Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25

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,lci, f~s, meeting orraUilr Ly clcr,inr
from heir numAcr q prc>jleu, and
= Treo.nrer WHO shall he secretary Of
,be hoard Section , Of the sane az,
nTlev ,Lr presid.u; and Treasurer
E .ocrr,ary shall norform such da,ic,
~ are now required Of those officer,
aud ma, i,..,,-i.,,p, Win mi. act"
..And said nar;,h board, snail pcrfo-m
all IN. dn,jas n,..e.. al The ri,h,,
and nrIyllcgc. and assume all the
OBLIGATIONS Of he ward boards Of
school director. and the school board,
Of al! ciric. and town, in The STATE
boyin.r = uoupla,ion of h.. iian one
thousand pcr,on,' Section - Of ar,
\o 6 of II he ac, act. # 1870 rroviIc-
.TLa, each Police Jury ward in the
marshes of Til, STATE. /. hereby de-
rlsred school district for an the
purpose, Of Vii, act" Section % Of act
Xo & Of $50 Provide, That the
Pre.,,lcu, shall draw all draft, on the
State Treasurer and upon the
Treasurer of the parish board. sign
all orders spccifviny in the order and
the Use for which the money j. assign
ed and he shall >irn all contracts The
pre,iden, shall appear in behalf Of his
district in all suits brought br or
acain,, the same. but when he J.
individually party thi, duty shall
he performed bv the secretary. The
Secretary shal. record all the pro
ceedings Of the board and district
meetings in separate oyks kept for
that purpose.
Paragraph 6 section y Of act No
t. Of 1870 provides The Treasurer Of
the board Shall receive all money on
account Of the board and pay out the
,amc on warrants signed by the
President and countrr-igned bv the
Secretary he shall keep a correct ac-
count Of all EXPENSES and r,ccipts in
books provided for that purpose"
These books were furnished. W T
Oliver was Treasurer aud Secretary
and il was his dutv 10 keep cOrrci
actOun, uf all expenses and receipts
in said books Oh warrants drawn by
lie Lewis President.
Tie Superintendent of Public
Euucaliou yi Louisiana charges VII
liam + Oliver Treasurer Of the school
board Of Kich!and parish with six
thousand twenty onc 1G-lO0 dollar,
(G02l 1G-lO0)
The book, of tie School Board OF
Eichland Parish a. kept hv the same
v.ritable W + Oliver as Treasurer OF
said School Board admits that be
received as Treasurer of said Board
from the Treasur Of the State SiX
Thou-ond and twenty one 7G-lOC
dollars (SGO2l 76-I0O) You paid
ont ON warrants Four Thousand f1n,
hundred and niutv three 16-lG0 dol.
lar. fS4493 76-l00 we gave VOL
credit for SIS G0-IUn for books u,
voucbcr, for school house rent al
tEo SO so no voucher for srhoo
Lon.e r,ol al Girard so 90 y,
voncbcr Tr,asurcrs salary SIUO u,
voncbrr uokiny sum total vi hou
vonrl.rs ibaI wc gave Won credit f.
e >9t3 fo-1oO when added 10 $40,
-c-Io0 Four Thousand four IInudre,
; and pinty three IG-l00 dollars make
, the sum Of Four thousand Sever
y hundred and ify seven 3G-l00 dol
lars We gave You credit for | 20 10
believe hat You are entitled to To
9 credit Of Two hundred and siX'y thre
/ GO-l00 dollars that Mr. Spires an,
r the gentleman who acted with Us tha
i YOU know full well saw proper L
= allow you. | believe the report shoui
>. have been that YOU were defaute
!. for One Thousand five hundred all
: twenty eight dollar, (9l32S) but
~ acquie-ced in ihcir wish. The lar
=. guage of Mr. spires IL my report
@ TO give him credit for fruT bundre
IF and eighteen dollars tnat he failed t
}, produce a single voucher Tor oIiver
70 card THAT they bad given me cred
n. for iour HUNDRED and eighteen doiIa'
h The language use! by the Commute