The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-02-07

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Osamt Michel, Ernest Landry.
/ john MOl!ere, Mack Street,
, !s'uls l!anoix. Edwin Leblanc,
Raphael Landry, George s. Glra
I | ArInstead Payne. Edward Deaune,
Antoine GOOein,;ln.
The Grand Jury closed their deliberation.
yesterday, presented the following report
received the thanks OF the court for theil
, services and were finally discharged:
To the Honorable Henry l.. Duffel Judge o1
the enty-second Judicial District Court
IN and for the.parish of Ascelison:
The Grand Jurors duly empannelled anr
sworn i'll and for said parish Of Ascension bee
leave to present the following report, viz:
We have examined four cases and brought in
three bills for murder and one for burglar,
: armed with dangerous weapon. Four of the
accused reported against being fngitiyes from
justice we urge upon the officers of the court
to use every possible means to effect their cuu.
ture.
| JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
We found some Of these officers rather loose
in keaplng their books and believe tnat they
should be more careful in following strictly
| the provisions in regard to the taking of aiIi-
davlta and the examination of cases. The prac-
tlce with them seems to be to retain the papers
in cases before them and to fail to fil. them in
the Clerks office: and we believe if they were
made to report every case to the proper author
titles I'M rntsiiately after their examination more
| before RI
| Court and less would go unp.,nishea.
| strict compllance with the law in regard to
the habit OF carrying concealed weapons should
| 20 attended by them, and would coHslt,erah|v
decrease the number of crimes co,,srcuaut
| thereon.
| CLERKS OFFICE.
| We find the Clerk and his deputy attcrdin. tn
| their duties faithfully and nothing needed by
tnem except the proper binding of the acts of
| sale and mortgage for the years 1885, and 1884.
which we recommend.
suERrFFa OFFICE
The books and records are we'll kept. but the
| local presently used for the Office ia too frail
Il building to keep them safely We wonId sng-
gest to the honorable the Police Jury the neces-
slty OF providing a safer place in which should
be constructed proper and tira-proof yanlt for
the documents and vainables in the Shsrifa's
possession
This part OF tho courthouse building ia rot in
proper conditio to properly care and secure
1haha m confinement which should be kept in
hlmeren1 huliolns, separate from the court
house building. the lower basement Of which
could ba selected for officers of the court. mud
we would recommend the building of a new iail
| as soon as the parish funds can be in condition.
| to Justify the expense.
We lind the number of prisoners confined ut
present clean and III good condition. There
are seventeen prisoners. including one .:ailie
Thomas: against whom there is no criminal
charge: but imprisoned in civil suit from the
!hlrd Justice Court should he attended to rs
early az possible, az he has been in ial, FOR over
| thee weeks and we do not know how long he
| may remain there at heavy expense t., tie
parish.
TREAsrgER's orPlor.
| This office ia we'll kept and che Trensure- has
| haianco on hand of Si5.5i2. IL according to
| the report which We herein annex
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
We find that the public schools OF this parish
are not Kept open long enough to b. of sutfic ant
benefit to tn. children and we rnte that the rea-
| attention of the Tax Collector to the provisnn
| Of Act No. IS Of 1882 the strict enforcement Of
winch could ne made source Of larger rs. .,,+,
report of the Parish S'.t.e-;T ...,nr1eot
{ W. call the attention of the MayoH@1d the
road syndics to the habit Of throwing broken
s'ass aud hoops with nails in the pnblic streets
and roads. as theynre dangerous to the travelling
public and their animals.
we call the attention of the court to jurors hav-
ing +" pay their fare to CROSS the river or Bavon
Latnurche when SUR nnnetl to appeay h., FORE tho
cnnrt; also parish officers bringing prisoners TO
Jail. -
In conclusion We beg to thank your honor
ana the officers OF the court for the cnn,t..sies
shown ns during our deliberations and beg to
be discharged
Parisi, Of Ascension, Friday Feb. s, Isa5.
II. G.. WILSON
Foreman of the Grand Jurv
Ihe report OF the Parish Treasurer Ian
Cry above referred to shows balances of
parochial funds on hand Jan. 81, 1885, as
follows:
Contingent fund! S4G-S "a
School fund Observation-Disclosures. 1892 81
Gnvarnment square. & 76s *
cpeclal deposit .................. 2Of %
Total. Observation-Disclosures. sl5572 Al
OF this aggregate $12, 1888 % ia in the
Branch Depository of the State National
Bank, s2Sl2 is on deposit with Mr.. G. Kline
and $27 is in the Treasurer's hands:
Subjoined is the report of the Parish Su-
perintendent of Public Schools submitted ,
to the Grand Jury:
There twenty-five public schools in this
parish. thirteen white and twelve coIoraJ d.
Videti as follows: ole white and one colored III
the hrsi ward, two t:ulored IN the second ward
two wilta ami o.e coiored in the third ward.
one white ana two colored in the fourth ward,
with al assistant teacher in each of these
schools t*p WHIT and two Solcred iii the fifth
ward. oae WHIT and two colured in the sixth
ward. three white and two colored In the sew
enth ward. and four white and oae colored in
the eighth ward, making total as above of
twcnt y-hve schools.
Last ys:,r. an Informed by my predecessor
in othce that all of these schools were kept open
five months, and that teachers We're paid from
so to $40. per number Of pupils III their rp-
spect'va schools. lii" assistant teachers were
also pald a salary of so.
This year the schools will DC open to the chill
dran on the first Monday III March. and with the
available funds now at hand We contem plate
keeping tie sad schools open for a period of
about Fix months. Teachers will receive about
the same salary as previous years.
The different school fund resources are as
follows: From the State contingent public
fund. after the superintendent OF this year has
been made, as informed by the superintendent
Of Public Education Of the State, Ascension
parish is to get SlaNi about. The Police Jury of |
ascension appropriated ten per cent. on the
amount of collection CT taxes one mill on
the assessment rolls, wllc. if collected III full
will amount to S2.ta. bat usually only about
source of the pubic school fuEd Is the interest
on the sixteenth ee,tlol4s. wnie: am :,lnts All
nua!ly for this parish 20 the sum OF sAj2. An
other very ds'slrous revenue for public schools
IL the poll tax. A the voters have been very
tlerellct IL paying the same promptly, respect
fully refer you to statute No. IS IF iSS2 relative
to poll taxes. and to invite your special atten-
ton to the enforcement OF the same.
j., view of the depressed condition OF our
public schools and the lnsu:ic!ency of the ap
made it becomes more than ever
that all available resources should be
reached to enable a maintenance of public
schools during the greater portion of the year.
q nd as have reason to believe that cousidera-
bic sums could be obtained by TIE enforcement
Of the law. have taken the liberty of calling
your attention to the statute. in the hope that
proper steps taken will eventuate in great ben
EFT to the people directly interested.
{. ADoLPH GoNDRAN.
Parish Superintendent. |
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
The Districs Attorney filed about twenty
i've new informations during the week. but |
Dur limited space compe.s US to confne our
,erort to the cases in which some definite