The Greenville times., 1883-12-15
Proceedings Beard Mississippi JsTss
eommissl0HfFs.
GREENVILLE, MISS.
ThnrsdaY. Dec. I3. ISS1.

At a special meeting Of the
Board Of Mississippi Leyee Com
missiOners, this day held al their
Office in Greenville, Mississippi, in
pursuance TO a call Of the Presi.
dent, there were present:
Green Clay. Commissioner Boil
var county, President; james r.
Stokes, Commissioner Bolivar
county; VI. Williams, Commission
er Washington county; w. w.
Moore, Commissioner Sharkey
county.
john W. Heath, Esq, presented
his official bond as Commissioner
from Issaquena county, in the
place of Samuel Nelson, deceased,
aud took his seat as such.
Also present. w. 4. Everman,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The President appointed Com.
missioner Heath a member Of the
Finance Committee.
On motion, ordered, That propo-
sitiOn of Western Union Telegraph
Company to establish a line Of tel
egraph and telephone along the
line of the levees, be referred TO
the attorneys and Chief Engineer
OF the Board to investigate, and
report to the next meeting of this
Board the details of said PROPOSE.
tion, and whether or not the same
is practicable.
1t is ordered, That the Collector,
under the advice of the attorney
of the Board, proceed actively at
onee'to enforce the collection of
the levee taxes in the north end
of Bolivar county, as well as
to institute criminal proceedings
against all violators of the law ap.
proved April IL, 1876, by the Mis-
sissippi Legislature, to enforce
payment Of the cotton tax.
j. 7. Atterbury, Commissioner
from Washington county, app ear.
cd and took part in the proceed.
ings.
Whereas, There has been, is now
aud probably would be in future,
great difficulty in preventing the
use of the lcvee across Hushpuck.
ana for purposes of travel, sad
levee being in Coahoma county;
and whereas, the people Of the
section, through Il. Richardson, by
his representative, JAS. =. Rich
ardson, have proposed in open
Board to put a substantial plank
floor on girders, supported by
sills, on the crown of said levee,
and keep the same in perfect re.
pair so as not to impair in any
way the strength or security of
said levcc, without expense to the
Board, If allowed thereafter to use
said causeway as public crossing.
subject to the discretion of the
Board, said flooring to bc built aud
kept in repair under the direction
of the Chief Engineer, by them;
it is
Ordered, That this Board accept
the above proposition, but this nc.
ceptance shall not bc construed !
to prevent any subsequent action
by the Levee Board in resembling
or modifying this order, nor to con.
fer any right to use said levee as |
above indicated beyond tho dis.
erection of the Chief Engineer from
time to time.
Whereas, The committee here.
tofore appointed to have an office
built for this Board, has reported
to said Board that for tho purpose
of having shutters put to the win.
dows and fitting up said Office with
gas fixtures, small sum will be
necessary IN addition to that here
tofore allowed; 1t is therefore
Ordered, That said committee
be and is hereby authorized in nd.
dition to the sum allowed at a
former term of this Board, to OK.
pend not more than $3.50 in hav.
ing said Office completely fitted up
rs above indicated, and for the
further purpose of paying for the
ron door to the vault, and freight
Oh same.
Ordered, further, That the Sec.
-etary and Treasurer of this Board.
when said office is finished, be and
y hereby authorized to make the
necessary expenditures for reno.
ring the safe and other property
# the Board from its present of.
Ice, and account to the Board at
is next meeting with proper
'ouchers for the expenditures so
made.
Ordered, That the President of .
his Board is hereby empowered
o contract for such amount of
'ire fencing along the base of the
AXE Bolivar levee and Wade
Dvee as will be necessar, to pro-
ect said levees from damage by