Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
Proceedings of the Board of Com
missiOners for the Lake BOrgne
Basin L.eYee District.

missiOners for the Lake Borgne
Basin Levee District.
New Orleans La, July l6, 1909.
The Board Of Commissioners for the
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District met
this day in regular session with the
following members present: John by.
mond, president; Commissioners Bourg
and Jonah, Chief State Engineer Kerr,
Attorney John Dymond Jr., Inspectors
Leopold and Nunez.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and on motion duly seconded were
approved.
A communication from the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress was read
suggesting that the Board renew its
membership for the year beginning
July q, 1909; on motion of Mr.. Jonah,
seconded by Mr.. Bourg, the Secretary
was instructed to remit to MIR. Ellison,
Secretary, the Sum of One Hundred
Dollars, being the amount fixed as the
dues of this Board.
A communication was read from the
Leon Godchaux Company, Ltd, asking
whether OF not this Board desired to
renew the lease on its present Office in
the Godchaux Building for another
year; on motion of Mr.. Jonah, seconded
by Mr.. Bourg, the Secretary was in
Structed to advise the Godchaux Com
pany that it is the desire of this Board
to renew the lease.
The following application for the sale
of lands were received:
St. Bernard Parish, La, July l6, O9.
To the President and Members of the
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District:
Gentlemen-I hereby make applica-
ton for the purchase of the following
described lands, and ask that the same
be advertised according to law:
Fractional section 81 of T. l3, S. R.
l6 E.
Enclose please find check for SIS.
Yours truly,
N. H. NUNEZ,
On motion of Mr.. Bourg, seconded
by Mr.. Jonah, the Secretary vas in
structed to forward to the Register of
the State Land Office, Baton Rouge,
for his consideration in accordance with
the law, a list Of the lands as contained
in the application Of George Serigne,
Paul Nunez and N. H. Nunez, and that
said lands be duly advertised and sold,
all in accordance with and under the
provision of Act 2l5 of 1908.
Inspectors Nunez and Leopold re.
ported the general condition of levees
as being good with the exception Of
cutting out Of a muskrat hole at Mon
plaisir; on motion of MIR. Bourg, Sec
onded by Mr.. Jonah, the Inspectors
were instructed to cut out all crawfish
and muskrat holes rs soon as practic-
able.
On motion of Mr.. Bourg, duly Sec
onded, the Board purchased q map of
the City Of New Orleans prepared by
Messrs. Phillips and Jonah, and the
Secretary was instructed to pay $40
the price thereof.
The Secretary was instructed to fur
nish the State Board of Engineers
with copies Of Engineers Reports be-
ginning at this date.
Whereas, the Board of Commission.
ers for the Lake Borgne Basin Levee
District, In the sale of certain lands to
Messrs. Schwab Brothers of Minneap-
oils, Minnesota, received q certain
draft dated June l6, 1903, being draft
No. $685., drawn by the Security
National Bank Of Minneapolis, Mime
sofa, on the Bank of New York for the
sum Of Twenty-Five Hundred and
Forty-Five and IS. 100 ($2245.9 5) DOL
lars, which said draft was, on June q,
1903, forwarded to the State Auditor
at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. by regis
tered letter No. Z 1888. and which said
letter was delivered to the office of
Paul Capdieville, State Auditor, and
receipted by n "Drewson' an en-
ployee of said Office, and which said
letter was then lost or mislaid in the
office of the State Auditor, and has not
since been found, and,
Whereas, the said draft has never
been presented to the Bank Of New
York for payment and the State Audi.
tor has never credited said amount to
this Board, and in order to obtain said
credit it will be necessary to secure a
duplicate OF the draft lost by the office
Of the State Auditor, and to secure a
duplicate it becomes necessary that
this Board should execute it's bond IN
favor of the Security National Bank Of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the sum of
Forty-Five Hundred ($45Oo. oo) Dollars,
with surety satisfactory to the said
Bank, conditioned that the said Bank
shall be held free from any RESPONSE
bility for the temperance of the said
original draft, and demand for its pay
ment, and.
Therefore, on motion of Commission
er Jonah. duly seconded, it was re-
solved by the Board of Commissioners
for the Lake Borgne Basin Levee Dis