St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-26

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we condemn as irregular and unsafe
and with your Presidents approval we
have amended the form of your war
rant, so that upon its presentation to
the bank it will show on it's face the
authority of the Parish Treasurer for
its payment The same applies to the
Jurors and witness scrips made out by
the Clerk of Court.
Treasurer's reports The Treasurer
should make monthly report, instead
of the quarterly one, and show a few
more details. We accordingly submit
copy of report which we RECON-
mend that you instruct him to use in
the future. The balances shown in
the various funds should be reconciled
with the Secretary books by taking
in consideration the amount of out
standing warrants.
Judges Orders-The items found
charged in the Treasurer's disburse-
ment under title of 'Order" we I'M
derstand are for certain class of
Criminal Court expense which does
not go through the regular channel,
the approval of the claim by the Dis
trict Judge being authority Of the
Treasurer for payment of same. This
is an unwise proceeding and we rec
ommend that you Immediately remedy
this error by having warrant prop
erly executed for these disbursements
as we'll as any other.
Transfer of funds-In the matter of
transferring an amount from one fund
to another, instead Of the unsatisfac-
tory method now in vogue we recon-
mend as the most proper way, that a
warrant be issued.
Tax Collectors report-We submit
copy of a combination report of col
lections and Treasurer's receipts,
which we recommend be Immediately
adopted as the proper means Of month
ly settlement with the Treasurer by
the Parish Tax Collector. You will
notice that we recommend that all re-
ports be made monthly, so that the
Police Jury can know at every meet
ing the financial status Of the parish.
Warrant Check-In connection with
your general fund disbursements
we submit for your adoption a form
of combination warrant and check.
This gives you complete record in a
condensed form, and properly complied
with, this system protects officials and
clerks from often, unjust criticism.
Budget-We would suggest that you
prepare your budget on a safer basis
than the present one by showing first;
an estimate of the revenues for the
year; and then a tableaux of probable
expenditures, the fixed expenditure
being first provided for. 1t would al
so be we'll to base your estimate of ex-
penditures on the classification of ac-
counts prepared by us.
System Of accounts-As you had ab-
solutely no system of accounts, it be-
came necessary to devise a complete
one and with the approval of the presi-
dent we designed the forms, the Sec
rotary ordered the books and we made
all necessary opening entries. The
system installed is very thorough, yet
simple; if properly applied, as we feel
sure it will be, the results will be
gratifying to you.
In conclusion, we beg to commend
the Police Jury for the interest they
are showing by their effort to estab-
lish sound business policy in the
of the parish affairs. 1t
is a pleasure to us to report that both
the Secretary and Treasurer's ac-
counts were correct and without SEM
blance of anything irregular, and
what we condemn is only the unsafe
and unwise methods which prevailed.
Respectfully submitted,
HART, BIENVENU & DASPIT, I
Certified Public Accountants,
By Emile Bienvenue, c. P. A.
It was moved and duly seconded that
the above report be adopted.
Carried
1t was moved and duly seconded
that the publishing of the road work
be dispensed with.
Carried.
The following communica ton was
read:
Mr.. Geo. Koepp, president of Police
Jury, and members:
Doubtless you have heard that
corn club has been organized in St.
Tammany Parish of boys from 8 years
up to IS inclusive. The object of this
club is to enlist the boys in farm work,
create love for the farm and do all
we can to stop the great tide of boys
to the city; to increase the corn yield
per acre and in the parish, to intro
duce better grade of corn, and a
better method of cultivation.
We have now about seventy-five
boys enrolled in the clubs; you may
think this small number, and perhaps
it is, but we are only starting and
to grow in numbers. | feel
sure that the members of the police
jury are deeply interested in this
grand work. We will have to seek
aid from different sources. We need
money to help the great movement
along. In my opinion if the police
jury should make an appropriation for
this work, it would be investing
which would bring greater re-
suits fol the amount invested than
which money could be put
into.
tits our purpose to have corn fair
in Covington next October and award
several prizes for the best ten ears of
corn, for the best single ear of corn,
and for the best Judge of corn. We
will need about $50 for prizes. We are
ASKING the TOllce Jury W coHCEiUuLe
$25 for these prizes.
The seed which is being given to
the boys free was raised by the boys
of the corn clubs of Avoyelles Parish
and was on exhibit at the State fair
at Shreveport last fall. This seed was
selected by men who know good seed
corn when they see it. l have eight
bushels of this corn now in my Office
and giving it out to the boys as fast
as they will come in and get it. The
corn cost $3.50 a bushel, which was
$12 for the eight bushels freight
$2.18. Total $14.18.
The Covington Grocery and Grain
Company paid half of this amount
which leaves 500. We are asking
the police jury to pay this $7.O9 and