The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
necessary to insure the prompt COM
pletion of the work.

of the Board, and make a record OF
its proceedings, and also to assist the
President whenever required in pre-
pairing contracts and performing
other work in behalf. of the Board.
He shall hold his Office only at the
pleasure of the Board, and can be
discharged at any time by the Board.
His salary shall be fixed at fifty dol
lars per month. He shall at each
regular meeting of the Board, Or often.
er if required, present a statement
showing the total amount of the
warrants of the President on the
Treasurer.
He shall obtain from the State
Treasurer, monthly, a report of de-
posits made with him by the Tax,Col-
lector for the Bossier Levee District,
and record of same; and shall keep a
record of the warrants of the Presi-
dent drawn against said funds; and
his books shall at all times be opened
to the inspection of any tax payer.
He shall preserve on file subject to
the order of the Board, all orders,
reports, accounts or other documents
received by him in his official capaci-
ty, the books and stationery necessary
for his Office shall be paid for by the
Board; and generally he shall perform
all clerical duties required of him by
the Board or by the President. He
shall take the oath required of State
officers for the faithful discharge of
his duties.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Section 3. There shall be two
standing committees, to-wit: An
Executive Committee consisting of
two members to be appointed by the
President, who shall also be ex-officio
a member and the Chairman of said
Committee, two of whom shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction
of the business of the committee,
and a Finance Committee of three
members to be appointed by the
President, two of whom shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction of
business.
It shall be the duty of the Board
to recommend what levees shall be
constructed, and to cause the State
Engineers to proceed to where such
levees are to be built and perform
the necessary engineering work under
the supervision of the Board of Com
missioners.
All matters relating to the issuing
of the credit of the Board, the sell
ing or mortgaging of lands, and gen.
orally the providing of ways and
means to carry out the objects of the
levee law, shall be referred to the
Executive Committee, and shall be
considered and reported on by it.
All matters requiring the examina-
tion of accounts and vouchers and
the investigation of claims, shall be
referred to the Finance Committee
for consideration, and they shall make
a report thereon.
It shall be the duty of the Board
OF Commissioners to supervise all
levee matters, employ inspectors to
assist them, and to report to the
Board what levee work is required to
be done. The care and police of the
levees shall devolve upon the Board
of Commissioners who shall be au
thorized to appoint inspectors and
watchmen, and to perform the duties
required by levee laws.
Section 4. The place for the meet
ing of the Board shall be at Bossier
City, in the Parish of Bossier, and
the Board shall designate at each
meeting the time of the next regular
meeting, and it may be convened at
any time upon call of the President
or upon call of four of the Commis-
sioners.
-Four members of the Board shall
constitute quorum
On motion, duly seconded, the
above Bylaws were adopted.
Capt. F. M. Kerr, Assistant Engi-
neer, appeared before the Board, af-
ter being introduced and invited to q
seat in the meeting, presented the
following communication, which was
read:
SHREVEPORT, LA, AUG. 16, 1892.
To the Honorable President and Members
OF the Board of Commissioners of the BOssier
Levee District-Present. Gentlemen: Act
No: ~, of the General Assembly of the State
OF Louisiana, Session of 1892, in accordance
with the provisions, and by authority of which
you have met and organized, contemplates by
means of levees, the ultimate reclamation and
protection, from the damaging foods of Red
River, of the alluvial lands subject to overflow
in the Parish of Bossier.
The task is no easy one, and will demand
yonr best efforts, in providing capital and for
warding the work to be done with energy.
dispatch and Judgment.
You enter upon your work, too, with the
evidences of the disastrous effects upon proper
ty and levee lines, of period of high water
exceeding in height, extent and duration that
of any recorded since 1S49, still fresh about
you.
Red River is mostly in an undeyeloped, ILL
conditioned state, its tOrtuous course having
never been systematically regulated to any Of
the principles necessary to the control of a
stream OF its extremely varied character,
That part of the river bordering your Dis
trict presents no exceptions to the facts above
stated, and in estimating a comprehensive
system of leyees. Serious nrohIems in me oftore