St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-17

the books show that on December
81, 1918, the salary fund owed the
parish the sum of 81, 900 for Dor
roWed money.
Ny information is that up to date
the police jury has not adopted a
budget of probable expenditures for
the calendar year 1919. in my cir
cular of October 8, 1918, called the
attention of all police juries to the
fact that the law required budget
of expenditures to be made and pub
lished thirty days prior to the levy
ing of any taxes, either license tax
or property tax. | had hoped that
such a budget would be adopted and
published in time for the police jury
to pass an ordinance levying license
tax for 1919 before January 1st. AS
this was not done, | think the next
best thing is to adopt one now and
let it show clearly that it is for the
year 1919.
AS directed by law, this office has
undertaken to install a uniform sys-
tenn of accounting in all the offices
of the police juries throughout the
state. In the absence of a budget
for the current year, however, | find
it impossible to have a suitable cash
book printed, or to open up a ledger
properly. | trust, therefore, that the
budget will be adopted at an early
date and that a duly certified copy of
same will be sent to this office as
soon as it is adopted. AS soon as
this is done | will have a cash book
made and install new system,
which | believe will be found to be
Simple and will show the financial
transactions of the police jury.
Yours very truly,
w. N. MCFARLAND,
Supervisor of Public Accounts.
Copies to
Mr.. George F. Bierhorst.
Mr.. George Koepp, Jr.
It was moved by E. ]. Domergue,
seconded by j. NJ. Smith, that all
bids on Bennett bridge be kept in the
office of the police jury to be acted
on by the Good Roads Committee.
Carried.
The bids for fiscal agents for the
| parish money were opened and it
was moved By J. NJ. Smith, seconded
| by S. r.. CoWart, that as the CoVing-
ton Bank & Trust Company being the
| only bank to bid in accordance with
law, that one-half of the parish
money be deposited in said bank, at
the rate of 10-100 per cent on daily
balances, and bids for the other half
of funds be readvertised.
| Carried.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given to the sew
eral banks located in the Parish of
St. Tammany that the police jury
will receive sealed bids at meeting
to be held June 10, 1919, at ten
O'Clock for the fiscal depository for
the one-half of parish funds for the
next two ensuing years, subject to
the said depository complying to all
the requisites of the law.
J. B. HOWE,
President
F. ]. MARTINDALE,
= Secretary.
Covingttn, La, May 13, 1919.
To the Honorable Members of the
Police Jury of ST. Tammany Par
ish, Louisiana.
Gentlemen After due considera-
ton l find that my present occuDa
ton conflicts with my duties as 9
police juror and wish to tender my
resignation to your honorable body
to take effect at once.
| am also sending my resignation
to the Governor of the State today.
| Yours respectfuIly.
R. c.. ABNEY.
a Moved and seconded that the res:
gnation be accepted.
Carried.
Mr.. Bordes, of Abita Springs, ap,
peared before the board, and made
claim for COW he claimed he lost
from being dipped. and after dis
cussion it was moved by Theo. Den
dinger, Jr, seconded by Fletcher
Crawford, that the claim of MIR. Dor.
des be rejected.
Carried.
The police jury adjourned until
two o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
| 1t was moved and seconded that
| Myra Fauntleroy be given scholar
ship to the S. w. La Industrial In
stitute at Lafayette, beginning the
session of 1920 The scholarship
was granted with the understanding
that Miss Fauntleroy pledge herself
to give her services as teacher to
the parish of ST. Tammany for at
least two years after having com
pleted her course at said institute.
Carried.
The police juyr adjourned until
| the next regular meeting, June 10,
| 1919
j. B. HOWE,
| President
| F. j. MARTINDALE,
Secretary.
| (The rest of the proceedings of
| the meeting will appear in the next
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