The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-08-09

and Seven 6ellW Dollars, be and is hereby up
nropriated ont Of the General Fund to pay
claims from No. I to No. ~ inclus1va. aud
also that the further sun. Ut One Hundred
and Eight S0IlUO dollars, be and IS hereby ap-
propria,ed ont of the Court House 1und to
pay the claims from No. 70 to NO. ~ inciu-
sive.
Yeas Coulon, GrisamOre, FOlse. Moran.
Kraemer. and Seely.
Nays !: None.
The small nox claims were referred to the
Jury by the committed IN claims.
Whereupon the Jury took up the small pox
claims AMI offered
The following resolution, through Mr.. MO
ran, u follows:
That an appropriation of Forty Five dollars
be made ou; Of the General Fund to pay tho
claims aD,,roycd ly Major GrisamOre, ex-
president Of the jury.
Yeas Coulon. president. Grisamore, Folse,
EiOran, kraeme. aud Seeiy.
Nays: None.
ton
Resolved. that appropriation Of six dol
Lars be made out of'he General fund to pay
the claim of S. T. (risamore for sendin. two
sick men to the chsrity hospital.
Yeas: Coulon, pnsi.lent, tirlsamure, Seely,
Moran Folse and kraemer.
Nays None.
AnO follow ing FSoiullOh Oucfcu W MT.
Seely,
Resolved. tina: appropriation of Five dol
lara, be and is nowmade out of the Bridge
Fund to paw the clam OF E. Chiasson
Yeas Coulon. President, Seely. Grisamore,
FOlSe, kraenIer ana Moran.
Nays None.
Motion by Mr.. Kaemer.
That Mr.. o. Chisson be allowed 4l.W per
day for services redered in gathering names
of orn,us v:.1:rnn rnfSnno Far
ried.
Mr.. Kraemer ten offered tho following
resolution.
Resolved that arappropriation of Four dol
lars 81. O0) be mac out of the General Fun
to pay for s~ervicesendered by o. ChiassOn,
"a per above motto.
Yeas Couloa, resident, Seely. Grisamore
FOlse, Kraemcr all Moran.
Mayo: None.
On motion dulynade and seconded the re
port Of the Financ committee vas then tax
en- up.
The report read "a follows:
Thiblaux, La. July "a, 1884.
To the Police Jur.
The Finance committee presented the follow
ing report:
They find that here is no money to the ere
dit of the. Genesl Fund !; that there are
funds to the cred Of other funds in the Par
1911 eueIsb " II - u
dred Dollars, comprising the drainage funds;
that this Jury hanO control over the expen
ditnres Of the Eeeraf Fund, as criminal and
Court expenses. Try fees. &C., accumulate
and hav to be psl hence the funds in the
General Fund aroften exhausted and that
fund run into dot, in spite Of any action
that We, a. q jur, may take.
Over the none in all other funds this body
has entire contrC and they cannot lie put in
arrear except nv ur own faction.
The extraOrlinry expenses in tho heavy
criminal. court, fl and election claims dur
ing the last six lonths added to expendi-
lures made upOnhe levees has made . def
cit in the GeneraFund.
Your cOmmitte would recommend that
whenever there say be II deficiency in the
General Fund toleet the claims presented.
the treasurer ofle Parish. with the consent |
and advice of ,e President Of the Police |
Jury and til chairman of the Fl
nance commit, may be authorised to
pay said claims 1t Of any surplus resources
that may be foul, drainage funds excepted,
in any other !uTs. the same to be returned
to said funds asoon as money will be collcc
ted and paid int the treasury. to the credit !
of the General 'und. Provided that in so
doing the san.e.ules shall be continued, in
settling the el,f, claims first, as now exist.
We reco,nmel that the License Law "a
adopted by this0dy in 1889 remain in force
until Drcembcrl. 1884.
We have exnined the books, vouchers
and reports ofte Parish Treasurer and find
them all to correspond and agree. Tho books
are kept in a, admirable stvle, rejecting
great credit upa the Treasurer.
Peacefully Submitted,
S. T. GRISAMORE,
SOSTHENE FOLSE.
Mr.. Seely inle chair.
On motion , Mr.. Coulon the following
amendments we offered IN the Finance com
mittee's report
That after tt last word in the sixth line
of said report the words comprising the
Drainage Fun,'' be inserted and that after
the word comIttee. in the thirteenth line
and second pie of eald report. the word
''may'' be inseed, as also il the 10th line of
the same ~pageafter the word Funds" the
words 'Drainee Funds excepted" be insert
ed.
Then on NOON of Mr.. Grisamore the re-
port was adopd as amended.
!. Mr.. Coulon the chair.
Mr.. Grisanre moved to adjourn till 2
o'clock P. NJ. Carried.
(Signed) H. N. COULON.
President.