The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
BOARD
NJ. H. CARVER AND G. c, GOLD
MAN OF THE OLD BOARD.
THE new BOARD ELECTED
And Its Members-The Governor Had
Nominated Two Candidates, Both
of Whom Were Defeated, Receiving
Only the Vote of the Governor.

The .Picayune's special dated Baton
Rouge, Jan. ;, says:
Practically new State Board of Ap-
praisers, to serve for the next four years
was elected at meeting Of the commits
sion authorized by law to select this
board, held at noon today in the parlors
Of the Chief Executive. The selections
were made by Lieutenant Governor San
ders, Secretary of State Michel, State
Treasurer Smith and Attorney General
Guion. The Governor, who is a mem
Der of the board, placed in nomination
two candidates, and they received only
one vote, that of the Governor himself
Following are the members of the new
State Board of Appraisers selected:
NJ J. Woulfe of New Orleans, First
District.
Walter Verlander of New Orleans
Second District.
c. A. Duval Jr., of Homer, Third
District.
NJ. H. Carver OF Narchitoches, Fourth
District.
G. c. Goldman of Tensas, Fifth Dis
trict.
Allen Jumel of Plaquemine, Sixth dis
trict.
J. B. Roberts of Colfax, Seventh
District.
The members of this board are to
serve for the next four years. and they
are to have the duty of appraising the
values of the railway, sleeping car, tele-
phone, telegraph and express companies
properties in louisiana.
The melting was short and decisive
one 1t was called to order by Governor
Blanchard, and everything worked along
smoothly until the Fourth Congressional
District was reached For membership
on tie board for the Fourth District
Governor Blanchard placed in nomina-
ton W. A. Mabry of Shreveport. State
Treasurer James NJ Smith placed in
nomination NJ H. Carver of Natchitoch-
es, the present member of the board. A
vote OH the two candidates was then had,
and NJ. H. Carver of Natchitoches was
elected, the vote standing 4 to I in his
favor, Governor Blanchard voting for
Mabry, and Lieut.. Governor Sanders.
Secretary of State Michel, State Treas
urer Smith and Attorney General G,tion
voting for Carver.
The Fifth and Sixth districts were
passed tremendously and in the Seventh
District there was another q to 1 vote.
Governor Blanchard placed in nomina-
tion J. Wallace Alexander of Alexan-
dria, a present member of the board :.
Lieutenant Governor Sanders placed in
nomination J. B. Roberts of Colfax. A
roll call was had Governor Blanchard
voted for Mr.. Alexander, and Lieutenant
Governor Sanders, Secretary of State
Michel, State Treasurer Smith and At
torney General Guion voted for Roberts,
who was declared elected
The new board is composed of practi
cally new material. There are on it only
two members who served on the old
board. Maurice P. Woulfe, who is elect
ed from the First District, is from the
Third Ward of New Orleans and is en-
gagged in the notarial business. Walter
J. Verlander, who is from the Twelfth
Ward of New Orleans, and is to serve
upon the board from the Second District,
is engaged in the ferry business. Claude
c. Duval, from the Third District, is a
prominent insurance man of Houma, and
was for several years assessor of Terre-
bonne parish. M. II. Carver, elected
from the Fourth District, is one of the
two members of the old board reelected.
He is a prominent lawyer of Natchl-
toches. G. C. Goldman of the Fifth
District is the second member of the
board to be reelected. He is one of the
largest cotton planters in Tensas parish.
Allen Jumel, of Iberville, who is elected
TO serve on the board from the Sixth
District, has been prominent in public
life of Louisiana He has been State
Auditor, Adjutant General, and is now
cashier of the Bank of Plaquemine. ].
B. Roberts, from the Seventh District,
is a young lawyer of Colfax, and was
for a few years resident of New Or
leans, studying law at Tulane.