The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-08-12

Oftlce by tne MAJ S'i"ii'
No entry was made in the books
for the following amounts when
were RENTED and receipted for by
Mr.. A. A. Girard or one OF ms
clerks: noo an
July, 1920 ................'' @ oo 40 oo
Sept. 1920 ...........,.-''. ~ az w
Oct 1920 .......,...'. '.''' 'oo
Nov. 1920 ............' ''''' 40 0o
Jan. 1921 .............'- ~ o0
Feb. 1921 ............''. io'oo
Total 500 90
This amount of $4,000 must be
added to the shortage OF $Z99.oi
shown on Page 2 of Exhibit No. !.
EXHIBIT "A"-SCHEDULE III
MARKET RENTALS
Under date 26-1919-Minute
Book No. G, Page lac, the Trustee OF
Finance was instructed to rent the
lower floor of the City Hall for
S75 90 per month for first year, with
privilege of renewing lease for two
years "a $4,000 per month. City is
to charge lessee at regular rates for
service of light, power and water.
Minute Book 3-9-1919. "A contract
was entered into with Gus Lamper-
ez leasing the lower floor of City
Hall for $500 per month for one
wear. Lease to begin April |, 1919,
Minute Book No. 6, Page ga, und-
err date Feb. %, 1920 lease Of Gus
Lamperez was renewed for two years
beginning April /, 1920 at rental
of $4,000 per month.
Under this lease the rental accru-
ing to City would be:
April |, 1919 to March 81,
1920, IL mos. "a $1,000. - 900 90
April /, 1920 to June l,
1920, Ia mos. 90 800. -. 1,4OO.O
Period 6-1-21 to 6-26-21 not con-
siderd as rent is paid at end OF
month.
Amounts collected on above lease
per records of A.. A. Girard, Trus-
tee of Finance:
Collected 1919, 8 months
"a $500 ............. $ooo w
Collected 1920, 2 months ~ oo
@ $500 ................ l3o.oo
Collected 1920, a months "a ~ 80
$4,000 -. 49, 4Vo w
Collected 1921, 6 months "a
500 90 ................ oVo. w
Amounts collected per en-
tries in books. ....... .$l ,15O w
Collection found by verification OF
deposit slips which were not entered
in books of account:
1-7-192O, Item on deposit
slip, General Fund, Gus
Lamperez ..............$ rs 90
11-S-192O, Item on deposit
slip, General Fund. Gus
LampereZ .."''.. V'o'
7-19-192O, Item on deposit
slip, Special Tax Fund.
Gus Lamperez ........... 100 10
Total receipts discovered
by this audit .$2.O25 w
From the above it will be noted
that the city is due an amount of
1915 90 in so far as the records are
concerned, in payment Of rent to
date of June /, 1921. The rent for
June, 1921, is not considered as the
amount due for one month, is usual
ly paid after the end of the month,
and i'm fact Mr.. J. D. Broussard
stated to me he had received pay
ment of the June rent at date OF
July 9, 1921.
Whether the shortage in market
rental is due by Mr.. A. A. Girard
or the lessor, Mr.. Lamperez, | can
not state, as Mr.. Lamperez did not
produce his receipts or Cancelled
ohool,, for ,,,x, ovap, potiou offar I
asked him for them.
Until the matter can be adjusted,
Mr. Girard should be charged for
the amount Of $275.0O as he was
empowered by the minutes to make
the lease and as Trustee of Finance
he should have collected and entered
in his records the full amount of the
contract.
EXHIBIT "A"-SCHEDULE II,
LICENSES
Pages 46 to so
The duplicate license receipts is
sued between dates of July l, 1916,
to December 81, 1917, Nos. 1464 to
1914 inclusive, could not be found,
therefore the amounts entered in the
cash books in totals for each days
business had to be accepted as the
true collections. This loss made it |
impossible for the auditor to verify
whether collections were made for
the balances due on certain saloon
licenses for which entries were made
by Mr.. j. p. Suberbielle on date of
June 30, 1916, or whether the licen-
SEES were ever issued. On date Of
June 80, 1916, the following entries
appear in the cash book:
6-30-16, Received from F.
6-30-16, Received from R.
6-3O-16, Received from j.
Corsentino ............... 780 90
Total Collections. =. SO, 655 90
As the licenses were for $1,OOOOO
each, the balance due on the above
was $345.OO. As the licenses were
not issued on date 6-30-1916, and the
duplicates for the remainder of the
year were lost, it was impossible to
verify whether the balance was ever
paid.
Mr.. j. p. Suberbielle checked
$4,000 short on his license collec-
tons for period January l, 1916 to
June 30. 1916. The total licenses is
sued during that period equaled
s11,017.00 whereas he charged him.
self with $10,917.80. The shortage
was due to an error of addition in |
his cash book page 8.
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM CITY
TAXES