New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-11-20

But on July 9th, 1909, | find that
his salary check as Treasurer tor
the preceding year was $4,000,
(Book /. Folio 652). In June,
1900, Mr.. Romero was reelected
on the same terms and conditions
although the State Bank Of New
Iberia submitted a proposition to
which reference is casually made,
but which, if | mista Ike not, was
to perform the duties of Treas
urer free of all cost Cook |,
Folio GID. Uninterrupted seems
to have been the Secretary-Treas-
urer's career from June 1900 to
August 1902 when the Secretary s
salary was advanced to $1,000 per
month where it remained until
May 9th, 1909 when the Secretary
Treasurer salary was fixed at
$1500.00 per annum. The salaries
above enumerated were indeed
not excessive, but, be it known,
that during the term of 1896 to
1908, as Parish Treasurer. Mr..
Romero disbursed all school funds
and received therefor a commits
sion. Absence of records of the
School Board prevents me from
giving the actual remuneration
from that source, but an old audit
of Messrs. F. w. Bauman and Ed.
Bowie shows that commissions on
disbursements for the term of
Jan. 1902 to Aug. 1904 amounted
to $113456 an average Of $40 80
per month. In addition, let it be
further known, that from June
23d to Nov. Both, 1909, Mr.. Rom
ero then receiving $125.0O per
month from the Police Jury, was
also receiving $125.00 per month
from the School Board as acting
Secretary Treasurer of that Body
and that shortly before, his cont
pensation for turning over to the
School Board the money received
for the sale of School lands
amounted to something over 800.
Nor is this all, on looking little
further in the Police jury record,
| find in Book l, Folio 1913, that
Mr.. Romero was employed by the
jury at salary of $4,000 to as
sist Assessor Frere in making the
Parish assessment Of the year
1901. AS will be noted these sew
eral sources of revenue added
considerably to the meagre salary
pad the Secretary Treasurer and
enabled that official to eak an
existence during the many years
OF his service. And in fairness
to Mr.. Romero, let it be said, that
OF his own free will, after Mr.. w. !
IL. Dupuy had been elected d, |
Secretary Of the Police Jury in
May 1910 and the election Noided i
at a special meeting during the !
same month, he submitted an az
plication on June I'd containing
this praiseworthy closing para
graph:
I'm submitting this application,
Offering to do the work of Secre-
tary-Treasurer for 5000 a month,
| do not wish to convey the idea
that the salary heretofore has
been excessive. just the con
trary, think that | have earned |
all the sal larry paid me ="
make this offer fer a salary of $50
4 month in order to reduce ex-
)enses and to assist the Police
Jury in redeeming its credit"
Book =. Folio 331.
Unfortunately. the Police Jury
lad but recently employed the
Auditing Company to
install new system Of bookkeep-
ne entailing so much work, that
t felt called upon on Jan. 18th, Il
81. to advance the Secretary
alary to $4,000 and must have
made the advance retroactive
ince Mr.. Romero S checks for the
ear 1910 aggregate $1225.00 in F,
tead of $4,000. which would
AVE been correct if the 5000
greement had been adhered to.
errors are likely to happen to us
IL. and to these | attribute anoth
r matter which comes to my at
ention. During the months of
'ecember 1911 and January 1912
lr. Romero was absent from the
'ariSh and | was employed to
'erform the duties of his dral of
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