The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-16
e District Court.
report Of the Grand Jpry-How Gambi'4s
NAV he Suppressed In DonaltlsonVihe-
statement Of Funds in the

.c,nrt closes today, having been "cH"-
ted almost exclusively to the taa' %
criminal eases. The most important 4's-
posed of were those of Hugh. Miller ana
Henry, King, se.sa'> charged *'t4eaas1''f',
The Miller case was nolle ptosseq al"
King was CONVICTED of mansla"g'''ef'
". defer more extended reference 20
these cases, and report OF the o'he's
tried during tile week until our next IS
sue, 10y reason Of the limited space ava''7
| able in to-tlay's paper.
Criminal cases have been assigned 'os
tr;l every day next week and the DIS
trict Attorney hopes to clear the docket
Yesterday being Good Friday All" i
legal holiday, no court was held.
Following is the report of the chc'e"'
Grand Jury as submitted TO the Co''f' ."
Saturday last:
To tho Honorable Jno. a. Cncevt!s,
Judge of the Twenty J"u1c!al
District Cont il and tor the pa''""
of Ascension.
The Grand Jurors OF the STATE - !"''o
$40 1n,r emnannelled and sworn in and
fur the nSrisi, of Ascension, having con-
c,n,l,l their labors for the present Aprl
t.,,n az 1881 Of this Honorable Court, beg
leave to present this, their final report:
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Many important suggestions having
been made by our predecessors as ~ i"o
necessity of providing this parish with 2
mnre suitable Court House than the pres
ant one. we can only reiterate their views
. On this subject, and III addition thereto
resnectfnlly suggest that the revenue
0 derived from the lands donated exc'u-
! .;velv for \ Court House and other pup
liz nnrposes sufficient funds couid De
raised to erect IL suitable building III the
town of Donaldsonville or such other
! place in the parish as might possibly DC
irs;pnated as the parish seat. The pres
ant court House would with very little
alteration iii its construction make al
r excellent public school building. Don
y jacksonville needs IL public school b"'ld
mo constructed with a view to healtl
and comfort.
nndcr the courtroom contains on'.
+. three cells. A town and parish ot on
humiliation should have Jail bnlidln:
!. Sufficiently large to accommodate ~
" cl.ases Of prisoners without croWdlhi
+ them into two cells. In one OF thes
I'd cells we found nine prisoners and III tn
ne othrr ten. This evil should be remedies
ut the earliest day. The prisoners ar
- nroperly cared for and fed. The ~
nnder the circumstances is clean IN
.I,il ward, however, is in very nth
condition; it needs filling UP and prope
drainage. This yard surrounding I'll
% Cart House should be iinmediatel
y" cleaned and disinfected, not only Tor u
Z, health and comfort of the prisoners, D'
for that of our citizens who are Gale
mon to attend the present session OF o.
ICE Court; however, with SO little cell III y,
ward room it is surprising that our all
ble and attentive Sheriff mas acco'
for plishcd 50 n,nch.
ici- CLERKS OFFICE.
We have examined the Clerks Olht
Rccord books OF Conyeyances ana Mol
pa.es (now belonging to the Clerks :
}. tice). This office is III charge Of ~"
efficient officers, L. E. Bentley, Es
clsrk and hi. aepHW1 e to MSsir s h SoS
and records properly filed, as far rs 0
the hr;.f inspection extended. The MINT
ipal ard other records of judicial proccedn
i are neatly and Systematically lnscrlb
TAX COLLECTOR.
Mr.. The Tax Collectors department is
charge Of Deputy DE. Jones. He G
for ,,ucts this office under a safe and III
-; nerfcct system. The lately publish
""' s,atemcnt Of his collections shows u +;
iny oft in the delinquent lists IN our 7
. ,sh and u successful collection Of y ia
= i amount Of back taxes.
o,, PARISH TREASURY.
~ We have examined the finances OF
Lver- ,.,,.Y h.r.t, m. r..port
for nur very competent and faithful Pal
Treasurer, Captain Il. Prosper Lane
These rcpurts show q balance OF til
,vS on hand to April Z, 1881, Of $o059 96t
ROADS AND LEvEEs.
We respectfully call the attention
ST. the proper Il, thorities to the rice n,
Crnz nj Can,cy's Point in the 5th ward.
MI r.rwrtcd to this body that this rice II
"'' is not properly constructed, and as
with structcd is dangerous. We suggest
file All rice fumes le inspected and
plant structed according to some safe pla.
/ his laid down by the State Board OF +
crop. ncers, and that all levecs III the y:
= TIN. IL, INSPECTED with u view OF Iclal
even and strengt hening them, wherever
auircd, and that some provision be
., during the present stage OF the rive
!! '"' keep them free from cattle roamn
; resi- large. In the 5tl, 9TH and 8th y
j, has the roads are reported specially TO
.,. very bad condition. From the
'oo"' wards there is no serious complaint
Board ~ ,nsoxv,,rr
, cltl- Our attention has been called t.
friend resolution of the Mayor and Aide
aspect of the town Of Donaldsonville rel
cd oil to gambling. This subject has rec
attentive consideration by our
o. the After a careful investigation of the
r.,,.,,,, on this subject We find that there
law in this State against " common
years, ing houses" and "common gan
liking classed under the common law az
.,linv s;,nccs, such as VIC find are carried
l,,r,.s Donallsonvil!c The last Legis
which failed to enforce the constitutional
" Was vision declaring gambling to bea
mother Article ~, Co's.' Ac'') a"n ~" -
. The the PROVISIONS "l s'." ',''oi ~
heavy made obligatory on the Lcslsl:it'
Will suppress by the enactment 81
snnnn laws. We would respectfully sngt
W cl,,e the Honorable Mayor and Aldern
: the town Of Donaldsonville that,
ing as they do, exclusive police pc
I'an"' their town in the litigation OF that
ails, in ton now pending before this Hon
III OPP Court, that under It's ehai,e. .nes
ling is .''. P" !. ,,n,, :" ",min,u and &C,
above naminr houses" now existing il
i. The .,rpo,ate limits and which can be
,ableau under no other head than "nnisan
for the In conclusions, We beg leave 10
ID, and your Honor, the District Attorney
ed III Il in. and Clerk of Court for attention
Wet, at inr orr deliberations, and beg le
n near be finally discharged.
of the p;,y;er Foreman.
d wrist lass, Cook Alex. TreaAwe