Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-17

tors are hereby ordered to proceed with the
collection Of same, at the same time and in the
are collected.
AFFIDAyITs AS TO COTTON OUTSIDE
OF LEVEE.
On motion CT Commissioner J.
H.Lambdln, the following resolu-
ton was adopted: Re it
Resolved, That the tax collectors of the sew
eral parishes comprising the Fifth Louisiana
levee district, are hereby instructed to re-
quire sworn affidavits from all parties as to
number of bales of cotton raised on lands out
side OF levee wherepaynent OF taxes on any
cotton Is sought to be avoided on account OF
its being raised outside OF the levee, said affl-
COTTON TAX.
On motion of Commissioner J.
II. Lambdin, the following resolu-
ton was adopted: Be 1T
Resolved, That pursuant to Act No. A Of
1886 and Act No. of 1902, local assessment
or forced contribution for the year 1905 of
One Dollar per bale for bales OF cotton of the
gross weight Of t52s) five hundred and twenty
eight pounds, is hereby levied upon each and
every bale of cotton OF the crop of 1905-1909,
produced within the limits OF the Fifth Louis
lana levee district, upon lands subject to
TAXATION, ana the Isbx COLLECTORS Oh I0t several
parishes comprising said district are hereby
ordered to proceed with the collection of the
same in the manner provided in Instructions
heretofore given them. Be 1t further
i Resolved, That local assessment or forced
contribution for the year 1908 of Fifty Cents
per bale. for bales OF cotton pressed by the
Lowery or other round press, not to exceed
(275) two hundred and seventy-hve pounds in
weight, is hereby levied upon each and every
bale Of cotton of the crop of 199S-19 pro-
duced within the limits of the Fifth Louisiana
levee district, upon lands subject 10 taxation,
and the tax collectors of the several parishes
comprising said district are HEREBY ordered
ito proceed with the collection of The same In
the manner provided in instructions hereto
fore given them.
TEN MILL TAX.
On motion of Commissioner j.
H. Lambdin, the following resolu-
tion was adopted. Be it
Resolved, That pursuant to Act No. ll2 of
1884 and Act No. OF 1888, an advalorem tax of
ten mills on the dollar be and is hereby levied
upon all the taxable property within the lin
its Of the Fifth Louisiana levee district, for
the year 1908, and the tax assessors of the
several parishes comprising said district are
hereby ordered 20 extend the same upon the
assessment rolls, and the several tax cOllec-
tors are hereby ordered to proceed with the
collection of the same, at the same time and
in the same manner as other state and parish
taxes are collected.
On motion of Commissioner c..
A. Voelker, the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Whereas. hog root in the levee district does
great damage by breaking the sod and al
lowing the rain and wave wash to iniure the
lievees, and that il is the belief of this board
that the riparian owners are in full sympathy
with the efforts of the levee authorities to
maintain the levee, and only need the legal
and stimulus to enforce the law In this re-
spect, and not create friction with their ten
ants, and it being impossible for the levee
inspectors to watch all the leyees day and
night and at all times,
Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Sena-
tors and Representatives of the General AS
sembly be requested to have passed law to
make owners of property, through which the
leyee passes, liable for damage done to 1t by
hog roofing, and liable for costs of repair
made necessary by such depreciation, wheth-
er done by their own or their tenants hogs,
and require them to kin all hogs depredat-
ing.
On motion Of Commissioner
tHamley, the following resolution
was adopted:
Be IL Resolved, by the Board of Commits
sioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District
that the President of the Board is authorized
to institute such suit or legal proceedings as
in bis Judgment may be necessary to have
this Board the title of the State in and to the
| following tract of land, situated in Madison
parish, La.
All that tract of land patented to Jacques
Dominique by the United States, lying east
Of line running from the center of Section
Six to the center of Section Seven, in Town
ship Is, N. r. 10. Z.
Petitions from the Tennessee &
Louisiana Land Co., and the Dab
ney Land Co., requesting a re-,
fund of taxes for double assess
ment, and paid in error for levee
taxes, were presented and dis
cussed, When Oh motion of Com
missioner B. F. Young, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the land matters embraced
in the petitions of the Tennessee & Louisiana
Land Co, aud In the petition of the Dabney
Land Co. ,~be referred to the President OF
Board for settlement.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
DELTA, la, April s, 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Commits
sioners for the Fifth Louisiana
Levee District.
GESTLENrEN:-We, your finance COM
mittee, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
We have examined the books ac-
counts and vouchers of the SECRETARY
of the board from Dec. LIST, 1907, to
April LIST, 1908, and find the same cor
rect.
C. Al. vOELKER,
W. II. WARD,
Finance Con,r.;t<oo