The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-07-23
GRAND JURY REPORT.
Continued from page L.

these facts. lie promised that in lutu,.
the oversight would no' occur again.
The attention Of the Ciiy Admin,s
'ration is called to the trees ovc,b,uu
ing the Market building, the branches
over tapping the walls aud roof keen
ing same damp which Will sooner o,
, later cause determination.
The floor Of the vegetable portion OF
the Market should in our opinion We
laid in cement The driprings of the
fish stalls. the leaving of decayinp
parts Of vegetables, the sputa Of per
sons freqnenting the market cumbn-
ing with tie dirt IF the floor, drying
and then IA turn pui i'll motion Nv the
feet Of hundreds Of people visiting the
market, lifted aud waited hy the mir
currents ia turn 10 he q POSTED on
fruits, fish and vegetables exposed for
sale creating distinct menace TO the
health of the community, fact which
should he looked into hy the health
and City authorities.
ROADS.
The Parish roads from the effects of
the rain of the past few weeks calls to
mind the story Of Mark Twain's Ar
kansas traveller whose house never
leaked in dry weather and in wet
weather TN account Of the rain could
not cover ii. still lie kept on fddIing
The maintenance of our Public roads |
seem TO have been lacking IN para
mount essential without which All ef |
forts or expenditures Of monies, will |
in our opinion prove Ruthless, and
that is drainage. Our Police Jurors
are probably aware Of this. still at the
risk IF being termed intrude.s we de
sire 70 recommend that the matter OF
drainage he seriously considered by
our Police Jury on any and all roads
before any repairs of works of any
kind he made.
The matter of bridges across our
public highways, should also receive
attention of our Parish Legislators.
Wooden bridges should in our opinion
he dispensed with wherever possible
to he replaced with tile cOnduits, thisl
would not only inaure more level
roadway, but the expense for repairs
81 this kind would lie min imized.
DADIrII r,uAy Nrr,,.,
Ga the matter Of Parish Finances
'nder date Of May End, 1910, we beg =
Q refer this Honorable Court and the
public at large to the report made to h
President and members of the Police
Jury by the American Audit Co, civ
ng in detail summary of recejpts
nd expenditures from June lst. 1908.
o April 18th. 1910, and covering every Il
tenn of our Parish affairs. !,
The report is quite voluminnus and
could require more time than has
cen at the disposal up to this time of y
our Grahd Jury to properly digest Ia
We have no desire or intention IL n;ck IN
avs b"t desire to quote the statement +,
the Audit Go. verbatim, to-wit:
Exhibit A: Il a statement of Re
'urces and Liabilities showing slG vi
. . excess Liability. for the accura ct
OF which we disclaim all rcspops "
l'ty for the reason that the paid war W
nts. Checks and Jury witness tickets
to June lst. 1908, had bee n destroy -
J, therefore IL was i,npracttcable to VII
certain whether or not there was nm bG
'tstanding Liability at that time. lib
Neither do We show the outstand ~
z jury and Witness tickets as at An
10Th. 1910. as Liability, nor the
'co'Iected Licenses at April 18th.
~, as a resource, because no record DC
either had been kept.
The Liabilities shown on this state III,
INT, which were incurred prcyious
June LIST, 1908, were furnished Us by -
Treasurer from memory" WI
such wording Of explanations At me-
ned to any report or made on any ali,
tament OF fact would in our opinion
MY the accuracy Of any such re- o,
t or statement. P"'
hder the head Of General Remarks o's
Suggestions We heartily agree 81
= the Audit Co., that the custom of con
troy ing checks. paid warrants. paid viii
and witness tickets should be dis. =
tinued rs it is a well established
mess maxim that no receipt of any lax
i should ever be destroyed There Tor
great many other suggestions and
er the head Of General Remarks, est,
but this one strikes us as being Of
"mental Importance. '&'
Under the head Of General r marks iron
suggestions. We desire to refer to othe
en-, wherein. the Assessor, on tbe the