The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01

COMMITTEES on parochia1 Affairs submitted
tile following reports:
COMMITTEE ON PAHocH1AL Affairs,
New Orleans. JANUARY 40. 1879.
10 the Honorable Speaker atd Members Of the
House Of Representatives:
Your COMMITTEES on Paroehial Affairs, to
whom was referred
House bill No 200, entitled
AN act to provide for supplying the loss Of
the public records and other papers consumed
| by the burning Of the court house III the town
| OF Ieesburg, parish OF Cameron, State OF
twenty-sfxth day Of February, 1874"
| Beg leave to recommend that said bill be
sent TO the Judiciary gonmlttee.
T.. H. BOWDEN, Chairman.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives.
Your Committee on Paroehial Affairs to
whom was referred
House bill No. 81,
IAN act entitled IAN act to create the par
l Of Ttss gyo and to provide for the organ
Have carefully considered said bill and beg
leave to report unfavorably, Nnd recommend
~ - ~ {. Fl. BOWDEN, Chairman.
fMr. Leeds In the ehair1
Mr. Dupre, chairman ON behalf OF the Com
mittee on Health and Quarantine submitted
| the following report: ill.,.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND QUARANTINE, |
New Orleans. January 49, 1878. !
| Your Committee on Health and Quarantine,
deeming it necessary for them to visit the
Quarantine Station, ask your permission to do
50, and that they be allowed to start at such
| time as they may select and be absent not to
j. W. DUPRE;. Chairman.
Mr.. Leonhard, OF Orleans, chairman, on be-
half of the Special Committee on the Investi-
CATION Of the Department Of Education, pre-
scented the following synopsis Of q report,
which, on his own motion, was ordered to
be spread upon the Journal.
REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE or TNvEsTT-
| CATION or THE DEPARTMENT or EDU-
| CATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SEES
SION 1878.
Senate Commltte-H. D. Ogden, chairman
House Com nittee-Louis Leonhard, chair
man; John Fitzpatrick, William Kern.
STATE or LOUISIANA,
Rooms Joint Committee OF Investigation.
Department Of Education,
New Orleans, January ~, 1878. J
To the General Assembly. State Of Louisiana:
Your committee respectfully submit. the
| following report Of their investigation OF the
Department Of Education from 1869 to 1877:
The mass Of matter that has accumulated
during the examination Of the past school adj
ministrations, most OF which Is Of great inter-
est, would, ii embodied in this report, swell
it to one Thousand pages OF manuscript
| The proceedings OF the meetings OF the
ab 81 t Fsposss o Ct bp ~ e
ence, letters. sent and received; the re
in the office Of the. State Superintendent Of
Public Education, where the sneetings of the
committee have been held and the lnvestiga-
| ton has been conducted.
The COMMITTEES acknowledge their obliga-
tlons to the Hon. Robert M. Lusher, State
Superintendent and his accomplished seere-
tary Mr.. John Dmit.y; the State e., auditor {.
Treasurer and his book-keeper, Mr.. Camp
bell, for official eourtesies.
| They further especially acknowledge the
valuable services OF Rev. M. 9. Cole, whose
intimate acquaintance with all matters per-
tanning to The Department Of Education, and
whose interchangeable zeal in the prosecution OF
the investigation mapped out, have enabled
the committee to terminate our labors.
| Very respectfully,
| Chairman Committee.
| LOUIS LEONHARD.
STATEMENT or THE
Obligations Incurred by the committee In
| The prosecution of the investigation Of the
| Department Of Education, made absolute
" necessary by the nature Of the work
| the committee was called upon to perform.
TO Ell. d. Ogden, for cash
| advanced .....4...... $40 rs
To Louis Leonhard, for
cash advanced ......... 10 90
To John Fitzpatrick, for
| cash advanced. ..... 20 CO. 500 10
| DISGUISED By EXPERT
| For postage. transmission
| Of statement OF School
| Treasurer's account re-
| gistered letters, s...... $50 90
Bill of Sauve % Wagga-
man, stationery. -. 10 40
Freight on records from
| Avoyel1es parish. ... rs
M. @. Cole, amount pajdfor
blank FORMS. ......... 20 SOL ~
OBLIGATIONS DUE.
| To the State Superintend-
| ent of Public Education. SO 90
| To Sauve d Waggaman,
stationery ............. IL 10
Paid by expert for assist
Amount due M. q Cole, es-
pert salary from May
16, 1877, to January 30,
Amount due .D..zx :, SIZE 7e
Chairman of Committee
STATE OF Lou1sIANA,
Rooms Joint Committee OF Investigation.
Department OF Education,
New Orleans January 20. 1878. ]
! To the General Assembly. State OF Louisiana:
Your committee, at the commencement Of
this investigation found 1t necessary to fur
nish the present boards of school directors
statements Of the school funds received by
the treasurerS OF former school boards.
From the records Of the office OF the State
Superintendent Of Public Education the
amounts OF current school fund drawn from
| the treasury were ascertained.
The State Treasurer furnished q statement
| of the amounts of the free school fund drawn
| from the treasury.
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