New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-06-21

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would require a personal visit on the part
of your committee to every place of bust
ness in the Parish and there to personally
iusnoct each license License blanks,
and in irregular quantities,
arc sometimes found in the same book.
when they should be kept separately.
The book provided for applications Tor !.
censes is improperly kept. Ih1s hook
exhibits statements on the part ni license
applicants that are glaringlY untrue. ana
the practice of making these untrnthtnl
af1idavits Of the amount of business dou"
ia order to secure a property grade lle"uS'
Is almost universal, and those who truth
fully present their business receipts are
rare exceptions. The law requires that all
parties 50 applying be sworn before sign
inc he application, hut this Is not done.
Thr applications ate not even correctly
filled ont in other respects. some show
the stub only filled in, others being signed
IN blank. many titled in and unsigned and
many partially completed. aud the effort
of business men and firms 10 pay the
minimum license regardless of their an.
uual recpipts is a rule rather than an
exception.
The number of licenses due are eN-
tremelv large and the receipts of the Par
iSh would be materially increased II m
efTo,t was made to enforce the dclinquents.
We find that no delinquent list has yet
bpcn handed the attorney whose duty IT Is
IA enforce collection Mr.. ]. IL. DAVIS,
hence he has not been able to file suits
against ieinuuents. This list should
have been furnished him by the collector
after March 4th, 1909. We recommend
Tins list he furnished him and that he be
requested to file suits.
In checking the license stubs against
the cash book we find that licenses have
been furnished to the following parties
and no entries made, but we do not infer
that they are uuaccounted for.
1909. Jan. Doth, II. b. Jewell, Retail
Merchant, $500; March LIST, A. {. Du-
holm, State. No 62l4. $500; Feb. Goth,
f. Bertieini, State, No. 66lls, $500; Jan.
Doth. II. B. Jewell, State, No. 63l2, $500;
Jan. 27th, +. j. Depraville issued $lo
license and cash book shows but $500
entry, apparently n mere clerical error.
We also find that the cash book shows the
PAYMENTS of licenses in several instances
lint that the certificates have not been
issued the parties We find that in some
instances parties are doing business with
ont any license whatever, State, Parish,
liuuor or merchandise. Some have paid
their state but no Parish licenses, others
their merchandise and emitting to pay
their LIQUOR licenses In fact there is no
uniformity of payments and the leniency
of the Sheriffs office is clearly imposed
upon and custom has obscured the law.
The limited time allowed your com
mttee does not permit our going into the
examination of the collection of taxes. but
in a general way we report that the road
and vehicle taxes are not efficiently col
lected and that complete list of those
owing these taxes difficult to obtain.
We find considerable irregularity in the
method used in the collection of fines and
costs They are not paid promptly An
| imperfect record is kept of the collections
and we find no list of fines imposed in the
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! compelled to secure a list from the min
utes of the Court from the Clerk thereof.
! Checking this list against collection we
/ find the omissions shown below. No
record is kept in the Sheritfs office OF
I those who served in default of fines, hence
we are unable TO say how many served
their sentences. We report that where
costs are included in the fines that no
costs are collected If they are, the en-
/ tiles are not made upon the books iur-
nished MS Since the Sheriff Is paid,
under am annual contract, to perform the
/ criminal work of the Parish It seems to
us that any criminal costs collected by
+ him from parties convicted aud belonging
/ to his office under the fee system should
properly become the money of the Parish.
| list OF FINES IMPOSED BY JUDGE FOSTER,
/ 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, UNAC-
COUNTED FOR TO SCHOOL TREASURER, OR
/ SENTENCE SERVED IN DEFAULT OF PAY
/ MENT.
October. 1901 Term-No 1876, Anthony
f Derouen. $l5 and costs and tNu hours IN
! Jail 1882. Anthony Charles, SIS and two
hours in Jail 1922. NJ. +. Smith. $25 and
costs 1870, Ernest Durand, $25 and costs
/ 1897, Abrahom Turner, flo and costs OF
! four months in Jail /; ULCER Mestayer, 49,
/ and costs.
December. 1901 Term - No. 1857
Levy, sl5 and costs; 1912, Atis
| tide Etie. 50 and costs or ten days in Jail
| lg4o. Sam Calm. 50 and costs or ten days
| in Jail 1855. c. Freeman, So and costs OF
ten DAYS in Jail 2007, Ii. Derouen. 50 ant
costs or ten days in jail 2o32, Ed Hale
SIS or ten days in Jail 2003, Davis Loudon
S. or ten days in jail 20l6, Chas. Gil
bart, S. or ten days in jail: 20o7, Anstolt
Autain, s. or ten days in Jail Poll, De
tave Francois, s. or ten days in Jail
2o34. Steve Owens, SIS or ten days in Jail
2ol9. Jules Joseph, S. or ten days in Jail
i February, 1902 Term-No. 2053, Wasl
Greyboy, $25 and FIVE days or % addition
nj 1886. Jack Davis, $50 and costs
2o7o, Joseph Comeaux, slo aud costs or Il
DAYS: eo67, Evariste Segage, S25 aud tiv,
days in Jail.
The books of the Sherif's office wer'
not written up to date, and our reques
for them to be written up was ignored, thu
deputy whose duty this would be givinI
as a reason that he was oveg1 yded witt
more import ant work We conclude b,
this assertion that the force now in tn
Sherif's office is inadequate to properl
, serve the public, and we recommend tina
he increase his Office force TO the rope
standard.
In addition to the abuv, 4 fines i'm
posed and uuaccounted To-. 'o find, &C
cording to the Cash Boook ~ IL, lis
of fines collected amounting to 1891. SO
Some of these are imposition of October
1901 fines. aud the entire amount shout
be turned over to the School fund at th
end of the present term.
PARISH TREAsURER's OFFICE.
,, We find that this officer, who is ais
Secretary of the Police Jury, has give
proper receipts for all monies delivered t
his care, and that he keeps the one boo