The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-21
CAPITOL NOTES.
AN IDEA OF THE DATA SECURED by
TIE VARIOUS INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEES.

Gov. Nichols being ill and confined to his bed,
bu. little other than routine business was trans
acted at the Executive Office yesterday, and not
much was done in the other Offices.
The four experts employed to examine and
make recapitulation OF
THE TREAsURER's BOOKS,
are laboring daily now, and will have more data
to present to the investigating committee at its
meeting to-day, including, perhaps, an additional
check account, in which 1t will be shown that q
certain individual has received In payment OF
warrants an immense amount of money, and
other data, which will be completed during the
next two or three weeks, and which will show q
history of the transactions OF the Office since
1870.
THE AUDIToRIAL COMMITTEE
will, at their next meeting, be able from the data
already arranged to ascertain from oficial records
the exact amount Of money collected in all but o
very few Of the parishes since 1870, and could be
presented, were they to meet tomorrow, with
the official data from thirty parishes. Not only
this, but they will be shown, in an official way,
numerous mares nests in the matter of the pay
ment Of claims, such as country printing claims
and other expenses t?)lEenough Of such data
having been found in
SOME OF THE STUB BOOKS
which were overlooked, it seems, when those five
boxes were struggled out of the State House into
that cab and thence to the Custom House.
The committee to investigate educational mat
ters will have their data completed and in a
shape that will not only reflect credit upon the
| expert, Mr.. Cole, but will defy contradiction as
being entirely conversant with the workings OF
rant hos n nil the
| records, it was q much easier. though tire
some task, for him to wrestle with than would
have been the case had one unacquainted with
| the routine been secured to do the work. The
| work OF
APPoRTIoNINo THE SCHOOL TAXES
| to the various parishes was done by the State
| Superintendent OF Public Education, and In his
| office was kept q record OF such apportionments
for years past hence with verification OF those
accounts by the books Of the State Treasurer,
which has been done in the accounts OF each
parish; an accurate and unimpeaohable statement
will be secured by the committee, and, in fact
that has already been secured and statement
| of the accounts of each parish furnished to the
school boards. Some Of those boards have
| MADE THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS
into the affairs Of the ex.Republican officials
| and while seven-tenths OF those which have made
reports show unmistakabe crookedness, three
| tenths show square balances with vouchers fol
| all expenses claimed.
The secretary Of the Board Of Supervisors o.
the Louisiana State University and Agriculture
and Mechanical College has prepared the
| "NoTIoEs TO DELIVER"
to be served upon the ex-officers of the late Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College. the notiee
calling upon those persons to hand over all thu
property, moneys, etc, held by them and belong
| ing to the State. Duplicate copies Of these no
tees were prepared, and when one is served tn
other will be preserved with date Of service
memoranda Of parties serving, ETC., in order tina
a foundation may be laid for legal process in cas-
Of refusal.
Capt. Ed Flood has had placed in convenient
positions about the State House, portable
| BABcoCK FIRE ExTINGUIsHERs,
| to be ready in the caaa OF an eInargancY.