Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-24
SALE OF TIMBER.
In the Matter Of the Affairs Of the Minor,
w. Watson Weatherly.


In the Matter of the Affairs Of the Inter
dict, Scott Watson.
By virtue CT the authority of q family |
meeting held On the 30th day of October, ]
1911, in the above matter, authorizing,
empowering and directing me, the said /
Tutrix, and me, the said Curator, TO sell
at public auction, after due advertise
ment, and otherwise according to law,
we will on the
10th day Of December, 1911.
at the principal Court House door in the
Town OF St. Joseph, Louisiana, sell upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter stip-
ulated, the interest OF said minor, which
is one-sixth interest, and the interest OF
said interdict, which is a one-half inter-
est, in and to the merchantable standing
timber on the ''Osceola' and Buck
horn" plantations in Tensas Parish, La.
The same to be sold on the following
terms and conditions as fixed BY said
family meeting, to-wit:
The minimum scale Of prices for stump
age, at which prices the several kinds OF
said stumpage were valued and appraised
by said family meeting, to-wit:
1 Cypress timber stumpage, ct to.00 per
| thousand feet.
Gum timber stumpage, at $50 per
| thousand feet.
Elm timber stumpage, at sl.oo per
thousand feet.
Oak timber stumpage, at $3.50 per
thousand feet.
Ash timber stumpage, at $3.50 per
thousand feet.
4 That said timber be sold, for not less
than the above prices for the respective
classes, and that all the merchantable
timber on said plantations be sold en-
bloc and altogether to one and the same
purchaser, and under the following terms,
conditions and stipulations, to-wit:
LIST. Immediately upon the adjudica-
ton and consummation OF the same the
purchaser shall pay to the interdict,
through his said Curator, the sum Of One
Thousand Dollars in cash, and shall pay
to the Tutrix of said minor the sum Of
Three Hundred and Thirty-three Dollars
and thirty-three one-hundredths, the
purchaser shall thereupon and thereafter
have the right to saw into lumber at least
One Thousand Dollars worth of the in
terdict's timber, and Three Hundred and
TLirty-three and one-third Dollars worth
of the minors timber; and when the
purchaser shall have sawed Thousand
Dollars worth of the interdict's interest
in said timber, and Three Hundred and
Thirty-three and one-third Dollars worth
of the minors interest in said timber,
based on the above named prices for each
class, or upon such other greater prices
for which it may sell, the said purchaser
shall pay to the said Curator for said in
terdict, another sum OF One Thousand
Dollars, and to said Tutrix of said minor
another sum of Three Hundred and Thir-
lty-three and one-third Dollars, and so on
until all Of the interdict's interest and
said minors interest in said timber shall
have been paid for and sawed, it being
of the essence of this contract that, after
the timber in which the interest OF the
interdict amounts to as much as One
Thousand Dollars, and the interest of the
minor amounts to as much as the sum
of Three Hundred and Thirty-tbree and
one-third Dollars has been sawed into
luIpber, no more timber shall be cut I'M
til the additional sum of One Thousand
Dollars has been paid and advanced to
pay for and cover the interest of the in
terdict, and the additional sum of Three
Hundred and Thirty-three and one-third
Dollars has been paid and advanced to
pay for and cover the interest OF the
minor in the future cutting of an equal
amount.
End. The Curator for the interdicl
and the Tutrix for minor shall have q
right to name and appoint scaler to
scale said timber, who shall be paid by
the purchaser the usual compensation,
and the Curator or the Tutrix shall have
the right TO discharge the scaler so en-
ployed, and employ others at will.
3rd. The purchaser shall have the
! right to erect q saw-nill upon said prop
erty for the purpose OF saving up said
timber, with the necessary rights OF way
for that purpose, and with the necessary
ground and room for erecting buildings,
stables, etc., and stacking lumber, with
out extra charge.
4th. The purchaser shall enter into
the performance of this contract and
continue TO comply with same without
unreasonable delay, unless something
happens to prevent over which the par
ties have no control.
/ 9Th. The right Is to be reserved to
the owner to use timber ON said plants-
tons for plantation purposes, and to re-
serve enough for such plantation pur-
poses in the future.
Witness our hands this 10th day Of No
vember, A. d. 1911.
J. T. WATSON,
Curator for The Tnferdicf