The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-10
THE LEVEE BOARD.
Official Proceedings of the Meeting Held
Last Friday.

bOSSlef Level DlStIlcI I!lct tlilS udy
FRIDAY, September 4th) with the fol-
lowing named members present: Mr..
w. T. Colquitt, President, and Messrs.
H. n. Carlton, J. G. McDade, A. Curtis .
and DR.. H. F. Atkins.
! MIR. Gervais Lombard, Assistant State .
Engineer, was present and invited to
sit with the Board.
The minutes of the meeting of August
18th were read and approved.
Mr.. Lombard was requested to advise
the Board as to whether the Board of
State Engineers has received any advice
from the Federal Government relative to
the construction of the leVee work in
this district. Mr.. Lombard stated that
/ the Board had received letter from the
United States engineer at Vicksburg,
indicating that it might be unsafe in the
case of the Grape ievee to await further
on the Government for its construction.
Mr. Lombard stated that in the opinion
of the Boad of State Engineers, the work
{ oiloulb oC lCV tliN iSSu Wy elIC LoSllu3
that possibly the Government might I'M
dertake the construction O. other work
in the district.
! On motion, the Secretary was directed
to open bids for the construction of the
Grape levee. The following bids were
opened: w. G. Burt, 22.95 cents per
cubic yard, and Hall Nattia, $3.50 cents
per cubic yard.
On motion, the Board went into ex-
ecutive session to consider these bids.
Alter due consideration, the bid of Hall
Nattin to construct the Grape leyee at
the price of $3.50 cents per cubic yard,
payable either in cash or certificates of
Indebtedness, bearing s per cent per
annum interest from date until paid, in
bonds of the district at par, at the option
of the Bossier Levee District, the Board
reserving the right to call in any and all
certificates OF Indebtedness so accepted,
and the President was directed to enter
into contract with Hall Nattin for the
construction of this levee, it being I'M
derstood that this contract is to include
the repair of the banquette and land
slope Of the Dortch Bend levee where it
was washed out by the action of the
crevasse water recently, opposite Tay
lortown.
On motion, duly seconded, Mr.. E. S.
Dortch was employed as a Eaid inspector
On the Grape, Dortch and Gold Dust
levees at salary of $50 per month.
On motion, Mr.. Carlton was authoriz-
ed to dispose and sell all the bagging on
hand belonging to the Bossier Levee
District at such price as he may see
proper to accept.
On motion, Mr.. McDade was author
lied to go to such expense as may be
necessary in making careful search of
the river near Taylortown for the wheel
scrapers that fell in the river during the
overflow, and he was further authorized
to have such damaged scrapers as are on
hand put in proper repair, at the ex-
: pense of the Board.
The Secretary read letters from Mr..
Wiley H. Ingram, jr., trust officer OF the
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company, pro-
posing to undertake the sale of the Bos-
sier Levee bonds, issued under the Acts
Of 1904, on commission basis OF pei
cent.
On motion, the Secretary was directed
to have the bonds of this issue, there
being $4,000 of the bonds unissued
listed on the New Orleans Stock Ex-
change, and to authorize Mr.. Ingram tc
IL dispose of bonds at a price not less than
II par, he to receive commission of 3 pei
Z cent, in the event of sale.
On motion of DR.. Atkins, duly sec
Il onded, the President and Secretary were
directed to pay out of any funds in the
Il hands of the Board, from the sale Of
" bonds, in the event of sale, or other
y wise on the approval OF Messrs. Carlton
p and McDade, all of the amounts due by
the Board on account Of the emergency
II work of the present year.
d On motion of Mr.. Carlton, duly sec.
: onded and carried, the following resolu
! ton was adopted:
Resolved by the Board of Commits
sioners of the Bossier Levee District, il
special session convened on this, the 4tl
l. day CT September, 1908, in accordance
with Act 29S of the General Assembly 0
the State OF Louisiana of 1903: That thu
Board issue One Hundred Thousand
Dollars (Si0O,00 of bonds, divided int
ninety bonds of $1,000 each and on
hundred bonds of 500 each, each of sail
bonds dated Benton, Bossier Parish, La.
January |, 1909, and to become due il
fifty years from said date, which may b
payable after forty years, at the optiol
of the Board Of Commissioners of tn
&c Bossier Levee District, and to bear in
a terest at the rate of per cent pc
annum, payable semiannually, at tn
Office of the State Treasurer, said in
S. terest to be evidenced by coupons at
S. tached to said bonds.
Be it resolved, That in order to pro
-. vide fund for the payment OF interes
~ on said bonds, the Treasurer of tn
State of Louisiana is hereby instructe
and directed to lay aside out OF the fund
- collected and received by him for &C
count of this Board during each an
every year sum sufficient to provid
for said interest On the outstandin
issued bonds, without prejudice, how
ever, to the interest and the bonds here
} tofore issued by this Board under pre-
, visions of Act 80 of 1892 and under tn
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