The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-04
CAPITOL NOTES.
OLD AUDIrORHAL DATA REINa, IRA Ms.
FORMED INTO POSITIVE DOC-
UMENTARY PROOF.
such as Will show JOhnsOn's OH1cial Acts
And Bring to the surface a
Few More DctauIters

| Few MUFe UeIAWItefs.
| But little except routine labor occupied the at.
tention Of the State officials yesterday. copse
quently the Capitol was not unusually urolif,
from news-gathering standpoint His Excel
iency the Governor was trifls later than mana
IN making his appearance, which generally il
punetually at the hour OF noon, and none seemed
to understand the occasion of the hardness unit
later in the day. when 1t was stated that his re.
sponsibilities at the Executive Mansion had been
increased by the arrival OF
HANDSOME LITTLE DAUGHTER,
who occupied his attention for time.
Ia the Auditors off 90 ali the informa tion oh
tainable was that those books had not yet been
found, and an Dir of indiff ,rence seemed to pre-
vail as to whether they ever turned up.
Since it was discovered that 1t would be a diff .
cult task to secure the return of the records. the
Auditor has put into execution plan which will
enable the State to secure, without the books, a
settlement from the defaulting Radical tax
gatherers, and in carrying this into effect he has
been assisted very materially by data found in
his office, which his predecessor
FAILED TO BAG
and carry away.
First was found the ca h assessment for 1875
and 1876, itemized for each parish, which had
been made doubtless in preparing Johnson's re-
port for 1875. and from that was prepared q cir
cular to the recorders OF each OF the parishes
with whom the assessment rolls had under the
old law, to be filed by the tax collector and from
the replies received the exact assessments we're
secured and verified with the data found ia the
Office.
The stub-warrant books left in thu Office next
SHOW every settlement made for 1875 and 1876
and by comparison with the
THE ASSESSMENT LISTS,
the amount paid in and the amount outstanding
Is shown, and the balance il struck for each
year. The delinquent lists, or portion thereof
have been turned up which appear to show wb5
has not paid taxes in the parishes, and from this
data it has been scovered that in addition to
the defaulting tax collectors discovered by the |
Investigations of the Auditorial Committee, there
are fourteen who have
FAILED TO MAKE ANY SETTLEMENT |
'or the last quarter Of 1876 and few instances |
have been found where no settlements have been /
made for either the third or second quarters of |
hat year. AS soon as this data is reduced to the |
proper basis, accurate accounts will be made OF /
he indebtedness OF each OF Kellogg's collectors,
% the Attorney General, or the Auditor will per-
'onaily instruct tie district attorneys to bring
'lv suit against the sureties of those collectors
'nd it may be that about the same time
CRIMINAL SUIT WILL BE BROUGHT
Igainst the principals.
From the data found there has been nearly
completed an appropriation expense book to sup
'ly the place OF the one taken by johnson for the
ear 1876, which will show every warrant issued
" him during that year, and for each specjfie
ct. When this 10 completed the warrs nts paid
y the Treasurer will be checked with those
ssued, and By this means the amount outstand-
ng will be obtained.
In more than one instance it has been ronnd
hat the ex-Radical off oials, parish and State.
ave compelled their tax-gathesers into receiving |
heir warrants and paying cash for them, which
nakes the tax collectors defaulters, unless they
an raise the means to make the warrants good,
. they cannot
SWEAR THEM INTO THE TREASURY
Z their settlements. One instance 10 known
there an accommodating negro was the collector
4 one OF the parishes, who was by some means ;
Tged to cash the warrants of the District Judge
district Attorney and clerk and who made an |
Hort to return them in his sttlement He could |
OF swear, however, that he had received the |
arrants for taxes; consequently was obliged to
Old them, and the very District Attorney "a r
epubllcan-whom he accommodated, is more !;
IAN anxious now to proceed against him ma a |
elinquent In order to postpone such action "a | '
ng as possible, the tax collector made deposit |
18th the Auditor OF TIE warrants he had casned. |
'gether with some $4,000 in money, az an earnest
lat he
INTENDED TO SETTLE. In
He ls now engaged in attending to his sugar t
op and will square his accounts with that The |
udltor being satisfied that the ex collector had b
sen imposed upon instructed the District At v
rney to take no action further than TO see that
70 States interest WAS protected, he being sat
bed that the delinquent will settle in full when
can,