The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-07-30


pilot or rudder, or in possession of
those whose purposes were rather to
cast them upon the rocks, than to
guide them into secure harbor.
When the Federal forces entered into
Lafourche in 1862, Military Power
over-ruled all laws it appointed
Parish officers, whose duties were to
enact such laws and ordinances as
were dictated By the ruling authority,
and whose principal objects We're to
maintain themselves in the good will
of those whose plant tools they were.
Such records as can be found con-
cerning the Legislation of the Police
Juries, and Parish officers, thus install
ed in Office, indicate that their own
safety and personal profit occupied a
more prominent place in their minds
than did the prosperity CT the Parish
interests.
Police Jurors, Sheriffs, Judges,
Treasurers, and Clerks, were made and
removed as rapidly as those who were
out, could undermine the reputation of
thOee who were in, and obtain the
favorable consideration Of themselves
by the Military rulers.
In the summer of 1865 the dark
clouds of dismal war began to disperse,
but, for months military domination
remained, permitting the civil power
to resume its peaceful reign, in the
Parish, only under disagreeable and
| unpleasant restrictions.
In September 1866, the following
citizens, appointed by Gov. j. Madison
Wells as Police Jurors, were sworn in
to Office by J. Theophile Harang, J. P.
viz: Jean Jacques Roman, Arsene
Bergeron, Sosthene Folse, Joseph Re-
mont, Frank Dalferes, j. Scuddy
Perkins, P. Justilien Theriot, John
Nelson, Washington Griffin, David b.
Pugh, and John Lyall, eleven in num-
Der. Mr.. Perkins was elected Presi-
dent, Emile E. Leblanc, Clerk, Lorio e.
Samoan Printers, aud J. Dolphin Le-
Bianc, Treasurer.
A demand made upon the late
Secretary aud Treasurer for the Parish
Books and recos ds was met with fiat
refusal. After much searching, some
Of them were recovered, some were
found several years afterwards, and
some were never found.
The first act Of the new Jury was to
request the Governor to order an 40 :
sessment Of the taxable property Of
the Parish for the years 1S62-6S-64
and '65.
There was not = dollar Of curren,
funds in the Parish Treasury, there
were unknown quantities Of Parish
notes, Parish warrsnts, and unliquidat-
ed claims falling about the heads 0l
the Police Jurors like autumn leaves
demanding payment, bat until funds
could be collected, the Police Jury
was unable to effect anything.
The following committees were ap.
pointed:
On Claims, Bergeron, Remont and
Griffin on Education, Nelson, Dal'
feres and Folse on Finance, Roman
Lyall and Pugh.
The Parish was divided into fou,
road and levee districts, with Meryille
Rhome, VIM. Curry, Henry Baillesux
and John Dalferes a. Syndics.
The probable current expenses eol
the Parish for 1865 were tableaued a
$6825.OO.
Parish licenses and taxes were fixei
at one-fourth Of those levied by th,
State Of Louisiana. tr"~r
November Is, 1865. E. E. LeBlan,
resigned the Office Of Clerk, and j. w
Knoblock was elected III bis place.
The Finance committee reportel
they had exihiinAd the books Of tn
various Parish Tfeasurers who ha.
been in Office, within the last fou
years. The tAbfeau Of j. D. LeBlan
ending July 18th, 1852, stated that b.
had received into Treasury:
General Fund. .S1OSl9.7
And that he lad paid. ...... 2991.0
That he had received Public
School Fund. ........... 9419.4
! And that he hAd paid. ...... 2166.1
That he had issued parish notes t
the amount Of .$4326.0O, leaving
grand total in the Treasury Of $1SSO7 .92
all of which were in COnfederat
notes.
, These notes represented nothing i
the heavens above, ON the earth be
low, or in the waters under the seal
But, the parish notes for $4326.O0 wer
were subsequently redeemed in curren
funds, so that tho financial loss to tn
Parish was $23l33.92.
Leblanc was given quietus