The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-10-06
Lovely F~'inanoeering
BY UNCLE SSILAS.
Chapter "

tt'Fltti y
The Police Jury representing
dead men, p"nit"ntiary conyicts,
iUgltlveS from justice &c, after
having been thoroughly bull doz-
Ell hv Crosler the Tax Collector,
finn in the belief that Packard
was to be pat in poSse>Sion Of
the Gubernational chair by the
~I;ayonetS OF the United States
army, rolled up their sleeves and
prepared to make things lively.
In order to enable CroSier to tram
pie the law under foot with some
show Of legality they had passed
an ordinance No. 90 which is per
hapS one OF the finest specimens
Of unsophi>ticatcd English that
has been sent forth for public ad
mlratlon III this century,.
itordaiaej. That the system Of Sc
rirs and nuI.hcis of warrants known as
the old and new series, adopted by the
late Police Jury be hereby repeated,
This is plain enough. Its oh
ject WAS, as stated in previous
chapter. to enable tie Tax Col
ltetur to turn in his cd war
rants aS cash, ~ we'll as his ticti,
lions claim tor making the as>;s-
mrnt Of the Parish and for which
liz had already been paid by the
State, aud his claim OF $1,000
Whic!! erred in stating in Il for
mer chapter to be $4,000 paid to
his lawyer to defend him in his
defiance Of law, and to permit
him to take the money justly,
honestly aud legally belonging
to holders Of warrants issued in
1876 and misappropriato it to
other purposes, IA paipable and eX
press violation Of law. But now
to the remaining section:
Tia: one half Of al! warrants issued
prior to january Isl lS71. shall be receiv
able f~r Parish taxes and licences except
The two AND half mill Scliool tax the
other half OF said warrants t. b. paid
IN Us. Currency for the purposes .: d
irayiiig the expenses of Ike Parish.
Now il that is not is clear as
mu'l, viii somebody explain
why
lone half of all warrants iSsu.
ed prior to Jannary i>t 1877 to
be r"c'jrI5!e tog taxes and Ii
ceMses," easy enough 10 he uil.
drrsi0od. 'ti.2 other half to be
paid III currency 10 Ietray tie TX
ppn>eS of the Pagi>ii.T
\ holds a warrant for twenty
collars he OWES tie parish Il il.
cenSe OF ten dollars he goes to
the Collector and presents his
warrant, the collector hinis him
his license aiid then pays him ten
,iUI!arS III ~cnTlrHcy, that :. the
way the expenses are 10 be paid.
Now where would the col,crfni
get til" ten iolIals 10 pay the
I!a!: OF the warrants, and i! Ia
paid it. it wou'd be taking r~vn-
n't"S OF oHe year to pay tit" iiaui>
'l;IrS oi tonne: years. %!ut Tie rN
p"N>eH vi Tie present one SO uu-
Iiqnlllfe'l. Nhlcb Wuu!d be con.
trarE ~ >t,-e Law again.
This is u specimen OF the imma
c0!ate wisdom cf t'at learned
body OF tinancitl>, who mounfeU
their lig. horse in December
last,
Bat there is another renarka.
Die Stact concerning the above
>rien;iid or,.jnanuA No. 50.
The books say that it was of
tered b.; Il member, WHO is known
to be unable TO either speak.
write or understand English.
it must have been a spilitua,
message sent up from the toInoS.
by one OF the dead men mad;
perfect whose votes elected the
honorable member.
After this wonderful tranSac-
ton, The Board remained appa.
rentiy quiet. The candidates fol
the Police Jury, who were hon.
estl.y elected entered a contest
before the coarts for their seats.
Tie De Jactos had to employ d
lawyer to defend their ease. John
Ray, who is the chief legal engi-
neer OF all the rascality of the
last ten years, p~eGpctrated by his
party, WAS sent for. But John
Ray has Il singular faulty Of re-
tu>lng to work for nothing. How
to pay illm was the question.
Hackaid|s chances OF becoming
governor and patting the Jurors
over their shoulders, as good.
true anl loya. subjects was grow
ing beautifully small, and how to
get enough money out of the
Treasury of the Parish to pay
John Ray. put them all to scratch
ing their heads and wondering.
The little Treasury box was roll
ed over and over, and over and
over.