Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-01-24
Proceedings Of the FIN District
Levee Beard.

board of commissioners of the
Fifth Louisiana Leyee District
held at Delta La, this day, there
were present:
]. T. Mcclellan, president, w.
II. Ward, Madison parish, E. J..
Hamley, East Carroll parish.
G.. c. Goldman, Tensas parish.
B. B. Parham, ]. H. Lamb
din, Concordia parish.
A. T. Lane, secretary.
Absent: G. G.. Cordill of Ten
sas, and w. H. Benjamin of East
Carroll parish.
A quorum being present the
board proceeded to business as
follows:
On motion of Mr.. Goldman the
reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with.
Reports of President and Sec
rotary and board of state engin-
GERS were received, read and or
dered filed, KS II
Report of committee heretofore
appointed to negotiate sale of fifty
year 5 per cent bonds was received
and read when, on motion of Com
missioner Parham, the following
preamble and resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, The committee here
sofore appointed to negotiate the
sale of fifty-year 5 per cent bonds
of this board has made its report
of the sale on the 10Th day of De
&C mber A. d. 1901 of bonds mum
bered from 527 to 431 both inclu
sive of the denomination of 81 ,00(
each, aggregating ($l75,0 OO) ont
hundred and seventy-hve thou
sand dollars at an average pric'
| OF 100. 20 as is fully shown b,
process verbal recorded IL
minute book of the board foli'
282. Therefore be 1t
| Resolved, That the action o
said committee and the sale o
said bonds be and the same i
hereby approved and ratified b.
this board. Be it further
4 Resolved, that the committee ]
continued in power for the purpos
of making sale of fifty year 8 pc
cent bonds amounting to $3.50,
OOO) sixty-nine Thousand dollar
to be made in the year 1908. o
motion of Mr.. Hamley the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
/ Resolved, That the action G
the president of this board in al
tending the conference of the Va
rious levee boards of the Missii
sippi Delta held at New Orleau
LA, on November =, 1901, an
the agreement as to assessment
this board of 500 per anaum fC
3 the purpose of keeping specl'
|, levee representative at Washing
ton, be and the same is hereby al
proved and ratified. Be it furths
al Resolved, That the President
authorized to draw warrant Il
's7OO per annum in favor of II
Interstate Mississippi River In
9 provement and Levee Associate
for use as above set forth.
nj On motion of Mr.. Goldman Il
: following resolution was adopte'
II Resolved that the president
this board and Major H. B. Rio
I.lardson, chief state. engineer a
O requested to attend meeting of Il
s Mississippi River Commission al
o session of Rivers and Harbo
: committee.
81 Their expenses 10 De palo
!. this board.
The bill of Chas. II. Hester f
9 taxes paid by error was presente
. When on motion of Mr.. Lam
;, din the president was authorize
to draw q warrant in favor Of He
: ter for taxes of 1898, 1899 and 10
. paid by him on 100 acres of lal
which had been enormously asse
sed to him and on which tax
had also been paid by Mrs. Su
"a gett, the real owner of the pro
70 erty on presentation to him of &c
t. tificates showing amount of Sd
taxes.
On motion the board adjourn
to date of the next regular mes
!. ing, second Wednesday Of Apr
O. 1902.
..l J. T. MCCLELLAN, Prest.
III A. T. Lane, Sec'y.
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