A regular monthly session of tihe
Police Jury was held at tile Court
House last Mon'day. Official proceed
ings published elsewhere will acqmuain t
our readers with details of the busi
ness transacted. The Parish Attor
ney reported unfavorably upon the
proposed purchase of a map of the
parish, and the matter was postponed
for consideration at the next regular
meeting. An ordinance supplying a
deficiency in the lafts relative to tihe
manner of making the parish tax rolls
was offered and adopted. The Parish
Attorney was instructedtu take charge
of all the delinquent lists of parish
taxes and proceed judicially against
the parties whose names appear there
upon for the purpose of recovering
the amounts due. The aggregate of
all past due and uncollectedYfarish
taxes is about $40,000, and if even
one-halfthis amount can be recovered,
it will be a great relief and will large
ly absorb the outstanding indebted
ness of the parish, rendering feasible
a return to the cash system in con
ducting the parochial government.
The Police Jury approved the approx
imate list of expenses that has been
published in the CHIEF during the
term of thirty days required by law,
and instructed the Tax Collector to
proceed with the levy and collection
of the current parish tax thereunder.
Under this estimate, the regular par
ish tax will be 131 mills, and the
school tax 11 mills.
IMPROVEMENTS.-.La8t Monday, at
the invitation of Mr. Richard Fletcher,
the builder, we visited and inspectedr
the newly finished residence con
structed for E. N. Pugh, Esq. at the
corner of Attakapas and Houmas
streets, facing the public sq"are. The
building is large and spacious, and for
design and elegance of finish is equal
if not superior to any house in town.
