The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-22

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Piedmont and Arlington Lille insurance Com
gany q hehmona have n Az 1'p repered as rs
uuired by law and at the proper time Will DC
dealt with accordingly
pAn1sH JupaHs.
The Legislature of 1879. under act No. 30 81
the same year. appropriated fi22.ooo o pay sal
aries of parish jud zes. The appropriation tails
short Of the amount required by some SloO0 or
$4,000 for that year. =,
In ts77. under act No. A. an appropriation OF
sss, 800 was made for the same puIpese. Tor thai
year, also, tho appropriation falls thort so IT,,
$4,000. account for the error In this thn the
which wis then il force. and the fegtaature IN
passing the appropriation BIN OF isit app.on vi,
ated the money under the new law. You Will
readily perceive that act No. - Of 1877 Was APP
proved Oh the second of April 1877. Tho sal
aries under the former law had already beo9me
old law flxed the salary Of the Judges, come at
$4,000 and some ut $500 WI ereas the new low
radueed their salaries cuusidei ably, hence the
deficiency.
sHERFFs AND CLERKS or oouRr.
The law. az IL now stands, allows an animal
COMPENSATION TO sheriifs and elerke Of court In
and s5o TO the latter (See II. B.. page sos, soc
7Gbl The Legislature having failed TO make the
necessary appropriation TO meet those expenses
cover this deficiency in the next appropriation
bill; The amount reuuired VII DO fully sleooo
The a 40 aed 70 a ~ an
i do not exactly know what amount will be re
uuired as all the unpaid bills have not bean
presented to this office, but presume that some
$4,000 or $4,000 will be needed.
ARMoRY. 5H
Claims have been presented to thia office by
Mr.. j. J. Gidiere, to be quilted. Tor rent OF
claims are duly approved BY the then existing
authorities | have rejected them, tlrst. because
ha Ia ~ nrpapfilnd
for want of appropriations These claims on
their face. appear correct, aud the Legislature
should by oil means make the necessary appro-
priation to meet them.
RECORDER or CoNvEyANoEs.
BY act No. A of 1877, tho Legislature anpro-
priated an amount Of 5000 70 pay for certlloates
Board Of State Assessors Of that amount the
sum Of s274 80 wa, paid to the former incuni,
bent p oee which, added to the smoans
deficit Of spol for the year isr7, Ii view OF the
increase of business In that department., would
suggest that an approptlatlon oil $500 Re made
and those Of previous years. The whole amount
aapgparsogpriated need not be drawn unless re-
DISTRIBUTION or ACTS TO THE REVENUE orrIoERs
OF THE STATE,
For the proper discharge of the duties i'm
posed upon assessors and tax collectors
wa to , orr "sfr from mn Che
State 200 copies OF said acts. which were for
warded to those officers at the proper time. The
Law, provides that the acts of each session shall
be distributed to certain parties named therein
and ignores completely the officers of the State
revenues. Would Y not be we'll TO amend that
law so as TO include these officers. as am of
opinion that they should get all the informa-
tion necessary in order TO guide them In the
discharge OF their duties
CONTINGENT ExrENsEs or THE SUPREME COURT.
Under act No. % of 1877. approved April 10.
the Legislature appropriated $500 for tho CON
tingent. expenses OF the Supreme Court to be
paid out on the warrant of the Chief Justice
Under former laws or former regulations of
said court IL was customary to draw from the
appropriation. so as to pay from ouch appro-
priation the attendance Of shetiffs while the
court was In session in the country par ishes
some slas. Nv explane.ton Of the oyerdraft is
parish claimed sl25 for his attendance TO the
Supreme Court in Ouachita parrish while there
IN session, aud he presented an account against
was made against the State Of Louisiana and
duly approved by the Chief yasties n the SUI
favor for the amount claimed out of the cpntfn-
gent fund appropriated to the Supreme Court
M ss ehs as onIe a
TO show that the amount was correct, and ought
10 have been paid by the parish. and not BY the
since 1852 whether It be law or notl the attend
ance of sheriffs TO the Supreme court was al
ways paid by the state on Of the contingent
not the account been made against tue State
and approved by the .Chiet Justice, should
not hays tea Gr i ess n
claims were formerly PAYABLE out Of the contin-
gent fund of said court, audited the account,
September 1877. | am of opinion that i was
right in auditing that amount, rs the Chief Jus-
tice had no right to approve the account against
the parish. His error led me into granting
warrant which, perhaps, l had no right to grant.
but as the account was made against the, STATE,
with the approval of the Chief Justice, | had no
right to go beyond his voucher.
CLERICAL FORCE OF AUDITORS OFFICE
The clerical force of this Office. as fixed by
law, comprises seven clerks at total salary, OF
sIS.O5e per annum. In taking possession Of the
office, / found that the force was not sufficient
to carry on the regular business OF the State.
and had to employ five additional clerks to copy
documents to he furnished to district attorneys
and others for the purpose OF collecting moneys
due the State
ton be raj ed to $4,000 aud allow methe privi-
lege to distribute the money as / think best
The Legislature having the right at all times to
examine my accounts. could easily ascertain
how the money had been expended.
/ think, under the serious difficulties am
now laborng. 1t would be an act of Justice to
enable me TO carry on the business Of this office
to the satisfaction of all Former appropria-
tons for the Same purpose have amounted to
S24 600 for the rear 1875 and 1000 for the year
1876. With much more labor to perform, / have
been reduced some $1,000 II cannot be expected
that whatever additional labor has to be done in
this office must be done at my expense. there
fore respectfully ask that ample means be al
lowed me to properly discha ge the duties of
one of the most important offices of the State
government
have in every case granted warrants of $500
each so as to satisfy the public and give to the
warrants more value on the market. for it is
easier TO sell warrant Of sioO than one Of $1,000
The warrants already drawn by this Office ex-
coed 9Ooo and will by the end Of the year reach
10000. In view of these facts, and of the in
creased labor imposed upon the clerical force
of this Office. is 1t not act Of justice to give
me the means to relieve at times those who
have performed this immense labor? In order
to be able to. make q full and detailed state
ment Of the affairs of the State they have worked
faithfully every day and every night until IL 80
to - O'clock.
might here stare that my clerical force is so
small compared with the labor to be performed
that have been compelled to employ my porter
as clerk paying out ofmy private funds an other
person to perform that duty. l therefore hope
that the Legislature will grant my request.
Again, have had to furnish to district attor-
neys and other officers Of the law thousands of
copies of vouchers on file in this office so as to
assist thep in their prosecution of defaulting