The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-14
CADDO LEyEE BOARD
Official Proceedings of the Session Held
April IS, 1910.


president; ]. ]. Lay, ]. M. Sentell, w.
B. Means, ]. NJ. Robinson, J. w. Dixon
and II. L. Heilperin.
Assistant State Engineer Lombard
and Attorney D. T, Land were present
Minutes of last meeting, March 10th,
read and approved.
The following bills were read, allowed
and ordered paid: Brandon Printing
Co, $3.25; Caucasian 5000; F, A. Leon
ard, recorder, SAYS.
Communication from Dominick Bros.
enclosing $500 for ties cut off levee
board land and asking about buying
timber on certain land near Hosston, on
motion the check for $500 was accept
ed and the secretary instructed to write
and say the timber was not for sale.
Capt. NJ. L. Scovell, president of the
Jeems Bayou Fishing & Hunting Club,
and T, c. Barrett, attorney for said
club, appeared before the board and
asked the board to designate some en-
gineer or surveyor to represent them,
along with like engineer or surveyor
to represent the said club, to make a
survey of the southwest quarter (I-4)
of section 10, township 20 north, range
10 west, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, now
in the possession of the said Jeems
Bayou Fishing & Hunting Club, and
whereon is located their club house, inn
provements, etc, with the view eff as
certaining what proportion of the said
southwest quarter G-4) of section 10,
township 20 north, range 10 west, is up
lands and what proportion is swamp
and overflow; the said Jeems Bayou
Fishing and Hunting Club claiming, UNI
der patent issued to Stephen D. Pitts,
all of that portion of the said southeast
quarter which is found by the said sur
vey to be uplands or lands not known
as swamp or overflow, and extending to
the high water mark of the lake or
bayou.
After considering the matter, the
board expressed the opinion that they
thought it better for the Jeems Bayou
Fishing & Hunting Club to file suit
and have the survey made by an order
of the court and according to law-the
president and attorney of the board be-
ing authorized to promptly file an an
swer in the case and to facilitate in ev-
cry way an early adjustment of the rel
alive claims and final adjudication in
the matter. asI
Captain Scovell, through committee,
also made application for certain lands
purchased by the club from Mrs. Vic
toria Perry and on motion committee
of three composed of w. V. Robson, Fl.
L. Heilperin and Attorney D. T. Land,
was appointed with power to act to
make such arrangements they deemed
best.
Carried
On motion bids for construction of
Rafting Slough levee were opened, with
the following result ]. NJ. Montgomery
bid 2I.oo; Hall Nattin bid 2I.4o; M. M.
Hunt bid 1866.
On motion of ]. NJ. Sentell the bid of
M. M. Hunt was accepted, all other bids
being rejected. Carried.
President Robson presented claim of
he Texas and Pacific Railway Company
for freight on levee outfit of Mr.. Sal
non from Arkansas during the high |
water of 1908, amounting to $4,000. On
motion of ]. NJ. Robinson, duly second
3D., the president was authorized to re-
nit for same, Carried.
Bid for leasing 1evee lands were then
opened.
Gulf Refining Co., one proposition.
Etchison Drilling Co., one proposition.
Richardson Oil Co., one proposition.
Producers Oil Co., eight propositions.
c. w. Lane, proposition to buy north
,ast quarter section 9, township 20,
'ange 10, and 10 acres off of south end
If east half of southeast quarter section
/, township 20, range TO- and deposit of
$500 cash made in accordance with
egal requirements.
On motion of Mr.. Sentel1 duly sec
,nded, the president was authorized to
Employ counsel in Washington, D. c.,
o represent the board on claims of
King ct al, who filed mineral claims on
ands belonging to the Levee Board, and
0 engage said counsel at reasonable
Carried.
On motion the bid of Gulf Refining
Company for acres was accepted and
he president was authorized to sign the
ease accompanying said bid
On motion duly secondd, the presi-
lent was authorized TO request the State
auditor to certify said acres strip to
he Levee Board and also to institute
suit might be necessary in the
opinion of the attorney of the board to
stablish title TO the board. Carried.
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