The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-21

had not given way under his feet.
was really time for the poor
taxpayers.
And here we come back to the
original comedy. Schneider, Fo>
rest. Gal)iano SC reassume pos
session of the Parish on the 10th
of December 1876, by the grace
of Marcefin Ledet aud the Return
Board. Their first care is to
undo the good, experience and
had done. Under the
pressure of Oscar Crosler, they
order, that, instead of paying in
currency, the collector is autho-
rized to receive warrants OF all
denominations iu payment of
taxes and licenses. They had no
right to adopt this law for the
year 1876, but only for the year
1877. us u law can in no case have
a retroactive effect and, let US
note we'll, that we wrote then De
cember IL, that the collections
were closed, that there was no
more money to collect, and that
consequently all sums collected
were i'll current money. But Os-
car Crosier had bought Parish
warrants for a song, and as it was
him, who ruled the roost, he had
to be obeyed and to he Suffered
to retain this money in his pocket,
while he paid in its place these
very warrants, thus adding Il pro
fit to the legal and extra-legal
profits, which he used and abns>
ed without shame and hindrance.
: In but few days our improvi-
sed legislators owed all the money
of the collections of 1876, which
ought by rights, to have accrued
to the holders of warrants utter,
ed during the same year, and then
as they found nothing bettert to do,
they came back to the system of
their predecessors. Then there
was some good in it, as you had
to fall back Oh it ? Then, as it
was good, why did you not con
tinue it The why 4? All i! there's
the rnb.--Oscar Crosier had to
fix things to suit him, and they,
to suit themselves after having,
in January received S5654, IA it
would seem that the debt should
have decreased proportionately,
but, error, it mounts up to $1721l,
OG on a double-quick, and after a
few days more, it even exceeds
twenty thousand dollars.
Before this rapid accumulation
of debts, our Legislators, near
sighted under different pressures,
find nothing better to do for the
purpose of stopping the just re-
CARNATIONS of the creditors of the
Parish, than to decree an addi.
tional tax of 2 mills.
The TAX.
The imposition of an addition
al tax, at this moment, and at a
time..of the year, when half of the
tax payers have already settled
their taxes, is inopportune, impo
lite, aud would cause a general
dissatisfaction throughout the Pa
IRISH.
1t is evident, certainly, that,
whichever may. be the origin OF
the debt, it must he paid. 1t
would be impossible to separate
the warrants for supposed, from
those for actual services rendered.
A debt has been created, it
must be paid, yet, for that reason,
it is not necessary, for the mo-
ment at least, to levy an addi-
tional tax, while the taxpayers
are already crushed under the
load of past and present taxes,
a Poli:e Jury, which would have
the reestablishment of the Parish
credit at heart. which really takes
the interest Of the people, and
safeguard the general interest of
its constituents, could do it easily
by decreeing.
That a fund, called the ere.
demption fund" should be created
which should during the present
year, be supplied by the product
of the collections of back taxes.
a collection which will be effec.
tive, as the new revenue law OBJ
liges the tax-cOlleetor to.seize and
sell the properties forfeited to
the State to commence on the
first Monday OF December, aud
so on from day to day in the or
der of the list Of properties, thus
forfeited to the State. (Sec 50.
Act So, 1877.
20. That,ithe product of the
said collections be divided equal
ly between each and every one of
the years, for which warrants are
due. That, when tho warrants of
one year are exhausted, that the
balance of the money applied to
Such year If thorn ko .,,oh H..