom may bring
suit TO compel the Treasurer TO pay them and in
that litigation the question at issue will be
whether or not the Packard government was the
legal government Of the State ON the day they
were issued, and test case will undoubtedly be
made in the United States Court hv come Of the
holders.
The State Treasurer stated last evening that he
NOT PAID ANY