Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-19
PROBE CONTINUES:
LAND CASE NEXT
STARTED IN RAYVILLE DECEM-
Der IS BY THE STATE PROBE
COMMISSION.
SUCCESSOR TO GENERALLY
Decided Election Will Not Be Taken
Up Until the First Meeting Az
ter January 1.
Baton Rouge

! Election of a successor Joseph E.
Generelly, deceased. was postponed
by the State Probe Commission until
the first meeting held in New Orleans
after January l. II was decided that
the commission will go to Rayville for
a session beginning December Is. 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
sas 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 1t 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 if he
were not there he would see that the
commission uses every means 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 +. Smith and H. Bouanchaud a
committee 10 prepare resolutions on
the death of Mr. Generally.
The commission took up plans for
some of its future work and these in
dictate that it does not mean 70 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 it
seems to me that it is the duty of this
commission to gather as much useful
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 the
district courts throughout the state.
at their earliest convenience, will ex-
examine the dockets Of their respective
courts and report TO this commission
the number of cases tried during the
twelve months beginning January 1.
1914, to January 1. 1915, and those
filed during that time, and also report
the actual number of days that each
district judge occupies his bench"
This was adopted.
Mr.. Fontenot offered this resolu.
ton, which was also adopted:
Resolved, That the State Board of
Appraisers be and are requested to
furnish this commission, at the earli-
est possible date, the following infoS-
nation: The method by which they
arrive at the valuation placed upon
the roadbed and other property of the
various railroads of the state, and the
methods by which they arrive at the
value placed upon the property of the
express companies, telegraph and tel
ephons companies, or other corpora
tons coming within their jurisdic-
ton"
George Wesley Smith offered a res
olution, which was adopted. requiring
the secretary of the State Railroad
Commission to furnish a detailed
statement of the cost of maintaining
the commission in so far as he has
the information.
Mr.. Bouanchaud offered this, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the clerk of the
Supreme Court be requested to fur
nish to this commission at as early a
date as practicable list of the num-
Der OF cases appealed to said court
during the year 1914; said list to in
clude all applications for issuance of |
extraordinary writs, including writs of
review. Further resolved, That said |
clerk be requested to furnish also a
list OF all cases actually tried and dis |
posed of by said Supreme Court dur
ing said year"