Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-05-07
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A brace of subjects-one touching
the organization or rather re- organi-
cation Of the State Board of Leyee
Commissioners the other relating
to new reorganization of the B ard
Of Police of the city Of New Orleans
have each been visited with spe
cial attention of late, at the hands of
the commander of the Fifth Military
District.
The late Legislature, it will be re-
membered, passed an act creating
new Board of Levee Commission
ers, which Gov. Wells took the lib
erty Of setting aside to make room
for another Board of his own APP
pointing, composed of A. W. Walker,
LIST Congressional District; j. j.
Gutierrez, I'd Congressional District ;
J. V. Durable, Sd Congressional
District; Ebert Ganatt, 4th Con
gressional District; W. M. Wilson,
9Th Congressional District, and R.
B. Stille and w. Jasper Blackburn,
for the State at large. Hereupon, a
squabble ensued between Board pri-
mus and Board secundus-the for,
mer declining to surrender to the lat
ter the books, assests and papers Of
the old "gay and festive concern"
Having the sanction of the late "as-
sembled wisdom" TO back them up in
their claims, and enjoying the right
Of possession which is said to con-
stitute "nine points of the law" it
was perfectly natural chat the mem
bers of the old Board should have
exhibited tenacity, for holding on
to their snug, fat berths, the emolu-
ments Of which are not to be sneezed
at. Equally natural was it, in view
Of the aattering prospective Of "fne
pickings," for Che new Board TO wish
to have the old Board ousted. But,
alas, and alackaday for both
In steps Gen. Sheridan, at this
critical juncture, and makes short
work of the whole difficulty, by sew
ering with one stroke OF his sabre,
the Gordian knot which the Legisla-
ture, the Governor and the outs and
ms had combined 10 tie so tightly.
The annexed, which we copy
from The New Orleans Picayune Of
the 4th inst, tells how the thing Was
done:
Gen. Sheridan Appoints a Levee Board.
The following order will attract
universal attention, not only from the
incisiveness OF its style and the ring
of the sabre with which it comes
down on the necks of both Boards,
but from the fact that the persons
are, so tar as those whom
we know, Ia majority Of the Board
men who will, with scrupulous in
tesri,y, perform all the duties i'm
posed by law upon the Levee Com
We do not, by this.
mean to cast any reflection upon any
member or members of the old |
Boards, but deem this a suitable
moment to remark chat military
when thus exercised,
though it be despotism, is not an
unwise or uni Just government We
may have worse, and call it civil and
free.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DIS EIcT, |
New Orleans, La, May 3, 1877 |
Special orders No. "a.
lt1tract;l i
8. To relieve the State of Louisiana from |
the incubus OF the quarrel which now ex-
ists between his Excellency Tie Governor
and The State Legislature, as to which po-
liIical party shall have the disbursement |
# the four million dollars a 900 00O) OF
Levee Bonds, authorized by the last Leg
and in order TO have the money |
distributed tor the best interests of the |
overlooked district of the State, all exist
ing or pretended Boards of Levee Com
missioners are hereby abolished, and the
following Board appointed. IL will be |
obeyed and respected accordingly:
bingham Lawrence, parish OF Plaque
mine.
j.. H. oglesby, parish Of Orleans.
s. Burnside, parish of Ascension.
W. D. Smith, parish of Jefferson.
W. L. McMllen, parish OF Carroll
The existing laws respecting The duties,
compensation, ETC., of Lovee Commission
ers. will remain in force.
The Board viii! meet in the city of New
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