The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-02-24
Police Jury Proceedings

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The Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louis
lana, met In Benton this day, February 70,
1921, in special session, pursuant to call. |
with the following members present at roll !
call, viz: G. I. Mays, X. e. McDade. W. b.
Wilbourn, e. NJ. Coyle, Il. D. Wilmington |
and j. G. McDade.
All members being present, the reading |
of the minutes of the previous meetings was
postponed.
stated that this special meeting had been
called for the purpose of receiving the re-
port of Mr. C. G. Rivcs, who had been re-
wishing and auditing the books OF the Parish
Treasurer, and to fill the vacancy on the
Parish Board Of Equalization, occasioned BY
the refusal of Mr.. J. T. McDade, recently
appointed by the Police Jury, to qualify,
and to take up such other business as might
come before the Police Jury at this time.
The Police Jury us a body then proceeded
to. and did unanimously appoint and elect
Mr. Henry L. Skannal as member of the
Parish Board Of Equalization instead OF Mr..
]. r, McDade who refused to qualify, and
it is ordered that the Board of State Affairs
be so informed by certificate of the Clerk OF
the Police Jury with the request that Mr..
Skannal be formally commissioned.
The following resolution. being presented,
upon motion and second, was unanimously
adopted:
Be it rcsolred by the Police Jury, in open
and legal session convened. That from and
after this day the Police Jury will convene
in regular session once each and every
month and that said day of meeting shall
and win be the second Tuesday of each
month, and that due publication be made in
the official journal of Bossier Parish, the
| Bossier Banner, of this resolution.
no 1uru StS r HIT no
Read Committee, as appointed ut previous
meeting make report to them at their meet
| ing to be held on the second Tuesday in
| March, If possible for them to do 10 by
! that time.
The following is report of Mr.. G. g.
| Rives, auditor, of his check up and .revis-
| ing the accounts and books of the Parish
Treasurer of Bossier Parish. to-wit:
| Shreveport, La, Feb. Is, 1921.
To the President and Members, Police Jury,
Bossier Parish, Benton, La.
| Gentlemen: In compliance with your re-
| quest to post up and open a new set of
i books for the Treasurer, / beg to advise this
i has been done, as of date July l, 1920, to
| November 80, 1920, from which date the
present Treasurer should have no trouble
in keeping them straight, which think
he will do.
/ wish to make some explanation as to
why 1t has taken so long to accomplish what
has .,een done. In the first places began
by consolidating the various road districts.
by transferring the several accounts that
! were open on the books from June 30. 1919,
to June 80, 1920. Road District No. l had
several accounts. They were all thrown with
one Eccount. Likewise, Road District No.
and No. 8 hut could not raake either one
of these accounts agree with the American
National Banks account on our books, with
these thrfe districts ss355zs, IS
The same result .with the Bridge Fund
and the General Fund. consolidated all
the balances of the various accounts that |
believed were for the General Fund Account
for the year June. 1919, TO June, 1920,
/ under one head" Surplus and Deficit Ac-
| count" which is the same as a merchants
profit and loss account at the close of the
wear There were left two or three accounts
put on the books by the Supervisor OF Ac-
counts, which have thought best to leave
for This ultimate disposal. The. Supervisor
| of Accounts may not approve of the way
have opened the several road district &C.
counts but have, as reported to you at
| your last meeting, opened them SO that each
!, / one Of the three district accounts on 0uI
books will agree with the banks acconnt
{ on our books, and the same will be for the
Bridge and General Fund.
II At this stage Of the proceedings 1t be
!, came discouraging. having used Trial
Balance In balance, Of June so. 1920, al
, | a basis to work from, then upon the sugges
: tion of your Mr.. r. r. Hill, that the bank
accounts be checked from June 30, 1919. nj
left by the State Supervisor Of Accounts
, | up to June 90, 1920, which was done
!, From this checking 1t was found. that somt
errors had been made in crediting thu
: Bridge Fund with the proper deposits by
:. the toll collector. Something like $49s
5 was credited, when $216O was the proper
t amount; then S442 and $2i2 were double
s credits. and $S725 was charged the Genera
Fund Bank Account, when it should havt
: been the bank's Bridge Fund Account. Al
error of $1loO was made In addition II
Road District No. 1, thus making that diff
u ference In the credit to the bank. Their
: were several small credits and debts omit
4 ted, which were corrected.
!, The bank made error in charging Genera
= Fund with $4,000. when 1t should have beer
Road District No. l, and charging Genera
; Fund with $500, when 1t should have beef
t Bridge Fund, and charging the Assessor
e Fund with $780, when 1t should have bcel
n the General. Fund. We found a check Of
q the General Fund for $10.71O.91 was give
; and this amount placed to the bank
: Bridge Fund. This transaction was don
some time after Mfr. Stinson's death, ,Inde
!. the impression of some one that this amour
e was due the Bridge Fund, IN the American
D. National Bank, ms shown by the Supervi
sor's figures and by the banks Bridge Fun
/
he drawn on the Bridge Fund and creditc
r. to the General Fund in the bank.
: Attached, am giving you statement O
= your standing with the hank, Of the sevcra
% accounts. according to our book OF June 81
e 1920. and condition to-day, MS II all check
" that were written and being held were pait
10 AS our bank account stands for NOvembc
; Both, we show we owe the hank $4SS NOR
!, than the bank shows on that date. Thi
!, difference is probably In checks Outstnndin,
~ / am unable to report definitely on thai
II because the checks to April, 1920, have nc
p been returned. The bank says they arr nc
there, and a search for them at Bento
N failed to find them there. This differcnt
- can stand open for n reasonable time an
- then be credited to Surplus and Deficit A,
y count.
80 have opened the bonded Indebtedness
8. the parish. rs OF November co. 1920, SHOW
le ing the debt to be as follows:
Y. Road District No. 1----.------$167OO0 G
NJ Road District No. 2----------- 100000 q
III Road District No. 3--------- 1880 G
eS jail Cerf1fcateS -------------- 5000
Your half Of the Traffic Bridge
IT, Bonds observation-disclosures 1900
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ri And each Of these are shown, itcmize