Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1877-10-27

up against him. The Parish 1rea-
surer's Registration book, when re-
ceived, showed that it had been mu.
tilated. The Committee have exam
ined of the bills presented to it about
Eight Thousand Dollars and of
which amount it has rejected about
Two Thousand Dollars; there are
left for examination about Four
Thousand Dollars of which the Com
mlttee will reject about One Thou
sand, leaving a total Indebtedness
prior to 1877 of about Nine Thou
sand Dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
J. \. DRUlLHET,
+. WAGUESPACK,
ALFRED MIRE.
Mr.. j. a. Druilhet, duly second
ed, offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, that the Syndics of this
Parish be required and ordered 10
empound all cattle which may be
found roaming in the Public Roads,
levees and III the fields of this Par
j>h, excepting such as may be graz
ing in front of the lands of the own
ers thereof;
That the Syndics have the power
70 select and appoint deputies, with
the right to do and perform the sa-
me duties, provided that said SYN
dies shall be responsible for the
acts of their deputies.
Objections being made to the abo-
We resolution, vote was taken,
which resulted as follows: Yeas
n. l.. Bourgeois, James Davis, J..
A. Druilhet, J. b. Ferchaud, r. a.
Harrison, \. Mire, Thos. Mooney,
ID. Leblanc and +. Waguespack-
9 yeas.-Nays: Henry johnson. Re
solution carried.
On motion of Mr.. J. A. Druilhet,
duly seconded, the following resolu-
ton was adopted: Resolved, that
the Parish Treasurer take out of the
contingent fund an amount sutfic-
lent to defr::. the salary of the Par
ish Physician.
On motion duly seconded, the
following resolution was adopted !:
Resolved, that all keepers o, fairs
or concerts shall pay Il license Of
Fifty Dollars for each fair OF con
cert given in this Parish.
On motion of D.. Leblanc, duly
seconded, the following resolution
was adopted: Resolved, that the
Tax Collector is hereby authorized
to receive half Of the amount of lie.
enscs from those persons who have
begun to follow their professions in
this Parish since the month of july
last.
On motion duly seconded the fol-
lowing reports were adopted:
st. James, October 12th., 1877.
To the President and Members OF the Poll
CO Jury:
I find by an examination of the treasury,
that h. +. Yates who ceased to be Tax
Collector i'll November 1879, was able to
turn into the Parish Treasury as collected
by him, script to the amount Of So, 55 ISIS
ued since the 9th. Of January 1877; a ma
jor quantity of which scrip is fraudulent.
| find also that George +. Bovee has turn
ed in Il, collected from Taxpayers Strips to
the amount of St4S,lo, whilst said scrips
We're issued since the 9th. OF january 1S17
and his accounts show that he has not col
lccted that a1lount OF taxes this year.-I
find that in the settlement between II. CO.
hen. ex-parish Attorney and b. +. Yates,
ex-TaN-C Collector, a large proportion ofthe
scrip turned into the Treasury to he flaud-
ulcnt scrip isslicd since Jan. 9th. 1871
Enclosed l send you Il letter from Mr.. c.
Huner in answer to one from me. l wrote
to Mr.. Huner that a warrant of $4,000 had
been issued to him in 1874 for binding ls
warrants of SIS 10 each for the same ser
vices had been issued to him in I977 and
that the Parish having already "a two
of the warrants of 2 500, l desired that he
should send me the 16 volumes which he
had in his possession.
Ireceived from r. Beauvais Il draft drawn
by DIS. Hunsaker x-Tax-CollectOr in final
settlement of his accounts with the parish
and drawn on G. E. Bovee by him accept
ed. l presented the same to Mr.. Bovee and
he offered to pay in parish scrip. which l
refused and he refused to pay in legal cur
rency. The amount of said draft is Sl42, 90.
Respectfully Submitted,
J.R. WINCHESTER,
Parish Attorney.
St. James. Oct. 18th, 1877.
| To the President and Members of the Poll
ce Jury Of st. James:
The undersigned have yet been unable
to obtain a settlement with Geo. E. Bovee
ex-TaX-COllectOr.
Very respectfully,
HENRY FEITEL,
Parish Treasurer
J.R. WINCHESTER,
Parish Attorney
On motion duly seconded, it was
resolved that tHH 3s3letter be publish
| cd inzLe LoN;sid jas:
New Orleans, Aug. 10TH, 1877,
j. r. WINCHESTER ESQ,
Parish Attorney, St. James:
Sir,-YOur communication OF the 10th
inst, to MI. c. Huner Of this City, touch
ing the binding Of certain books for the
Parish of st. James and the issuance OF
Parish warrants in payment of said bind.