The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-01-01

-rpral the Ordinance requiring property
o~rers to pay their quota OF expenses 10.
bu;Idiny b~auauettes and build the same ut
their .,wn exl,euse or should enforce the t'r
d,nal.ce by rxacting payment OF those ~no
owe. re-
We find likewise among the ass"ts OF the
Town a note past due Of /. J. Daunis tor
as OO being his subscription to the haA'
road.
Your committee has had under c"nsidera
ton the que>tion submitted I" them As I"
the manner in which money shonld be
drawn from the Treasury III payment of la
borers and employees.
Tlr-e plans .r schemes have suggested
themselves 20 us. ,
lst. To allow the MAYOR to draw AL lihi-
tenn without previous appropriation max
ing the requisite appr",, iafi"n
2nd. Making . monthly appropriate = o
Q fixed sum against which The Mayor !"
draw on.
! 3rl. Having weekly meetings. say every
| Friday evenings ut which MEETING the May
| or will submit the lal,orer'x ~arc0u"tfOr that
| week and the C"unci. will then aud there
make til. necessary and exact a%ppropria'
| ton to cover sime.
The plan frs proposed carries ifa oh.lec-
| tons " 18th it's ~. re statement and can never
meet the approval or endorsement Ut your
| committee.
Tn. second scheme, thongl, less ohnox-
ion. t',an the first has likewise i:e Ohiec-
ton be features in this That IT," Council
il kent in ignorance vi the amount and cha
rae, rr "f the work performed anl prizes
unid tor a whole m"nih AMI though they
may he dissatisfied Herewith they would
be .stop."d frsm any inquiry into it from
the fact that they have already made tie
appropriation which ~perchance might I've
e xhamsfr ri Ivy the wxr'xn's already drawn
I against it before ANY discovery ID made %.
its iualurup' iatenrss.
The third and ct scheme merta "nr en-
tire approval and il rarM+s'lv recommend
e.. Surely u" serious "ljecti"n can h..
Urged thereto, ~ least n"he have been suX-
grsted NOR lIss ANY occurred t"us.
While officiating a. Tax Collector Mr..
Theopl,ile Thi"nIaux NV sheriff vt this
Parish had ruled and printed aith api,rI
pirate hcwl:nvs 5M sheets of blank tax
rolls paying Tor the san,e out vt his private
pnrse SO M. Mr. ThihNlaMx pr"i~.scs t.
sell same to the Town for 81 W. We annex
= sheet th~reAf and ~ they are mecessary
and useful Ia the Town we r~rcUsMinend
their purchase ut The price Indicated.
Your committee has prepared and now
submit ~ license ordinance for 1891 and snt
ecQueUt years. u COPY lucTtDt Viii w lsWCfsi
~ the hands If the Mayor lnl eaMI T"u..
tee thai il may h I, m"uxhly txamlin Il liz
turs its final passage. Y"urs chmImi trt
m.grs:s that in ~ murh M II il necessary
To have tn. same ~ force hv ti~ lat. .Iav al
Ja"uary 1891 that the '%|rlima,s< I've Mad'
the s,scinl order 1T the day i"r the r-xl
meeting If the Cuun-ii t. be held thil
month.
, Year c"mmit'c hega to call the atten
:: -. IL. .,s1 .sn1 el...,1 - a., H..
? Creditors "f the T0wu that hy r..s"intin
a~,loutf,l some years since and still IN fOrcs
u" bills ar claims will IN, apprs,vrd by tn
FinHnc. CuIumittee unless sNbnitted 1.
tl.m three days ln.fnrs. the meeting 1T IT.,
Council. Your rUMmiit~r will strictly fol
low this rule AID Will in u" case hrrea'f.
: undertake ~ pass ","n n claim Ot Iii
nor will they recon NERD any appropriation
+" nav same. when the hill ar rlA;m i no
presented in arcur.lanr- With this n s"lu
tim. unless the iml-btest,sss has been IL
!. cured utter the c>li,n,i"n # this .'tla
y tn ~ aud in that ease the bill or claim
y m,,.t le presented to thu. t.U,n nittct. iw.tOr
!" ) u'chsk ut the Gay Uf HE M"etin. Of IL
:. Council.
!. Respectfully Submitted.
u t.igned, d. MOORE.
Cha rmai
: j. l.. AUC.nN,
The committee IN 1 ublic Schuols pies,n,
I'll the f~'il"winy r.ror'.
Thihslaux. December 18th. le80.
r" ~. H"nornht" ne Maxor sud Trwsters Z
e the T:ncH 81 r Noda.r:
Gentlemen -Yoar committee on Fdnc,
tim '.-g t.. l,r..seut this their report and I
sny tn It in discharge 1T their slmtiss the
have vi. ted the Corporation S..h""'s mr
fin,l tina. they are well aud sati.fartnrill
conducted. 4 corps 1t able ins'rMciora NJ
IN charge aid the sclr'Ois we'll xtiem"le.
From inquiry am,""% parents whose chi
d,em mttr. Il We lear, that mucl, ~s;.ti.fa.
ti"n exists ~, the rapid progress the chi
hrrn are making and they express tls,,
selves IA assured that the scl,a0ls are M.
IL better wei king order thnn they ha =
ts..n f"r years aud In thIs your essn,mitte
rnn"nrs.
W.. leg leave further to reYm,rt that tn
Vari.l, $..h"ul R..arl. in order Z" f~acilitas
vonr .wmmitte'. in the discharge IT their Il
tiea did IN tn. 5fh. inst. Mpln,iht each 4
s"mr ctmmittr.M laval Director fur til
r'mlshMux Schools. This a%,.p"intmet
give. v.nr c..m,"itt.-e "a such lsn.al ,lirv,
" t"ra charge of all the srhsnsls in tho tUw'
with authority tn sse thnt ulch tMrnitmp
u trrl &c. IN will lse nres.s.mrv for the pr,
!, ,a.rit,y thereof .nl c~"sat"rt If 'he pul.ils
rr.. ur~.l and 4" s..tt!e such lsm.nl ditiic,
tie. ~ ,nay nr,se tl~r.in. lsv this mp,n.i,
mrmt u much gr~A'rr ~"uthOsitv /. given f,
than We ln's~r y alone ~ y.ur c~OiMmittt
ard thus enabling ~ with""t ~iasi, IT n,
th"rity I" more fully, and W trnst wa,
satisfactorily discharge the duties incu,
bent IN ~ M ."mr c"lmsnitt.e.
All ut which il Respectfully admitted.
r (Signcd, J. l.. ACCOM-,
Chairma,
is u. MOORE.
=, E.. ARENA.
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