The Bossier banner., 1894-10-11
Levee Board PROCEEDINGS.

Boss1ER Cry, La Ocr. 4, 1894.
The Board of Commissioners of the
Bossier Levee District met in regular
session.
Present: W. H. Hodges, President:
Messrs. T. W. Colquitt, II. J. Lenoir
A. j. Moss and j. T. McDade. Absent.
Messrs. P. B. Cash and T. W. ".
Stinson.
The Board of State Engineers was
represented by Capt. F. NJ. Kerr.
Mr.. E. q. Randolph, attorney, was
present.
A Aquorum being present The Board
proceeded to business.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
Capt. Kerr reported that the State
Board OF Engineers in compliance
with the request of this Board at its
last meeting had made al the SURVEYS
and had let the Sunfiower leyee and
had it under work for 81 cents Der
| cubic yard. That he, together with
Maj. Richardson and Capt. Willard.
had made trip over the entire Dis
trict and called the Boards special
attention to the necessity OF building
a line of levee at once from Waterloo
to Navigator Point, which would take
about 130. 900 cubic yards to build it
three feet above the high water of
1892, as we'll as to the extension of
the system, care and protection of the
levees in order to make a complete
system of the District.
Mr.. Moss offered the following res
olu.ion, which was read:
Be it Resolved by the Board of
Commissioners of the Bossier Levee
District in regular session convened,
That the President and Secretary of
this Board be and are hereby author
ICED to advertise for bEas for the con-
struction OF q line OF leyse from
Waterloo to Navigator Point, said
bids to be received on Oct. Is, 1894,
and that the sum Of $4,000 is hereby
appropriated out of the revenues Of
| the year 1896 and the balance out OF
| the revenues of 1896, jOE the compile.
| ton of said line, and said certificates
to bear 6 per cent. interest from date
of Engineers final certi6cate.
| MIR. Moss moved the adoption Of
the resolution.
On call of the roll ths following
was the result:
Yeas: Messrs Leno1r, Moss and
McDade-3. Nays: Mr. COaquitt--l.
And the Resolution Was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Moss, the Board
OF State Engineers were requested to
make survey from the end Of the
public levee down to China GSove.
The following accounts were exam
ined and allowed:
w. Fl. Bledsoe, per B r Nash,
for assessment roll, 1894, of the al
luvial district, 800; the Caucasian,
for printing report, $50; W. Il. Scan
land, for printing procees5ngs $oU;
j. Fl. Cabeen, account rs Secretary, to
Sept. Is, 1894, $500; Bell & Randolph,
account as attorneys, to Sept. 9, 1884,
$400; P. j. Trezevant, for abstracsing
title to land, gil so; s. N. Arnold,
expense attending meetings OF Board,
$16.
. On motion of Mr.. LeDoir, Messrs.
Bell & Randolph were retained o.
attorneys to represent the Board IN
all litigation and attend meetings o.
; the Board for the term OF one year
to date from Sept. 8. 1894, at salary
: of two hundred and fifty dollars pay
able quarterly, and that the salary o.
, the Secretary be reduced to twenty
five dollars per month, 10 date iron
Sept. Is, 1894.
: On motion duly seconded, TN
President and Secretary were author
ICED to draw the following warrants
on the Auditor: :.
: No. 49-W. II. Bledsoe. :. .$lOO "