Lower coast gazette., 1914-12-19
CONTINUES;
LAND CASE NEXT
STARTED IN RAYViLlE DECEM-
Der IS BY THE STATE PROBE
COMMISSION.
SUCCESSOR TO GENERALLY
Decided Election Will Not BE Taken
uo Until the First Meeting A.
ter January I.
Baton Rouge

Election OF a successor Joseph Il.
Generally, deceased, was postponed
by the State Probe Commission until
the first meeting held in New Orleans
after January /. 1t was decided that
the commission will go to Rayville for
a session beginning December 10, at
which the investigation of the Ten
sas land case will be started.
Chairman Buie said that he would
be unwilling to agree to. any recess
that would prevent taking up the Ten
gas case December Is, as he had at
tanned personal service on President
Brown of the Lacey syndicate, who is
one of the most important witnesses
desired, and if he is not heard at the
time fixed it might not be possible
again to get, service on him.
George Wesley Smith asked if Mr..
Buie believed Mr.. Brown would be at
the hearing. Mr.. Buie said it ne
were not there he would see that the
commission uses every e to
reach him, and that Mr.. Brown would
not be allowed to treat the commits
sion with contempt.
Chairman Buie, on motion OF George
Wesley Smith, appointed Mr.. Smith,
Leon R. Smith and H. Bouanchaud a
committee to prepare resolutions on
the death of Mr.. Generelly.
The commission took up plans for
some of it's future work ,and these in
dictate that it does not mea to be
idle. Leon r. Smith said: my view
is that it will be only a short time be-
fore an unlimited constitutional con
vention will be held. The public
mind is convinced of that, and II
seems to me that it is the duty OF this
: commission to gather as much usefu
/ data as it can furnish to that body
The judiciary will come in for revis
ion, among other things" Mr.. Smith
offered this resolution:
Resolved, That the clerks OF thu
: district courts throughout the state
: at their earliest convenience, will ez
examine the dockets of their %respectiv
!. courts and report TO this commission
the number of cases tried during tn
s. twelve months beginning January ]
d 1914, to January /, 1915, and thos
8 filed during that time, and also repor
the actual number of days that eac
q district Judge occupies his bench.
This was adopted.
Y. Mr.. Fontenot offered this resol,
6 ton, which was also adopted:
"Resolved, That the State Board {
Appraisers be and are requested t
furnish this commission, at the earl
1t est possible date, the following info
10 nation: The method by which the
arrive at the valuation placed upo
the roadbed and other property OF tt
;" various railroads Of the state, and tt
IL methods by which they arrive at tt
D. value placed upon the property OF tt
express companies, telegraph and te
ephons companies, or other corpor
tions coming within their jurisdi
B. ton"
y, George Wesley Smith offered a re
olution, which was adopted, reQuiril
the secretary of the State Railro'
a, Commission to furnish detail'
: statement Of the cost of maintainil
the commission in SO far as he h
the information.
le Mr.. Bouanchaud offered this, viii
!. was adopted:
Resolved, That the clerk OF t
Supreme Court be requested to II
nish to this commission at as early
AZ date as practicable a list of the nu
Der Of cases appealed to said COZ
during the year 1914; said list to
clude all applications for issuance
extraordinary writs, including writs
ou. review. Further resolved, That 81
clerk be requested to furnish also
list of all cases actually tried and .
posed of by said Supreme Court d
3D. ing said year."