The St. Mary banner., 1907-03-23

pl'o 'i'. building, would cause it
TO crack And We were further con.
WINGED by an examination of the outer
walls OF the Jail, which we found to he
oaoiy cracked. evidencing uneoual
settllnT When We come to think that
thls jan was only built about II years
ago, we feel that the parish cannot af.
1ofd 10 take the risk of BUILDING a
large and commodious court house
Wlthout taking every precautiOn to
guarantee its durability.
}. A. PETERMAN, Chr'mn.
NJ. WILCOX,
+. VIM. DREIBHOLz,
WILSON MCKERALL.
x, E. MILLING,
B. OBRIEN,
ALEX ALLAN.
On motion of Mr.. Milling, duly
seconded, the reports were received
and ordered published.
The building committee made the
following special report:
To the Honorable Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Mary:
Your Building Committee, as stated
in its general report, desires to make
the following special report:
That when the demolition of the old
court house commenced. it decided to
pay out no money except by checks,
and have each check to state on its
face for what issued and if for ma
terial to have bill attached to check.
This check to be approved by the
builder or his representative, by the
chairman of the Finance Committee,
and signed by the Chairman of the
Building Committee and President
of the Police Jury, if approved by
him. This check and voucher should
De registered in claim register, from
be determined how much money has
been expended and for what account.
This is accomplished by ruled col
umns, and at the top of the columns
is shown to whom issued, the number
of the check, the number of the pay.
roll: account labor; account material,
account hauling: account incidentals,
ETC., as all will appear by reference
to the blank checks and book now in
possession Of your secretary.
The first pay roll of $67. 90 was paid
by Mr.. Ewing, the representative OF
| the builder, as the system had not
been perfected, which was reimbursed
to him as will appear by check No. l
with pay roll attached.
At the time this system was gotten
up we were of the impression that the
checks should be paid upon the ap-
proval of the builder and the chair.
man of the Finance and Building
Committees. Acting upon this, the
first and second pay rolls were paid
in this manner, when it was discover.
| ed that the ordinance read that the
committee should approve the claims.
| So. the chairman of the Finance Com
mittee did not approve any more
claims, and on account of his resig-
nation, the Finance Committee has
not been called together.
This condition confronted your
committee with the work going on and
man made arrangements with the
bank to pay the labor, with guar
antee that the bank should not suffer.
So, we herewith present to your
honorable body the checks and vouch-
ers. pay rolls, ETC., and request your
honorable body to examine same, and
if found correct, approve the actlon
herein taken.
They further report that they have
caused the old court house to be de-
molished. They saved almost all tne
old slate, a portion of which can oe
used for the damp course OF the bulio'
ing and the remainder can be sOlo.
All sash, doors, transoms and sasn
weights have been taken out carefully
and stored in the old parish barn on
the court house lot. We will get ap,,
proximately two hundred thousand
of good bricks, which are being c'eanea
and will be used in plastered walls VI
the new building. In addition we
have five hundred yards OF brick Dass
which are good for concrete and take
the place of gravel, which cos's aoou'
four dollars per yard. h.ve
Out of the old lumber We naos ~.
caused to be constructed an onlce lo'
the builder and the committee suPe' pr.
intending the building, wh1cn ~" vs.
about $50 plus old lumber. we aiso
constructed lime and cement room'
carpenters shed, and she'd over inoI'
tar box. The remainder OF tne tIaa ium
ber will be used in scaf11ing, lalse
floors and other purposes IN ~
structing the new building, ana ~ha' ,a
is not used in this way, may be sou.
The total amount expended IN ooins
all this work, including the cleanlns
of one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE a;"ht s;
sand bricks is S776.03, spent l0r aL;no l,I.i
hauling and incidentals S.9.so n""'
a total of 1851. 90 spent to date. ;..od
The $50, 600. 90 in cash appropprl1ausossI 1uos
out of the revenues OF lsoo anu .oos'
as per your resolution, has s been Hnnse Pay.
ed to the credit of the Court !.aJ Iou;o ;n
Construction Account, is deposl.G;e
the St. Mary Bank, ana .,sss snss1 - , AZ
balance in said bank OF Sly, zoooio-' o. aid
will appear by the statement men ,sst o. 1av nay
bank, hereto attached. Inc Ias. XII Rt
| n :l Mro further repOEt tuos