The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-08-08
Bossier Levee Board Proceedings.
SHREVEPORT, LA.,(
AUG. 2, 1901. I

lNo BOARD OF LeV0o CONnmlS.
sioners for the Bossier Levee Dis
trict met this day in called >ses-
sion, at Office of Hunter Bros.
Roll called. Present: J. W. Jeter,
President; w. T. Colquitt, w. D.
Mercer, Jr., Alex Capliss and A.
J. Mose. Absent: G.. A. F. Poole
and T. w. w. Stinson.
A quorum present, the Board
proceeded to business.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The President, Mr.. Jeter, ad-
dressed the Board, and stated that
the meeting was called at the re-
quest of Assistant State Engineer
M. P. Robertson, who was pres
emit. Whereupon, Mr.. Robertson
was invited to address the Board. |
Mr.. Robertson said:
Mr.. President and Members of
Bossier Levee Board: l wish to
reiterate my statements to your
Board relative to the cleaning of
weeds and brush off your levees,
and the keeping of same in repair.
The Board of State Engineers
desires to make a thorough and
complete survey of your entire
levee system, with view of as
pertaining what places along the
the line demand the earliest at
tention of the Board of State En-
gineers, and this survey cannot
qe made until the weeds and brush
are cleaned off. There are now
some funds with the Board of
State Engineers for the Bossier
Levee District, and it is necessary
that this survey be properly made,
in order that the Engineer in
charge may know where these
funds should be expended along
the system, to the best advantage
of Bossier Levee District.
Mr.. Robertson referred to his
connection with the Bossier
Levee Board as being most pleas
ant indeed, and stated that upon
his retirement from this District
t | he would turn Us over to Capt. F,
, M. Kerr, recently appointed to ill
: the vacancy caused by the death
, of the late H. Bolivar Thompson
8 who has been assigned to thi:
e District
81 Capt. Kerr stated that he was
Ell very proud, indeed, that he hat
e been assigned to his old District
o and would serve his District to tn
d best of his ability.
: Moved and duly carried, Tha
d Messrs. Jeter, Stinson and Col
quit be, and are hereby appointe
aCommittee of Three, to emplo
some one to clean the weeds an
no brush off the levee from the uppe
a, end to Bossier City, La.
Moved and duly carried, Ths
10 Messrs. Mercer, Caplis, Poole an
y. Moss be, and are hereby appoint
ed a Committee of Four, to emplc
some one to clean the weeds ar
h brush off the leyee from Bossi
City, La, to lower end of levee
ia Upon motion duly carried,
,.+ w. Jeter, President, was autho
I'D lied to make arrangements f
payment of this work, as soon
zoo it will have been completed.
in Mr.. A. }. Moss made report
/. his and Mr.. Poole's Investigate
of the timber taken off Lev
IT.. Board land by C. w. McKinne
ow showing the amount of feet to
ma 1884.
Mr.. Mercer stated that he "
%. authorized to present again t
,r- proposition of W. V. Robson,
nm purchase the exclusive fish
III. privilege of Old River, oppos
the Bagley place, for S125, sa
;s; to revert back to Levee Boa
200 should the river go dry.
ese Upon motion, duly carried, !
"a W. V. Robson's proposition v
is accepted, and the President
Secretary authorized to make d.