The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-26
FIFTH DIsTICT LEVEE BOARD
PROCEEDINGS.
Delta La May IA. 1894.

the Board of Commissioners Tor Tue
9Th Louisiana Levee District, met at
Delta, La, this day. i:
There were present-W. +. ogden,
President; j. b. Hiserodt, A. 4. New
ton, f. L. Maxwell, w G. WHY and
w. III. Shields. Secretary.
There were absent-C. c. Cordill.
A. S. Coltharp and Jno. A. Buekner.
A quorum being present, business OF
the Board was proceeded with.
On motion. the reading of the min
utes was dispensed with.
President Ogden appointed COM
mittee of two, j. B. Hiserodt and A.
E. Newton to examine the contents OF
the bank box.
Upon examination the committee
found it contained bonds of 81, 900 |
each and 81 bonds of $500 each, which |
| is the balance of the bonds left after
settling for levee work contracted for
during season 1894.
! They also found detached coupons
amounting to $2,925, which by pre-
yious instructions, they expressed to
the State Treasurer to be placed to the
credit of the Board in Special fund ac-
count.
Judge t. p Clinton appeared be-
fore the Board in the interest of the
Marydale Land Co., presented the
Judgment of s2.017 and costs of
SCI 30, which was rendered in their
favor against the Board of Commits
sioners.
u He asked that warrants of the Board
be issued to them for the amount OF
the Judgment with interest and costs.
On motion of Mr.. w. g. Wyly, the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That warrants issue in ac-
cordance with judgment rendered IN
the suit L. F. Montgomery ct al VS..
: Marydale l.. g. L. Co., 5th Leyee Dis
trict in Warrantor. the amount of which
g Judgment aggregates with interest and
: cost 50, 124.75.
On motion of +. l.. Maxwell, the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That warrants issue in ac-
: cordance with the judgment rendered
: in suit Parish of Concordia vs.. 5. Il.
Bertron, 9TH Levee District in War
rantor. The amount of which judg-
I" ment aggregates with interest and cos'
to about $705.
y On motion Of w. G. WHY, the fol
% lowing resolution was adopted;
/. Whereas, 1t has come to the knowl
. edge of the Board that the United
N States engineer in charge contemplate
If the letting out the contract for build
" ING new levee from Grand Lake t.
20 Sterling, Ark. 10000 cubit yards o
said levee to be built out of the Unite
States allotment for 1896; now as a
er inducement to the speedy completio
he of SAID new levee,
n Be it resolved, That this Board here
- by agrees to pay 2 cents per yard o
u said 1870, 200 yards, in addition to th
ar price for which said work may bet Il
tie for, provided The contractor shall g
or to work and complete said leyee frol
:, Grand Lake to Sterling before the foo
waters of 1896.
OF Commissioner j. B. Hiserodt pr
ass sented a memorial for the parish
lev Concordia for the consideration OF Il
-be Board of Commissioners:
g., To the President and members of the Eli
'ui Louisiana Leyee Board
Gentlemen-The undersigned Gil
Int zens of Concordia parish and Fiji
re. Louisiana Levee District would I
:; spectfully represent that the fore
levee contribution on land OF i've Ger
as per acre is largely detrimental to t
ley interest of the parish and State, IN th
all the -productiveness of all wi
;no lands and the inability of the holde
thereof to pay said contribution W
o"- necessitate the sale of such lands
'rll- the State. causing loss of the reve
nth ues now being collected for the seyel
ave taxing corporations. AS the questi
is fully understood by you as to
WI necessity of relieving land of t
burden, we deem it sufficient to
ong quest your Hon. Body to petition
cas- General Assembly at its present s
nc sion to grant TO you the authority
recind or abrogate the acreage
VINO forced contribution of five cents
'ow- acre on lands and to substitute a
,hey or forced contribution on cotton
cotton-seed. limited to one dollar
bale and on cotton-seed to 50cts
ton. Land as the basis of all revel
and the source of all production, is
the titled to the relief requested.
nm Should you concur IN our views
above briefly expressed, we would
FVeo pleased to have your Hon. Body
rors tihon the General Assembly with
1ilty delay to enact such legislation as s
- have the effect to remove the for
no'' contribution from land and transfer
the present burden to production.
In doing this we voice the sentin
mon of a large majority of the tax-pa
Csc 600 of this parish. Very respectfully
o''o mitted: j. l.. Dagg, John Dale
you Friedler, A. H. Gillespie, ct al.
lhlty On motion of A. E. Newton, the
Dur lowing resolution was adopted
and Resolved, that the memorial Of
t the citizens of Concordia parish, as
fail for the abrogation of the tax OF
ever cents per acre on all lands in the
stion trict, be referred to Judge w. q.
such ". who in consultation with n
mails. senator's and representatives,, Will
= the deayor to obtain such relief as ma
,,;nal deemed necessary at the present
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