The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-28
LIBERAL RAIDS.
WHO ISSUED WARRANTS TO THEM
SELVES I'm ROUND NUMBERS.
what the Investigating Committee Will
Find by Horing into the Ex-
AsrMltar.s Rnnks.


Auditors Reoks.
Now that the matter of the investigation of
the Auditors office has gotten fairly under
way the committee will soon devote it's atten-
tion to the old and new appropriations; the
following items derived from the books In the
Auditors office will receive attention, and In
u,liries will be made as to the law under which
some Of the warrants were issued by the late
Auditor.
"Appropriation to pay balance due for
mileage and per diem Of members, salary Of
officers. etc, House of Representatives, ses-
sion Of 1s75.'
january 10, warrant to L. J. sotler, as mem
Der and services as member Board Of Audit,
5000; j. s. Matthews, same, 5000: T. N. sholtz,
Secretary Board of Audit, to services, $3.50;
r. r.. Ray as member and to per diem ON
Committee of Enrolment, $50.
Amount appropriated under act No. OF 1877
sEvHNTY-Two THOUSAND DOLLARS
for mileage and per diem and salaries OF Off
GERS and under that head for the months OF
January. February and March, nearly four
hundred warrants were issued under act No.
Of 1877, amounting to s71,637 3d. the last en-
try being for Chas w. Lowell, $420 for ser
vices as enrolment clerk.
| Under act 46 Of 1876, $3.50 was issued to G.
B, Andreas for the relief of the widow OF the
late Judge III. Morgan, and under act No. 4,
regular session, 1877, S2500 for the relief oi
the widow of B. FL. Dinkgrave was issued,
and was received In settlement "on account
Of amount
| DUE THE STATE
by B. H. Dinkgrave late tax collector, parish
Of Ouachita" !"
The New Orleans Gaslight Company re-
ceived a warrant fol. s154 4o from the , ,"ap,
preparation for gas In the State House" and
| IT, w. BENJAMIN for R. e. Rivers received
two warrants for $1,000 each, act No. 6 of 1875,
from the appropriation for the purchase OF q
State House, the warrants dating january
and TO- 1877. Sin exchange OF two other war
rants e Of Isis, cancelled and that being
charged to the StateHouse fund.
4 CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Under this head and under act No. 8 of 1877
S2s 900 was appropriated, and warrants wer,
issued from January Goth to March 9th, II
various sums, to L. ]. Souer, chairman OF th'
House Committee on Contingent Expenses
for the entire amount, &2s, 600.
Act No. appropfiates $3g 900 for the Senate
and warrants were issued to the members
r and employees for the entire amount. the las
one being issued April a to T. G. Anderson
for $3.50 ..
Act No. g appropriates $4,000 for auditing
and supervising the expenses OF the Senate
session OF 1877. and warrants for the entir
! amount were issued to j. A. ella as chairman
FOR THE MILITIA
saoO, 900 was appropriated by act No. 3 Of 1877
and some six or Eeven hundred names appea
| as having drawn warrants
: The warrants issued on January 10. show
that one warrant was issued to r. r. Ray q
s'melnber and per diem on committee of Ell
rollment,' when it is known that
RAY DIED MONTHS AGO.
: There are other names mentioned, one {
which is credited with warrant, when TIL
individual bearing the name stated to
, DEMOCRAT reporter that he still held th
:, voucher for the warrant and presented 1t as
: Packard memento to the reporter.
In some cases warrants were issued nnde
Q appropriations made In 1876. which were er
Joined by the late Attorney General Field, an
- up to the present date no public notice he
G been made as to the dissolution Of that iniun,
g tion. as it was perhaps dissolved by Packard
e corpulent. Judge Shaw, and under such q di
solution the question suggests itself as to til
t legal status Of Shaw's rt1mp court.