New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-09-11
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protection to the Trustee of Finance, but
also as safeguard to the tax payers Of
the City of New iberia The second
item to which l would direct your at
tention are three checks drawn by Por-
teus K. Burke to the order of the City
of New Iberia, dated May 9th, 1914,
amounting to $2O5.3S, in payment of
taxes for the year 1913, (altho your
auditor was unable to reconcile ne
amount of these checks with the amount
OF taxes for that year shown by as
sessment roll) Some effort should be
made to enforce collection of this amount.
Exhibit No. Checks outstanding
June 30th, 1915, account City of New
Iberia.
Exhibit No. S.-Cash balance taken on
August I'd, 1915, for reason of having
been unable to take balance and make
actual cash count on July LIST, 1915, due
to having undertaken work on July 9th
First cash count Exhibit No. o. having
been made from amounts prepared by
your Trustee of Finance. Between
these two balances l find an additional
shortage of SILL.
Exhibit No. 9.-Balances due on spe-
city tax collections, amounting to
$2822O8, to which should be added
amount due on Water & Light Tax COL
lections of $1129.78, making total amount
due by the City of New iberia to special
tax fund accounts of $3951 SO, as also
should be added the amount shown in
Exhibit No. -, being the balance to the
credit pf Inn
$3So2.34, making grand total of $7S14.2O,
which would indicate, with cash balance
on hand and in banks of $69OS43, that
some of these funds have been used for
purposes other than for which they were
intended.
Exhibit No. 1O.-Inde btedness of the
City of New Iberia, other than the New
Iberia Electric Light & Waterworks and
the New Iberia Southern Drainage Dis
trict.
Exhibit No. 11.-Saloon License due
and unpaid amounting to $5594O, in di-
rect violation of License Ordinance No.
70, adopted November 23d, 1914, which
reads as follows: Sec. 3, Par 3. Gan
license shall be due and colectable dur
ing the first two months of said wear
l9lo except license from bar rooms, sa-
looms and coffee houses, which shall he
due and payable on January 5th, ETC.,
No part of these license were paid until
the 3Oth day of June, 1915, and at that
time not in full as is shown, and which
action is not in justice to those others
persuing this line of business who were
required to make payment as provided
by law.
Exhibit No. 12.-Taxes unpaid az
shown by assessment roll June 3Oth,
1915, amounting to $2681 "a, the first
block of which, shown on pages IL and
-, were duly advertised and sold as re-
CURED by law, but that second portion
shown on pages 13 and ID, were not in
Guided in the advertised list, and while
your auditor does not question the mo-
tives OF your Trustee of Finance, the
failure to so advertise and sell these
various pieces Of realty, is not only
direct violation of the law, and would to
the many have every appearance Of
favoritism, subject to the Just criticism
it would receive, and should be con-
demned. The third block as shown ON
pages IA and Is cover erroneous assess
ments merchandise assessments, etc., as
noted.
Exhibit No. 13.-Balance unexpended
on account of Improvement Bonds APP.
$3ooZ.34, which issue will be considerably
overdrawn when those bills, charpable
against this account, are liquidated, and
winch amounts are as follows: Roberts
Filter Co, $3628.38; Star Electric Co.
$l539.35; Fort Wayne Electric Works.
$298.9s Ahrens & OFT Mfg. Co, $227.4o.
Exhibit No 14.-Unendorsed check.
returned by the depository of the CITY
OF New Iberia, and which action on the
part of the banks handling these funds.
as also your Trustee of Finance, in not
requiring the proper endorsements can
not be too greatly censured While
there is no liability with the City of New
Iberia for further claim in these amounts:
the banks being wholly responsible. the
practice is extremely bad and allows one
so inclined, when OPPORTUNITY presents,
to take advantage of these conditions un-
justly.
Exhibit No. 15.-Receipt and expendi-
lures Of the New Iberia Southern D~ain-
ace District. which is self explanatory.
The Drainage fund is now due from the
City of New Iberia. for balance of tax
collections TO June 30th, 1915, the sum of
$1229.18. Sinking fund and general fund
are now being carried with the Whitney
Central Trust and Saving Bank, New Or
leans, La, as required by law.
Exhibit No. 16.-Bonds due by the
New Iberia Southern Drainage District.
Exhibit No. 17.-Receipts, expendi-
lures and cash balance of the New Ibe-
ria Electric Light & Waterworks.
Exhibit No. 18.-Detai of cash correc-
tons, ETC., account New Iberia Electric
Light & Waterworks, corrections cover
ing which were made in Exhibit No. II.
Exhibit No. 19.-Cash balance and
cash count, New Iberia Electric Light Il
Waterworks, August End, 1915, for same
reason as stated in above remarks COW
ering Exhibit No. 8. Shortage of $457O
covered by personal check of Marc De-
rouen.
Exhibit No. 20-Operating, and Loss
and Gain Statement of the New Iberia
Electric Light & WateYworks for ths