Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-22
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Proceedings Of the Board of Conn
missioners for the Lake Borgne

Proceedings Of the Board Of Com
missioners for the Lake Borgne
Basin Levee District.
New Orleans La, April %, 1909.
The Board of Commissioners for the
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District met
this day in special session with the fol"
lowing members present, John Dymond,
President, Commissioners Bourg and
Jonah and Attorney John Dymond Jr.
President Dymond stated the object
of the meeting to be to consider a com
%munication from Mr.. J. F. Miller
through his representative Mr.: Reginald
Dykers, and requested the Secretary TO-
read the said communication, as follows:
New Orleans, April g., 1909.
The Board Of Commissioners for the
Lake Borgne Basin levee District,
Godchauxx Building, City. Il
Dear Sirs:-I beg herewith to advise
you Of my desire to avail Of the option
GRANTED to me me by, your Boz Board o. % be:
cember 10, 1903; to purchase at T.; ,1-2
cents per acre the following described
property, provided I sustained and PAID
all expenses. incident to having the
j title to this property vested in YOU:
!, beg to advise you that the Register
of the State Land Office has decided to
YOUR Board the following described
lands, which had been approved to the
2 State of Louisiana by the Secretary OF
the Interior of the United States through
efforts of counsel employed by me.
! Ny option Is to purchase these lands
at 2l-2 cents per acre, but considering
the fact that Act 2l5 of 1908, while not
affecting our contract already made
and existing, nevertheless, fixes the
T. minimum price at Is cents per acre,
/ agree that the price to be paid YOU
- shall be Is cents per acre, the addition
u al u IL cents, while not obligatory
r. being in the nature of an evidence o.
IS good faith on my part.
70 desire the $780, 90 which / have Of
-, deposit with you to 60 against the pur
y chase price of these lands.
10 The area and description of the land
er is as follOws:-
" Certain tracts of land, together wit
i all the improvements thereon. and a
the rights, ways, privileges, servitode
and advantages thereunto belonging, q
ny in any wise appertaining and designa'
be ed as follows
in In Township IA South, Range 10 Eas
South Eastern District of Louisiana
East Of the Mississippi River, to.wit:
:. Section Is, 337.63 acres, section 2
1925 acres, section q, 272.lO acre
ON section %, 1885 acres, section z
80 Az. SO acres, section 80, 742.8S acre
ndl" section 81, l34.0l acres, section 4
IVY III. II acres, section "A, 645.O6 acre
on section 45. SAL 80 acres. section 46, a
car rs acres, section SO, 1885 acres, 81
ex' ton 50, 274.00 acres, section 81. ll9.
ans. acres. Total 5.ll6.49 acres.
ave All situated in the Parishes OF !
ed = Bernard and P%laquemines. or one
no both of said Parishes.
lime Yours truly,
J.F. MILLER
|gui' per. Reginald Dyke
yard Whereas the Board of Commission
for the Lake Borgne Basin Levee I
'ome trict by resolution adopted at its me
pos ing held December 18th, 1908, gran
his unto John F. Miller, Of Springfield, ]
two. an option to purchase the here'naf
In in described property which option
hap previously existed in favor Of All
reen- Estopinol and which said option
been renewed from time to time
the deposit of $500 securing same
been held by this Board.
dard. And whereas, the said John, +. Nj
ouip. has paid all expenses incident to
over surveying OF sa'd LANDS anu une oD'
1 on ing Of title thereto by the said Il
En-. Board ir f~urthersaince of the said e'
Hon. ing contrat wv u's Doaf' a''o
> ST.. said Jonn +. ml'er' anu ''''e
vested in this Board.
eight "" p..,ro =
tipped se%s c"ss w. poa~d - Co,r,c;lS;
built. 'e'o.ye. y ~" p p..;r 7,
being Tts ~. ".e .r M. n.,.ond spre.;
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