St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-06

ElSette, DUNBAR, NJ. DI0Hh, 1os@
lett, Walters, Beall, McCafery, Eos
ter, Gournay and Dimmick.
Nays: None. Ordinaneesadopted.
Motion by DR.. Foster.
BE it resolved, that the Purehas-
ing Committee appointed by this
body to purchase ali necessary sun
dries required about the Court
House and jail, be and it is hereby
authorized to confer with the Cero-
ner and Parish Physician as to the
necessity Of purchasing GERM
cides or disinfectants for said jail
or Court House. Motion carried.
Motion BY Mr.. ]. S. Evans,
Whereas, in the political cam
paign just closed, both parties stood
for the abolition1of sinecures and
of fees and perquisites as eompen-
sation for public service rendered,
and for the placing Of all officers,
State and municipal, on a salary
basis, and
Whereas, we are in entire SYM
pathy with said propositions and
believe that the public welfare de-.
mands that the proper measures
should be adopted at the approach
ing session of the General Assem-
bly, to put them into practice.
Therefore, be it resolved By the
olice Jury Of The Parish Of St.
Landry in regular session convened,
hat u senators and representa-
tiyes be and they are hereby re-
uested and urged to do an IN
tehir power, first, to abolish by
legislative act all sipecures; second,
by such act to abolish the fees and
perquisites Of all officers State and
municipal whose fees and perqui-
sites are not prot c t e q
by some provision of the Con
stitution, and. in lieu thereof to
place all such officers on a salary
basis, and third, to propose Amend
ments to the Constitution Ea) to do
away with fees and perquisites as
compensation for public services as
therein provided, and (b) to pro-
vide that the highest salaried Of
ffcer, State or municipal, IN the
State shall be the Governor, and
that no officer, State or municipal,
In the State other than the Cover
nor shall receive a higher salary
than the Chief Justice and the As
sociate Justices Of the Supreme
Court.
Be it further resolved, that
should it be deemed preferable to
call q Constitutional Convention to
frame a new Constitution than to
propose amendments to the exist
ing one, then we urge our senator's
and representatives to exert their
utmost endeavors to secure in the
call for such constitutional conven-
ton the following provisions, name
": first, that no officer State or
municipal shall be a delegate to
said convention; second, that no
delegate to the convention shall be
eligible to hold any office created
by the constitution until four years
after its adoption, and, third, that
the proposed constitution shall not
go into effect without being sub
mitted to the people for approval
after it shall have been adopted by
the convention.
Be it further resolved, that the
Clerk of this body be instructed to
send a copy Of this resolution TO the
three New Orleans dailies: the
Times-Pic, States and Item, and to
furnish the two local papers with
the same. Motion adopted uTlani-
mously.
Opelousas. La, May i, 1916.
To the Honorable President and.
Members of the Police Jury.
Gentlemen: We, the under
signed committee appointed to ex-
anime statement of the st. Landry
State Bank, fiscal agent, beg leave
to report that we have examined
said statement and found same cor
rect and recommend that q war
rant for the sum of two hundred
and five 9-f0o dollars, ($2O5.09), be
issued to said fiscal agent for sal
airy interest month of April, 1916;
interest deducted on deposits as
per committee report.
]. E. DALEY,
JOS. T. ST. GYR,
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