The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-25
CADDo LEVEE BOARD
Official Proceedings of the Session Held
Wednesday, December FL, 1910.

| ASAo, thSie were present: w. V. Robson,
president, H. L. Heilperin, J. w. Dixon
John NJ. Sentell, J. ]. Lay, w. B. Means
and J. NJ Robinson.
Attorney D. T, Land was present.
Minutes of meeting November 1st
read and approved.
President Robson reported the trip to
Sherman of the committee to attend the
/, convention was without results as the
United States Engineer was not present
and the matter was deferred Since then
he has better from Capt A. E. Wa1dron
appointing December goth to hold meet
ing in Shreveport.
The following bills were read, allowed
and ordered paid: S. N. Kerley, secre-
tary, trip to Baton Rouge $2I.65; S. N.
Keriey, secretary for kilograms SIC:
John Glassell, trip to Sherman $22.35
W. Y. Robson, trip to Sherman $21oo:
Judge w. P. Hall appeared before the
board and presented letter from John
Glassell, president North Caddo Drain
age District, asking loan of 100000
to use in preliminary work After some
discussion and on advice of Attorney
Land, the proposition was rejected as
the board could not legally do so.
On motion the following proposals to
lease lands were presented:
| K, Z. Boisseau, wharfage lease 200
feet in section "a, township 81, range 16,
$500 per 100 feet.
Mrs. Shropshire, lease, 20 acres in sec
ton IS, township II, range I6, accepted.
Mrs. Shropshire, lease, 40 acres in
section 60, township p, range 10, re-
jected
L, I, Etchison, lease, IS acres in sec
ton 20, township 81, range 10, accepted.
L E. Etchison, lease, 10 acres in sec
ton 8, township 20, range 10, accepted.
| w I. Crawford ct al. lease, $ acres
in section ., township 20, range 10, ac-
tcepted.
On motion, duly seconded, all bids
were accepted except the bid of Mrs.
Shropshire on I4o acres, which was re-
Ilected, and the president authorized to
sign leases. Carried.
The following resolution was offered
| by Mr.. Robinson:
Whereas, on the Ist day of November
1910. this board, by formal resolution,
authorized its president, w. V. Robson.
70 execute mineral lease to the Gulf Re
filming Company of Louisiana, OF all of
the beds and shores of Ferry lake not
already conveyed by this board, on the
terms and conditions outlined in the said
resolution, provided the said Refining
Company should accept the proposition
lof the board on or before T25 O'Clock
noon of November ?, 1910; and,
Whereas, said propositions were ac-
leepted and the said lease was executed
by the said president, w Y. Robson, on
the 4fh day Of November 1910, and is
now duly recorded IN the conveyance re
cords of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Be 1t resolved, That the acts Of the
president in executing the said lease are
hereby ratified and approved in all re-
Ispects and the said lease as. executed and
now recorded is hereby declared to be.
the act of this board in al particulars.
Carried
Resolution offered BY J. w Dixon:
Whereas. on the 9Th day Of. July 1910,
the president of this board, by virtue of
resolution of date June %, 1910 execut-
ed a mineral lease to the Gulf Refining
Company of Louisiana on the northwest
quarter INV I'D of the southwest quar-
ter fsw ~ Of section tl1irty-four (,341, j
township twenty-one fe1). range six
teen (I61, for the consideration of four
thousand $4,000 dollars cash, in which
said lease the said Refining Company
was granted the right to begin opera
tons of drilling well within six
months from the date of the said lease;
Resolved, that the president of this
board be and he.is hereby authorized to
grant an extension for the said drilling
term. for an additional period of three
months, for cash consideration Of 5000,
such extension to extend the said lease,
with All of its terms and provisions, for
the said additional period.
Carried
Resolution offered by Mr. ]. NJ Rob
inSon:
Whereas, on the day off,. ....
1910, and on the . day f...........
1910, this board leased INTO L. E. Etch-
ison all of the land owned by it in the
southeast quarter (se IA of section
ten (Io) township twenty (ao) north Of
range sixteen (I61 west. for the con-
siderations and under the terms as
stated in the said resolutions; and
Whereas, an actual survey is neces-
sary to determine the area owned by the
board in the said southeast quarter of
section ten: