The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
the parish. SiNii1n

~ ana lind- that in nla:Iy insr,nre.,
Elements have been made b,. ,h,. sr.,,
Collector. with the parish Treasurer IL
claims, aud the claims haze NOT h.a,,
hlarhcu or checked on Taeasures- bonls
as having bccn paid, owing to the f,,.t
we Hiid, ihat there Is OF this character of
ciaili's, amounting to SlS23.O;: divided
III years. III the following manner: ISsG
S2'6s' 1867, 1920; lS,iS. saI.36: ls6g'
Slnoo; 1870, $1,000; 1871, SlGI.,5: Isl.
Sol3.io; 1913. SIl5.S5; 1874. sa5lo,
1879, sJ56.il; 1876. s2i5. 80: 1877 SIZE -:
1873, sl25-1U: 1879. sII7.0i. isSn
SGE9.3a; 1881, $50! II; 1882. SSH 30
Making total of s4Sa3. .O3: which a..
feel satisfied, have been paid infn H..
Treasury. and are not now In existence "a
they nave not been presented To Us.
we have maze Il trausi:ript of eIaims
iunued in book, Showing number. char
acter, date. amount and To whom issued
ana by whom presented tu be funded
ana We Lafc also given each holder of
the>e ciaIiiis, receipt, which Is an ex-
act copy oi thcransrript. We have also
i'-abssU s--sxessn6r-szs- -irsnw~sua.~sA<--
fresident and Auditor II the Police Jury,
III place of those receipts, issued. W..
have also prepared Il transcript of The
SAME, as above, of all the claims. as an
pear ON the Treasurer books. not funded
by us.
To convey the views of the committee.
and to inaugurate Il systematic manner
OF registering the claims. and keenin.r
the books of the parish Treasurer abd
Auditor, We have had nIadet two buoks.
one for the Auditor, and one for the
treasurer; which are simple, and any
one can keep them. and a glance at auy
time. will show tue condiliou of the n
nlnces of the parish.
We have prepared and had pri nted. n
system Of vouchers for claims ayaipst the
PARISH, which sinplities the manner of
their Issuance; also warrants to be used
III the hquidation of the Indebtedness
due prior 10 january the 1st. 1883. for
which, we have paid S27.OO.
We therefore recommend, tha. the
ciaiiiiS, Which have been turned over to
uS, amounting To S96S9.Ol, be burned i'm
the presence u the Police Jury; and,
that tile DOCK containing the transcript
of the claims funded, rs well as the re-
ceipts given by us, be turned oyer to the
parish Treasurer, the receipts to be kept
by him. until the final PAYMENT of the
warrants issued in their stead. and aIso
the Transcript the claims not funded.
be turned over to the custody Of the par
| ish Treasurer. We further recommend.
That the old books of the parish I'reasur-
| ers, be sealed by the Treasurer, and pIac-
ed in the custody of the Recorder.
We have. as matter of economy, en-
ployed T.. Is. Jones to do the clerical
work of the committee in this invesfiga-
| tion, aud we are satisfied, we have saved
| considerable amount t the parish, and
we recommend, that he be paid the sum
| of $1,000 for that service.
We have found in this investigation
and settlement, that 4 great deal OF trpu-
| bic has been n.ade, frsm the fact, that
Il certain class Of claims have been paid
| into the parish treasury, under the State
Statutes, without any record having been
made of them before they We're presented
| for payment, which fact. renders it i'm
| possible for the Police Jury to ascertain
the amount of outstanding indebtedness.
| or to arrive 1T the amount of the expen-
| ditures, or necessary amount to appro-
| pirate, or tux to levy to meet the expen-
| ditures. We tn crefore recommend, that
hereafter the Tax Collector be prohibited
| from receiving any claim of any charac-
| ter whatever, in payment uf taxes. until
| they have been first approved by the
| President of the Police Jury, audited by
l the Clerk Of the Pclice jury and register
| ed by the Treasurer; aud, that the parish
| Treasurer be prohibited from receiving
| in settlement with the Tax Collector, or
| from paying any claim Of any character
whatever, until the above provisions are
| fully complied with.
| We can not close this report, without
| returning thanks to the officers, for the
| courtesy aud assistance, shown and Civ
en- us. Respectfully submitted,
| Will \. STRONG,
w. III. NORRIS,
JOHN IL. JONES.
Mr.. Jones offered the following ordi-
nance. WHICH on motion of Mr. Smith,
WIS adopted: Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury Of the parish If Winn. That all
claims against the pafisi, of Winn, issued
prior to January the LIST. 1888, that have
been presented to the Finance committee
and that have been funded at 90 cents
on tie dollar, is per ordinance Of tho
Police Jury, adopted October 5th. 1885,
be burned in the preseuce Of the Police
Jury.
BE it further ordained, That the re !.
ceipts issued by the Finance committee
to the holders Of said claims, upon the Is
suance of warrants on the parish Treas
urer by the President Of the Police jury,
he deposited with the parish Treasurer,
to be by him Kept. until the final settle
ment Of said warrants; ut which time,
, the parish Treasurer will report sine To
! this body.
, containing the transcript of the claims
i funded, and the transcript Of the Treas,
: urcr's books Of claims not funded aud
4 not shown to be paid, be deposited with
the Treasurer.
. be itfuit-.er orda' mel, That the Trsas-
: urcr.s hooks prior to Jauary lst. 1881
4 be sealed BY the Treasurer, and deposit
: ed with the Recorder of the parish
4 Winn.
Re il further ordained, That this ord
nance take effect from aud after Us adop
70 tion.
q (con.iaaed merit sreek.)
. Mrs. Matte A. Hudheth an age
I, lady who lived in Jackson parisl