The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-10-03
NUMBER 80.

testify to the careful and business like man
in which the affairs of this Office are
conducted.
The sheriff exhibited to us receipts and
vouchers from the parish treasurer and from,
the State auditor showing regular and pune
tual settlements for all funds collected by
him.
We have pleasure likewise IN highly COM
mending the excellent system and intelli-
gent methods employed in handling the
public business in the office of the clerk of
court and recorder.
We recommend that the certified poll list
prepared by the sheriff each year and fled
with the clerk of court, be arranged in al
phabeucal order for greater convenience in
the future.
We also direct the attention of the Police
Jury to the urgent need there exists of
repairing the clerk offce,i consequence of
the extensive cracking of two PARTITION walls
and serious leak in the roof of the build
ing.
The books and papers of the parish trea-
surer ascer Gained are properly kept now
as ALWAYS, by that officer.
The office of the assessor received due
share of our attention and needed improve
ments that might suggest i'll the premises
we understand have already been fully con-
silered by the Police Jury.
We were favorably impressed by the work
going on in the Primary and High
Schools in the town of Lafayette, but it Is
very necessary that other and better arrange
ments be made for the housing and the
comfort and convenience or the children.
Our visit TO the Industrial Institute by
special invitation of President Stephens was
attended with pleasure and interest, and
only served to strengthen our opinion of this
good institution which is calculated to
bestow such lasting benefits to the children
of the town and parish of Lafayette.
Following the suggestion OF the Honor
able Judge of this District Court, we waited
in a body on the Police Jury to recommend
that the limit of time for the payment of
road taxes be extended to October 10th for
the convenience of the farming class, on ac-
count of the great press OF work at this
particular season, and are pleased to
State that the Police Jury acted favorably
o the recommendations.
In the case of lean Baptis,e Duhon, now
confined in the parish prison, from informa-
ton received, consider that the crime
committed by him sometimes ago was due
10 his mind being in such state that he
could we'll be held responsible under
the law, from the fact that he has been in
terdicted and sent to the Insane Asylum and
therefore should be released and turned
over to the of his family.
In conclusion wish to say that as the
law imposes upon the Grand Jury the obi
CATION of not only indicting violators Of the
law, but of suggesting remedies of public
abuses and recommending measures for pro-
noting the public welfare, we have .deemed
it duty to discuss and to consider the
various questions covered by this report as
affecting the public good, even the risk
of causing criticism for the great length OF
our report.
Oar arduous duties and difficult labors
have been facilitated in large degree by
the thoughtful, exhaustive and explicit
charge delivered to by the Honorable
! Judge of this court, and by the cheerful.
intelligent and valuable assistance and
counsel of District Attorney Campbell, and
we hereby make greatful acknowledge
nlents to these two faithful officers of the
! Court.
Respectfully submitted,
! n. P. MOSS, Foreman.