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lovers in a volume entitled "The Public 

 Libraries of Sweden '' : the Norwegian pro- 

 L. Dietricbsen, alter lecturing on the 

 subject, has published a book on ''Fashions 

 and the Keform of Dress"; and the writer 

 whose pseudonym is Sigurd, has issued a ne\v 

 volume of his popular humorous tales. 



LOllSIiXi. State Government. The following 

 were the State officers during the year: Gov- 

 ernor, Francis T. Nicholls. Democrat ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, James Jeffries; Secretary of 

 State, Leonard F. Mason ; Treasurer, William 

 II. Pipes ; Auditor, Ollie B. Steele ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Education, Joseph A. Breaux ; 

 Attorney-General, Walter H. Rogers; Chief- 

 Justice of the Supreme Court. Edward Berrnu- 

 dez ; Associate Justices. Felix P. Poche, Sam- 

 uel D. McEnery. Charles E. Fenner, and Lynn 

 B. Watkins. 



Finances. The following statement exhibits 

 the condition of the State treasury during the 

 years 188" and 1888, till April 30: 



GENERAL FCND. 



Receipts during 1337 $347.965 40 



Receipts during 13?? ]"- 



Total revenue tax and licenses $506.915 56 



Expenditures in 1337 $320,313 17 



Expenditures in 133> 193.263 96 



519.577 13 



Amount overdrawn, April 30 $11,661 57 



The overdraft was caused by taking up 

 loans of various public institutions in anticipa- 

 tion of settlements of tax collectors that were 

 expected to reach the treasury in April. There 

 remained but $32.264.56 of warrants against 

 the general fund of 1887 unpaid May 1, 1888, 

 and about twenty settlements to be completed. 

 All the loans made by public institutions for 

 the year 1837 have been paid, except that of 

 the State Normal School. 



CURRENT SCHOOL FUND, ! Ci T. 



Receipts during Is*" $34.301 04 



Receipts during 1333 160.356 01 



Total receipt* $194,65705 



Expenditures durins 1**7 $in.S01 16 



Expenditures durinsr 13^3 147.2y9 15 



$157.690 31 



Cash balance, April 30. 1SSS $36,966 74 



INTEREST TAX FUND, 1SST. 



Receipts during 1337 $32.632 33 



Receipts during 1&33 3-: 



Total receipts $464,192 90 



Expenditures during 1SS7 tS2.307 46 



Expenditures durinj 37'2.393 10 



454.705 56 



Cash balance, April 30, 1SS8 $9.4-7 34 



All advances made by the banks on coupon 

 account have been repaid, except about $30,- 



The State can secure any advam- 

 quired for cashing coupons promptly at a rate 

 not exceeding four per cent, a year, and ar- 

 rangements can be made for loans to public 

 institutions as required at a rate not exceeding 

 five per cent, a year, provided the tax levy is 



adequate for interest requirements, and the 

 general fund appropriations are confined strict- 

 ly within the estimated revenues. 



GENERAL ENGINEERS' 



Receipts during 1337 $163,825 88 



Receipts during 1S8S 102,15422 



Total receipts $265,979 85 



Expenditures during 1837 $162.565 10 



Expenditures during 1 S38 66,630 10 



- 249,195 20 



Cash balance, April 30, 1SS8 $16,784 65 



GENERAL FUND, 1888. 



Receipts to April 30, inclusive $229.106 49 



Expenditures to April 30, inclusive lr 



Cash balance. April 30, 1SSS $59,37370 



The total amount of general fund warrants 

 outstanding May 1 for 1888, was $2(5,331.64. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature was con- 

 vened at Baton Rouge on May 14, and ad- 

 journed on July 11. The Governor-elect, Gen. 

 Francis T. Nicholls, was inaugurated on May 

 21. Randall L. Gilson was elected by the 

 Legislature on May 22 to succeed himself, and 

 on May 29 Edward D. White was chosen U. S. 

 Senator to succeed James B. Eustis. 



Revision of the Laws. In pursuance of an act 

 of 1884, authorizing a committee selected by 

 the General Assembly to revise the general 

 statutes of the State, and to incorporate them 

 into the Revised Statutes, and to complete and 

 arrange a code of criminal practice and a pe- 

 nal code, the committee arranged the laws 

 into one volume. No arrangement or codifi- 

 cation of the code of criminal practice and a 

 penal code was made. The Revised Statutes 

 were presented to the General Assembly at its 

 session in 1886, but no action was then taken 

 on the report of the committee. The revision 

 will be continued so as to include the civil 

 code and code of criminal practice and penal 

 code. 



The Swamp-Land Derision. The Court of Claims 

 in Washington, D. C., on January 30, rendered 

 a judgment in favor of the State of Louisiana 

 for about $43,000, being the five-per-cent. 

 funds and swamp-land indemnities that had 

 been applied as a credit by the U. S. Treasury 

 Department on the interest on Louisiana bonds 

 held by the U. S. Treasurer as part of the In- 

 dian trust funds. 



The court held that the United States was a 

 trustee to ascertain and pay over to Louisiana 

 the amount of both funds, acd it is also held 

 that Louisiana then became a trustee of the 

 fund to apply it to the building of post-roads 

 and redemption of swamp-lands in accordance 

 with the acts of Congress, and, therefore, it 

 was not applicable to any State debt. The in- 

 terest that had accrued was not equal to the 

 amount of the fund due the State, and the 

 Treasury Department had. therefore, credited a 

 part which would not mature till 1894. and 

 held about $12.700 until interest should accrue. 

 It is presumed that this decision will not be 

 appealed from by the United States, since this 



