The Banner-Democrat., 1893-11-18
cfscial Proceedings of the Fifth
District Levee Board.
DELTA. MADISON PARISH, La,
Tuesday. November Z. 1893

den, PfesiQciit y. b. f1lSefout, ". ".
Cordill, w. g. Wylv. F. L. Maxwell,
Jno. A. Bnckner aud w. Ii. Shields.
Secretary.
Absent--A E. Newton.
President Ogden appointed Mr.. F.
l.. Maxwell on the finance committee
To fiji the vacancy on said COMMITTEES
made by tue resignation OF Mr.. j. Ii.
GiIfoil from fhe Board.
TO the Fifth Louisiana Leree Board
-Gentlemen
hereby agree to repair levee from
crossing of v. S. 81 +. X. r., north
about twenty stations to the point
whore new levee built by Mr.. Maxwell
in 1882 joius said old levee for The sum
of 10 l-2 cents per cubic yard payable
in bonds at par if said work Is award
ed 10 me. Yours respectfully,
G. NJ Long.
On motion of Mr.. F. L. Maxwell The
following resolution was adopted:
Resoved, That the President be au-
thorized to make the best contract for
the repairs of that portion of Delta
Point leyee ia bonds or warrants.
On motion of Mr.. e. G. Cordill, the
following resolution was adopted:
That the Tax Collectors bere4uired
20 receive warrants for The payment
of the cotton and acreage taxes due
the Fifth Levee District Board. aud
that The Auditor be authorized to re-
ceive said warrants. Yne ten mill tax
=,
bonds and sinking fund.
Vote WAS cast as follows: VIM. +.
Ocd en-. C.. G. Cordill, Il. L. Maxwell
and j. 3. Hiserodt voted iii favor Of
the motion.
Judge w. G. WHY voted no upon
The ground thai the levee laws required
all taxes to be paid in money and that,
this resolution is illegal.
On moiiJn of w. q. Wyly, the fol-
lowing restitution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Presiden, of the
board be authorized to issue warrant
in favor of the Providence Lumber
Co, for 5000 on account of lumber for
The revetment work at WHY'S already
delivered.
Conference with the Chicot County
Levee Board was held after the recess
in regard to their line from the Lou
isiana line TO Sterliug and from Brooks
Mills 10 Cariola.
The following preamble and resoln-
ton was offered by Judge w. g. Wy
IL:
Whereas, II has come to the knowl-
edge of the Board that the y. S. en-
gincer IN charge, will put uuder con-
tract the permanent line of levee from
the Louisana line 10 Sterling and
from Cariola 10 Brooks Mill, payable
OUT of the allotmenis for 1895 aud
1896; aud Whereas, rs il is important
tha; said work be done at once, there
fore
Be it resolved, That if the contract
ors shall proceed to complete ssid
work before the high water of 1894
this Board will assume TO pay 8 per
cent. interest per annum on all amounts
earned BY the contractors as evidenced
by estimates of engineers before the
high water of 1894.
The above was adopted by the Fifth
Louisiana Levee Board and Capt. G.
McD. Townsend agreed 10 recommend
that an amount equal to the amount
which the Fifth Louisiana Leyee Dis
trict would cxpend in Arkansas be
transferred to said Fifth Leyee District
in The event OF high water fight.
The Chicot County Levee Board
gave the following guarantee in con
alteration of the Fifth Levee District
guaranteeing the contractors Interest
on the two permanent liues in Arkan-
| sas:
The President of the Chicot County
Leyee Board appearing before ths
Fifth Louisiana Levee Board, made the
following proposition, to-wit:
That if the contracts are let at once
| from the Louisiana line TO Sterling
and from Cariolo to Brooks Mills, and
| if the Fifth Louisiana Levee District
will guarantee 10 contractors taking
such work per cent interest from al
amounts earned from the time of com
mencement until the high water O
1894, said contractors to complete the
work before the hight water of 1894
whereupon the Chicot County Levet
Board agrees TO expend the sum O
$250O in enlarging the leyee from
| Sterling to Grand Lake crossing.
z. T. CARLTON.
President Chicot County Levec Board
The Board Of Commissioners being
officially informed that there would
be a gap left IN the construction Of the
Salem levee, the government fun6
allotted to said levee being exhausted
before the completion, whereupon The
Board of Commissioners took the fol
lowing action:
On motion Of Mr.. j. B. Iliserodt the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Fifth Louisiana
Levee District Board set aside $4,000
of its revenues of '93 and '94 for tht
payment of the deficiency which vii
be due on the Salem levee, aud thai
the State Treasurer be notified 10 sci
aside said amount tor this specific
purpose.
On motion of Mr.. j b. Hiserodt the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the President ap
point Messrs. F l.. Maxwell and Jno.
A. BucAner committee of two te
~ a f~.,tsato frx tho faap af "a s,rfficinr11