The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-09-08
Lovely Financeering !
By UNCLE SILAS.
Chapter IL

tor to receive for Parish Taxes
only currency, and to pay over
within ten days from the begin
ming of each month, the sums SO
collected into the Treasury OF the
Parish. This was not 80 gratifying
to that officer, as it suddenIy.and
squarely cut oil the means OF spec
ulatiou Oh his part, hyprQhlbltlng
him from usurping the duties
appertaining to the Treasurer,
and, at the same time, reap a
profit of 90 to 90 per cent OH all
taxes, paid in currency. over and
| above his legal commission OF 10
per cent, which was fully ample
to remunerate his services.
However, after considerable
growing the Tax-Collector made
his settlement each month, with
as much grace as a nervous boy
would seat himself in a dentists
chair to have "a molar extracted.
1t is, perhaps, but just to say
that during the year OF 1915, and
"a short period of 1876, Mr.. b. A.
Curtis, was nominally Tax Col
%lector, although it is, and was,
generally understood that, Oscar
Crosier, was interested i'll the
profits of the office, which OPT
Mon is fortified by the fact OF the
removal of Curtis, about the open
ing of the late Presidential cam
paign, because, as it was reported,
that he refused to submit to
Stephen b. Packard's demand
Tor "a heavy slice OF his profits, to
be used as election funds, to Ell
able Stephen B. to watt himself
into the .Gubernational chair OF
the State of Louisiana.
Curtis having been removed
for not bowling to Packard's cap
every time he saw it, Crosier was
. again installed when the Radical
t goose at once assumed an elevat>
Ell position, and everything work
ed smoothly and well, so far as
| adherents OF the dominant party
$ were concerned. On the first OF
t October when taxes had begun
to enter freely, Crosier failed tc
make his settlement with the Pa
IRISH Treasurer and again OH ths
first of November the same thing
occurred.
The Tax Collector in this an(
some other Parishes, under The
elastic sections OF a State Law
that admitted of two or q dOzel
II meanings had claimed and COLES
II ted the sum Of three per cent OF
j. the sum total of his Assessment
II Roll, from their respective Pa
~rislles but this power had bee'
tested in some of the court
D. of the state which had decided
n that no such Claim was admissi
# bic, as the commission OF ten pc
t. cent was all that was givensth
4. Assessor for extending the Roll!
of Assessment and collecting tn
j. Parish taxes. The three per cen
was paid by the State for the la
l. Dor of assessment.
1t Therefore, in October when Or
sier was called upon for !settle
ment, he presented a claim fo
As making the Assessment Of tn
e. Parish in 1876 and demande
Is that that should be received 4
I'll so much cash which the Paris
q. Treasurer nnder instructions frol
is the Police Jury refused to aecep
@. The President of the Polio
Jury then caused suit to be cnte
bt ed against Crosier to force lii
to a settlement, but, before
No. came to atrial, proposed to hay
the advocates OIL both sides MAX
up an amicable case and try I'll
r, matter before Judge Bcatti
:" who was about holding a Term
the District Court, agreeing
1o abide by Beattie's decision VIII;
ever it,might be. This Crosier II;
:, ~ refused to do. The suit undo
+ar some bubble Of law was decide
against the Police Jury, (not I
garding the fraudulent claim fl
,S, assessment,) but merely as
the proper time at which tue II
Collector was required to NAL
-. his final settlement. In the mea
time, the election of Nov. I h;
,ss been held and by virtue of tt
- votes. of dead men, penitentia,
# c~onvicts/ fugitives from justi
and repeaters a new Police Ju:
Wy had been declared elected wi
T. were proclaimed to be the char
Co., piOnS of improvements in p
IRISH Government" This was Il
Improvement" on which Crosi
had been banking, knowing p
fectly well, that with that Ju
,ol he could "Bulldoze" the membe
leS to his hearts content and teelil
perfectly sure thatthe Boardofl
vi turning Scroundrels would "cou