The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-06-14
CITY COUNCIL
Communication Submitted by Old
Administration Street-Com.
mittee Actively Looking
After the Streets-Bids to BE
Called for to Furnish Town
With Lumber.

Thursday night a special meet
ing of the City Council was held
with all members present.
Shortly after the Council was
called to order and a number of
accounts had been approved, the
Mayor, members of the Council
and officers of the old admins
tration appeared before the
Council and asked through
Former Mayor Caffery to present
a communication. This being at
once granted, Mayor Caffery
read the following;
Lafayette, La, June 8. 1870 C..
o. MOuton. mayor, and A. r. Trahan,
F. f. Girard. s. Begneaud, P.
Krsuss, o. B. Hopkins and c. d.
Boudreaux, members of the City
Council of Lafayette, La.
The undersigned, lately mayor and
members of the City Council and
officers OF said town of Lafayette,
having read in 1.-THE Lafayette AID.
vertiser'' of the 7th that at your
meeting on the 5th inst, the state
ment was made that certain books of
the town were missing, and moreover,
that your secretary had been in COM
munication with certain experts,
with . view of checking up the books
Of the town, we do now appear for the
following purpose, to-wit:
We deny emphatically and il toto,
that any books Of treasurer are mis-
sing. The books which you supposed
to be missing, and concerning which
you interrogated former Treasurer
Gardebled 1T your said meeting on
the 9Th inst, we're in your possession
ct that time, and had been for three
weeks. These books show q full and
complete and las we believe) q correct
accounting Of the finance of the town
during the time they cover, and while
there has been no charge made of
error, or wrongful accounting, in
connection Herewith, yet the talk
about IAN expert and checking the
books and ''seeing where you are
at'' Is inevitably calculated to create
the Impression in the public mind that
somebody knows more than they are
willing to express and in fact that
there is something wrong with the
books, thereby rejecting in the most
serious and harmful manner upon us.
And hence, enjoying the knowledge
and consciousness that the mo st
faithful and untiring service has been
given to the keeping, IS we'll rs the
examination of the books of the
several oficers Of the town in the
past, we are in . position to say that
We invite. ray, we challenge investiga-
ton; but We do, and We shall insist
that We be not condemned without a
hearing.
At that Investigation whether made
by IN expert in your pay, or what We
would prefer, . public examination
made by . committee from your body,
We shall demand 10 be represented.
In either case We snail insist upon q
thorough Investigation to the end
that justice may prevail. We sfirm
that the affairs of this town while in
our hands we're administered honestly
and faithfully, but II any one have
knowledge to the contrary, let him
come forward like . man, in the open
light Of the day, and make his charge,
and II We have erred, We are ready to
say 20, but We do protest against
sts1ements made that books ere mis-
sing, and other similar statements
and insinustions which have no
foundation in truth.
We ssy, moreover, that the 6nan-
!. cisl condition Of the town q No left
II, II shown By the last report Of our
finance committee, which was long
since plsced IN your hands, but which
You have seen proper to ignore, and
whieh has never been published
And NJ ask that this communities
ton b spread upon your minutes.
We do mo- say these things With the
visw Of obstructing you in your work,