Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-24
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE,
Il ,CCI.V Ds2AE MEHI, STATE
o. LOUISIANA.

EAroN FoUC 2, LA, May 10, 1884.
Goutlemou o...be Seuate, ami OF the ocse
o. Representatives:
~ % So. ace o. A,.tc,e n, OF the Con-
sttht.oo, :ecr:ring the Governor, ftou,
{. me 10 tiWe. to & i've 10 the General AS
se rbly int"t Ea.ion respecGiug the con-
d. on of Ice safe, aud to recommend t"
de en- / pedent, ie,pec. .H'ly submit the
fy,'ow ins ssa.emeus. Tie subjects ior
Legislation, called 70 your attention, are
conpa~a. .Se'y few, and within the peri
cd .':es> iheI ior youe SESSION, tuere i.
am,,e he toe delinc. ate, clre.dl All
cous:..e"ate le: is'Gtion.
L CESsrs AND REVENUE.
1ne CT pse and revenue bills need Dnt
&c anne id meats. The former reeds e-
adj IscTeot so IS TO Use soue !. .canses
aad 4 .ew -! SIS fed 'iceu SO, to more
eCu:'t a~ar:.e ,Ies. TIE dom . u t
s~atr es of tee license law have given
.e," dissatisfaction. m lave con iinntei
to IN ec.sl and un q. N lfceuse tax o.
the Va .uus occnca. 'oas and cai'iuSs.
and ,,s sener:'I featn es .shouId be pre-.
s,rved. I wiz recommend .iIat the law
he so amenieG rs to reGni.e tax sales to
be made in February, aud tax collectors
to settle in Api!', and quarterly; that ih
the assessment of personal property the
assessment alone SD Gi. be Sufficient notice
Of the tax due, Rod that the collector be
,uiI,or;ze6 IN coIlect tho anna "a aoop
thereafter as practicable, au.i tnat the tax
sJalI, from the moment of the assessment,
DO lien on personal property, and
mortgage on real estate, and that the
property, so assessed, eau be proceeded
against in rem, without reference to the
ownership; that in case tax collector
delays his settlement more than tweot7
days after the time f fxed for such settle
men6, it shall be made The duty of tue
Audi.or to seud titled statement Of
his accorus to the Jndge Of the istrict,
who shall he required to give it in special
charge to the Grand Jury, aud that the
statement, 30 furnished, shall be su fficient
evidence for the finding of bill, aud, on
the trial, shall be read in evideuce..against
the accused.
OVERFLOW.
At this early day there arc no data on
which to form an estimate of the extent
of the damage caused by the overflow of
1884. After the disastrous inundation of
1882, gathered from sixteen parishes
carefully prepared reports of damages sus-
tained by the ailuvisl parishes of Louisi-
70 Irr ~ f0nIs of
that year. The summary OF these reports
show that 1908 acres of plant cane was
lost, valued at S2,954,9lz. Of stubble
cane u ,657 acres was lost, valued at ST.
OCT, ,4l0. OF rice, 3,1S6 acres was lost,
valued at Sl06, ,S9o. Of cotton, lo7 $50
acres was lost, valued at $780, ,S33. OF
corp, 59,3.7 acres was lost, valued a6 St,-
10o, 497. Of reas, potatoes aud nliscella-
neous crops, II SAP acres was lost, valued
at S2O7 ,29i. The losses amounted in stock
animals to S53S, ,079; in buildings, fences,
etc., to 1914, 17C; in human labor, S994, ,494;
in expense of unsuccessful defense of
levees, 500, 4,0'7; in other incidental ex-
pcnses, Sl52, Sal; akiog, in these parishes
alone, a stupsudous aggregate of losses of
twelve millions, si2ty-oue thousand, niue
huuG.ed and ten dollars. The area Of
arabic lands Inundated was estimated at
COG, GA acres and the amount of land to
be reclaimed by levee protection was es-
timated, tor those parishes to be ], 1857, 700
acres. The parishes included in this re-
part were Ascension, Avoyet1es. East Car.
roll, East Baton Rouge, West Baton
Rouge. Franklin, Lafourche, Madison