The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-11-15
Extracts from Police Jury Proceedings Of OotO
Der G. 1859.
REPORT OF EXPERTS.

To the President and Members of the Police
Jury of CAlcasieu Parish:
Gentl6men-4n accordance with resolution
Of your honorable body appointing us as experts
to report upon the status Of the books and &C
counts Of the Parish Treasurer and the Tax Col
lectoT, we beg leave 70 report As follows to-Tit
As to the stains Of the financial relationship Of
the Treasurer with the parish in the absence of
his books ftheT have been unfortunately con
tonasd to adopt method Of arriving there which
We consider as absolutely correct as could have
been obtained from his books
Our method was 10 obtain from the Tax Col
hector, Of taxes, fines bonds and licenses. the
amount paid by him To the Treasurer FROM time
10 time from May the 5th. 1854, to July 18th
lss9, inclusive, q correct statement Of which
sums Is set forth IN statement a accompany
iDE this report No amount On this statement is
placed thereon which Is not covered by o re
Geipt Of the Treasurer to the Tax Collector, eN-
Oapt the sum OF one hundred dollars which was
returned to the parish by the Etate Of Louisiana
as being an over payment On expense Of land ali
stTaCts. and three Thousand dollars fFUm the J
B. Watkins Banking Company.
The credits On this statement were obtained
by reference To the printed reports Ct the Police
Jury. Is contained in the official journals OF the
parish, giving the aggregate sun OF warrants
paid by the Treasure surrendered by hin. and
by resolution Of Police Jury, duly burned and
destroyed from time to time, covered by YOUR
resolution.
The authority fer cTediting him with the trans
feEs OF nine Thousand dollars 10 the puhlc school
fund Is 10 be found in the resolution Of the Police
Jury in their annual budget which the Treasurer
must account for in his exhibits OF diEbuFse
ments Of same to the public school board.
Exhibit "A" shows the aggregate receipts
from all sources, to-vyit
From the Tax Collector a. taNes...., El2l,J7l Sc
bonds. .......................... 73O 81
From Tax Collector as lcenses....... a,6g5 90
From state Of Louisiana, rebate on
Abstracts. Observation-Disclosures 100 %
From j. B. Watkins banking CO.,... 5000 90
Cash balance on hand. May 5, 1874. 3,2i2 IS
Total receipts. sl34 022 B5
Disbursements Of all kinds....s...... 49,, 23S 40
Balance on hand, July Is Issg........ l,7g3 65
Tax Collectors exhibit "B shows the G0lleC-
tor payments, with the commission OF the col
lsetor included, down to June 30, lss7, and from
that date II shows the payments "a being made
exclusive Of his commission. because OF a change
made by the Police Jury in the manner Of his
settlements with the Treasurer.
Our iAbOrs have been oBerOus. because OF the
manner devoiVent upon US OF obtaining in
formation, but We are satisfied that we have
rived at correct condition of the finance of our
parish up to the date, July 10 ISs4 directed
by your resolution appointing
Before closing We consider due to the collector
to say that We were very much Eratihed to ind
the affairs OF that office in such Cnmmendable
condition. Our examination Of his book
tended down to the fOotings Of the assessment
rolls which show exceedingly dean collection.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. KLENPETER, Chairman.
q. N. MARSH,
a. RIGMAIDEE.
AD0LPH MEYER
Sworn and subscribed before me at Lake
Charles, on October Il 1872,
THAD MAYO CLERK District Court
After being read, on motion of l. A. Perkins
that the report Of expert committee be received
and adopted and spread on the minutes and com
mittee discharged. Motion carried.
| SATURDAY, Oct L. 1852
| The Police JuTy met pursuant to adjournment.
| Present: Ad0lph Meyer, President Emile Bal
| Ter, D. D. AndFns Charles Miller Reese Perkins.
| 7. J. Carroll, Levi A. Miller and !. A. Perkins.
| Minutes Of yesterdays proceedings were read
| and approved.
| Tax Collector and Treasurer made the follow
| ing report which was lead, and referred to corr
mittee of the whole:
Quarterly statement Of all parish taxes for the
| years 1880 lass 1857 and 1856 and parish Licenses
| for the year 1899, collected by d. J. Reid. Tax
Collector for the parish of C8lcasieu from the
fret day of July, 1880, to the 30th day of Septem
Der, 1850, inclusive:
Parish tax, ls58. 81 29A Or
| les5.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. L6bO Z.
lesl'.'.... &
1850 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q
Total amount collected. ..,......... $3.50 2
ELY II. Dies,